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18th Warley Cubs Welcome to Cubs stjohnschurchwarley.wixsite.com/stjohn/scouting #SkillsForLife Copyright 2019 The Association Registered Charity numbers 306101/SC038437

Activities and Achievements

During their time in the Pack, Cub Scouts will get a chance to try a wide range of different activities as well as going on trips, days out, and on camps. Participation and personal development, rather than meeting set standards, is the key approach, and there are a range of badges and challenge awards that Cub Scouts can gain to recognise their achievements. For Cubs, excitement and adventure are key. Their programme offers a huge variety of activities surrounding the areas of:

• Fitness • Global and beliefs • Creativity Image caption: Cubs having fun Introducing you to the team and what Scouting is all about On behalf of Carol, Matt and Catherine, we regarding payment please see one of the would like to welcome you to 18th Warley leaders. Cub Scouts and we hope your child will have lots of fun and learn lots of new things As Scouts, we believe in preparing young during their time in Cubs. This newsletter people with skills for life. contains all the information you need to know about Scouting, Cubs and our Cub We encourage young people to do more, • Local community Pack here at Warley. learn more and be more. Each week, • Outdoor skills Scouting help over 460,000 young people • aged 6-25 enjoy fun and adventure while Adventurous activities Subscriptions are paid on a monthly basis developing the skills they need to succeed, • Camps and residential (twelve months) by standing order or cash now and in the future. experiences. at the beginning of every month. The amount payable is £10. This covers We’re talking about teamwork, leadership There is more information about badges for your child at meetings and and resilience – skills that have helped on the next page, including how your child can work towards badges outside of camps/outings etc, rent of the building, and Scouts become everything from teachers our Cub meetings, if they so wish. weekly expenses such as craft materials and social workers to astronauts and Olympians. We help young people develop and badges. If you have any questions and improve key life skills.

Induction Newsletter Earning Badges at Cubs

We have spoken about the different activity badges earlier. When we plan our meetings we try and vary the amount of badges we add into the programme and we also try to include badges that may involve doing things that the Cubs perhaps wouldn't do on a regular basis.

This, along with other activities, seasonal events and trips, make up how we shape our programme. As a result, we don't always have the time to include all the badges available for Cubs to earn during the time we have available.

However, it is possible for your child to Image caption: complete badge work outside of our normal Cub meetings. As parents/guardians, all you need to do is Tim Peake announced as a Scout provide us with the evidence required to achieve the badge and we can then Ambassador present that to your child.

To find out about all the different types of We’re delighted to announce that spending nights among the stars.’ said badges available and the requirements to European Space Agency (ESA) Tim. achieve these, you can either download astronaut, Major Tim Peake has been the My Badges App from the App Store appointed as ’s He added: ‘Scouting set me on the right or Google Play Store. The app also newest Scout Ambassador. path at a young age because I loved the includes a diagram of where the different outdoors and I loved adventure. It gave Best known for spending 186 days on the me the opportunity to discover new badges go on their , amongst International Space Station (ISS), he is interests, explore new boundaries and other things. Or you can visit the Scouts also a former and an advocate build the confidence to achieve new goals. website for details of all the badges using of the power of Scouting to help young Scouting was the first step on a journey this link people develop skills for life. that led to me becoming an astronaut. members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources Born and schooled in Chichester, West With the right people, the right attitude /search/?cat=12,67,776 Sussex in 1972, he went on to Sandhurst and the right skills, anything is possible.’ or search for Cub Badges in google in 1990. Tim beat over 9,000 other applicants for one of the six places on the Since returning to Earth, Tim has worked European Space Agency's new astronaut to promote STEM careers, promoting training programme. He was launched to space and science in schools. the ISS in December 2015 and Tim is joining Chief Scout and participated in the first spacewalk his team of Ambassadors; Ellie outside the ISS by a British astronaut in Simmonds, , Anita Rani, January 2016. In April 2016, he ran , Megan Hine, Chris the 2016 Marathon from the ISS Evans, and Julia Bradbury to treadmill. help promote Scouting nationally.

‘Scouting started me on an incredible journey. As a Cub Scout I never dreamed that some day I would be looking at our beautiful planet from space. I went from spending nights under the stars to

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Induction Newsletter

History of Warley Church & Scouting at Warley

Built in 1877-78 by William Swinden Barber (fl 1855-98), architect of Halifax, at a cost of approximately £4,000. The interior was significantly re-ordered c2005 when the pews and choir stalls were removed, and an altar was set up on the north side of the nave.

Scouting has long been a part of Warley St Johns Church and we have always been really fortunate to have a very healthy membership of all the sections of Scouting.

Use of the Church Hall (AKA Sunday School) means that we have access to very good facilities and plenty of space to work with during our weekly meetings.

Image caption: Warley St Johns Church

Uniform – What Scouts resources and useful websites Cubs wear

All Cubs are required to wear the full Cub There are many resources available to parents and young Uniform, which consists of a green polo people. This section will provide you with details of these shirt, green sweatshirt and navy blue resources and how to access them activity trousers. Cubs also wear the Group , of Royal Stewart The Scout website is the starting point to resource. Navigate to the Cubs section Tartan. If your son/daughter was in find any information you might need. and you will find information on pack then they will wear the same From finding out about the history of meetings using the embedded calendar. neckerchief. If your Son/daughter was Scouting, what Scouting is all about and not in Beavers then the neckerchief can find out about all the different badges From experience we know that from time be purchased for £6 from one of the that can be earned in Cubs and other to time, letters are misplaced before section leaders. All badges presented to sections, plus much much more. To access being handed over to parents so we will your child are worn on their sweatshirt. the website simply search Scouts UK or be uploading these to the website for

use this link https://scouts.org.uk/home/ parents to access and print off, if they If you have any problem obtaining the wish. Again, search for Warley St Johns uniform or for financial reasons you Scout Store is a really useful place to go to church or use this link cannot obtain the full uniform, please purchase any uniform your child may https://stjohnschurchwarley.wixsite.com speak to one of the leaders. need or for Scouting in general. You can /stjohn

also buy casual clothing, resources and

equipment through the site. Particularly You can also contact us via our email

interesting are the ‘Camp Packs’ that are address which is

great starter kits for camping including [email protected]

backpack, sleeping bag, sleeping mat and

torch. Search Scout store and camp packs

or us this link https://shop.scouts.org.uk

Our own website which we share with

Warley St Johns church is also a useful

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Cub , Law and Moto Amazing but true…

There are a number of variations of the do their best. Think of others before • 11 of the 12 people to walk on the Cub Scout Promise to reflect the range of themselves. And do a good turn every moon were Scouts. faiths, beliefs and attitudes, and day. • Scouts have stood on the summit of nationalities, in the UK within Scouting. It Everest and at the South Pole. is a way to introduce the Scouting values The Cub : Be Prepared • Scouts are public spirited – all our in all Sections. leaders are volunteers and nearly half (47%) volunteer outside of scouting The Cub Scout Promise: I promise that I too. will do my best to do my duty to God and • Over 160,000 adult volunteers in to the Queen, to help other people and to Scouting learn new skills, make new keep the Cub friends and make a positive impact on their communities. The Cub Scout Law: Cub Scouts always • We offer over 200 activities from abseiling and coding to drama and water-zorbing. A bit of fun • Over a quarter of UK Scouting’s membership is female. • Scouting offers hundreds of different volunteer roles from management positions to behind the scenes roles like driving the minibus or painting and decorating. • 1 person began Scouting in 1907; today 640,000 Scouts now take part in the UK and 40 Million around the world. • What have , , Paul McCartney, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, and Jamie Oliver all got in common? They were (or are) all Scouts. • In 2018, Scouts set a new Guinness World Record for the largest human Fleur de Lis made up of 455 people at CarFest North with Scouts Ambassador, Chris Evans and Chief Scout, Bear Grylls. The Chief Scout • Our Parton is HM The Queen

The Chief Scout provides inspirational and a fervent supporter of young people leadership to the Scout Movement in the experiencing adventure for themselves. UK. The public face of Scouting, the Chief Scout ensures that we reach as wide an audience as possible.

Chief Scouts are appointed for a five-year tenure.

Bear Grylls was the UK’s youngest Chief Scout when he was appointed aged 34.

As an ex-Special Forces soldier, he is not only known around the world as the host of hit survival TV series, he is also an inspirational speaker, bestselling author