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3rd Gosport Sea Scouts Introduction This is your Cub handbook. In these pages you will find lots of useful information to introduce you to Cub Scouting. It tells you what to expect and what is expected of you. Cub Scouts are people like you, usually aged between 8 ² 10½. We meet in a pack and do all sorts of different activities As a Cub Scout you will: o Have lots of fun o Try lots of new things o Play games o Make friends o Explore your area You may have swum up from Beaver Scouts and know a bit about Scouting DOUHDG\2U\RXPD\EHQHZWR6FRXWLQJ,I\RXDUHGRQ·WZRUU\² \RX·OOVRRQ be having fun! The Pack is part of the 3rd Gosport Scout Group. The Group also have a Beaver Colony and a Scout Troop. The leaders are called after characters in the Jungle Book. You can read about the Jungle Book later. Akela is in charge of the Cub Pack. Baloo and Bagheera will run games and other activities. Raksha will tell you what you need to do for your badges and awards, teach you all about the Law and the Promise and organise cool trips out. The Pack is organised into Sixes. This is a team that you will do activities and games in. An older Cub Scout, called a Sixer, leads each Six. A Sixer is a bit like a team captain. The Sixer has another older Scout to help him called a Seconder. When a Cub is made a Sixer or Seconder they get a special badge to wear RQWKHLUDUPFDOOHG¶6WULSHV· During your first few meetings you will learn about our pack and how to be a Cub Scout. Ceremonies The Handshake When other Scouts meet, they greet each other in a special way. They shake hands with the left hand! You will often see Akela using the left handshake ² especially when a badge is presented. There is a very good reason for using the left handshake. When Baden-Powell was a soldier in Africa, he saw lots of tribal chiefs who carried spears and shields. He noticed that it was a sign of great trust to offer your left hand when shaking hands. This was because you had to put down your shield and yet leave the other person with a spear in their hand. The Salute The Scout salute is made with the right hand. It is used during the opening ceremony on Pack night. It is also used at other special times such as when you are presented with a badge. The three fingers of the salute remind you of your Promise to do your duty to God and the Queen and to help other people. Your leader will tell you when you use the salute in the Pack. The Scout Sign When you make your Promise you will use a special kind of salute. This is called the Scout Sign. It is almost the same as the salute, but you hold your hand at shoulder height. The Grand Howl You may have seen Cub Scouts doing the Grand Howl. It is a very special way of VD\LQJ ¶+HOOR· WR $NHOD DQG D ZD\ RI UHPLQGLQJ \RX DERXW \RXU &XE 6FRXW Promise every time you do it. When you have made your Promise and been invested as a Cub Scout, you will be able to join the Grand Howl. Cub Scouts start by forming a circle, with Akela standing in the middle. The *UDQG+RZOEHJLQVZKHQ$NHOD·VDUPVDUHUDLVHGWKHQORZHUHG7KH3DFNVTXDWV down like the wolves did and call out: ¶$NHODZH·OOGRRXUEHVW· Cubs then stand up at the alert and the Duty Sixer salutes Akela and calls out: ¶&XEV'R\RXUEHVW· With a smart salute, the Cubs all call back: ¶:H:,//GRRXUEHVW· Straight after the Grand Howl has taken place, the Pack faces the Union Flag. The Duty Seconder will pull a string to let the flag fly freely ² this is called ¶EUHDNLQJWKHIODJ·(YHU\ERG\VDOXWHVWKHIODJDWWKHVDPHWLPHDVWKH'XW\ Seconder to show their loyalty to the Queen and the country in which they are living. At the end of the Meeting, the Cub Scouts face the flag in a circle and stand at the alert while the flag is lowered by the Duty Seconder. How to stand Cub Scouts try to look as smart as they can whenever they are in uniform. To help them to look even smarter, they have two special ways of standing ² one is FDOOHG¶$OHUW·DQGWKHRWKHULV¶$W(DVH· A Leader or Sixer will call out these commands ² try to see how smartly you can do the actions. When a Leader or 6L[HU FDOOV ¶3DFN $OHUW· RU ¶6L[ $OHUW· \RX VKRXOG VWDQG XS straight with your arms smartly by your sides moving your left leg to put your feet together. :KHQD/HDGHUFDOOV¶3DFN² DW(DVH·\RXVKRXOGPRYH\RXUOHIWOHJXQWLOLWLV comfortably apart from the other, with your hands held behind your back. Practice standing at Alert and At Ease. Your Uniform Your uniform tells everyone that you are a Cub Scout and to which Pack you belong. The uniform is a dark green, long sleeved sweatshirt with either school shorts or trousers or the navy blue uniform activity trousers. You will also wear the black and yellow group scarf (also known as a neckerchief or necker). Underneath your sweatshirt you can wear a T-Shirt. Soft soled trainers should be worn to Pack meetings but smart shoes are needed on occasions such as parades. Your leaders will let you know when you need to wear smart shoes. Your Investiture After you have been to Cub Scouts for a few weeks Akela will ask if you want to become a Cub Scout. If you do then Akela will tell you when you will be invested. The week when you are invested is when you can wear the Cub Scout Uniform for the first time Your Investiture is a very important occasion for the whole Pack. It is a special time for you to say that you are ready to make your Promise and become a full member and for the other Cub Scouts to welcome you properly. You may want to invite your parents or guardians and Akela may invite the Group Scout Leader to the ceremony as it is an important event and one in which they may want to be involved. Before your investiture, Akela will make sure that you know what you are going WRVD\DQGGRIRU\RXUVSHFLDOPRPHQW,WZLOOJRDELWOLNHWKLV« Your sixer will bring you to Akela by walking you around the Pack Circle and under the Pack flag. Akela: Do you want to become a Cub Scout? You: Yes Akela, I do. Akela: What is the Cub Scout Law? You: Cub Scouts always do their best, think of other people and do a good turn every day. Akela: Are you ready to make your promise? You: Yes Akela, I am. Akela: Pack make the Scout sign. You will make the Scout sign along with the rest of the Pack and say the Promise. Akela will let you choose whether to repeat it after him or say it on your own. Akela will then shake your left hand and welcome you into the Pack. He will then give you your group scarf. The Cub Scout Promise, Law and Motto All members of the Scout Movement make a special Promise. When you are invested as a Cub Scout you will have to know the Cub Scout Law and you will also have to make your promise in front of the Pack. It is easy to learn and say these words, but it us really important that you try to keep your Promise every day. Helping other people means helping them at all times ² not just when you feel like it. Doing your best means trying your hardest all the time ² and in everything you do. Doing your duty to God and the Queen really means that you respect your God, the world in which we live, other people and the laws of the land in which you live. It means behaving properly to all those you meet every day. A good Cub Scout is not selfish but tries to find ways of helping other people. A Good Cub Turn is something you do to help someone else. Every Cub Scout is challenged to do at least one Good Turn every day. You will see that doing your best is mentioned in both the Law and the Promise. That is because it is very important. If you want to be a good Cub Scout there is no other way ² you simply have to do your best. The Cub Scout Promise I promise that I will do my best To do my duty to God and to the Queen, To help other people And to keep the Cub Scout Law The Cub Scout Law Cub Scouts always do their best Think of others before themselves And do a good turn every day. The Cub Scout Motto Be Prepared Being a Cub Scout, you will always want to be prepared for anything. You VKRXOGEHSUHSDUHGWR« o Help other people o Keep yourself fit and healthy o Make new friends o Keep the Cub Scout Promise and Law Meetings Meetings at the Hut run to the same format most weeks ² XQOHVVZH·UHGRLQJ something special. We like to start as quickly as possible ² EHFDXVHWKHQWKHUH·V more time for fun stuff!! First of all we fall in using the Grand Howl ² then we have flag break. Then LW·VRQ WRLQVSHFWLRQ ZKHUH\RXFDQORVH\RXUPDUEOHVLV\RX·UHQRWFDUHIXO EHIRUH moving on to a game. Then we play a game ² and we try to do loads of different ones ² do some activities and then maybe another game if there is time before badge presentations, notices, prayers and finally flag down.