Cub Scout News from Spring 2011

Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 14:44 Written by Administrator Monday, 23 May 2011 14:28

Cub Scout News

As part of our Global Challenge Badge, two local Explorer Scouts came and spoke to the Cubs about preparing for their trip to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden later this year. They explained how they had to take part in a selection camp and how they are raising funds for their trip in a variety of ways. To keep with the theme of Sweden the Cubs also sampled some Swedish food such as knäckebröd (crisp bread) with blueberry and raspberry jam, and chokladflarn kakor (chocolate cakes).

The following week the Cubs took part in a series of activities to test all their senses. They had to identify different household objects hidden in socks (yes, they were clean socks) and then distinguish mysterious sounds that can be heard in the home, which ranged from washing machines, to zips, to chairs being scraped across a floor. For sight, they were given a mixture of optical illusions and tricks to fool their eyes. Following this, a mixture of different foodstuffs had to be named by smell alone. Not surprisingly marmite was easily identified with mutters of either "lovely" or "horrible", although the smell of crushed After Eight Mints was successfully named by only a couple of Cubs. The favourite round was the taste test where the Cubs had to select the right flavours for a large selection of crisps.

For pancake evening the Cubs learnt about different types of gas stoves and their uses before each Six set up their own stoves. Carefully they mixed the batter ingredients and then started cooking. Every Cub cooked at least one pancake and made good use of the syrup, sugar and lemon available to accompany them. In some cases there was more syrup than pancake on the plate! Some of the more adventurous Cubs even tossed their pancakes to turn them over, and not one landed on the floor or stuck to a ceiling! The evening also proved that the smoke alarms in the Scout Hut are all in good working order, before we opened all the windows and doors to disperse the smoke from some of the more “overcooked” pancakes!