Leaping Wolves – Keep on Howling!
In our last update we explained all about the Leaping Wolf Badg and the wonderful challenges that our senior cubs undertake when they choose to undertake this commitment. We mentioned Mkhetheni’s (MK) violin concert as part of his personal challenge. It all paid off when he used the money that he raised at his concert to buy instruments for his school Music room.
This term we had another two of cubs, Harry and Vera, completing their challenge. Have a look at some of their hard work.
And with that challenge under their belt, Harry and Vera, together with their fellow cub Matthew, bid farewell to the Pack as their Cub journey came to an end.
Interesting kids getting interest(ing) badges
There is no end to the cub pursuit of new interests, skills and accolades. This term the cubs achieved:
- 2 gold wolf badges and 3 gold wolf cats
- 1 silver wolf badge and 6 silver wolf paws!
As for Cub Interest Badge a total of 40 interest badges were awarded! These showed the array of interests and skills we have in our pack.
Some of the cubs took advantage of the Meerkat family camp, which they attended as older siblings, to get a few badges underway. They worked at their Indigenous Games Badge as well as their Nature Craft Badg. They played Drie Stokie, Mancala, Diketo and Morabaraba as part of the games badge. For the Nature craft they took advantage of being out in nature to observe leaves and insects and press leaves and flowers and much more.
Edward Shield
Edward Shield is an annual event for Cubs from all over the Western Cape. First introduced back in 1918 the competition is a great team event involving many different activities, such as crafts, games, Cub skills, songs, etc. It was a great test of the cubs’ scouting skills.
1st Claremont and 4th Claremont entered a combined team and were placed 5th overall. Well done cubs for working together as a team, doing you best and most importantly having loads of fun!
Eagle’s Nest Hike
This term we took advantage of the longer days and challenged the cubs to a steaper and longer hike.
This time we went up to Eagles nest starting off from Constantia nek. Along the way we learnt about safe hiking, what to do if you get lost in the veld as well as about some of our indigenous fauna and flora. It was fantastic to have so many of our parents join us.
Is That Egg Cooked?
No term is complete without something being set on fire. Once again the cubs practiced their fire safety and cooking skills. This time we had the added element of survival skills. The cubs made their own billy cans and used them to boil an egg over conservation stoves.
