’m sure you’ve noticed by now that cubbing is not just Friday nights at the hall. Not only does it involved activities on weekends and work at home on interest badges it also involves getting outdoors as much as possible and exploring our surroundings.
We had wide game at Keurboom park where the cubs learned some woodcraft skills. These are skills and experience in matters relating to living and thriving in the woods. These survival skills are essential as cubs so more and more outdoor activities. Cubs learned how to recognise lay a woodcraft trail and recognise trail signs.
We explored our neighbourhood to learn about road safety. Cubs learned road signs and practiced some mapping skills. They also the basic rules of the road as a pedestrian and passenger.
Our final meeting of term took us on a hike to Newlands forest. We are incredibly lucky to have a botanist as our Akela. This turns every hike into an incredible learning opportunity for cubs and parents alike. We learned about indigenous and invasive trees. The danger or illegal and excessive natural resource harvesting and bark stripping.
We also had an impromptu quiz which included testing the cubs’ knowledge of their country like “what are the national flower and bird of South Africa” and “what do we call the national anthem of South Africa”. The latter led to a very impressive rendition of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika by the cubs. Put all the adults to shame I’ll tell you that!
