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Here is where you can find out everything you want to know about the cub section.

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There are loads of fun things that you can do as a Cub Scout. You will get a chance to try lots of different activities like swimming, music, exploring, computing and collecting. If you do them properly you will get a badge which you can wear on your uniform.

Cub Scouts also get to go on trips and days out, to places like the zoo, theme parks or a farm. Sometimes you will be able to go camping with the rest of your Pack. This will mean you sleeping in a tent and doing loads of outdoor activities.

The Cub Scout Motto is - "Be Prepared"
 
THE CUB SCOUT PROMISE
 
I promise to 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

 
UNIFORM

Once invested the Group's policy on uniform is that the boys must have the official Cub sweatshirt (dark green), group T-shirt and navy blue trousers/shorts with the group neckerchief.
 
The following items are optional: a dark green polo shirt, a navy blue baseball cap, a grey fleece and a navy waterproof.

All these items can be ordered through the Group, using the order form, purchased at the Scout Shop held on Tuesday evenings during term time from 8pm-9pm at Hopehill, Meopham or from Longfield Wools in the St. George's Centre, Gravesend
  

The Balanced Programme

The philosophy underpinning the programme is that every Cub Scout should participate in a Balanced Programme over a period of time.

In Scouting, the word programme has a wide interpretation. Programme is not just about the activities that Scouts can take part in (almost anything from abseiling to zorbing). It is also how we do these activities (the Methods) and why we do them (values deriving from the Scout Promise). Every time we plan an activity for our Cub Scouts we should also consider how we might organise the activity and why we are doing it.

What we offer to young people in the Cub Scout Section is a Balanced Programme; a range of activities, events and experiences built around six Programme Zones.

The programme is balanced in the same way a diet is balanced, not by precise measurements and timings but by simply ensuring that over a given period (a month or a term for example) that there is something from each Zone in the Programme.

Programme Zones

Programme Zones split the whole programme into manageable areas. Each Zone represents a different development area in a young person's life. There are six Programme Zones in Cub Scouting. They are:

A Balanced Programme will draw ideas from each of them overtime. This may take the form of an event or activity, as it might be a specific Activity Badge or Challenge.

 

The eleven methods

As part of the Balanced Programme across the Programme Zones, you should aim to use a variety of methods with the Pack. They will make your meetings more interested and appeal to more of your Cub Scouts.

 

  • Games
  • Make things
  • Singing, stories, drama
  • Visits and visitors
  • Outdoors
  • Activities with others
  • Help other people
  • Themes
  • Prayer, worship and reflection
  • Team challenges
  • Try new things

Bottom Line

In addition to the Zones and Methods, there is also a third element to the Balanced Programme. Put simply, it identifies what people might expect to see if they walked into a Pack meeting. We need to be aware of it as it very much reflects the experience of being a Cub Scout.
  • fun
  • getting on with others
  • activity
  • keeping the Promise
  • personal development
  • working together
  • responsibility

 

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