Cuboree 2010 – I Wish . . .
Cuboree 6 will be held at Gilwell Park, Gembrook. The dates are 27th September to 1st October 2010. The theme of this Camp is “I wish……..”.
To be eligible to attend this great event, you must be a) a registered Cub Scout and b) born on or after 2nd October 1999. The online application will open February 2010 and close 30th June 2010 via http://www.cuboree.com.au/registration.
Our 2009 Term 1 program will soon be available in a downloadable format. Below is a quick look at the plans for the term; to help you start filling in your diaries…
February 11th – HALL – Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Cubs for 2010!
February 18th – HALL – What do you know about BP?
A Trivia night spectacular. Does your six have the knowledge?
February 24th (Wed) – OUT- Family BBQ
This is for the Joeys, Cubs and their families.
Sausages, bread & cordial provided”
March 4th – HALL – Cool Runnings
The Gellibrand Winter Olympics Baloo/Rikki
March 7th (Sun) – OUT - Clean up Australia Day
10am – 12 location to be notified
March 11th – HALL – Scouts and the Jamboree
Scouts talk to Cubs about the Jamboree experience
March 13-14th (Sat-Sun) – OUT – “Gold Camp”
With Rossana Cubs – Cubs in their last year (Gold Boomerang/Grey Wolf)
March 18th – OUT – Swimming @ Aquareena
Make a splash!
March 25th – OUT – Treasure Hunt @ Eltham Lower Park
First we hunt for tresure, then we make our own treasure maps!
Our first night for 2010 is Thursday 11th Feb (the second week that school is back).
** NEWSFLASH ** Raksha has been kidnapped! Gellibrand have received a coded message that the Leader's have been unable to read ... Cubs your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve the mystery and rescue Raksha.
This message will self destruct in 5 seconds! (or maybe not)
TIME: 6:30pm – Note the earlier start time, do not think that you have to be there then, come when you can, go when you have to. (We are already in the silly season so we are trying to making your timing a little easier *chuckle*)
WHAT: We will be having the usual end of year BBQ, all the family are invited to a casual evening to chat over the activities that we have participated in during this year and to have a quick peak at the plans for next year. Next year will be a Cuboree year so a lot of activities will be based around getting all of you Cubs ready for the Cuboree experience!
(Akela will also be presenting some badges.)
FOOD!: We will be providing sausages, bread and cordial for the Cubs and siblings (Please RSVP to RAMA by Wednesday so he knows who will be coming).
There will be plenty of space on the BBQ if you wish to bring some other meat, or vegetable patties, or witchetty grubs or … I’ve been told to stop there … or custard!!
This week we are building rockets. If you haven’t already brought along a soft drink (carbonated drink) bottle, bring one along this week.
Scouts in Space Of the 294 men and women selected to be astronauts since 1959 to 2005, more than 180 have been Scouts.
Baden-Powell wrote in the first volume of his autobiography about those “clear frosty nights under the dark, overhead vault with its stars big and brilliant, twinkling humorously and watching you”. He could not have imagined that just 35 years later we would be up amongst them, exploring outer space.
Astonishingly, 11 of the 12 men to have walked on the moon were Scouts. Even more remarkably perhaps, two thirds of all the astronauts ever to have gone into space were involved in Scouting. When NASA began its astronaut selection process, they were looking for people who were not only fit and technically proficient, but who had an even temperament and above all, a thirst for adventure. It was no coincidence that the majority of those who were handed “tickets to the moon” were former Scouts. …
– Scouts Australia
DUTY SIX: Brown
LEADER: Akela
LINKS:
[1] Water Rockets [Rikki’s Scouting Resources]
WE NEED AT LEAST 5 MORE PARENT HELPERS TO HELP SUPERVISE AT THE BLUE LIGHT DISCO, 4TH DECEMBER, DIAMOND CREEK
This is a 1st Eltham group fundraiser and all money raised goes directly to our group. This helps fund purchases for all sections, Joey’s, Cubs, Scouts, Ventures and Rovers. As one of the biggest groups in the state we can not survive solely on fee collection and must do some additional fundraising to support our expenses, if families from all sections do not support the group the group will not be able to support our families by keeping our fees to a minimum.
PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Yes we are begging.
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We still desperately need more adult helpers for the Blue light disco on the 4th December, Diamond Creek. There has been a notice up in the hall for about 1 month already and we are still short of helpers.
So far we have 11 helpers confirmed (we need at least 15, would also be good to have a couple of extras in case of last minute cancellations) of this 15, 8 are scout families, 2 are from Thursday night cubs and 1 leader.
… But the incredulous Stuart was not convinced, and when the hand was finished, said eagerly: “You have a strange way, Ralph, of proving that the world has grown smaller. So, because you can go round it in three months–”
“In eighty days,” interrupted Phileas Fogg.
“That is true, gentlemen,” added John Sullivan. “Only eighty days, now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. Here is the estimate made by the Daily Telegraph:
From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and
Brindisi, by rail and steamboats …………….. 7 days
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ……………….. 13 “
From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ………………. 3 “
From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer …………. 13 “
From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer ….. 6 “
From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ……… 22 “
From San Francisco to New York, by rail …………. 7 “
From New York to London, by steamer and rail …….. 9 “
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Total …………………………………….. 80 days.”
“Yes, in eighty days!” exclaimed Stuart, who in his excitement made a false deal. “But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
“All included,” returned Phileas Fogg, continuing to play despite the discussion. … [1]
Level 1 Flight – Draw and label the parts of a hot air balloon and explain how a hot air balloon flies.
As well as paper planes we will also have a look at the following;
* Make and test a model parachute.
* Explain how airplanes are steered in the air and how they take off and land.
WOSM has sent a delegation to Copenhagen with a clear message ‘Climate Change – Scouts are part of the solution!’ http://www.scout.org/cop152 months ago