Cub Scouts

Cubs are young people aged 8 to 10½ who, master new skills and try new things, have fun and go on adventures, make friends and help others. Every week, we gather in our Cub Pack to take part in lots of interesting and challenging activities – achieving anything we set our mind to, and having lots of fun along the way.  Join our waiting list

We meet at Standlake Village Hall, starting promptly at 6.30 pm and finishing at 8.00 p.m on Wednesday evenings. We aim to run about 10 to 12 sessions each term, although this can vary. At the beginning of each term we issue a programme for the entire term's activities, although again, this may need to be changed at the last moment. During the longer evenings we hope to be able to do events and hold wide games outside.

Scouting has a number of Activity Badges and Challenge Awards which we aim to work towards as your child goes from Beavers to Scouts. Should you wish to know more about the award system, you can find details on the Scouts web site. Badges can be worked towards outside of regular Pack meetings by Cubs and discussed with one of the leaders.

In addition to the regular Pack meetings we will try to organise a weekend camp or two each year, some time on the water at the West Oxfordshire Sailing Club where the Scout section of the Group meet during the summer. We will also try to organise a couple of days out in connection with some of the badges.

We welcome any new cubs that want to see what we are about, so keep an eye out for bring a friend evenings.

Meetings

Meetings are held on Wednesday evenings at Standlake Village Hall 6.30pm until 8.00pm.

There is a large car park next to the village hall. Cubs should be escorted to the village hall as there is no street lighting.

The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling and tells the story of how a boy called Mowgli became a member of a wolf cub pack, and his adventures in the jungle. In many Cub Scout Packs, including ours, the Leaders take the names of characters from the book and are known by these names to the Cubs.

Leaders

Shere Khan

The Tiger

Jules Wale

Baloo

The Bear

Peter Almgill

Kaa

The Snake

Robert Pidsley

Simba

The Lion

Peter Craddock

Uniform

Scouts are a uniformed organisation and all Cub Scouts are expected to arrive and depart in clean uniform and correctly dressed, unless specifically advised otherwise.

Full unform is worn at the start and end of meetings and for formal occasions. Uniform is an official cubs sweatshirt and either school or scout activity trousers.

Cubs can choose to wear the official hoodie or polo shirt as activity wear for the middle parts of meetings and on camps.

The official uniform Cub Sweatshirt can be purchased online at:-

http://shop.scouts.org.uk/ or www.scout-and-guide-shop.co.uk/ 

The 1st Standlake & Cokethorpe group Necker will be provided by the group when your cub is formally invested into the pack.

We advise against using badge glue as we often have to remove or replace badges and this leaves a mark. Cubs should be sewing their badges on themselves.

Activity and Staged Badges

During the time your child is a Cub Scout they will move through an award system. Scouting has a number of Activity Badges and Challenge Awards which we aim to work towards as your child goes from Beavers to Scouts. Should you wish to know more about the award system, you can find details on the Scouts web site. Badges can be worked towards outside of regular Pack meetings by Cubs and discussed with one of the leaders

Challenge and Award Badges

Challenge Awards are all about stepping outside your comfort zone. Try out something you wouldn't normally be interested in. Take the lead on something that scares you. Along the way, you'll unlock hidden talents and stand tall.

The Chief Scout's Silver Award is the highest award a Cub can earn. To complete it, you need to earn six Activity or Staged Activity Badges of your choice, as well as all seven of the Challenge Awards.

Parental Support

As you will understand, our leaders are all volunteers. It will help the group and pack if you are prepared to give up your time for a night a year, without your help we cannot run the activities that the children most enjoy.

Subscriptions are £9 per Month ideally paid direct to bank by standing order.  Please contact the Treasurer for details of the Group bank account. You can also sign up for Gift-aid to further aid the group. Details are in OSM

Online Scout Manager

We use OSM to help us administer our Cub Pack. We ask that all parents login and keep details up-to-date. We rely upon OSM for accurate information about medical, allergy and contact information. You can also use OSM to see badges and progress, see our programme and sign-up for camps and other events. This is also where we will show when we would like parents to volunteer.

Royal Navy Recognition

The Scout Association and the Royal Navy operate a recognition scheme, through which high quality Sea Scout provision is recognised and rewarded.  There is real prestige associated Royal Navy Recognition.  Standards are checked at regular inspections by an officer of the Royal Navy. 1st Standlake and Cokethorpe are proud to be Royal Navy Recognised Group Number 98.

All Cub Packs are land based but we share in the Groups's Navy Tradition and prepare our cubs for their transition to Sea Scouts. Being a member of our Cub Pack guarentees admission to Sea Scouts and we share water activities with the Scouts whenever we can.

Summer Water Activities

We try and get out onto the water in the summer months with the Sea Scouts as much as we are able.

Interesting Activities

We experiment and explore the world around us, learn new things and have a good time.

Expectations

Arriving for Meetings

Meetings are held on Wednesday evenings at Standlake Village Hall 6.30pm until 8.00pm.

Departure from Meetings