7th Formby Cub Scouts: January 2009

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Promise Challenge

As part of the Promise Challenge each Cub has to find out as much as they can about their six's given person famous for doing their best!

Each six will present their findings to the rest of the pack next meeting.

Yellow Six - Sir Steve Redgrave

Green Six - Lord Baden Powell

White Six - Sir Ranulp Fiennes

Red Six - Florence Nightingale

Good Luck,

Akela

History

Originally B-P. had envisaged Scouting as a movement for boys between the ages of 11 and 18. As early as 1909 Scoutmasters were facing the problem of younger brothers wanting to join in the fun. Some just turned a blind eye to the age of some of the boys, others formed Patrols and Troops of Junior or Cadet Scouts.

To address the problem of what to do with the younger brothers, Scouting first turned a blind eye to the unofficial Troops that were forming.
In 1914, though, B-P. outlined a scheme in The Headquarters Gazette for the training of these Junior Scouts, but it was not what he really had in mind.

He replaced this two years later with a new Scheme, under the title Wolf Cubs based around the Jungle Books of his close friend Rudyard Kipling, with the Cubs having their own distinct uniform, badges, motto, sign, salute, etc.

Wolf Cubs dealt with those too young to be Scouts, what was to be done with those too old to be Scouts, in 1917, just before the end of The Great War, B-P. set up a scheme for Senior Scouts, which changed its name to Rover Scouts the next year, for anyone over the age of 18, with Outdoor Adventure and Service as the mainstays of its programme.

7th Formby Cub Scouts

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Promise Challenge

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