Cubs
What do Cubs get up to?
Our Cub Pack is for Young People ages 8-10½ and we meet every Thursday from 6:15-7:45pm.
Each week our activities are run by our team of qualified Leaders, Assistant Leaders and our Young Leaders. We run an adaptive programme designed for our Young People each term to provide safe, fun and exciting activities both indoors and out in the wild. Our programme follows the main Scouting principles, guiding our Cubs towards obtaining a series of badges and awards for their efforts.
Being a Cub is all about growing, developing and learning new skills in small but mighty ways. Here are some of the things our Cubs get to experience together.
Going on adventures
St Johns Cub Pack is a very adventurous group and we continuously encourage our young Cubs to trial new experiences and adventures. Over the year we offer them dozens of new and exciting opportunities, designed to both stretch and engage them. Being outdoors is an integral part of Scouting and whether we are kayaking or raft building, fire lighting or archery, we are always challenging our Young People.
Another large part of our Cub programme is camping, taking them back to a more primitive existence where they can use their own skills and creativity to maximize their experience whilst still having fun.
As part of our ongoing program we try to teach our Cubs new skills that ordinarily perhaps they would not learn – fire lighting, outdoor cooking, tent and shelter building, rope work and knots and pioneering to name but a few. In addition we also teach some of the more practical skills such as crafting, rock climbing and cooking.
Throughout all out activities our emphasis is always on providing a safe environment for our Young People to develop and learn alongside their friends and peers.
Learning new skills
Every single one of our Cubs learn by doing.
Some of the skills we help them develop will be practical, like knowing how to cook a delicious meal or give someone first aid. Others will allow them to become a master at their chosen hobby, or help them to succeed in whichever job they decide to do when they grow up.
But the most valuable skills learned at Cubs are the ones that will make them feel confident and happy with who they are. We call these character skills, and they include things like integrity – which means encouraging honesty and doing what they think is right – and initiative – which means knowing how to take the lead on something without being asked.
Whatever skills they would like to learn, it’s all about having the will and the courage to try new things and learn from them.
Helping others
Cubs work as a team to help other people. Together, they’ll learn about global issues and what we can all do to help solve them. We teach them about our local community and task them to help out and support it, being a Cub in 1st St Johns is about making a difference.