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The Cub Scout Pack

The Cub Scout section is for boys and girls aged 7 years to around 10½ years old (maximum 11 years old).

Our Cub Scouts meet Monday nights from 7.00pm – 8.30pm.

Usually a Cub Scout Pack is organised into three or four groups of six Cub Scouts called ‘Sixes’. Each Six is named after a colour, and is led by an older Cub Scout called a ‘Sixer’, and assisted by a ‘Second’. The Cub Scout theme is based around Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, with the Cub Scout Leader named ‘Akela’ after the leader of the wolf pack, and the other leaders taking on other character names from the book, such as ‘Baloo’, ‘Bagheera’, ‘Raksha’ and ‘Chil’. The Cub Scout motto is Do Your Best. Once a term the Akela will get together with the sixers at a Pack Council to talk about the Pack’s activities

The Cub Scout Section program revolves around playing games and doing activities to develop relationship skills, values and abilities, helping others and participating in the award scheme.

Cub Scout Award Scheme

The Cub Scout Award Scheme has three parts: the Boomerang Scheme; the Achievement Badge Scheme; and the Grey Wolf Award.

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The Boomerang Scheme is the major part of Cub Scout training and is the method that helps to achieve self-responsibility, outdoor Scouting, aims and principles, awareness, values, creativity and world awareness. There are three Boomerang levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each Boomerang level has 14 parts. For each Boomerang, parts one to seven must be completed and of parts eight to 14, three must be completed.

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There are 34 badges to choose from. Each badge has two levels and Cub Scouts can choose the level they’d like to achieve. The badges are grouped in four categories: Art and Literature; Nature, Science and Technology; Sport and Recreation; and Our World.

Special Interest Badges

As well as the Achievement Badges, a Cub Scout can earn a number of special interest badges.

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Cub Scout Leadership Course

The aim of the Cub Scout Leadership Course is to provide suitable leadership skills for Cub Scouts developing through the Pack and Six environments utilising a practical ‘hands on’ approach. These are run by Districts within Victoria.

Grey Wolf Award

  • clip_image002[8]The requirements for earning the Grey Wolf Award are:
  • Gold Boomerang Badge
  • Have participated in a minimum of four outdoor activities in the past 12 months
  • One of which must be an overnight camp
  • One should be an inter-Pack activity
  • Using a map, plan and lead a bushwalk of at least two hours duration with your Leader and a group of Cub Scouts (three to six youth members).
  • In the past 12 months have attended two Pack Councils.
  • Have completed four Level 2 Achievement Badges (one from each category)
  • Have completed one Special Interest Badge
  • Develop and present a resource (e.g. a game or play) for your Six or Pack based on your understanding of the Jungle Books.

Section Handbook

The following handbook outlines the award scheme for this Section. It is available at Snowgum.

Cub Scout Record Book

Major Activities

Pack Holiday – the main highlight for the Cub Scout Pack is an annual weekend away at an approved campsite. Accommodation is usually in dormitory style buildings. The activities for the weekend are around some sort of theme such as Olympics, Environment, Pirates or Spies.

Cuboree – this is a camp available to all Cub Scouts in Victoria every three years. It is held at Gilwell Park, Gembrook. Accommodation is in tents and activities are geared to the Cub Scout age. Duration is usually five days, and they attract around 3,000 children.

Badge Placement – Cub Scouts

All badges are provided by the Scout Group, and are presented by the section leaders at an appropriate time.

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