7TH BANBURY CUBS
CUB PROGRAM
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CUB NEWS
CUB INFO
CUB Basics
8 years to 10½ years old.
The Cub Scouts meet on a Thursday from 18:30 to 20:00.
The Cub Scout Leader is Jack Monk.
CUB Promise
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the King
To help other people
And to keep the Cub Scout Law.
CUB Law
Cub Scouts always do their best
Think of others before themselves
And do a good turn every day.
PAST CUB EVENTS
District Cub Camp
This camp celebrated 100 years of Cub Scouting with the theme being ‘Sports and Games from the past 100 years’. There was a variety of activities based on this theme for the Cubs to enjoy on both the Saturday and Sunday with a Birthday Party held on the Saturday evening complete with party games and birthday cake. All in all an excellent camp.
Spring Activity afternoon
This afternoon at Horley camp site was enjoyed by a dozen Cubs who were able to do a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities which included ‘fishing for ducks’ and making peg butterflies indoors then outdoors in the woods building bivouacs, blindfolded following a string trail and hunting for chocolates. Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the afternoon with some very tired looking Cubs greeting their parents at the end of the afternoon.
Night Hike and Sleepover
Sixteen Cubs took part in the night hike which saw them hike a four mile route around Shutford on a dry still evening, and not too muddy underfoot. The hike was followed by a sleepover at Headquarters with parents picking up at 10.00 on the Sunday morning. Always a popular event, very enjoyable for both Cubs and Leaders and another chance for Cubs to work on the requirements of the ‘Outdoor Challenge’ badge.
Sixers and Seconders trip to Think Tank Science Museum, Birmingham
A special day out to acknowledge the extra responsibilities that Sixers and Seconders are given. Travelling by train, everyone had a wonderful time exploring what was on offer at Think Tank including a visit to the Planetarium and the outside Discovery Park.
Backwoods Cooking
A fun filled and productive few hours at Horley Scout camp site on a cold crisp winter’s day for fifteen Cubs who thoroughly enjoyed lighting their fires and cooking various items on the fires.
December Activities
Our Pack Evenings in December were all Christmas related...
Towcester
The Cubs always enjoy the waves, flume slide and inflatables at Towcester...
Crystal Maze Evening
An amazing problem solving Pack evening organised and run by our Scout Leaders...
Halloween
A wonderful range of scary costumes were worn by the Cubs for their traditional Halloween Party...
County Cub Activity Day
It has been a long time since there has been a County Cub Fun day...
Cub Camp
This was held at Horley Camp site, one of our favourite camp sites, and involved lots of ‘Bits and Bobs’...
Trip to Stratford
Our day trip to Stratford-upon-Avon involved boats and trains – but no planes...
District Cub Camp
A very enjoyable weekend camp based on a Wild West theme...
Tree Ninja
The Scout Association has declared 2015 to be the ‘Year of Adventure’ for Cub Scouts and are encouraging Packs to give their Cubs the opportunity to do more adventurous activities this year.
As a Pack, we already do a lot of the suggestions that were on the recommended list but to give the more adventurous Cubs an opportunity to do something different, we arranged a day out at a High Ropes Course and invited our Scouts to join us.
Easter Activity Afternoon at Horley Scout Campsite
As a change from our usual Pack evening, we like to do an Easter themed activity afternoon at Horley Scout Camp site instead.
Night Hike & Sleepover
This event is quite popular with the Cubs and Leaders and has become an annual favourite. The Cubs are used to doing hiking and walks with the Pack in the daylight but it is nice to be able to give them the opportunity to walk in the dark, at the same time coping with winter weather.
District Cub Scrapheap Challenge
This year’s Challenge was subtitled ‘Egg Challenge’ as it involved constructing something on wheels that could carry an egg, with the aim being for the construction to be raced over a short distance without the egg falling out.
The event was held in the Sports Hall of Cooper School at Bicester, which was an ideal venue for racing the constructions.
"Farm to Fork Trail" visit to TESCO
In conjunction with Tesco’s ‘Eat Happy Project’ for Cubs and Beavers, which is a long term commitment by Tesco to help children have a healthier and happier relationship with food, we arranged our visit on one of our Pack evenings, to allow all Cubs to go.
Sixers & Seconders Ten Pin Bowling
As we try to do each year, we organised a day just for our Sixers and Seconders as a thank you to them for carrying out their extra responsibilities within the Pack, including looking after their Six.
This year we took three Sixers, four Seconders, one Young Leader and five Leaders to Leamington Spa Tenpin for an afternoon of tenpin bowling followed by tea at the Bowling Alley.
Litter Pick at Horley Scout Campsite
Seven Cubs, who enjoy being outdoors, took part in our annual Litter Pick at Horley Scout Camp Site, braving the cold to spend two hours collecting rubbish off the main camping field and also the individual camping spots tucked away down the bottom end of the camp site.
Winter Camp
Our joint Winter Camp with the scouts at The Quarries Scout Campsite, just outside Cosgrove near Milton Keynes. We camped indoors, and during the weekend the Cubs and Scouts enjoyed a full range of activities.
Towcester
Our afternoon out to Towcester Swimming Pool is always a popular trip with both the Cubs and the Cub Leaders. The Leaders who go into the pool with the Cubs always enjoy that as much as the Cubs!
Drayton Manor Theme Park
A wonderful action
packed fun day out enjoyed by both Cubs and Leaders alike.
District Cub Camp
A wonderful
weekend camp based on a Space/Science theme
Visit to Meadowsweet Farm
One of our outdoor
summer Pack Evenings was spent at Meadowsweet Farm in Horley, where a very
enjoyable evening was had by all
World Cup
Not wanting to miss out, we had two Pack evenings loosely based on a World Cup theme
Road Safety Activity Badge
To give all Cubs a chance to gain Activity Badges we will sometimes work on one as a Pack, which was the case with this badge which we did on this Saturday
Visit to Guide Dog Training Centre
With the new Disability Awareness Activity Badge recently introduced, we decided that we would work on this together as a Pack
‘Secret Agents’ Cub Camp at Horley Scout Camp Site
Easter Activity Afternoon
Our Sixers and Seconders had a wonderful day out at
Snibston Discovery Museum
North Oxfordshire District Cub Chess competition - And the winner is...
This was our last Pack evening of the year, and also our Christmas Party with Christmas themed games...
Visit to the Lyndon Players production of Mother Goose at Middleton Cheney Village Hall. Oh yes we did!
Afternoon out to Towcester Swmming Pool followed by tea at Buddie's American Diner...
We held our scary spooky Halloween Party on this Pack evening. A good evening was had by all...
Some of our Cubs attended JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) which was held at Banbury Amateur Radio Club last weekend! We made over 50 contacts, and photos from the event have now been uploaded...
Our annual fun day out was to Twinlakes Family Theme Park in Melton Mowbray on this very wet Sunday but a very enjoyable day....
Fronz the Burmese Python and Silas the Boa Constrictor along with Mr Whippy the Whip Spider and Wellingtons the Millipede came to visit us for the evening...
Our last camp of the year was held at Horley Scout Camp site and based on a Cowboy and Indian Theme...