This week

This week we still held.our Cub night. Good to see so many after a camp weekend. We had a games night where we challenged our cubs to the following games:

+ River Crossing
      - using 5 tiles and 6 cubs they have to work together to cross the other side of a crocodile, pirrhana,hippo and elephant bathing river. The square tiles are the pontoons they have to cross with all in and start again.Made it even harder when we made them cross each others path and then do it backwards. Funny to watch the crews meet in the middle on run one.

+ Hangman
      - dividing the cubs in two - yes messy as that sounds-groups that is, we had the groups sit opposite sides of the whiteboard. Ably and myself shared a word and it was the first team to get it right. We did not use the hangman symbols as it was about thinking quick.

+ Guess who
     - this is a game where we split the cubs and place them either side of a sheet picking one cub from both sides, quietly, they sneak forward and when the sheet is raised, the cubs have to call the others name first. It is good to see who knows the names of everyone.

These are fun nights and enjoyable for everyone.

Next week we are doing environment bagde work.

Pirates in the Park

The Logan River Parklands in Beenleigh was invaded by a motley bunch of pirates, Captain Bagheera, his 7 crew and 1 cabin boy, last Saturday afternoon.

Apparently after sailing up the Logan River their ship, SS Shark Bait, was sunk by a band of bushwackers. Captain Bagheera and his crew were caught napping, or maybe partying a little too hard the night before - ' Yo Ho Ho drink up me hearties'

Fortunately the Captain and his crew were able to get ashore and hide the treasure  aboard the SS Shark Bait, prior to it sinking.

Like all good pirates, if there are any, they used the set back as a  chance to recruit new pirates that had wandered into the park. Well it was more like acquire their assistance. ;0)

But before any new pirate can be part of the crew they have to go through a series of tests to prove their worthiness.

Test 1: raid the catering tent for fod and drink. Some did well while others chickened out! Maybe they didn't have the stomach for what cook had prepared.

Test 2: chance to test your skill at raiding and pillaging from your own crew. Pirates were grouped togther and had to raid other pirate teams treasure to see who could steal the most. This is a favourite pirate game.

Test 3: a game of tug of war, always a good test to try.who is good for the crows nest  or helping pull a captured ship in when hooked at close range. This got ugly when the Captain and his crew were beaten. There were some unlucky candidates that went for a wee swim. ;0)

Test 4: was to navigate a course with compasses. Once the course completed a further riddle was presented to send them out to locate the captain's treasure. See he had forgotten where he had hid it, and the riddle was hard to solve. Each new recruit got to share in the booty.

Final Test: untying ropes. Here the pirates grab a rope end and then have to work together to untangle the web of knotted ropes.

When all was the new crew kindly borrowed a passing ships ride and last seen heading out to Moreton Bay.

It was a fun afternoon and the cubs learnt a lot and had a great adventure.

Pack Council

Wow what a great Pacm Council we had last night. I have to admit I was going to.try something a little different, and it worked a charm. The Sixers and Seconds that attended were just so full of ideas that our whiteboard was overflowing with ideas.

In the end our Ekka night, Father's day night and games to kick start the evenings, for the next 11 weeks have come out of these great cubs.

Thanks to those that attended last night you were all very inspiring and great to work with.

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