Do you all know what the Grand Howl is?

This is a special greeting that the Pack gives to the Leaders at the start of the Pack meeting.
The Grand Howl helps you remember your promise to “Do Your Best”

How to do the Grand Howl?

Uniform for Cubs

Every meeting begins with an inspection. To be ready you need:
Cub Jumper, Cub T-Shirt, 17th Harrow Necker – your uniform is to be clean and tidy… also a Cub is to be clean and tidy to!
For parades, as above, plus smart trousers, and black shoes.
How does the point system work?
The bigger Cub Pack is broken down into smaller groups.
Each smaller group is a ‘Six’. (normally with 36 Cubs, we have 6 sixes!)
Each six is distinguished by the colour of their woggle.
Last year we used black, brown, white, green, red and yellow!
Part A: You start with 20 points. For each child not present in your ‘six’, 2 points are deducted.
Part B: You start with 20 points for uniform. Uniform has to be ON for inspection, 2 points are deducted for each Cub for each item missing.
Why the point system?
What do points make… prizes!!!
At the end of each term we award prizes for the winning ‘Six’
What is a sixer?
The Sixer has a responsibility for ‘looking after’ his or her Six.
Being in this position can be an exciting job for Sixers.
• Looking after new Cub Scouts.
• Organising a Six duty rota.
• Taking a leading role in ceremonies, for example Flag break
• Welcoming Pack visitors.
• Teaching younger Cub Scouts new skills.
• Running a game or inter- Pack competition
• Leading prayers.
• Looking after Pack equipment and Six boxes.
Could you be our next sixer?
or could you be the 2nd in command – ‘the seconder’?

Robert Baden-Powell was the founder of the Scouting movement.
He was born on the 22nd February 1857 in West London.
On leaving school Robert joined the Army which gave him the outdoor lifestyle he loved with opportunities for adventure and the chance to make use of his practical skills. During his time in the Army he served across the world including India, Afghanistan, Malta and Africa. During this time he gained experience and knowledge which would later influence Scouting.
During the 2nd Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902) Robert was the British commander at the Siege of Mafeking which lasted 217 days. During this time he saw the work being done by the Mafeking Cadet Corps, these were a group of boys who weren’t old enough to fight but could carry out useful tasks around the town including carrying messages and working in the messages. Robert wasn’t involved in the founding or organisation of this group but he did witness their hard work and usefulness later relating their story in Scouting for Boys.
Following the end of the Siege of Mafeking Robert became a celebrated national hero with his face appearing on items as varied at teapots, plates, mangles and even pub tables. This fame proved very useful in promoting Scouting.
Robert’s experiences of school and the Army were later fed into his views on what Scouting could offer young people and both appeared in Scouting for Boys.
On the 1 August 1907 twenty boys were encamped on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour to participate in an experimental project. Baden-Powell wanted to see if his proposed activities would appeal to a broad range of young people and so he recruited ten boys from a range of public schools and ten members of local Boys Brigades branches in Bournemouth and Poole. The boys were aged 10 to 16 years old, they were divided into four patrols; wolves, bulls, curlews and ravens, four of the older boys were given the rank of Patrol Leader.
Over the week the group tried out various activities. These included: fire-lighting, navigation, observation and tracking, cooking, life-saving and boat management.
The Brownsea Island Camp is often called the first Scout Camp and Baden-Powell referred to it as a Scout Camp. This is sometimes contentious as the boys weren’t Scouts, they had not made their promise, but they were scouting by trialling the activity programme.
Baden-Powell took what he had learnt from the camp and spent the next few months writing “Scouting for Boys” with the plan that it would provide a tailored training programme for use by other organisations. Initially published in January 1908 as a series of six booklets “Scouting for Boys” was supported by a lecture tour given by Baden-Powell. By the end of the month the response to the book and lectures was so great Baden-Powell became convinced of the need for a separate organisation dedicated to delivering the activity programme. An announcement was made to this effect at a YMCA HQ in Birkenhead, the Boy Scouts were born, within two years there would be over 100,000 Scouts in the UK.
It wasn’t just boys who were inspired by Scouting for Boys, many girls also took up Scouting. By mid 1909 there were around 6,000 Girl Scouts active in the UK, some had formed their own patrols and troops and some were Scouting alongside boys.
In keeping with the social norms of the day by August 1909 decision had been made to create a separate organisation for girls but following similar principles as those laid out in Scouting for Boys
Scouting is a truly global movement. There are over 54 million Scouts worldwide, all are part of recognised National Scout Organisations (NSOs) of WOSM (also known as Member Organisations). There are currently 171 Member Organisations in the world. In addition to the 171 Member Organisations, local Scouting activities exist in at least another 52 countries and territories worldwide.
https://heritage.scouts.org.uk
https://www.scout.org/worldwide
https://heritage.scouts.org.uk/exhibitions/scouting-innovations/the-story-behind-the-scout-emblem-fleur-dy-lis-or-arrowhead/