Kirkhill Cub Scouts

New Term
Happy New Year to all of our cubs and their parents, & welcome to our new members.

We’re looking forward to this busy new term – we plan to complete the Scottish Challenge badge, the Global Challenge badge and the DIY & Collector’s activity badges.

Chinese New Year Session – Part of the Global Challenge badge. Please find out about at least one interesting fact about China, to share with the rest of the pack on 24th January.

Collector’s Badge – For this, we’d like you to make a collection of similar items in preparation for display at our session on 20th March, 2012; choose something you enjoy, such as stamps, coins, postcards, fossils…. You’ll be asked to talk about your collection too.

Up Helly Aa takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year; to light up this dark and cold winter evening, in a joint gathering with the Beavers, we also plan to hold an Up Helly Aa style event – there’ll be a (small) fire, marsh mallows to toast, hot chocolate and wee prizes for the best Viking costumes. Oh, and some fireworks to round things off. Wrap up warm and Viking-y!!
Note the times for this event – 6pm ‘til 7:30pm.

Help Always Needed
As ever, our group’s cub section is well attended, with the role now standing at 27; therefore, parent help will be much needed at sessions. In common with other terms, our leadership team still feel that the best method for ensuring cover for each evening is to nominate parents for each session (at least two for each session, this term).

Please see the term activity calendar for information. If you are unable to cover the evening for which you have been nominated, please arrange cover from/swap with another parent. Parent help is always appreciated; your support and involvement will help to ensure the safe and smooth running of cub sessions (many thanks).

If, like the Duchess of Cambridge, you’d like to become more involved in scouting, you could give flexible volunteering at your local cub pack a go. Please get in touch.

For info. about what flexible volunteering means, follow the links below…
http://scouts.org.uk/news/463/scouting-welcomes-royal-volunteer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16424198

Term Fees
The subs for this term are £20, due on the first day of term. The fee for new cubs to the section is £25 for their first term (the extra £5 covers investiture). As usual, we would be grateful if you could pay this as early as possible. Thank You.

Inverness Area Gang Show – Eden Court , Empire Theatre: 11th – 14th April, 2012
This April, the Gang is aiming to hits new heights as the 15th Gang Show takes to the Empire stage. Featuring a cast of well over 100 local youngsters from the Scouts and Guides across Inverness, Nairn and Aviemore, the Gang Show is a dazzling, modern revue showcasing the talents of the cast, backed by a dedicated and professional team. With comedy, a wide variety of modern music, old favourites and exceptional choreography, Inverness Area Gang Show is not to be missed. This year see’s the 50th Anniversary since the first Ness Gang Show in Inverness, which were held in Dalneigh during the 1960s. This year’s extravaganza will celebrate the best of Gang Show with a fantastic compilation of items from the past with some new, giving the audience all their old favourites, and something new as well!
Further info & ticket prices available here.

District Camp – a date for your diaries – 18th to 20th May 2012
Plans are afoot to organise the first ever Regional Camp to bring together members from the 6 Districts which make up the Region on one site; all sections will be involved. It is envisaged that such a camp will be run along similar lines to that which was held in 2007 to celebrate Scouting’s Centenary at Belladrum. Unfortunately the site at Belladrum is not available and therefore the search is on for another large enough to accommodate the anticipated numbers. We’ll keep you posted with developments here.

Activity Calendar – Winter 2012