1st Wargrave Cubs meet every Thursday evening during School term times
The Wargrave Cubs Pack is called the Wildcats. It meets on Thursdays, 6:45 – 8:00 pm.
Meetings often take place in and around the Scout Hut at the Rec.
We also regularly leave the Hut to play games and do activities in the surrounding area – like Wargrave village and Bowsey Woods.
At least once or twice a term, we will also have ‘away day’ meetings where we visit somewhere else to explore, learn and have fun!
Cubs is for 8-10 (ish!) year olds
At 1st Wargrave, we move all children between the Sections over the summer break.
We find that it helps them to settle into their new environment if they are joining at the same time as their friends. It also helps us to plan a 2-year programme for every child.
In practice, this means most children are in Cubs during School Years 4 & 5, before moving to Scouts at the start of Year 6.
Learn the Lingo
Sections
Scouting is made up of Sections – Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, and Network. A young person moves through the Sections as they get older. The activities and opportunities within the Section reflect that age range. All Sections earn badges, take part in outdoor activities and sleepovers/camps
Salute
The Scout Salute is always with the right hand held open. The thumb and last finger are tucked, with the other three fingers aloft. This might be tricky at first, but don’t worry! You’ll have plenty of chance to practice. Cubs do the Salute during the Grand Howl, to open and close Cubs meetings.
Packs, Sixes and Sixers
A Cubs group is a Pack. In Wargrave, we’re the Wildcats.
Within a Pack, Cubs are split into smaller groups, to carry out activities and tasks together. These are called Sixes. The two most senior Cubs in each are called the Sixer, and the Seconder.
Necker
A Necker is the scarf that Scouts wear around their neck. Different groups wear different colours. In Wargrave, all Sections wear a yellow necker.
Woggle
A woggle is used to secure a Necker around the neck. In Cubs, woggles are coloured – the colour can indicate the Six
The Cub Scout Promise
The Promise is the cornerstone of what Cubs is all about. It covers our behaviours, our attitude, and our community and environmental spirit.
New joiners will learn the Cub Scout Promise and say it out loud at their Investiture as part of formally being invested as a Cub.
Our programme of activities is always tied into one of these key elements.
“I promise that I will do my best
The Cub Scout Promise
to uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to The King,
to help other people
and to keep the Cub Scout Law.”
Investiture
This is the ceremony where young people ‘formally’ become Cub Scouts. It usually happens after they have been to four or five Meetings.
They’ll be welcomed into the group, say the Cub Scout Promise, and be given their Necker, Woggle, and Membership badges.
Joining Information
We have a list of children waiting to join. Spaces will be offered based on the date of joining the list, as they become available (during the year if any children decide to stop Cubs, or at the end of the school year, when the Year 5s Move Up to Scouts.
You can join the waiting list from any age – don’t wait until your child is old enough to join.
Due to the length of the current waiting list, and the number of children already in Beavers, if your child is already in Year 4 or 5, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer them a space at Cubs before they are too old.
If you volunteer, your child will automatically be offered a place at Cubs (and/or Beavers/Scouts, as appropriate).
If this sounds unachievable or intimidating – don’t worry! You will not be alone. There’s support from the other new volunteers, as well as all of the other Section Leaders. Meeting plans and ideas are created as a group. You don’t even have to commit to being available every week.
Our Cubs Leaders were once right where you are now.
We are all volunteers, doing what we can to give as many children around Wargrave the chance to experience something magical. If you join us, we can do more.
