Mulga Youth Sections
Joey Scouts (5-8 years old) - Meet Thursdays 6pm-7pm
Joey Scouts are the youngest section in the scouting family. Joeys Scouts is all about introducing boys and girls into the Scouting movement, but more importantly it is about giving children of this age encouragement in their physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual development.
The Joey Scout section was developed in 1990 with learning areas including self, nature and helping other people while having fun.
Joey Scouts learn about the world around them through craft, games, stories, play-acting, singing, duty to my God, outdoor activities and ceremonies, all of which relate to the philosophy of Scouting in an atmosphere of co-operation and participation.
The educational outcome of the Joey section is to help the children develop:
a sense of sharing,
a sense of belonging,
a sense of personal identity through exploration of surroundings and nature,
a spiritual awareness,
and a sense of responsibility for one's self and one's actions.
The Joey Scout will find Joeys is enjoyable as they receive a community experience outside family and school. Joey Scouts is about learning while having fun.
Cub Scouts (8-11 years old) - Meet Mondays 6pm-7:30pm
Cub Scouts is for boys and girls from 8 to 11 years of age, and gives them an opportunity to:
Learn through participation in enjoyable activities and work as a contributing member of a team.
Develop creative skills and fitness and prepare members for entering new, different and challenging environments.
Develop an attitude of care and concern for others.
Provide a feeling of achievement.
Make choices and decisions, grow in self-discipline and self-respect and practice leadership skills.
Accept the Cub Scout Promise and participate in activities which will provide a standard against which they measure themselves.
Develop an awareness of God, and
Develop an appreciation of the history and ideals of the Scout Movement.
The environment of the Cub Scout Pack shall be:
Caring * Sharing * Helping * Positive * Happy * Child oriented * Encouraging * Open * Non-threatening * Accepting * Trusting * Secure * Non-judgmental * Comfortable.
Scouts (11-14 years old) - Meet Tuesdays 6:30pm-8:30pm
Our aim is to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people so that they may take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. We do this through age appropriate activities based on: ADVENTURE, OUTDOORS, CHALLENGE, SERVICE, GAMES, ACTION, FUN, HIKES, CAMPS, FRIENDS and PERSONAL GROWTH
Scouts is for young people aged 11 to 14 years. At this point in their lives Scouts show great enthusiasm for activities that give them a sense of achievement and follow their special interests with intensity. Trained Leaders use these characteristics to help make Scouting an experience in which young people gain character- developing qualities while having fun. During their years in Scouts they aim to earn a series of badges, which give them knowledge of basic Scouting skills and mark achievements in areas such as citizenship, camp craft, air and water activities and improving the environment.
Patrol System
This is the basis of the Scout Section and the principal means by which young people are trained to become responsible citizens. Baden-Powell, the Founder of Scouting, recognised that young people delight at forming themselves into small gangs or cliques each under its own leader whether for work, fun or mischief. He made use of this natural organisation and called it the Patrol System.
Boys and Girls are formed into stable Patrols of four to eight members. A Patrol Leader is appointed as head of the Patrol and is responsible for the training and development of the Patrol, setting and achievement of goals, fostering the group life of the Patrol, and the well- being and advancement of the Patrol to name but a few.
The Patrol Leader also chooses an Assistant Patrol Leader subject to the approval of the Troop Council and Scout Leader. The Assistant Patrol Leader takes the place of the Patrol Leader when they are absent and otherwise assists in running the Patrol.
The value in the Patrol is that it provides:
The basic unit for activities and training
Opportunities for leadership experience for the Patrol Leader
Opportunities for the Patrol members to gain leadership training through observation of the Patrol Leader and by accepting responsibilities within the Patrol
The opportunity to belong to and work in an autonomous group within the overall structure of the Troop
A secure environment in which members can test their physical, social and mental abilities
Opportunities for practising and expressing concern for others
The opportunity to manage and administer Patrol property, finance and other resources
Venturer Scouts (14-17 years old) - Meet Mondays 7:30pm-9:30pm
As a Venturer Scout, you could find yourself camping above the snow line, exploring underwater reefs, riding the wind in a high-performance land yacht, earning your pilot's licence, investigating a career in astro-physics, editing your own film, making a sculpture or climbing a sheer rock face. Venturer Scouts have the courage and confidence to say, try and do. You are given opportunities to experience the excitement of living and the training to develop into a capable, self-reliant individual.
Venturing provides an attractive program of activities, self-government, leadership experience, companionship of their own age and helps to develop initiative and resourcefulness. By determining their own training needs it encourages young people to be self-motivating. Key elements of the program are selected from the following four development areas:
Community Involvement: Citizenship, Environment, First Aid, Service
Adventurous Activities: Expeditions, Outdoor , Initiative
Personal Growth: Expression, Lifestyle, Ideals, Pursuits
Leadership Development: Unit Management, Leadership Course, Vocations