Cub Pirate Camp

Programme

(Created for a District Cub Pack Holiday, Sleeping in tents at Mt Kiera Scout camp)

Friday

6.00pmAssemble Dockside, Set sail for Campsite

7.00pmLand Ahoy! - disembark and make cmp.

Organise Sleeping Quarters – hammocks, bunks, cave floors, etc

Change into Pirate Gear.

830pmGather on deck /for Captain’s address to crew

All hands on deck. Allocate Duties, Points system for weekend, Camp Rules

Discover which band of marauding, mean & ugly pirates you belong to.

845pmPirate ID time – receive & decorate scarf.

Pirate faces – make & colour pirate name (contact & string).

9.15pmRation time – Rum & hardtack

9.30pmBelow Decks to Sleeping Quarters

Saturday

7.00amUp on Deck

7.30amMorning Rations

8.00amScrub Up – Tidy bunkrooms, brush teeth

8.15amCaptain’s Inspection

8.30amFlag Break

8.35amKeep out the Cannonballs – Soccer with 2 balls

9.00amBoomerang Work

10.00amMid Morning Rations

10.20amScavengers Delight – Scavenger Hunt

11.00amAthletes Abound – Athletes badge work

11.30amCrafty Sailors over here – make pirate woggles

12.15pmOn Duty in the Galley

12.30pmA Hearty Lunch for a Hearty Bunch

1.00pmWalking the Plank at the Swimming Pool

1.40pmJolly Roger creation – make pirate flag for each band of Pirates (need paper & large stick)

2.10pmPirate creation – bases – make eyepatches, hats, telescopes

3.00pmScurvy-killing Rations – the sun is over the Yard-arm

3.45pmPirate-Boat creation- use things from bush etc, nmake a hide-out

4.30pmBonfire creation – collect wood for campfire

5.00pmBand together for tonight – skit preparation

5.25pmFlag parade

5.30pmScrubbing up – Showers, then activity books

6.30pmAll Hands to the Galley for Gizzrd Gulping (dinner)

7.15pmA Dark & Mysterious Time – wide game

8.00pmLighting up the Darkness – campfire

9.00 pmRations

9.30pmConfined to Hammocks – bedtime

Sunday

7.00amUp & At ‘Em

7.30amRations

8.00amScrub up – tidy rooms, bruch teeth etc

8.15amCaptain’s Inspection

8.25amScouts Own

9.00amRowdy Marauding – rowdy game (arrow & spears?)

9.30amPieces of Eight – need to make up 4 pieces of eight

10.00amEarning Your Keep – boomerang badgework

11.00amMore Rations

11.15amMore rowdiness

11.30amVenturing Further – bushwalk

12.30amRuning out of rations – lunch

1.00pmThrow the Rats overboard – make ballistic balls, tossong competition (need string, balloons, small plastic bags).

1.30pmPeel off Pirates – change into Cub uniform, pack tents, leave out mess kit

1.45pmCaptain’s surprise inspection

1.50pmMill around the land-lubber’s vessel

2.00pmSurprise activity…

3.00pmReturn to Safety

3.05pmFinal leftover Rations (if the galley rats haven’t eaten it all)

3.45pmFlag Parade

4.00pmSet sail for home

5.00pmDock your ship at local scout hall

5.05pmSail away into the Sunset