On
a cloudy day on the 24th of January 2021, the Viking Cub Scouts
held a paper aeroplane contest at Admiralty Park.
There were three events, the first event was flight duration, the second event
was distance and the last was accuracy.
As the pack separated into their Sixes, it began to rain but nobody got
wet as we were all in the shelter.
Each Six discussed among themselves, choosing which aeroplanes to use for which
contest. Some cubs were distracted, as there were many annoying mozzies. After everybody was done folding and choosing
their aeroplanes, the contest began. Some cubs were excited while others were
nervous. The first round was try-outs, each cub had a chance to do every event
and see which Six had the most points. After that, each Six chose a
representative to do the event. The competition had begun!
The
representatives of each team each had their own specially designed aeroplanes.
The adults helped determined who was the winner. The winner of that round had
an aeroplane that when he threw it upwards floated lazily around and around
before drifting to the ground and having a record of 5 seconds. In the second
event the winner had a very thin dart plane that when thrown it pierced through
the air like an arrow and had a record of 6metres. In the third event, the
winner had good aim and won herself 10 points!
Although
not all the Sixes won an event each, they all learned which paper aeroplanes worked
best and how to win and lose graciously.
The winning Sixes were thoughtful of the other Sixes that didn’t win and
gave some of the treats that they had earned to them. Everybody had a fun time.
Practice making a paper aeroplane below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54noZe-0B1c
