Hello guides :) here are some of the pictures taken during initiatives. Enjoy :D

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hello!(:

On tuesday, we had initiatives and i chose basketball. :D
There were a few basketball players who taught us the basics of playing basketball. First we did warm up. After that we were taught how to dribble the ball properly. Next, we were split up into groups of five where we practised different types of passing like chest pass, bounce pass and overhead pass. After that we had to dribble the ball and try to shoot. It was great as we managed to master the basic skills and also get to know each other better. :D

After learning these basic skills, we played a proper basketball match. (: This allowed us to practise what we have learnt. Also, we had to work together as a team. This helped us to become more bonded. (:

Overall it was a wonderful experience and i'm sure all of us had a lot of fun. :D

Hello guides. :)

Yesterday we had initiatives during jihe. There were four sports to be chosen from and they were mainly soccer, volleyball, netball and basketball. It was a pleasure to have coaches/seniors/teacher-in-charge from the different sports group in our school to teach us the basics of each sport.

I chose netball for initiative as i wanted to try something new. We had the senior high netball team coach to teach us during the two hrs and i believe it was a fun and fruitful time with her. She started by teaching us the names of the diff parts of the court, and we played a no. of games which eventually taught us skills like passings and footwork. Then, she introduced us to the different roles of the players and their positions. However, due to the moving back, there wasn't any goal post at the mt.sinai campus. Hence, we had to play the game like captain's ball, applying netball rules at the same time.

During this time, we learnt many things like teamwork and team spirit. Although the group of us made many mistakes throughout the whole activity, I am glad to see the perseverance in us that kept us going and improving ourselves each time.

Overall, i believe that it was a wonderful experience to learn new skills together and at the same time, get a chance to bond with other guides. I hope that as we learnt to have great teamwork during our games, we have learnt to have great teamwork in guides too as we work together to keep the guiding light shining. One for all, all for one.

Guides is love.

Hello :D

Yesterday we had our last initiatives of the year. We are allowed to choose from soccer, netball, volleyball and basketball. There are coaches to teach us the skills for each sports and we learned a lot through these activities and also had fun through the interactions (:

I chose volleyball as my initiative and we had a coach to teach us the basic skills for the game of volleyball. Mr Tay was also there to help out (: We were taught of skills like digging and serving which are important in the game of volleyball. We were divided into pairs and given some time to practice those skills. The coach was also there to correct the mistakes we made. It was overall quite an enriching experience as we get to bond together and also learn some new techniques at the same time.

After practicing those skills the coach wanted us to divide ourselves into pairs and play a 2 vs 2 match. The game is a combination of volleyball and tennis. The ball needs to touch the floor once before we are able to dig it over. We had a lot of fun cheering for one another and also put our skills into test.

This time is a very different initiative from the previous one we had. I enjoyed myself a lot and I am sure many of us had fun too (:

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Hello Guides(:

Today, apart from vision day, we also made souvenirs and had initiatives.

1230-1440 (about there): For souvenirs, P1, P2, P3 had to sew the thread to the buttons, while P4, P5 had to cut the ribbons, and P6, P7, P8 were in charge of assembling everything together. Our aim is to make about 200 souvenirs which we did not complete today and will are planningto continue on Thursday. There were many types of souvenirs, namely, ruler, pen, clothes peg. Everyone did a good job and those souvenirs that were completed looked really nice.

1500-1700: During initiatives, everyone had great fun and sure learnt a lot from their respective coaches. For netball, the netball coach for senior high was in-charge of teaching the Guides who chose that sport the brief basics. The same went for soccer, taught by the senior high coach and a few of his helpers, basketball taught by 3 boys from basketball, volleyball taught by a volleyball coach with a Mr Tay helping out. Besides having a lot of fun, everyone picked up a skill or 2 from all the coaches and are definitely more well-informed about the sport they have participated in today.

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Hi guides,

Next week we will be having initiatives and helping out for next year orientation for the new batch of year1s. Happy holidays everyone :)

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Hi Guides :)

Today was the moving back to Tanjong Rhu campus. The sec3s were split into 2 sides one at Mt Sinai and the other side at Tanjong Rhu to help out with the moving. The move was a success all because of a group of movers who kindly helped us with all the boxes and cupboards. Big thanks to them :)

So farewell Mt sinai and our old tuan bu

Our new tuan bu is located at the senior high block, block E, level 2, room 5 :D

Love guides :)

Hello Guides(:

Be Prepared Quest, or BP Quest for short, is suitable for any Girl Guide/ Girl Scout in Singapore, the Asia Pacific Region and beyond who is looking for a challenge. It is a biennial event organized by the International Committee of Girl Guides Singapore and aims to promote the knowledge and spirit of international Girl Guiding/ Girl Scouting on the following aspects:

• WAGGGS and the United Nations
• Girl Guiding/ Girl Scouting in the Asia Pacific Region
• Girl Guiding in Singapore
• Knowledge in Girl Guiding/ Girl Scouting skills such as first-aid, flora and fauna, knots, etc.

On 26 November, 4 teams consisting of 3 members and 1 reserve participated in the preliminary round of the BP Quest at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, just a stone's throw away from the Girl Guide HQ. Every member, including the reserve, is required to complete a set of 60 MCQs in a time span of 1hr (exam conditions apply). The scores of each and every member will be added up and averaged. The top 5 teams (among over 40 teams) with the highest team average will get to proceed to the finals, so every member's effort is important.

Although none of the teams from our school made it to the finals, it was still exciting to watch the teams from other schools compete with each other in the final round. The finalists were:

• Girl Scouts from the Philippines
• Raffles Girls' School
• Cedar Girls' School
• Henderson Secondary School
• Crescent Girls' School

[The above mentioned schools are listed in order of team average, from the highest to the lowest.]

The first round of the finals, held on 29 November at Girl Guide HQ, was like this:

Every team member had to answer 2 MCQ questions with no help from anyone. There were 2 cycles, so each team member had a question to answer, per round. 2 marks were be added for any correct answer, no marks deducted for any wrong answer.

The second round:

The practical round where teams were tested on their memory, knots and lashes, among other aspects.

The third round:

The buzzer round where for the first attempt, 5 marks were awarded for a correct answer, 2 marks were deducted for a wrong answer. For a second attempt, 3 marks if correct, minus 2 marks if incorrect.

Though we did not manage to make it into the finals, we learnt that teamwork and remaining calm in a stressful situation are the crucial keys for a team to go a long way.