EDD 2010

Hi guides,
here are the posts from last week's EDD. (:

a post by a year 1:
Last Saturday was East Division Day. It was a day where certain schools met together to compete in certain competitions. I took part in Mascot making. This was a competition where we had to dress up people, and make them into out mascot, with the theme “Igniting the flame”. We had a total of 45 minutes to make our mascot. We made use of our creativity and used all kinds of materials – from trash bags to leaves – to design out mascot. Although my group did not win, we were all proud of the effort we had put in. On the other hand, coy 2 won a 3rd place. I felt happy for them. After the competition, we watched the dance competition which our school hosted. Watching the guides and brownies dance with the various songs, I can feel the time and effort put in by them. However, I felt that the most commendable group was from our school. As Mrs Poh stated, they had put in a lot of effort even though they knew they could not win. A round of applause for all the Dunman High Guides for the effort they put into this East Division Day.


a post by a year 2:
Guides blog post- EDD
On 18 of September, we went to Bedok View secondary for EDD. :D We jihe-ed in coy tee and guides skirt outside the general office of Bedok View at 8am. Then, we went to the hall where we were briefed of that day’s activities. After briefing us, we were dispatched to the different locations to take part in the competitions. There were many competitions, like cheerleading, recycled craft making, gadgeting and many others.

For the recycled craft making competition, we had to make a trophy related to the theme, using recycled materials. Coy 1 designed a globe while Coy 2 designed a phoenix. When we were all ready, the competition started. We started pasting and cutting out the shapes of the trophy. It was so fun! It was a great experience for us as many of us did not make any trophies before using recycled materials. It was a great time for us to bond too and we could apply our art techniques. After one and a half hours, we had to hand in our trophies and our write-up.

In the classroom, there were many other beautiful trophies from other schools. We could see that everyone put in their effort to make the trophies.

Then, we went back to the hall to watch the dance competition which our school was hosting. First were the brownies. The brownies came up to show their dance performance and we could see that many of them are talented in dancing. They could do cartwheels, somersaults and splits. Their dances were very cute. Then, it was the time for the guides to show their dances. The different schools had interesting outfits and nice dances. We could see that they put in a lot of effort for the dances and they spent a lot of time practicing. Our school’s dance performance was great too and we know that they put in a lot of effort in the dance.

Then, there was prize giving. We won many trophies but it’s not all about the winning but the experience and joy that we get from the competitions. After we sang taps, we jihe-ed and took a company picture. Then, we were dismissed.

From this EDD, all of us really enjoyed ourselves and we have memories that will stay with us for a long time to come. All of us put in a lot of effort for the competitions and the joy that we had during the competitions is precious. :D

Love guides