Hi Guides!
This week, all the Dunman High Uniformed Groups, consisting of Guides, Scouts, NPCC and SJB, celebrated UG Week as a UG family! :)
The week started off with contingents from each UG and subsequently, representatives from each UG gave a short speech detailing their past and present activities as well as achievements. On Monday, the day of the contingents, the members of each UG donned their respective uniforms for the entire day, truly showcasing the UG pride.
Throughout the week, the Year 1s to 4s from the UGs practised the mass dance together before the celebrations on Friday. The song we danced to is called Uptown Funk.
UG Week ended off with celebrations on Friday, where all the UGs came together once again. The juniors had been grouped into 20 groups, with Year 4s as the facilitators. There were also 5 stations in total. At these stations, the juniors played games and they were awarded points based on their enthusiasm and teamwork.
Game 1: Kangaroo’s tail
Instructions:
Each person will put one end of
the string/bandage into his/her pocket, leaving a “tail” of at least 4 inches
that touches the ground.
When play starts, players of
one group will try to stomp on other players’ tails from the opponent group.
They are not allowed to use their hands. Once a player’s tail is out, he or she
is out. Once a player gets a tail from another player, he or she will be
awarded 1 more life. The group with the player who has the last tail left wins.
Game 2: Telepathy sit-ups
Instructions:
Each group is to form a circle
and members are to go to sit-up position, with their legs facing inwards.
When the game starts, a person
from each team is to do 1 sit up and shout the number “1”. A different person
will then do a sit-up after the person is done and shout another number.
They are to take note to shout
the numbers in random order. This people doing the sit-ups should not go in a
circle.
Once more than one person does
the sit-up at any one time, the game will restart from “1”.
There should be no
communication between group members at any point of time.
The group that restarts the
least number of times wins.
Game 3: 老鹰捉小鸡
Instructions:
Each team will send 1 person as
the “eagle” out while the rest of the teammates will line up in a row with
their hands on each others’ shoulders, known as the “small chicks”. The “eagle”
has to try and catch the “small chick” who is at the end of the line. They will
play in separate courts and the team that has the most number of “small chicks”
caught is the loser for each round.
Game 4: Dog and bone
Instructions:
Both
teams will go head to head in a game of dog and bone. Each team will have to
number off themselves and the team with fewer people will have to allocate two
numbers to one person. For the first round, a normal game of dog and bone will
be played whereby a number will be called and the person with the respective
number will have to run out and retrieve the rope. The opponent has to tap
him/her to get the rope. However, the person who was previously holding the
rope cannot drop it onto the floor and pick it up immediately when the opponent
taps him/her. The rope HAS to be in the possession of someone else FIRST before
the person can take back the rope. The second round will be similar to the
first except that the number called will have to do a special action whilst
retrieving the rope (eg. model walking, walk backwards, march, hope on one leg,
etc.) or do special tasks such as PT or execute a certain command. The third
round will be UG related as the person called would have to recite the whole
sizing command (with the help of their teammates) or recite the pledge of
another UG besides the one that they are in.
Game 5: Can you hear me?
Instructions:
One word will be pasted on each
of the junior’s backs. All the words combined and rearranged will form a
sentence. They will have to 1) Figure out what the sentence is and 2) Form the
sentence without any form of communication with each other. As such, they will
have to rearrange themselves in such an order that the words on their back form
a coherent sentence when standing next to each other. Punctuation will be attached
to the previous word.
Sentence 1 (Scouts themed): A Scout makes friends; establishes
and maintains harmonious relations. A Scout has courage in all difficulties.
(16 words)
Sentence 2 (Guides themed): A guide is useful and helps others. A guide
is loyal and can be trusted. (15 words)
Sentence 3 (NPCC themed): Members of NPCC will always be loyal and true,
preserve our nation’s peace and uphold the law. (17 words)
Sentence 4 (SJB themed): To
enhance Learning Through Self-Awareness and to Mould Characters for Tomorrow.
(11 words)
After the mass games ended, everyone gathered for mass dance! The UG members paired up and began dancing to Uptown Funk. Initially, many were quite awkward and didn't really move around but on the second try, they began to loosen up and dance along to the music. Many were laughing whilst dancing, making it evident that they really enjoyed themselves during the mass dance! :)
Afterwards, it was time for prize presentation! All the groups received snacks and drinks, but the top 3 groups received a few extra snacks. :) Eventually, the winner was Group 20!
Lastly, to mark the end of the day, all the UG members had dinner together. During dinner, the groups had the opportunity to bond with their fellow UG members and the new friends they made in their groups!
The UG culture in Dunman High is quite strong, and we hope that throughout this week, the UG members really felt the UG spirit and that they truly took this time to strengthen their ties with members from other UGs! We would like to encourage the juniors to carry on the UG legacy even after the Year 4 batch passes down, and that all of you will continue to strengthen the ties in the UG family. Let the UG spirit continue to burn brighter and stronger each year! :)
Thoughts from a Year 1...The 集合 on 8 May 2015 was a memorable one. It was my first time celebrating UG Day. I had lots of fun playing the many games provided my our seniors. One of my favourite game was the ‘Dog and Bone’ game. Despite the fact that I was warned multiple times by one of my seniors not to get to excited abut the game, I was still very engrossed in the game. However, I did learn my lesson though with a few small and minor rope burn. Apart from that, I had a great time making new friends and bonding with my current friends. In the end, even if we did not win any of the top three prizes, I had still had quite a lot of fun. I remember when I first started leaning the UG dance, I was actually quite embarrassed. Nevertheless, slowly, I got over it and was rather proud to learn the dance. It was a pleasant experience for me to dance together with my friends and just laugh at each other. All in all, it was a really fun week and I am definitely looking forward to the next UG week and UG Day.
Thoughts from a Year 2...
For UG day this year, it was very fun as i could bond with many other uniform group members. I even made a new friend from NPCC!!
Firstly, we did a UG day mass dance and a small icebreaker game. As we were clueless at that point of time, we did not participate actively. However, as the song started, everyone became very hyper and happy. However, I think that there should be more space/ more orderly as it was quite messy.
For the games, there were 6 stations, and we came in 2nd afterwards! It requires a lot of teamwork and cooperation as well as having fun. Although the games were simple and easy, it was extremely fun for all. I especially liked the stepping-on-the-tail game, which was our first station as the last time I played this game was in primary school. However, there should be games to let one another know the names and be less messy. Overall I had fun and I wouldn't mind a another UG day this year!
Thoughts from a Year 3...
As it happens only once every year, UG day is something special, a day where all four UGs combine to carry out a common activity and bond together. We were split into groups and I was in group 14. We were told to get into groups of different numbers and that the people without a group would have to do a forfeit, but in the end no one did the forfeit because everyone just sat down even those that weren't in a proper group. We were then told to go in pairs and that person would be our dance partners for the first segment, mass dance! I was really lost during that session because I didn't attend the dance practices due to Song Leader training but I managed to sort of keep up with the crowd. Next, we went to our first station, which was to unscramble the words pasted behind the members back without any form of communication. It was tough and because the first sentence was from the NPCC’s promise, we let them take charge as they were clearer. However there were people from other UGs that attempted to sort things but ended up mixing the words up even further. Hence, sometimes it’s better to leave things to the people who are more competent in that certain aspect. The following sentence were two guides laws. And at the start I was a confused and kind of mixed up the two parts of the sentences and I think that shouldn't have been the case because as guides, we should know the laws by heart. Next, we went to the area outside the LT to play a violent game of stepping on other people’s bandages. But it was really fun watching others tackle one another and we cheered a lot during that period of time to boost our morale and to cheer on our group mates. Next, we played老鹰捉小鸡 at the elevated court. It was really fun and exciting and even though we were all exhausted at the end of it, we bonded more in between our UGs and batches through this simple yet enriching game. Lastly, we had a telepathy test whereby our facilitators would say a number and the respective number of people must do a sit up. This was my favourite station because it really relied on luck and camaraderie because any beforehand planning was not allowed. And it was satisfying when we got it right! Afterwards we did more dances, ate and the day ended. This will be the last UG day I’m participating in and it’ll be my batch’s turn to plan for all these activities next year and I hope we will plan it as well as the current Year 4s did!! ^^
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