Hike 2016, 26 March 2016

Hello Guides! (:

Last Saturday, we had our annual hike at Botanic Gardens! This was a special activity held every year to bond the patrol from a different kind of 集合! Everyone 集合-ed at the school foyer at 7:40 am and after taking attendance, we bothered the bus that brought us all the way to Botanic Gardens.

The I/Cs briefed the Company on the hike. Here is the storyline:

Hello fellow guides, or should we call you, runners? You are tasked with your final mission to be executed today. Your mission is to venture through a foreign garden as a patrol. Your role is very simple, yet very vital for our final phase of development of our antidote for the deadly virus that has purged our lands. The cure to this epidemic lies in your hands. Firstly, you must explore the region around us, marked out on your maps as “Tree Trail”. In this region, you will be locating trees and executing different tasks as instructed by us. These trees contain the raw materials which you will need for the final antidote. We will be notifying each patrol of their task via a Y4 through their smartphones. The patrol that manages to finish all 10 tasks first, can notify us and they will get to choose the station which they want to attempt first. Do note that each station can only take in up to 2 patrols at any point in time. For patrols that cannot finish finding all 10 trees by the given time limit, the station master will tell you your station number and you should proceed there promptly. Every patrol will be given 45 minutes to finish finding all the trees. Do you have any questions? If not, good luck, you’ll need it. But before you are given your first task, you have to solve a puzzle. The patrol that finishes first, can hand in to the ics and obtain the clue to their first tree.

Puzzle to solve:

 

Tree Trail Tasks:

Penega Laut	We will provide name. Task: Find it and describe its leaves, take a picture of the leaf too. (signboard as well)
African or Senegal Mahogany	We will provide picture. Task: Find it and take a selfie with the signboard and tree.
Snake Tree	Task: Find the tree with a name that fits this criteria. Fangs with poison, Cows and oxens, Predator is who i am, Zodiac will be where I am. Then take a picture of signboard
Malacca tree/ Indian gooseberry	3-Pic-1 word They need to solve the word puzzle before they can take a picture of the signboard.
Burmese Banyan	Task: Find the name of this tree and then take a picture of its signboard. Note: This tree will have to come directly before the Burmese Teak.
Burmese Teak	Task: Find the sister tree of Burmese Banyan. (Hint: They orignate from the same country. ) Then take a selfie with the signboard
Kapur	Crossword puzzle Only after they successfully guess the name of the tree, they can proceed to find it and take a picture of the signboard.
Para Rubber	Task: Find a tree which can provide you with the materials to make: Boots, raincoat, tyre and eraser. Take a picture of signboard
Monkey pot	Task: Find a tree with a synonym to this word. Ape container. Patrol will have to guess the word correctly before proceeding to find the tree. Other alternative words will be provided if patrol fails: Gorilla, ceramic container, vase, baboon etc. Take picture of the signboard and leaf litter.

 

 Station One

Draw a picture

For station 1, the patrol will be tasked to draw a particular object in the botanical garden which is in sight. They should draw specific objects and not the scenery. Two people will share a A4 paper (Will be torn into A5 size) and each person will be given two colour pencils randomly. They will not be allowed to use other stationary that they brought with them.

Write a Story

They will then be told to link all their drawings together and create a story. The station master will pass the patrol a piece of paper in which they have to jot down their story. The patrol will take turns contributing to the story individually, starting with the Patrol Leader and followed by the year 1s down the 集合 order. They are not allowed to discuss with others when jotting down their part of the story and they have to incorporate the object that they drew into the portion of the story. The patrol will then present their story to the station masters and the station masters will film it down.

 

Thoughts…

Surprisingly, we managed to piece together a rather smooth flowing story quickly although none of the items were related to each other. Overall, I felt that this station went well as we were efficient as well as effective, and also helped the patrol members to build rapport between ourselves.

Station Two

The patrols had to complete a relay race!

Order	Activity
1	Charades Patrols will be split into two groups. One group will be the guesser and one will be the prompter. The station master will flash a word and the prompters will have to hint the guessers with actions only and no words. A total of 10 words/phrases will be flashed. The patrol can only proceed on to the next segment after they have guessed all 10.   Words/Phrases: 1.      白绳 2.      Eating Chicken 3.      Gangnam Style 4.      Instagram 5.      Gwiyomi 6.      Late for school 7.      Dreaming 8.      Milking a cow 9.      Mass Change 10.  Inspection
2	Three-Legged Race Cancel if wet weather The patrol will then have to walk across a marked distance with their feet tied together using strips of cloth. This is to promote their teamwork and communication.
3	Balance The Ball Cancel if wet weather The patrol will then take turns in balancing a ball on plastic spoon and transporting it to one end to the other in another marked distance. Lasts for 5 minutes
4	Jump Shot Cancel if wet weather Finally, they will be taking a jump shot to end of this station. For this shot, everyone have to keep their eyes open and flash their teeth, with all their feet off the ground. They will have to keep retaking until they managed to take the perfect picture The station is completed once they successfully take that shot.

Thoughts…

The hike, even though early in the morning, still put us in high spirits as we trudged along Botanic Garden. Our first station, after completing the tree trail portion, was to do a relay race as a patrol, tying every alternate leg together and then proceeding to reach our destination together. It was hard, as we could not coordinate our actions, and in the end we took a suggestion from one of our patrol members to instead crawl on the ground using our butts. Though it was crude, it definitely was a more effective method and we managed to finish our task within the given time. Next, we all took turns to run back and forth to the palm tree while balancing a tiny ball on a plastic spoon. This proved to be no challenge as we were able to complete at least two rounds for the patrol and we felt quite satisfied after this station.

Station Three

“Say it” game

Starting from 集合 order, the patrol leader will say an item from the category and the rest of the patrol will tap their thighs with one hand, then with both hands, then point out their left followed by right thumb together with the PL. After that, the next person in line, will continue. Once, someone repeats an item or the tapping action becomes un-synced, the patrol will be considered to have fail the task. For every successful round, the patrol will be presented with one of the questions below.

Question	Answer
What is the relative molecular mass of ammonia?	17
List the names of the PLs of the 45th Batch	Rui Qi, Wen Ting, Yue Wen, Iris, Hui Yuen, Susila, Shanice, Lynette, Elizabeth, Zhau Yue
What comes down but never goes up?	Rain
You patrol mate sprained her ankle. What will you do?	Raise her leg. Ice it. Compress it with bandage and elevate it.
If I drink, I die. If i eat, I am fine. What am I?	Fire
How many months have 28 days?	All 12 months
What can you catch but not throw?	A cold
What goes up but never comes down?	Your age
Name all the members in one direction	Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson (Full name)
List items in a peibei.	yuan zi lu,  yuan zi la, mess tins, qing tou, rubber mallet, masheng, baisheng, poncho, groundsheet, fap, survival kit, newspaper
When is Thinking Day?	22 February
What does WAGGGS stand for?	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
When is Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s birthday?	16 September 1923
What is always coming but never arrives?	Tomorrow
What is the center of Gravity?	V
Which year was Home composed?	1998
Name the colours of the rainbow in order	red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
Name the smallest country in the world	Vatican City

Thoughts…

As the Botanic Gardens is huge, we took a long time getting to our station. Despite that fact, we still had lots of fun. We were tasked to form a skipping rope out of rubber bands to fit as many patrol members as possible. The "jumpers" have to jump at the same time for at least 6 times to ensure it is valid. The patrol (p5 vs p6) with the most number of patrol members skipping using the skipping rope made out of rubber bands wins. However, it was not easy to get the rubber bands as we had to play a mini game beforehand which our patrol took some time with, causing the other patrol (p5) to catch up with us. We could have been faster and more alert. However, the games were enjoyable and all of us had fun!

Iconic Trail

Along the way the patrols had to spot these icons and take a picture with it!

 

Mass Station

For the mass station, the patrols played “老鹰捉小鸡” whereby everyone had “flags” attached to their bag. The Patrol Leaders were at the front and had to rip off the flags from the other patrols! They were given 1 minute to strategize and 10 minutes to attack!

Thoughts…

For mass station, many of us were excited as it seemed very action-packed. We had hid our "flags" strategically and rolled ourselves up into a spiral shape to protect the last person from getting caught. Many of the patrols were eager to attack one another and soon it became very fun as we had to defend ourselves against other patrol while we attack them at the same time. We had to defend ourselves against many other patrol who were coming in all directions, trying to rip the "flag" off our last member. We tried to form alliances but it eventually broke apart and attacked any vulnerable patrol seen. It was very exciting and we had a lot of fun watching other patrols fend each other off and also defending ourselves against other patrols. Eventually, even though we did not win, we managed to bond as a patrol and stuck against one another to protect others, like a family.

In the end, P6 won! After prize giving, patrols had a short patrol corner and it was break off! We hope everyone enjoyed themselves!

Cheers,
Michelle
47^th Batch Secretary