Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 1:
On Monday, we had patrol
activity at the field. We were tasked to build a kitchen shelter and two dome
tents in an hour. The year 2s took turns being the Patrol Leader (PL) and Patrol
Second (PS). However, we took rather long to do the main frame of the kitchen
shelter and had to exchange the 红木 because it was too short
for the structure. We also taught the year 1s how to tie 八字结 and the Mickey Mouse lash simultaneously, as they were new to
the lashes for the kitchen shelter. As a result of such time consuming events,
we took about 30 minutes before we could 起 the structure. After
that, we secured the kitchen shelter by using arthurs. Concurrently, one year 1
and year 2 were instructed to build one of the dome tents while another pair
was instructed to do the same after a period of time. From this activity, I
learnt that the year 2s should step up more often and give clearer instructions
so the year 1s would know what to do as they are rather unfamiliar with the
structure. Furthermore, we should have remembered to constantly cheer and 报时 to keep our morale high and ask for time extension before we 过时. Most importantly, when tying the 木 to the canvas sheet in a kitchen shelter, we should also
remember to tie it closer so that the structure is more stable.
Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 2:
Firstly, we were
instructed to build a dome tent. However, we did not have a strong sense of
urgency and hence we couldn't make it in time had to keep asking for time
extensions. From this, I feel that we should have had a better sense of urgency
in order to get the task done quickly. Next, we built a standard kitchen
shelter in the field. However, we did not allocate the manpower properly, which
was why we wasted a lot of time and ended up spending a lot of time building
the structure. After two time extensions, the kitchen shelter was still not up
as the 麻绳 kept snapping. Hence, I
learnt that the Patrol Leader could have given clearer instructions so as to
ensure efficiency when working together as a patrol
Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 3:
For Monday's PA, we had to
build an emergency shelter, fire altar and a baggage rack. On a whole, I think
we could have done a lot better especially since the Annual Training Camp (ATC)
is just round the corner and we need to get as much practice as possible. We
first started with the main frames baggage rack, but the lashes were not up to
standard and we had forgotten to carbon copy the other main frame, so they were
extremely uneven. Due to this, we had to redo and start again after the year 3s
tested us on our lashes and helped us to brush up on our skills. From this, I
feel that we could have made a better effort to make sure that the year 1s’
lashes were up to standard and that they were tied tightly, so that we could
avoid wasting time to practice something as basic as lashes. Next, for the fire
altar, we took too long just like the baggage rack, and we even forgot to measure
the length and breadth of the zinc plate, hence it could not fit on our
structure. We could have done this more cautiously as without the zinc plate,
the purpose of our structure is defeated and if we were to put the zinc plate
there, it would have fallen with all the food, fire and kindlings. Thankfully,
the emergency shelter was generally better as we were sure of what to do. Nonetheless, for future improvements, we can
allocate manpower more efficiently so that different people can work on
different structures without everyone crowding around one. In the future, we can
also cheer more to improve the patrol morale.
Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 4:
Monday's PA was really
informative with our seniors going through the structures of the kitchen
shelter and tents. After that, we started on the kitchen shelter first at the field,
but we were extremely slow in building it. Furthermore, we made several
mistakes, such as tying the knots for the main structure on the outside instead
of on the inside, taking the wrong tent equipment, not tying the important
knots tightly enough, and also not taking the pacings at the correct angle,
which caused the top of the shelter to sag. As we 过时-ed many times, we did not manage to build the tent as there
was not enough time. In the end, we had to look at another patrol's
half-finished tent to understand how it is built. However, despite the many
challenges we faced, I still find that I have learnt many important
information, as well as the dos and don'ts when building a kitchen shelter, tent,
and also when collecting logistics.
Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 5:
For Monday's PA, P5 was
given 1 hour and 20 minutes to build a fire altar, 3 emergency shelters, a dome
tent and an eight-man tent. We decided to build the dome tent first, seeing as
it was the easiest to build. After that, we split our manpower such that 2 year
2s and 2 year 1s were working on the three emergency shelters and 1 year 2 and 2
year 1s were working on the fire altars before spending time to build our
eight-man tent. I feel that the most difficult part was to build the eight man
tent as it requires a lot of coordination and good communication. However, I am
quite pleased to say that despite our lack of knowledge in some areas in
building the eight man tent, we were able to successfully build the tent with
guidance from our seniors and cooperation of each and every one of our patrol
members. This has taught us how to work better as a patrol.
Reflection from a Year 2 from
Patrol 6:
We were told to take all
logistics required for our proposed creative gadget, a kitchen shelter, an 8
men tent. Firstly, we had to build the creative gadget, which was intended to
be a catapult, in 15 minutes. However, the quadpod 飞脚-ed on both our 1st and 2nd tries. I
felt that I should have been more aware when I was 定-ing the 脚 when my junior was tying
the lash to prevent time from being wasted in the future. We also had to ask
for a time extension as we wasted time re-tying the quadpod. In the end, our
gadget did not turn out to be what we had expected and we felt a little
disappointed as we could not play with it, even though the theme was "toys
r' us". I think that should this happen again, we could have discussed
about the gadget more slowly instead of rushing the proposal at the eleventh
hour and creating a gadget that could not be played with. Next, we had to build
a kitchen shelter. It was our first time leading the Year 1s in building a
kitchen shelter in 35 minutes and we felt trepidation at first. Hence, we had
to take reference from the other patrols building kitchen shelters and then tried
to build a decent one. As we were rather unclear on the building of a kitchen
shelter, we spent a lot of time tying the 木 and trying to 起 the structure, thus wasting a great deal of time. The arthurs
were also hammered in the wrong places and we had to pull many of them out. To
make matters worse, one of the 绳 came loose when the
structure had been 起-ed and we had to 倒 it just to fix the problem. The strong wind also prevented
the canvas sheet from being taut. I felt that as the PL of this activity, I
could have given the Year 1s clearer instructions as I ran around trying to
answer many of their questions. Our patrol morale was rather low too and we did
not 报时 often. In the end, we did
not manage to finish building the kitchen shelter and we had to do 15 burpees
as a forfeit. Some of the seniors had been building the 8 men tent all the
while we were trying to build the kitchen shelter, so we looked at the way they
built it and learnt from their methods of building the tent. We also took a
look at the KS of the other patrols to learn about the structure. In a
nutshell, it was a rather meaningful PA and I'm glad that all of us had learned
something new.
Published by:
Chen Wei
Secretary of the 48th Batch
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