Hi Guides :-) Last Friday, we invited the Year 1s into our CCA with the Year 1 Induction. This year, we have about 22 Year 1s joining Guides, and all of us were extremely excited to accept them into our Guides Family. To induce the Year 1s into our CCA, we prepared 3 stations of games. Here are some reflections from the Year 3s on what they felt about Friday’s 集合.
Station 1:
Each patrol will be blindfolded and led into a room. In the room, the tables and chairs will be arranged such that it forms a maze and patrol members will be led to different entrances of the maze. In the maze, there is a button which will be known as the escape button and it will be placed in a clearing somewhere in the maze. When a whistle is blown, the patrol members have to navigate their way towards the button blindfolded. Only when the entire patrol has reached the clearing will they be allowed to press the escape button to escape. The station masters will time the patrols and award them points accordingly.
Once both patrols have escaped the room, they will come together for a game of Poison cup. There will be 4 rounds, and each patrol will take turns alternatively to be the “Guessing Team” and the “Acting Team”. First, the “Acting Team” will have to send out 3 people to drink, one of which is the bad one. Then, the “Guessing Team” will be given 30 seconds to discuss between themselves and guess the person who drank the bad one. If the “Guessing Team” guesses it correctly, they will win that round, if not, the “Acting Team” will win.
At Station 1, my patrol was competing with Patrol 5. The first part of the station was to blindfold ourselves before we were led into a dark classroom. When the time starts, we have to try to reach the center of the room to touch the ball placed there in the fastest time possible. It was really fun as we tried to get past the obstacles to reach the middle. There was a lot of shouting and cheering as we speedily made our way to the destination. I think we completed it pretty fast. The next part of the station was to guess which opposing patrol member had drank the 'poisoned drink'. My patrol did really well since we guessed correctly on both attempts. When it was our patrol’s turn to be the “Acting Team”, we took some time to strategise and decided to fake that all the drinks tasted horrible. The one which turned out to be 'poisoned' was the one that I had drank, which was unsweetened coffee. Truthfully, I could not tell that it was the nasty drink because it was much better as compared to what the previous patrol had drank, which was vinegar. Luckily, we did not have to drink that drink XD. Overall, the station was really fun and we had an enjoyable time bonding with the Year 1s!
Station 2:
At this station, patrols are to build a simple catapult. After which, they would try patrol skiing where each member of the patrol will have all their left feet on two 黄木 sheer-lashed together, and their right feet on another two. They will hold onto (18 sets of) 麻绳 handles to move together as a patrol to the next part of the race. The only way to play this game effectively and efficiently is coordination and teamwork. Once they have reached the end of the race, the patrol has to solve a number to letter puzzle, where 1-A, 2-B etc to form the sentence: ‘Welcome to DHSCOY, Fifty First Batch!’ The patrol will have to work together to decipher the 5 codes to form the sentence. After decoding the puzzle, the patrol has to complete a 3 legged race as a patrol back to their base.
Overall, this station was quite funny and competitive. We focused more on speed than quality when building the catapult which caused it to be lopsided and difficult to aim. Nonetheless, we managed to knock down most of the cups (with a bit of cheating >.<). I enjoyed the second part of the station the most. The patrol skiing was indeed an activity which improved our patrol bonding and teamwork, since everyone had to move together to keep moving forward. However, the last part of the station did not prove to be very challenging as we had already practiced moving together. In the end, we came second but it sure was a meaningful station.
Station 3:
Both patrols get three minutes to strategise and decide where they want to position their flags and their safe haven. The flags would be hung on a flag hanger. Once the flags and the safe haven are positioned, the game begins. In order to win the game, you must capture the opposing patrol’s flag, and bring it back to your own territory. But if a patrol member from the opposing patrol catches you while you are in their territory, you will have to head to the jail. You can be freed from the jail if one of your patrol members touches you, and there is no limit to how many times you can be thrown into the jail. There will be a safe haven placed in your opposing patrol’s territory. You will not get caught by your opposing patrol if you are inside this safe haven. The game will be over once one team has won or the time limit (20 min) is up.
We spent 3 minutes strategising on our game plan, and agreed to have a few people playing defensive while the rest played offensive. However, we should have thought more about the implications of such an idea. The moment the game started, many of our patrol mates charged into the other patrol's territory. The other patrol had not made a move yet so inevitably, everyone who entered their territory were caught and had to go to their jail. Those who could escape were caught even before they could make it to the safe haven. After some time watching the other patrol, I decided to enter their territory to save my patrol mates, as there were far too little people on our side. Expectedly, I was caught. However, we lifted everyone's spirits by chatting with each other and getting to know the Y1s better. Then we received news that we could be released from jail on a condition. The Y1s had to name 3 seniors while The Y2s, Y3s and Y4s had to sing Maboleh and Chek Chek Goleh to be released from the jail. We then decided that one person should stay in jail (even after being allowed to return to our base) to save the rest who were caught too. After which, my batch-mate and I decided that she would distract the enemy while I attempted to escape from jail to the safe haven. It worked, but there was no chance of returning back to our territory as there were too many enemies around the safe haven. The fact that the safe haven and jail had been placed on the patch of grass, far from no man's land, further increased the difficulty of the game. Unfortunately, the game then came to an end without either patrol wining. Overall, this station had been really enjoyable but the experience could have been more exciting if we had discussed and strategised in a more logical manner. All in all, I really enjoyed bonding with my patrol mates and although no one actually caught the other patrol's flag, I'm pretty sure that everyone had a lot of fun at this station.
Published by:
Chen Wei
48th Batch Secretary
48th Batch Secretary
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