Hi everyone! On 10th March, Friday, we had 集合, and the task was for each patrol to build an element in a playground—patrols are not allowed to have overlapping structure designs. One week before 集合, the Year 4s were to submit proposals on the playground design that they have come up with. Here are some of the reflections from the Year 3s on what happened during 集合, as well as what structure they came up with.
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 1…
On Friday, most of us when to 集合 with trepidation in our hearts. The patrol members in Patrol One(P1) actually knew what we would be building already as we had seen the structure on social media—we were tasked to build a bridge in two hours. Once we broke off, everybody scrambled to get the logistics required to build each of our structures, which would all be combined to form a playground. It was rather hard to do as we had to make several carbon copies, thus lot of time had to be spent on doing so. Eventually, we were able to complete our structure although we had gone overtime. After which, we were allowed to take photos with our structures and rotate to play on the other structures in the playground. I particularly liked the Viking Boat structure as each batch took turns sitting on it while other batches pushed them as the sides. When each batch set on the Viking Boat, we sang some cheerful sings like the opening song for Little Einstein, the alphabet song and the Christmas song. It was a very interesting and fun experience.
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 2…
Our patrol was building a Viking ship as part of the playground that the whole 团 was building together. We were given 2 hours in total to complete our structure. Our structure was rather difficult to build as we had to tie spars near the top of the structure where none of us were able to reach. This meant we had to get tables from the canteen and borrow a ladder which slowed down the process of building because only a few people at a time could stand on the tables and ladder. Though it was very hot and tiring, we had a lot of fun and it was the first time we built such a structure and it worked as well. However, some things that we could improve on would be our sense of urgency. We were mostly taking our own time especially towards the end of the structure which resulted in the need to ask for time extensions multiple times. I feel this is very unacceptable as not only did we take so long to build the structure, we also took a long time to 拆 the structure—both of which could have been prevented if we remembered to 报时 more. However, on the whole I am rather pleased that we finished the structure and it was fun playing on other patrols’ structure as well!
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 3…
For Friday's 集合, we had pioneering as a company, and it was our first pioneering session with the Year 1s around. We had to build a structure that was part of a playground and P3 built a monkey bar. At the beginning, we exceeded the time we were give to take the 木s due to poor communication and poor allocation of manpower so I feel that this aspect can be improved. Furthermore, we had to redo the main frame three times as we did not pay close enough attention to the tiny details like the protrusion of the 木s and the 2nd frame which was a carbon copy of the first was not aligned properly. I’ve learnt that we should take note of such things so that our structure would not look sloppy and messy, and it would also save us a lot of time to focus on the rest of the structure. Besides the set backs along the way, I think our monkey bar turned out nicely and I think that we were all proud of it. Going around to play at other patrols’ structures was also really fun as we got to see what the rest built and all of them were really creative. All in all, this 集合 was extremely enjoyable and I'm glad that despite the problems faced, everyone managed to stay cheerful and keep up a high morale.
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 4…
Friday's 集合 was fun as we got to bond together and play games made by different patrols. My patrol did the 'playhouse' which was supposed to be a slide, but we ended up not being able to build a slide due to the lack of time. However, I feel that it was commendable that both the year 2s and year 1s took the initiative to cheer, which was very encouraging and contributed to the patrol morale. Getting the 木 and putting them back was a team effort amongst the patrols as we helped each other if we were unable to balance the 木 properly. In this way, we were able to bond as a 团 and I believe that everyone benefitted in one way or another in this 集合.
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 5…
During Friday's 集合, we did quite exciting activities! We had to reenact a playground using spars and my patrol was in charge of building a see-saw. To me, it was quite fun and creative. It really reminded me of my first ever Passing Down Parade in 2015, where we basically had to reenact a city or town using sparse as well and my patrol was in charge of building a gateway. Both activities have me the same feeling of satisfaction and amazement when I saw each of the patrol's structures all together to create one beautiful scene or setting! I hope that we will have more 集合s like this one where we can all work together to achieve great results!
Reflection from a Year 3 from Patrol 6…
My patrol had to build a mini obstacle course with spars in 2 hours. Initially, we had trouble trying to get all the 木 required for our structure, as there was a shortage of 木. However, we managed to sort things out with the other patrols and immediately started work. As it was a hot afternoon, everyone was working slowly and we seldom cheered, which resulted in our low patrol morale and this caused us to work even more slowly. To make matters worse, we had started later than the other patrols due to the earlier conflict with the number of 木s. I felt that as a senior, I could have encouraged the juniors to work faster and to 抽 every lash with more force, so that we could reduce the amount of time spent on 重打-ing the loose lashes. I could also have cheered more to empower everyone to work faster, instead of chatting with my patrol mates, which really decreased our level of productivity. However, there were some juniors who tried cheering and it was really heartening to see that they were trying to help the patrol as much as they could. After all the structures were completed, every patrol was given 4 minutes to try out each structure. I felt really pleased with our structure as it seemed relatively stable when we tried it out. However, my patrol's structure 垮-ed halfway when another patrol was trying it out, which was really embarrassing as it showed our lack of competency in our lashes. During 拆掉, everyone was working slowly which resulted in us 过时-ing and our PLs had to plank for us. I strongly feel that we could have tried harder to work faster so that our PLs would not have to get punished for our mistake. Overall, it had been a fun 集合 session and I'm glad that the juniors tried their best.
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Chen Wei
48th Batch Secretary
Chen Wei
48th Batch Secretary
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