Skills Training, 7th July

Hello Guides!

On the 7th of July, we had our first ever 集合 session planned by the newly appointed Year 3 leadership batch!

Firstly, we had a brief skills training session with the Year 2s (Year 1s being uninvolved due to a mandatory paper they had to take). The Year 2s were tested on their square lashes, diagonal lashes and tripods, after which a debrief would be held by their respective Year 3s.

Reflection from a Year 2,,
The skills training activity was very beneficial for me as I was able to realise what went wrong when I was tying my lashes. I was also able to know the lashes that I was competent at and the ones I needed to improve on. I realised that I had to tie my lashes faster as we kept 过时-ing. But this also helped us to improve as a batch as we learnt to ask for time extensions when we saw that our batchmates were not done tying. We would also help others after we were done tying our lashes. Overall, I think that this activity was very helpful for us in tying lashes.

After which, we had a goal setting session, during which the Year 2s listed out their goals and what they hoped to achieve in subsequent 集合s.

After the Year 1s arrived, both batches mass changed into their PT kit for the PT stations. They were then split into their respective batches and then further divided into groups among each batch. Both batches would be at different stations at any point in time.

For Station 1, they were taught high-low planking, and practised 站马, lunges, Buddha claps, burpees and crabwalk. One representative from each group would 集合 to the Station Masters and answer a question every 2 minutes. The Guide who gets the question correct first would run two rounds around the perimeter of the corridor while the other representatives plank for 45 seconds before returning to their group.

Questions:

1. What is the importance of shelter? (list two)

Protection from natural elements, protection from wild animals, personal privacy

2. What is the sequence to fill the filter column?

Charcoal, fine sand, coarse sand and pebbles

3. What does WAGGGS stand for?

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

4. What is the elevation sling used for? (name 2)

Collar bone fracture, houlder dislocation, finger injury, arm and rib fracture

5. What does this trekking sign mean?

Beware of dogs

6. What is the center of gravity?

V

Reflection from a Year 2,,
For the batch activity, the batch was required to go through a series of different PT. While tiring, I feel that the training served to improve our stamina and physical strength, which would help us in future activities and camps. However, I think that there is still a lot to be improved on, such as ensuring that the PT we do is more standard and that we take our penalties more seriously. I also feel that we should adhere more to the time limits set so as to complete the necessary tasks at hand, which could have been made better if we had 报时-ed more. Not only that, we should also take care of our batchmates more and that everyone is fit enough to continue the PT, especially when some people are unable to catch up with the speed of others. I believe that by keeping this in mind, we would be able to improve during other batch activities.

For Station 2, the Guides would carry out circuits repeatedly for 20 minutes, with the number of circuits being decided by the batch themselves. The circuit consists of 1 minute planking, 20 jumping jacks, 10 burpees and 20 squats.

Reflection from a Year 1,,
During the batch PT at Block G Level 5, we were supposed to set a target of the number of circuits that we would like to complete in 20 minutes. We set a target to complete 4 circuits and thankfully, we managed to achieve our target. Although the batch PT was tiring, we learnt that target setting is essential as without a goal, it would be meaningless doing the batch PT. I feel that this PT has also bonded us (the Year Ones) as we learnt to take care of one another by asking each other if we were feeling okay after each circuit. I also learnt to slow down and wait for my batchmates while doing the different exercises as not all of them are as physically capable as the rest.

After the PT Stations, the Year 1s and 2s mass changed back into their PE attire, before we started the next activity, which was Company Games.

The patrols will need to go around the given locations to look for post-its. On these post-its, challenges and riddles will be written and patrols have to answer these riddles by writing on the paper or complete the challenge and take a video/picture of it. Only after they have done the following will they be allowed to keep the post-it. For some post-its, they have to do something in front of the company hence they will keep it and only do the task after 集合, otherwise the points will not be counted. Each post-it will have a number on it which represents how many points this challenge/riddle carries. The patrol with the highest number of points will win and the two patrols with the least number of points will do a forfeit after 集合. The forfeit will be decided by the rest of the patrols.

No.	Challenge/ Riddle	Answer	Points	Location
1	Sing Barney I love you song while running around the 正心园.	-	7 points	正心园
2	Each patrol member to write out their name using their butt.	-	7 points	Cafe
3	Mr Brown was killed on Sunday afternoon. The wife said she was reading a book. The butler said he was taking a shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The maid said she was folding clothes, and the gardener said he was planting tomatoes. Who did it?	The chef. Mr Brown was killed in the afternoon and yet the chef claimed he was making breakfast?	6 points	Block F Level 1
4	Take a picture of all the Y1s proposing to the PL and the rest of the patrol sulking at the side.	-	6 points	Block F Level 2
5	Write out your patrol name using your butt as a patrol.	-	6 points	MRL
6	Do chek chek in front of the entrance to the MRL.	-	8 points	Cafe
7	Sing a song but each patrol member says one word of the song at a time.	-	7 points	MRL
8	One Y1 recite 5 of the Guides Laws.	-	7 points	Foyer
9	Take a video explaining the rationale of your flag kit and the things inside it.	-	6 points	团部
10	Come up with a unique patrol cheer and dance.	-	9 points	PLTC ‘09 Campsite
11	Patrol members to pass a message to another patrol member across the level only with actions. (Y3s to come up with any message they want)	-	8 points	Blk F level 2
12	Recite the alphabet backwards without stopping in 30s. Each patrol member to say one letter.	-	7 mpoints	Blk F staircase
13	Patrol to advertise anything they see around them.	-	7 points	团部
14	Count how many 中长木 there are in 团部 and arrange the 木 properly afterwards	-	8 points	团部
15	Take wefie with any school worker you see. (Ask them for permission first!)	-	8 points	Walkway from library to foyer
16	Start a conversation about life in guides but only using questions for 40s.	-	10 points	Watercooler outside Scouts 团部
17	Stand in a straight line. Each person to turn around and say one thing they love about the person in front of her while placing her hands on the person’s shoulders and having eye contact.	-	9 points	MRL
18	Teach a DHS teacher (non-guides teacher) / student the maboleh dance. Teacher/student to dance with patrol afterwards.	-	10 points	Foyer
19	Act out a 2 min scene where your PL is about to 跳楼.	-	9 points	Blk F Level 2
20	Recite the Guides Promise backwards as a patrol.		9 points	Bamboo Forest
21	SIng kookaburra backwards.	-	9 points	Outside Auditorium
22	Make up a storyline with the given trekking signs (by how they look and not what they mean) and then write their respective meanings on the back of the post-it. (February, November, Wednesday, Canteen, Them, 爬山 signs will be given)	-	10 points	PLTC ‘09 Campsite
23	With many keys but cannot open a single lock	Keyboard	3 points	Block F Level 1
24	Dance the chicken dance in front of the General Office without getting caught	-	13 points	Auditorium
25	How many guides are there in total in DHSCOY?	68	5 points	Red tile area
26	Whats 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?	Chicago	7 points	Block F Level 1
27	What time of day is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?	Noon	7 points	Behind GSL
28	Take a music video of A Whole New World. (chorus only)	-	10 points	Behind GSL
29	A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?	He waits till nighttime and walks out the first door.	4 points	Bamboo forest
30	There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?	Heroine	4 points	Cafe
31	I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?	A stamp	3 points	MRL
32	With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?	A stapler	3 points	Red tile area
33	What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?	A coat of paint	3 points	Blk F Level 1
34	What are two things you can never eat for dinner?	Breakfast and lunch	3 points	Red tile area
35	What kind of room has no doors or windows?	A mushroom	3 points	Outside hostel canteen
36	Pose like Power Rangers	-	5 points	Outside hostel canteen

After the Games, we 集合-ed and debriefs were given, followed by the announcement of the winning patrol and the patrol forfeits.

Reflection from a Year 2,,
I think the 团 games were the most fun thing we did during the whole 集合. It was really fun to run around, finding the post-it notes also because it gave us a chance to bond with our new patrol and the new seniors. I enjoyed doing the activities on the post-its as well because it was really creative and funny to solve the riddle and complete the task. My patrol found the post-it that had the task to send a message to someone using actions with the person standing far away. I found that task particularly fun because we all laughed a lot while trying to communicate through our actions and I think it allowed us to bond much more! However, after a while of playing the game we still had quite a lot of time left, yet we couldn't find any more post-its so that was the only sad part :( I hope we will have more games like this that allows us to bond even more with our patrol and the whole 团. I really enjoyed it 😊

And that concludes our first 集合 :D Hope y’all had fun!

Published By:
Arielle
49th Batch Secretary