Hi Guides!
We had PA on Monday and here are some reflections from the Year 3s!
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 1:
For PA, our patrol mainly focused on practising our basic lashes as those make up the foundation to build all the other bigger structures in Guides. As a Year 3, I was expected to tie the lashes within the standard timing, or even faster. I realised I did not possess the standard skills needed for the upcoming Patrol Leaders’ Training Camp (PLTC), as it took me a few tries to tie a tight lash within the given time frame. I feel that there is still lots of room for improvement for the four of us Year 3s in our patrol as we all did not fulfill all the requirements — tying tight lashes within the time limit — on the first try. In addition, we also built a few standard structures such as the baggage rack and a creative structure, like the indoor flagpole. We realised that some of us were still unsure of how to 升旗 and clarified our doubts there and then. Overall, PA was not that exhausting but I did realise that I needed more practice on the basic lashes as they were not up to standard yet.
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 2:
On Monday, we had our second PA for the year. Our patrol was tasked to build a bridge using gadget poles and we could not use tripods. For the first 8 minutes, we were split into half and separated from each other to work in 2 groups. We then decided to start tying one of the quadpods first. However, we worked slowly and took 10 minutes to tie it and we could not finish our 顶脚. When we ran back, we had to ask for a 5 minute time extension and had to change our original plan. Even though we completed the structure, one of our gadget poles got ‘kupped’. Next, we had to build a cube using the remaining gadget poles. We finished our structure with a 5 minute time extension and we took better care of our items, as compared to our first round. Even though a few of our things got ‘kupped’, we asked for it back the moment it got taken. After we 拆掉-ed and 搬-ed back our logistics, we did Physical Training (PT). We had to hold a ping pong ball with two chopsticks while running 2 rounds around the GSL, 站马 for 2 minutes, plank for 1 minute and complete 45 lunges. As we dropped our ping pong balls many times, we had to do 40 jumping jacks. Overall, we did pretty well, but we could have taken better care of our logistics and worked more quickly.
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 3:
For Patrol Activity, we had a lash evaluation to check the standards of our lashes, before the Year 1s came on Friday, to ensure that we were all up to standard and if not, improve. Although it was a little stressful, I think the lash evaluation was quite enriching as we got much feedback from the seniors and tips on how to improve our lashes to ensure that they are tighter. We were also pressured to complete the lashes in progressively shorter amounts of time than when we first tied them so I felt quite a sense of accomplishment when I was able to tie the lash in a relatively shorter amount of time. Next we had PT and I felt proud that we did it rather quickly and completed them all in half the time given. Lastly, we did gadgeting and we built a structure that was supposed to be Marina Bay Sands. Although we completed the structure within the time limit, I think that there is still room for improvement -- such as checking the orientation of our structure -- as when we tied it, we did not realise that it was quite slanted. Also, we could have worked faster as we were rather slow at the start but towards the end, we started working faster.
For Patrol Activity, we had a lash evaluation to check the standards of our lashes, before the Year 1s came on Friday, to ensure that we were all up to standard and if not, improve. Although it was a little stressful, I think the lash evaluation was quite enriching as we got much feedback from the seniors and tips on how to improve our lashes to ensure that they are tighter. We were also pressured to complete the lashes in progressively shorter amounts of time than when we first tied them so I felt quite a sense of accomplishment when I was able to tie the lash in a relatively shorter amount of time. Next we had PT and I felt proud that we did it rather quickly and completed them all in half the time given. Lastly, we did gadgeting and we built a structure that was supposed to be Marina Bay Sands. Although we completed the structure within the time limit, I think that there is still room for improvement -- such as checking the orientation of our structure -- as when we tied it, we did not realise that it was quite slanted. Also, we could have worked faster as we were rather slow at the start but towards the end, we started working faster.
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 4:
During the Patrol Activity on 5 February, the patrol revised on each of the lashes and knots and were tested on the speed and tightness of the lashes in preparation for the Year 1s’ arrival. While the lashes were all completed within the time frame, most of them were loose or had overlaps, or had spacings within it, causing the the lash to be looser than it should be. Afterwards, we were to build three structures according to the descriptions given—a place to sleep in, a place to eat at, and a place to put our shoes. We quickly decided on allocating two people to building a dome tent, another two to a shoe rack and the rest to a kitchen table built out of gadget poles. At first, we got off to a slow start as the poles of the dome tent were damaged and a new dome tent had to be brought, and the other structures had to have a tripod or quadpod tied by one person first. Fortunately, the new dome tent was quickly set up and the shoe rack was finished within the first 20 minutes, allowing the kitchen table to have more manpower allocated to it. However, the shoe rack was deemed too small and had to be rebuilt within the remaining time to be able to fit five pairs of shoes comfortably. As such, two people had to 拆掉 the current shoe rack and rebuild it in a different format. Quite some time was wasted on discussing how to build the new shoe rack before building a horizontal rack was decided. By the time the frame was completed, the kitchen table was completed and the whole patrol started working on the shoe rack. As a lot of time was wasted beforehand, a time extension had to be asked for. Once every structure was completed, the extended time was up and we 集合-ed to begin the next activity. The next task was to build a border around our kitchen table and shoe rack to prevent anyone from entering and taking away the structures, with our manpower being reduced by one every three minutes. At first, the patrol decided to use buckets filled with bricks and our water bottles to weigh it down, then tying long half bamboo to the buckets with square lashes before connecting them to each other with 白绳. However, we had forgotten to account for one of the corners that was covered by the railing and wall as we incorrectly assumed that the corner did not count. By the time we realised the mistake, the time given was nearing the end and a time extension had to be asked. Two people were sent to 团部 to get additional logistics, however they only came back with bricks for the buckets and without additional logistics for the last corner. Eventually, we improvised with two 长木 tied to a brick as the last corner, yet were unable to complete it in time. This brings to mind the importance of good communication with each other as without it, important messages will not be conveyed and structures could be delayed or incomplete. In addition, we need to have a better sense of urgency and pay more attention to the current time, as an excessive amount of time was spent on discussion rather than actually tying the structures. We also need to be more decisive as there were a few disagreements on what to build for the structures. In conclusion, although at first the lashes and knots were still passable, we still need to work on various aspects for the latter sections of the patrol activity.
During the Patrol Activity on 5 February, the patrol revised on each of the lashes and knots and were tested on the speed and tightness of the lashes in preparation for the Year 1s’ arrival. While the lashes were all completed within the time frame, most of them were loose or had overlaps, or had spacings within it, causing the the lash to be looser than it should be. Afterwards, we were to build three structures according to the descriptions given—a place to sleep in, a place to eat at, and a place to put our shoes. We quickly decided on allocating two people to building a dome tent, another two to a shoe rack and the rest to a kitchen table built out of gadget poles. At first, we got off to a slow start as the poles of the dome tent were damaged and a new dome tent had to be brought, and the other structures had to have a tripod or quadpod tied by one person first. Fortunately, the new dome tent was quickly set up and the shoe rack was finished within the first 20 minutes, allowing the kitchen table to have more manpower allocated to it. However, the shoe rack was deemed too small and had to be rebuilt within the remaining time to be able to fit five pairs of shoes comfortably. As such, two people had to 拆掉 the current shoe rack and rebuild it in a different format. Quite some time was wasted on discussing how to build the new shoe rack before building a horizontal rack was decided. By the time the frame was completed, the kitchen table was completed and the whole patrol started working on the shoe rack. As a lot of time was wasted beforehand, a time extension had to be asked for. Once every structure was completed, the extended time was up and we 集合-ed to begin the next activity. The next task was to build a border around our kitchen table and shoe rack to prevent anyone from entering and taking away the structures, with our manpower being reduced by one every three minutes. At first, the patrol decided to use buckets filled with bricks and our water bottles to weigh it down, then tying long half bamboo to the buckets with square lashes before connecting them to each other with 白绳. However, we had forgotten to account for one of the corners that was covered by the railing and wall as we incorrectly assumed that the corner did not count. By the time we realised the mistake, the time given was nearing the end and a time extension had to be asked. Two people were sent to 团部 to get additional logistics, however they only came back with bricks for the buckets and without additional logistics for the last corner. Eventually, we improvised with two 长木 tied to a brick as the last corner, yet were unable to complete it in time. This brings to mind the importance of good communication with each other as without it, important messages will not be conveyed and structures could be delayed or incomplete. In addition, we need to have a better sense of urgency and pay more attention to the current time, as an excessive amount of time was spent on discussion rather than actually tying the structures. We also need to be more decisive as there were a few disagreements on what to build for the structures. In conclusion, although at first the lashes and knots were still passable, we still need to work on various aspects for the latter sections of the patrol activity.
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 5:
During PA, we mass changed from our PE attire to our Guides Uniform, and vice versa, a total of around 6 times. The first time we mass changed, we took a lot of time and asked for many time extensions, and we were told on what could be done to increase our speed. When we were mass changing, we had to make sure that there was one person from each patrol, both P5 and P6, to ask for the time extension if needed and the others who had finished earlier would help the rest to fold their uniforms or put their uniform back. We mass changed continuously and our speed increased every time we mass changed. After mass change, we had to build 2 creative gadgets, one of it could not involve tripods, but must include a clothesline, must be elevated and have a playground aspect to it, while the other had to be an indoor structure. For the first structure, we had a lot of ideas but while we were discussing, we forgot about the elevated aspect. We then decided to build a seesaw and the clothesline was tied with a baisheng. For the indoor flagpole, we decided to build a tripod and the flagpole was tied to one of the gadget poles of the tripod. In the end, the seesaw could not move up and down but the flagpole was passable. Overall, this PA helped a lot in my mass change, especially my timing.
Reflection from a Year 3 of Patrol 6:
On Monday, we had a combined Patrol Activity with Patrol 5. As we were told to bring our Guides Uniform, many of us were not really looking forward to the PA. As expected, we had to mass change within 3 minutes. While mass changing, we did not 报时. Due to that, we 过时-ed many times as we were unaware of how much time we were left with. Additionally, we did not really take care of the rest of members and we just left to 集合, after we were done mass changing. This was really unacceptable and as seniors, it was our responsibility to look out for the juniors more often. In addition, some of our patrol members did not bring their Guides Uniform and this was really disappointing. For me, I feel that mass changing within 3 minutes was really short and this really pushed ourselves to our limits. As for creative gadgeting, I felt that we had done relatively well, except for the fact that a few of our items got ‘kupped’. Thus, I feel that we should have 照顾好东西 more often, even though the items ‘kupped’ might not really affect us since we still had sufficient gadget poles to build our structures. On the other hand, we actually had excess gadget poles left and this should not be the case, since we should have only taken the exact number of gadget poles to build our structures. What we did was really selfish as other patrols doing creative gadgeting at that time might need the gadget poles as well, but may have an insufficient number of gadget poles to do so, since we took too many. All in all, although PA was quite tiring, it was still rather fruitful.
Hope that this PA had been fulfilling for all! :)
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Arielle49th Batch Secretary
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