DHS-psyCOYlogy!: Skills Training, 6th April

Hi Guides!

We had Skills Training for this 集合, with the objectives of revising Guides Skills and standard structures with the Year 3s, introducing the Year 1s to the standard structure of Guides and Guides Skills, as well as instilling basic 礼节 in the Year 1s and reinforcing it to the Year 2s and 3s.

The Year 2s had Speech Day rehearsal for most of this 集合, so the station activities were carried out mainly for the Year 1s and 3s. The Year 2s proceeded to join their patrols after they were done with their rehearsal.

Station Activities

Station 1: Choose Your Own Adventure - Survival Skills

Introduction:

Hello P_! Welcome to Station 1. We are currently in the middle of the forest with only one way out. As you go along your journey, you will encounter numerous problems and only with true knowledge of your Guides notes you will be able to make your way back to civilisation. On each post-it, there is a situation which will require you to make a decision. Your path will hence be decided by the option that you choose. Choose wrongly, and you may die before ever meeting another human. Good luck and hope you don’t die.

No.	Situation	Options	Consequences
1	Nighttime is falling and you don’t have a proper shelter to be safe. Where should you set up your shelter?	a) Near a solitary large tree which has branches that fall off easily and has no leaves; close to a river b) Near a swamp where there is thick concealment c) Near a river where the ground is flat and is surrounded by trees	Go to 1.1 Go to 1.2 Go to 2
1.1	Although you have secured a water supply, a storm has arrived and the dead tree crashed down while you were asleep. You are now stuck under the fallen tree. What do you do?	a) Kick the branches and hope to escape with your logistics b) Commando crawl out through the opening but leave your logistics behind	a) There were too many branches and after a long while of struggling you became tired and accepted your fate as ants started crawling on you. You eventually died of dehydration. Go back to the beginning. b) You made it out of the shelter but now you lack ponchos and groundsheets to make a artificial shelter. Go to 2.
1.2	The ground is too soft and your shelter collapsed. All your logistics have also either became too wet to use or fell into the water when you were getting out of the fallen shelter. You see something in the swamp coming closer and closer. What do you do?	a) Go investigate. b) Run as quickly as possible c) Back away slowly	a) As you draw closer and closer, the object charges at you. Exactly one second before you die, you realise that it was a crocodile. You are dead. Go back to the beginning. b) Go to 1.21
1.21	As you run, you slip and fall due to the wet and muddy ground. You hear the sounds of something fast approaching behind you and you realise it’s a crocodile. Do you...	a) Poke it in the eyes and run for your life b) Back away slowly	a) Go to 1.1 b) Doing things slowly does not work at such a close distance. You realise this as your life flashes before your eyes. You are dead. Go back to the beginning.
2	You now need to set up your shelter. However, you lost your ponchos and groundsheets so you now have to make a natural shelter. What will you use and how will you construct it?	a) Thick vines, waxy leaves and branches; back of shelter facing wind b) Thick vines, waxy leaves and branches; back of shelter facing wind with a trench dug around it c) Vines, leaves and branches; a trench dug around it	a) No trench is dug. The ground below your shelter became wet and made the ground too soft. Hence your shelter collapsed. Go back to 2. b) Your shelter is stable and waterproof. Go to 3. c) Since your leaves were not waterproofed, the shelter started leaking. Your vines were too thin and snapped as well, causing the whole shelter to fall. Go back to 2.
3	Now that you have successfully set up your shelter, what is the next priority?	a) Food b) Fire c) Water	a) After searching, you found a bush of berries. However, it is now nighttime and wolves have now come. You are dead. Go back to the beginning. b) Go to 5. c) Go to 4.
4	What will you choose to start the fire with?	a) Tinder (e.g. dried grass, lallang, cotton fluff from clothes, wood shavings) b) Kindling (small dry twigs and sticks c) Charcoal	a) Good job! Using tinder allowed the fire to start quickly since it burns easily. You have managed to start it before sundown. Go to 6. b) The kindlings cannot start a fire as they require a lot of heat to begin burning. Hence, it’s dark and wolves have now come. You are dead. Go back to the beginning. c) You don’t have any charcoal. Charcoal is also not produced naturally. You are unable to start your fire before sundown and wolves have arrived. You are dead. Go back to the beginning.
5	You have collected a substantial amount of water from the nearby river. However, there is a large amount of sediments in it. Hence, you need to make a bamboo filter column to filter it and ensure it is safe for drinking. What is the order, from bottom to top, of the materials in the filter column?	a) Charcoal, Fine sand, Fine gravel, Coarse sand, Pebbles b) Pebbles, Coarse sand, Fine gravel, Fine sand, Charcoal c) Pebbles, Fine sand, Coarse sand, Fine gravel, Charcoal	a) , b) , c) You don’t have a fire to make any charcoal. Soon you die of dehydration. Go back to the beginning.
6	Now that you have set up the shelter, you decide to find a source of water. You have collected a substantial amount of water from the nearby river. However, there is a large amount of sediments in it. Hence, you need to make a bamboo filter column to filter it and ensure it is safe for drinking. What is the order, from bottom to top, of the materials in the filter column?	a) Charcoal, Fine sand, Fine gravel, Coarse sand, Pebbles b) Pebbles, Coarse sand, Fine gravel, Fine sand, Charcoal c) Pebbles, Fine sand, Coarse sand, Fine gravel, Charcoal	a) Good job! You have successfully filtered the water. Go to 7. b) The order of the materials is wrong and the water is still unclean. Go back to 6. c) The order of the materials is wrong and the water is still unclean. Go back to 6.
7	After setting up your shelter and securing a safe source of water, you hear the growl of your stomach and realise you don’t have food. What do you pick to eat?	a) Bright red berries from a bush b) Shoots/Leaf stocks c) Mushrooms growing off the ground	a) The berries turn out to be holly berries which are poisonous. You died. Go back to the beginning. b) Plant food is a smart choice. Go to 8 c) The mushrooms are poisonous. You died. Go back to the beginning.
8	After harvesting the shoots and leaf stocks, you hear your stomach growling once more. What do you do?	a) Eat it immediately b) Wash it with clean water and then eat it c) Take a portion of the plant, squeeze it and rub it on the inner part of your upper arm.	a) You die. Mainly because of your stupidity. Go back to the beginning. b) You soon begin experiencing stomach troubles. Go to 9.1. c) No effect after 10 minutes. Go to 9.
9	You continue with the edibility test after rubbing it on your arm. Which of the following set of steps are correct?	a) Take the portion and apply it to your lips and wait for 10 minutes. If nothing abnormal happens, take a small amount and put it in your mouth. Chew it and spit it out and wait for 10 min. If nothing happens, take a spoonful of the same plant and swallow it. Wait for 8h.If you still feel normal, consume a handful of the plant and wait another 8h. b) Take the portion and apply it to your lips and wait for 10 minutes. If nothing abnormal happens, take a small amount and put it in your mouth and wait for 10 minutes. If nothing happens, chew it and spit it out and wait for another 10 min. If nothing happens again, take a spoonful of the same plant and swallow it. Wait for 30 minutes. c) Take the portion and apply it to your lips and wait for 10 minutes. If nothing abnormal happens, take a small amount and put it in your mouth. Chew it and spit it out and wait for 20 minutes. If nothing happens, take a spoonful of the same plant and swallow it. Wait for 8h. If you still feel normal, consume a handful of the plant and wait another day.	a) There were no effects observed. You have successfully found a source of food to last you until you get out! b) You did not complete the test and didn’t wait long enough. You start suffering from stomach trouble. Go to 9.1 c) You waited too long and died of hunger. Go back to the beginning.
9.1	After experiencing some ill effects from the plant food, you feel like dying. However, fate has decided to punish you for being dumb and hence you continue to suffer in your pain. What do you do?	a) Lie there and hope it passes b) Drink plenty of water c) Eat charcoal	a) It doesn’t. Instead you do. Rest in peace. Go back to the beginning. b) The pain does not go away. Go back to 9.1 and pick another option. c) The charcoal induced vomiting and also helped to absorb the poison. You begin to feel better after vomiting everything out. Go back to 9.
10	After securing all 3 basic necessities, nightfall arrives and you go to sleep. Soon you wake up and begin making your journey back out of the forest. Which one of these do you use to find your way?	a) GPS b) Map with compass c) Walk in one straight line	a) There’s no signal out in the wild. Go back to 10 and pick another option. b) After digging through your current logistics, you found your survival kit as well as a map. Go to 11. c) You think you’re walking in a straight line but the forest does not have any clear paths. You end up circling the same path for days before choosing to give up and settle in the forest once and for all. Go to 1.
11	Use the following bearings to find your way: (to be inserted once locations of post its have been confirmed; final location to be at PLTC’09 Campsite)	-	-
12	Congratulations! You have successfully made it out of the forest. What felt like a month was just two days out in the wild. Good job for surviving!	-	-

Reflection from a Year 3:

This station was very fun and interesting, especially as we progressed throughout the story. I personally really like choose your own adventure games so I had a lot of fun and I learnt a lot through this station. Whenever we picked a wrong option, we had to face the consequences and go back to the beginning and start all over again. However, when we chose the wrong option, it made it easier for me to remember what I have learnt from the post it. It also gave the Year 1s an opportunity to learn about the different trekking signs, as well as the chance to learn orienteering. Everyone was very participative during the activity. The most interesting part was when we had to do orienteering. When we tried the first time, we were close to the clue but our orienteering was not accurate. After multiple tries with different people trying each time, we finally found the clue. Overall, this station really helped me to revise my outdoor survival skills and orienteering skills.

Station 2: Escape Room - Trekking Signs

[PART 1.1]

You are lost in a foreign land, helpless and desperate for a place to spend the night. Glancing around you, you notice several faded trekking signs which seem to lead somewhere. You soon notice a signpost which indicates that it is a path to a school. Delighted to find shelter, you decide to follow the trekking signs to the school. However, the weather conditions are not in your favour and you have to hurry before darkness falls upon you. You now need to find your way to the school within 3 minutes.

[PART 1.1]

Trekking sign:	Location to be pasted:
	On the wall outside Art Room
	On the staircase at Level 3
	On the wall outside Computer Labs
	On the pillar near 3G classroom
	On the door of 3H classroom

[PART 1.2]

You stumble across the dilapidated, abandoned school and enter it. Trudging down the long, empty hallways, you decide to settle for a classroom near the back of the school as a shelter. Suddenly, the door slams shut and you realise it’s locked, unable to open. You discover some clues hidden in the room and you attempt to use them to escape your ordeal. You now have 10 minutes to find all the clues and escape the room. Good luck.

[PART 1.2]

Riddles will be written on post-its and pasted in relatively discreet places around the classroom, while the patrol will be given 8 minutes to look for the post-its and solve the riddles. The number of blanks to the answer of the riddles will be provided, while the letter that they need to use will be underlined. All the answers to the riddles are to be filled in on the whiteboard, in the form of a crossword puzzle, whereby each solved riddle will give the patrol a letter to the eventual word they have to form in order to be able to escape. [Answer: Walt Disney] At the same time, they have to solve another set of number riddles which will give them three digits to unlock a box within 6 minutes, which will serve as a distraction. [Answer: 492] Should the patrol fail to do so, they will have to complete 1 minute leg raise, 30 jumping jacks and 30 seconds planking as a penalty before they are allowed to continue.

Number Riddles

Riddle:	Answer:
___ , 16, 36, 64	4 *The numbers are all squares of even numbers
99, 18, 36, 9, 18, ___	9 *9 + 9 = 18, which can be explained as the sum of the digits being equivalent to the next answer, followed by 3 + 6 = 9, where the numbers then alternate between a given number and the sum of its digits
A brick weighs one kilogram plus half of the brick. What is the weight of one brick?	2 *It weighs 2 kg. Since a brick weighs 1 kg + half of a brick, the 1 kg gives us the weight of the other half of the brick. Since half a brick weighs 1 kg, the brick weighs 2 kg.

Word Riddles

Riddle:	Answer:
What has hands but cannot clap?	Clock [Letter: L]
Which is the most playful key?	Monkey [Letter: Y]
What table can you eat?	Vegetable [Letter: T]
What is chicken, ⅔ cat and ½ goat?	Chicago [Letter: A]
You can see me in water, yet I never get wet. What am I?	Reflection [Letter: N]
What has to be broken before you can use it?	Eggs [Letter: E]
I’m full of keys but I cannot open any door. What am I?	Piano [Letter: I]
Which invention lets you look right through a wall?	Window [Letter: W]
Everyone has it and no one can lose it. What am I?	Shadow [Letter: D]
You are on Level 1, then you go a level up and reach Level 4. You turn right and you are on Level 5. You go another level up and reach Level 8. What level are you on if you turn left now?	Level 7 [Letter: S]

[PART 2]

You stumble out of the room, frantically trying to find your way to the exit. You once again notice some small signs that seem to lead out of the school and you decide to follow them, noticing that each trekking sign leads to a number. You now have 5 minutes to decipher the trekking signs and find the 5 numbers that make up the passcode that allows you to escape the abandoned school.

[PART 2]

Post-its with trekking signs will be pasted around Level 4 of Block G, with the aim of the patrol being to decipher the trekking signs to find the 5 numbers that would be their passcode to escape the school. This is to put their knowledge of trekking signs that are less frequently used to a test, as well as their prompt decision-making skills. [Passcode: 45038]

Trekking sign:	Digit:
	4
	5
	0
	3
	8
	1 (Not part of passcode)
	2 (Not part of passcode)
	9 (Not part of passcode)
	6 (Not part of passcode)

Reflection from a Year 3:

Station 2 was a very interesting station as it tested our trekking signs knowledge while incorporating some riddles to make the whole station much more fun. I felt that the station was more of a game and I had a very enjoyable time completing the station. The juniors seemed to enjoy the station as well, and it also gave us an opportunity to bond better as it was not purely about hard skills in Guides but had a more interactive aspect to it. We had a time limit to adhere to, which only made the station feel more competitive. Overall, I think Station 2 was a great station and I would like to see more of such stations in the future.

Station 3: Baggage Rack and Kitchen Table

Introduction:

The baggage rack and kitchen table are some of the standard structures that you will be required to know by the end of this year. The baggage rack is used to elevate our 配备s and hang our Guides uniform in the campsite, while the kitchen table is pretty self-explanatory. It serves for us to dine with a proper seat and table. It is important for these structures to be steady and for that to be so, your lashes have to be tight.

The Year 4s will mainly be guiding the Year 1s and demonstrating the building of both structures to the juniors.

Suggested solution:

Checking for consciousness

Gently shake casualty’s shoulders.
“Can you hear me?”
“Open your eyes.”
“What is your name?”
“Squeeze my hand.”

How and when to use various dressings and bandages

Recovery position

1. Kneel beside casualty and remove all bulky objects like watches and mobile phones or a bunch of keys. Do not search the pocket for small items.

2. Make sure both of the casualty’s legs are straight. Place the arm nearest to you at a right angle to the body, with the elbow bent and palm facing upwards.

3. Bring the arm farthest from you across the casualty’s chest, and hold the back of his hand against the cheek facing the ground.

4. With the other hand, grasp the far leg just above the knee and pull it up, keeping the foot flat on the ground.

5. Keeping the casualty’s hand on his cheek, pull on his far leg and roll him towards you and on the side.

6. Adjust the upper leg such that both the hip and the knee are bent at right angles.

7. Tilt the casualty’s head back so that the airway remains open.

Heart attack

Symptoms:

1. Persistent central chest pain, often spreading to jaw and down one or both arms. Pain will not

ease when casualty rests or takes medication/ Crushing, heavy sensation in the heart

2. Breathlessness and discomfort occurring high in the abdomen, may feel similar to severe

indigestion. Extreme gasping for air.

3. Collapse/ sudden faintness or dizziness.

4. Sense of impending doom

5. “Ashen” skin, blueness at lips.

6. Rapid, weak, irregular pulse.

7. Profuse sweating.

Treatment:

1. Make casualty as comfortable as possible to reduce strain on his heart. A half-sitting position

with the casualty’s head and shoulders well supported, knees bent, is often best.

2. Dial 999.

3. If casualty is fully conscious, give him an aspirin tablet and get him to chew it slowly.

4. If casualty has medicine for angina, help him to take it.

5. Constantly monitor vital signs until help arrives.

Hyperventilation

Symptoms:

1. Unnaturally fast, deep breathing.

2. Dizziness or faintness.

3. Trembling or marked tingling in the hands.

4. Cramps in hands and feet.

5. Tight clenching of fists

Treatment:

1. When speaking to casualty, be firm but kind and reassuring.

2. If possible, lead casualty to a quiet place where she may be able to regain control of her

breathing more easily and quickly. Ask bystanders to leave if this is not possible.

3. Help the casualty regain control over her breathing using the following methods:

a. Breathe slowly, approximately 1 breath every 5 seconds

b. Breathe through pursed lips, like blowing out a candle

c. Cover the mouth and one nostril, hence breathing through the other nostril only

4. Simultaneously, massage her hands and gradually get her to unclench them (if clenching

fists).

Asthma

Symptoms:

1. Difficulty in breathing, with prolonged breathing out phase.

2. Wheezing as casualty breathes out.

3. Difficulty speaking and whispering.

4. Cough.

Treatment:

1. Keep calm and reassure casualty. Get her to take a puff of her inhaler. As her to breathe

slowly and deeply.

2. Let her adopt the position she finds most comfortable. Do not let casualty lie down.

3. If asthma doesn’t ease, dial for 999.

Sprain

Treatment:

1. Rest the injured part.

2. Ice the injury to reduce swelling

3. Compress with thick layer of soft padding

4. Elevate and support the injured part to reduce flow of blood to injury, minimizing bruising to

the area

Heat exhaustion

Symptoms:

1. Headache, dizziness, confusion

2. Loss of appetite, nausea

3. Sweating, with pale, cold clammy skin

4. Cramps in the arms, legs or abdomen

5. Rapid, weakening pulse and breathing

Treatment:

1. Help the casualty to a cool place. Get him to lie down with raised legs.

2. Give him plenty of water. If possible, add a little bit of salt into the water.

3. Let the casualty rest well.

Fainting

Treatment:

1. Gently stretch the affected muscle in the opposite direction

2. Massage the area

3. Hold the stretch until the cramp is relieved

Muscle cramps

Treatment:

1. Lie the casualty down. Kneel down, raise her legs, and support her ankles on your shoulders.

This helps to improve blood circulation to the brain.

2. Make sure she has plenty of fresh air.

3. Advise her to sit up gradually. Repeat if she feels faint again, until she is fully recovered.

Reflection from a Year 3:
On 6 April, the stations during 集合 were focused on developing the Year 1s’ skills as a Guide, and as such, many of the activities revolved around teaching them. For Station 4, first aid skills were taught to the Year 1s, mainly focusing on bandaging, recognising symptoms and treatment of ailments like heart attack or hyperventilation, and teaching them to recognise the acronym for checking a person’s response. They were also told the contents of a first aid pouch and their uses. Despite possibly being unfamiliar with bandaging at first, after being shown a demonstration of how to tie a large arm sling and elevation sling, I am sure that many of them have quickly caught on and are at least semi-proficient at tying a sling now. I also believe that they are fully capable of treating ailments along the line of heart attacks and hyperventilation, even if there is an extremely low chance of them encountering such a situation now. Combined with the fact they were each given a piece of paper to jot down notes on first aid to help them remember better, I trust that they will all be able to carry out first aid that concerns whatever they have learnt much more easily. As such, I hope that the Year 1s will be able to learn and carry out other aspects of first aid in the near future.

Station 5: Flagpole and Dome Tent

Introduction:

In this station, you will be learning about how to build useful standard structures: flagpole and dome tent. The flagpole reminds the patrol the significance of the unity and the pride we should have to be a part of the patrol as our unique flag is being raised on the flagpole, giving us a sense of belonging. Dome tent is essentially a tent for us to sleep in at night and to rest after a day of hard labour. This it is important to build a safe and conducive tent for us to sleep in.

The Year 1s will be guided by the Year 3s for this station, under the supervision of the Year 4s. The Year 1s were taught the steps to build these structures, as well as the mickey mouse lash and the 活结 lash.

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