Hello Guides!
For this 集合, only the Year 1s and Year 3s were present has the Year 2s had a CCA standdown for their Common Tests. As such, the activities for this 集合 were centred around the objectives of ensuring the Year 1s were familiar with the basic 礼节s, promoting the integration of the Year 1s into Guides as well as aligning the expectations and standards of the Year 1s.
Inspection
To start off, the Year 1s had to go through three inspection layouts. For the first layout, the Year 3s would be helping the Year 1s, but for the next two layouts they had to do it on their own.
Reflections by Year 1s:
For this 集合, I think that we could have done a much better job for these:
Inspection: Standardising to either patrol 1 or patrol 6 as that could have increased the efficiency and make it more convenient for everyone as they can look at the patrol next to them to know what to do; we also have to take care of our logistics properly to avoid getting "kapped" by seniors; during 收拾, my patrolmates stuffed all the things together and couldn't put them into our 配备 properly(it was due to the 麻绳 as the plastic bag broke thus we had to stuff everything). We could have left the 麻绳 outside first and put them in last.
Asking time extension: Decide on one patrolmate from each patrol to ask and keep asking before 过时; we also have to estimate how much time we need to complete the tasks and most importantly to put in our best effort to complete them, as in that way we will not even need to ask for time extension.
Taking logistics: We could have had each of the patrols to remember the things we need to avoid missing logistics and having to keep going back to 团部 and get more.
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The 集合 last Friday was tiring but we learnt many things.
One of the things we learnt is how to do inspection properly and that we need to standardise to a certain patrol. It was quite hard as it was our first proper inspection without help from our seniors. We did not really know what to do and needed a lot of guidance and instructions from our seniors. We also learnt to be more efficient and to take care of our belongings during inspection. We did not have enough sense of urgency resulting in us always not being able to finish our tasks. We also did not have much experience in asking for time extension and some of us were a bit afraid to ask for time extension. Not having enough sense of urgency and not being very sure of how to ask for time extension caused us to 过时 many times. Thus after this, we learnt that 报时 is for allowing us to better know our time and will not 过时. Through this inspection and 集合, we have understood and learnt a lot more about Guides and the expectations of being a Guide.
Lecture
Next, after inspection, the Year 1s had to mass change into their Guides Uniform to attend the lecture. The lecture would touch on general information about Guides, basic 礼节, roles and expectations, handling of logistics, admin stuff and finally songs and cheers.
Standard gadgeting
After the lecture, the Year 1s had to mass change back into their PE attire for gadgeting. They would have to build a flagpole, dome tent, baggage rack and emergency shelter within the allocated time. However, due to time constraints, the list was shortened down to just the flagpole and emergency shelter. Afterwards, the Year 3s would show the Year 1s the standard way of building the emergency shelter and baggage rack.
Reflections by Year 1s:
We were split into groups to build different structures like baggage rack, emergency shelter and flag pole. As we were not familiar with the procedures, we got help from the Year 3s. As it was always our seniors asking time extension for us before, we did not initiate to ask for time extension until there were constant reminders from our seniors. We wasted too much time taking all logistics as we were not familiar with the logistics needed and took the wrong ones from 团部. We also spent a lot of time building the flag pole, so we did not have time to try building a complete emergency shelter and baggage rack. The seniors only showed us how to build them due to time constraints. We did not allocate the manpower properly, so there were many people who did not have tasks to complete. We did forfeits as we were not up to standard and the expectations, and we reflected on our actions and shortcomings. We felt very ashamed in our speed and efficiency while building the structures. We took this as a lesson to learn from and realised our faults and things to take note and improve on, so we can raise our standard as a batch and improve on our efficiency.
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Last week during our first guides session with the Year 3s, we did a couple of things such as inspection and mass changing, however we felt that the part where we got to build structures was the most memorable. So as to say, we had a chance to build structures using gadget poles such as flagpole, baggage rack and emergency shelter at the D area. Although it was a very sunny afternoon, it was a very fulfilling session as we managed to learn how to build the different structures with the guidance of our seniors. This would benefit us a lot as these structures can be put to use during events such as the Annual Training Camp.
Firstly we had to collect all the logistics needed. When the senior read out the required logistics, we realised there were too many logistics that we need to carry to the D Area and it was very difficult to remember the numbers, thus we came up with a strategy by asking each patrol to remember one item consecutively. Despite the effort put in, we did not collect the correct amount of logistics. When some of our batchmates ran to 团部 to collect the things needed, one person from each patrol stayed back in case we needed time extension. However, after the second time we collected the logistics, we still did not collect the right amount, we felt very bad as we had disappointed our seniors and their expectations for us.
At the end of the day, we managed to build at least the flagpole but due to time constraints, the seniors patiently showed us how to build the baggage rack and emergency shelter. We learned that it is important that we do not use too much strength to pull the poncho for the emergency shelter as it might tear apart. In conclusion, through our first 集合 with the Year 3s, not only have we learnt how to be more proactive in asking for time extension, we have also learned to communicate with one another and that constant 报时 and cheer are equally as important!
Overall reflection by a Year 1:
It was our first 集合 without the Year 2s and we all felt nervous about it. We did not know if we could meet the standard expected of us without the help of our seniors. During the 集合, we had an inspection, in which we realised the importance of communication as we had to standardise among all patrols. We also had to mass change into our full guides uniform and then attend a lecture which reminded us of the expectations the seniors had of us and the basics of guides. After the lecture, we learnt how to tie a baggage rack, flagpole and emergency shelter. During the whole 集合, we were required to do forfeits a few times. That was because we 过时, yet did not ask for time extension before the time was up. That has made me realise the importance of 报时, which we did to remind us of the time so we would not 过时. From this 集合, I also learnt to have a greater sense of urgency and do things faster and more efficiently. In addition, I needed to be more aware of our surroundings and 照顾好东西, if not the seniors would take them away and we would not be able to use them. Overall, I feel that this 集合 has helped us to integrate into guides and up the standard of our batch.
Hope the Year 1s learnt more new things and improved themselves during this 集合!
Published by:
Yu Ning
50th Batch Secretary
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