Hello Guides!
The theme and tagline for ATC’20 was Esprit De Corps, the spirit among us.
The reason for the chosen theme and tagline is because we believe that the sense of belonging towards our CCA is important in encouraging all Girl Guides to put in their utmost effort and complete activities to the best of their abilities. To achieve this, we hope to see the 团 taking pride in what you are doing and we also hope a strong bond between both patrol and company mates will be formed through ATC this year.
The overall storyline is as follows:
In Year 2520, a deadly radiation was detected and was spreading on earth rapidly. You have heard legends of a spaceship named Christine in the mountain and you realise that being in space can protect you and possibly sustain the human race. You and a couple other brave adventurers begin your journey up the mountain to find Spaceship Christine. Survive this treacherous journey together with your teammates in your venture out into space. However, along the way, some of your people have been affected and their brain cells have mutated, causing them to develop a weird illness, The infected people continue to look and behave the same but have sudden urges to kill people. You quickly realise that you have limited time to find this spaceship as the threat grows larger. While trying to evade the disease, you face a number of difficulties presented to you. To escape from earth and save the human race, the remaining survivors hop on Spaceship Christine to search for safety. This is the only way to stay alive. The human race is in your hands. Now, quick! It is a race against time. Good luck.
Dome Tent Demonstration
Night falls and you plan to build a dome tent for you and your teammates to sleep in. However, none of you know clearly how to build a dome tent. Fortunately, your seniors found a manual and decided to demonstrate to you how to build a dome tent. You are to listen carefully and take notes so that you will be able to build the dome tents yourself afterwards.
Camp Christine Tent
However, you realised the dome tent is too small to fit everyone in. Hence, you decided to build a Camp Christine Tent which can fit many more people, and is also a lot more stable. You realised you are also unclear of the building of the Camp Christine Tent and your kind seniors have decided to help you further by demonstrating the proper way to build it. Due to a lack of manpower, some of you are needed to take turns to help build the Tent. You are to listen carefully and take notes so that you will be able to build the tents yourself afterwards.
Reflection from a Year 1
The Dome Tent and Camp Christine Tent lecture was really fruitful for me. It was my first time learning about the Dome Tent and how to set it up. After the lecture on the Dome Tent, I not only learnt how to set up one but also learnt its use, that it is for up to three people to sleep in. As for the Camp Christine Tent, although I have watched a video on how to set it up, I was still unsure about some steps. The lecture was very detailed so I managed to understand the steps better. I also learnt that the Camp Christine Tent was for up to eight people which was about the size of one patrol. Being able to walk around the tent to see how it should look like after it is set up helped me to be able to clear my doubts as I could also ask my seniors if I had any questions about the tent. The seniors were very detailed in explaining the steps for both of the tents and the pace was just right for me to also take down notes at the same time. I find the lecture for the Dome Tent and Camp Christine Tent meaningful as I learnt a lot more about the two tents after the lecture.
Reflection from a Year 2
For the Dome Tent and Camp Christine Tent lecture we had, I felt that it was very informative and useful. It had helped me clear some of my doubts on how to build the respective tents. After all, some of the skills may be a little rusty since the last time I had built the tents was during ATC last year. Hence, this lecture helped to recap the steps to build the two tents. The seniors not only described and showed us how to build the tents detailedly, they also pointed out many important things that we needed to take note of, such as how the big pegs are for the tent and the small pegs for the flysheet for the Camp Christine Tent. As this is the first time the Year 1s have seen the tents, the informative lecture is very useful for their learning, especially for they would need to teach the new Year 1s coming in next year. Also, I felt unclear about some steps in building the tents even after watching the videos and the lecture helped me understand better as we could walk around to see the tent and also ask the seniors when we are unsure about something. In conclusion, I felt that the lecture was very meaningful.
Physical Training
As the deadly radiation had been spreading on the Earth for a while already, it became a practice for all the humans on earth to do physical training everyday to improve their immune system.
Reflection from a Year 1
We felt that it was very tiring. However, it is important for us as girl guides. This is so as it teaches us a lot of things. Firstly, it helps us to work together as a 团. This is so as we have to do the exercises at the same time together. Through physical training, we managed to be more coordinated and learn how to 等人. Secondly, physical training also teaches us to persevere on and never give up which is an important value not only in guides but also in real life. When we feel the physical strain of the exercises, we cannot stop but have to persevere and continue on. Lastly, physical training helps us to learn that it is better to do things the correct and standard way the first time. If we do so, it would be much easier than to do it again and again. That session of physical training also allowed us to find out our areas of improvements like cheering more and having to 报时 more. We also learnt that it would be good for us to say '时间到' in addition to the timing if the time is up. We will try to do so more often the next time and we look forward to the next ATC session.
Reflection from a Year 2
The physical training session gave us the chance to revise our standard physical training and train our stamina. Stamina is extremely important in guides, especially in Annual Training Camp as we need to have good stamina to be able to complete it. We learnt to persevere as the physical training was quite difficult and we needed to stay strong and not give up to complete it. We also learnt the importance of 团 morale as it was easier to complete the physical training with higher morale. I felt that we could have a greater sense of urgency and did things too slowly. When we started a new circuit, we took a long time to get started and we wasted quite a lot of time with everyone just standing around not starting it. We also did not 报时 and cheer often and the seniors had to prompt us. We also did not 等人 or count together and had to redo some parts of the physical training. Some of us did not do the physical training properly and we also had to redo. In addition, we 过时 both times. I feel that we did not do the physical training very well and could do better next time with a better sense of urgency and standard physical training.
Creative Pioneering and Gadgeting
After receiving news of the location of the Spaceship, you began trekking, searching for days for the legendary Spaceship Christine. Your stomach started rumbling and you realised that it was near dinner time. You and your groupmates decided to build a creative structure using logistics from the backstore and Guides 团部 of Dunman High School that would aid you all in seeking warmth, resting and cooking your food.
Reflection from a Year 1
I felt that my performance at creative pioneering could have been better. As the Year 3s put me in charge as the IC of that activity, I think I should definitely have 报时 more frequently to let others know how much time they had left to build the structure, in addition to having a sense of urgency. I could also have cheered more to boost morale. As the IC, I also felt that I could have communicated with the other patrols better instead of relying on the other IC to do it. As for the lashes, I tied them tighter as compared to the first pioneering activity that I had but the pace of tying it was a lot slower. I feel that I should tie the lashes faster and tighter at the same time.
Reflection from a Year 2
I felt that I could have done better by having a better sense of urgency. I should have tied the lashes much faster and better by ensuring that I tied them within the standard lash timings. I also could have made sure that I 抽 the lashes tighter so that they would not be so loose or come out so easily. Another thing to take note is that I could have participated even more actively during cheers and 报时. If we had worked faster and more effectively by communicating with the other patrols better, we might have been able to complete our structures on time. The fact that we were unable to complete our structures made me quite sad as I wanted to see the campfire structure that the Year 3’s prepared for us, so this will be a reminder to me that I should put in even more effort the next time. Personally, I also feel that I could have stepped up more when helping to direct and help the others. I could have allocated my manpower better since many of the Year 1s in my patrol were not really doing anything, and if I had done so, we might have been able to complete the structure on time.
Continuation of storyline for the next ATC session:
After dawn, you continued trekking up the mountain. Your hard work has finally paid off when you stumbled upon the legendary spaceship. You entered the spaceship and it was working! Off to outer space you go!
We hope everyone enjoyed their 1st ATC session and gained something from it! See you during the next ATC session!
Published by:
Cefina
52届 Secretary
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