Hi Guides!
For this week’s 集合, we had batch activity! The Year 1s and Year 2s combined to do Lash Training, Captain’s Ball and Minesweeper. On the other hand, the Year 3s had a Camp Development where they built a Kitchen Shelter, Creative Structure, Emergency Shelter, Shoe Rack and Fire Altar.
Year 1 and Year 2 Batch Activity
Lash Training
Since this is only the 2nd 集合 with the Year 1s, this is a good opportunity to make them even more familiar with the various lashes we tie in Guides so that they can put what they have learnt into good use in future.
Reflection from a Year 2
The 集合 on Friday was the first time we did lash training during 集合. As such, it was a brand new experience. We learnt important soft skills such as how to communicate our instructions and teach effectively as well as to be understanding and constantly empathetic towards the Year 1s as they may feel lost in the unfamiliar environment of Guides. We also learnt to be patient when teaching the Year 1s how to tie the various lashes, keeping in mind that this was almost completely new for the Year 1s. It was important to strike a balance between guiding the Year 1s in tying their lashes and allowing them to do it themselves, instead of doing the lash for them, so they can learn as well. Apart from these, we also learnt the importance of ensuring the right 木 is collected from 团部, to check the sizes and colour of the 木, so there is enough 木. In conclusion, lash training was enjoyable despite being a new experience, and taught us much about communication and effective teaching.
Captain’s Ball
The aim of this game is to encourage bonding between patrols as well as to foster friendly competition.
Reflection from a Year 2
Captain's Ball during Friday's 集合 was very fun as it gave us an opportunity to step up as Year 2s to guide the Year 1s. More importantly it helped us bond with the Year 1s and we got to know them better through more communication across the patrol through this game. I think the Year 1s also enjoyed themselves a lot because most of them named it as their favourite part of 集合. It was also interesting for us to play such fun games during 集合 because it's quite rare that we can play games during 集合 as it's usually done during patrol activities instead. I also got the chance to bond with other patrols since we had to play against each other which is important as this year we will be stepping up more as a Year 2 batch so we need to be more familiar with each other. Overall I think Captain's Ball was both a fun and enriching game.
Minesweeper
This game is to help encourage communication between the patrol by giving instructions to the blindfolded person.
Reflection from a Year 2
During 集合 last Friday, we played a minesweeper activity where we had to blindfold one of our patrol mates and guide them around, allowing them to pick up different guides related items. This activity was definitely useful as we could teach the Year 1s about the different items, like for example, the baisheng and rubber mallet, so that they were at least a bit more familiarised with the items that we normally use during 集合. Teamwork and communication skills were also essential as the people who were not blindfolded had to guide the blindfolded person by telling her to move in which direction, such that they would avoid the ‘mines’ and pick up the different items successfully. Since the Year 1s have recently joined the CCA, this activity also helped us bond with the Year 1s so that we could communicate better with one another. All in all, this minesweeper activity helped to strengthen our bonds between patrol mates.
Year 3 Batch Activity
Kitchen Shelter
Reflection from a Year 3
On last Friday’s CCA session, the Year 3s had Camp Development. One of the structures we had to build was a Kitchen Shelter. It was a very fruitful day as we got to practice and learn from the feedback given by our seniors through building a Kitchen Shelter again before Patrol Leader Training Camp. Initially we did not take very good quality 木 as some of them were quite thin and hence, it affected the stability of our structure. As we started to tie, we managed to assign roles for every group member well. A few of them helped to tie the square lash which the rest did the tying on the 青木. We also had 2 people to go around measuring the lengths. However, as we were too engrossed in building the structure, we did not 照顾好东西. As such, some of our items got kapped while we only realised when the seniors alerted us about it. Also, our group took very long to do the main guylines. At first, we could not 打进 the arthurs as the ground was too dry. Then, we took a long time to 抽 the guylines. Hence, our progress was very slow and we were unable to finish our Kitchen Shelter. On the other hand, a good thing is that the people who helped to 顶 the Kitchen Shelter helped to 报时 quite often. In conclusion, this session has helped us to brush up on our hard and soft skills in preparation for Patrol Leader Training Camp and we will try our best to improve on our standards.
Creative Structure
Reflection from a Year 3
For Friday's 集合, we built our creative structure first. We had to tie 2 tripods and connect them together with 中长木, with rafting and netting in between. Before we could tie our creative structure, we realised that we did not have 中长木 so we wasted time having to go back to 团部 to take the 木. We should double check if we have everything. Moreover, we could not start tying our tripod as we needed 中长木, wasting more time. Thus, we had to start our Kitchen Shelter first. I realised that the structure was somewhat unstable as the tripods were not connected at the bottom and could not stand flat on the ground when we moved it. It would lean at an angle. We should have tied diagonals at the bottom to ensure that the tripods stay flat on the ground. However, I think we did have a good sense of urgency for this structure and managed to stick to the time limit in our proposal. We also did our best to face the rest of the year 3s and try our best to 照顾好人照顾好东西. Overall, I feel that our creative structure segment was good.
Emergency Shelter
Reflection from a Year 3
For Camp Development on Friday, we had to build many structures within 2 hours. One of the structures was an Emergency Shelter. At first, we could not decide where to build it and that wasted a lot of time. First, we tied the hood of the poncho and placed it on the floor. Only 3 people were assigned to build the Emergency Shelter so we did not communicate well on how to straighten out the poncho with 4 corners. We continued pulling and straightening the poncho for quite a while until we were satisfied with it. Meanwhile, I had to take 3 pacings from each corner of the poncho and place 1 青头 at the corners. Since we built it quite close to our logistics, I could not take pacings well without pushing our logistics to the side and messing the arrangement up. Then, we proceeded to 打进中木 and 青头. We had to 抽 diagonally but after we did it, the 中木 became slanted to the right side so we had to get the others building shoe rack to come and help us 抽. Even though we managed to finish the emergency shelter, I feel like we could have improved on many things, such as time management and communication between group members. I also think that we should have a better sense of urgency.
Shoe Rack
Reflection from a Year 3
For one of our two gadgets, we made a Shoe Rack which is one of the standard structures. For the gadgets, my group decided to split into two smaller groups to build both gadgets simultaneously. Two people were to work on the shoe rack and finish it in 20 minutes. However, we could not finish it in time and had to overrun. I feel like we could have managed our time much better as we should have been able to finish the structure. A shoe rack is a quadpods with 2 shelves and netting and I feel that it is a simple structure which we should have been able to finish. I feel that we should have 报时 more frequently and tried to follow our proposal more closely.
Fire Altar
Reflection from a Year 3
Last Friday during 集合, we did not manage to follow our timeline closely to complete our Fire Altar structure. This has taught us the importance of knowing our own proposal well such as the timeline to ensure that we are familiar with it and can execute our activity according to the timeline. It is essential for us to also have a greater sense of urgency to work faster and more efficiently so that we are able to complete our structures on time without overrunning. Time management is important and is an area we need to work on to ensure that we can complete the activities. We could have also better allocated our manpower and delegated the workload such that we can work at a faster pace. When we were building our outdoors Fire Altar, the soil was hard and hence, it was challenging for us to 打进 our 中木 into the ground. This has also enabled us to learn that in future, we can pour some water from our bottles into the soil to loosen it, making it easier and more efficient for us to 打进 the 中木.
We hope everyone learnt something during batch activity this 集合 and became more bonded with your batchmates!
Published by:
Cefina
52届 Secretary
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