Hello Guides!
We commemorated Uniform Group Week this week and played several games across all 4 different Uniform Groups, consisting of Guides, Scouts, NPCC and SJB, on Friday.
Game 1: Hot Stuff (Scouts)
During this game, all group members would have to work together to get across the other side of the classroom by only stepping on the cardboard pieces given. At random places, there would be a UG tile where there will be modifiers --- good and bad. This would repeat each round after completing the challenges given.
Reflection from a Year 2
The “Hot Stuff” game was really fun and interesting. It also allowed us to work as a team to think of how to get to the other side of the room with the limited amount of cardboard pieces. The challenges that we got were really unique and interesting, such as singing a song but omitting the first word of each sentence and standing in a line according to the length of our last finger. Although some challenges were quite challenging, we managed to do it after a few times. Our senior who was facilitating our group was also very kind and patient with us when we struggled and took some time to complete the challenges. I enjoyed the game a lot because it encouraged us to communicate more with each other as well as to keep trying when we failed the first few times. I think that it was a great idea to play this game first as it was a good ice breaker for us, as we opened-up and talked more with one another after the game. I hope that we can play the game in future sessions and look forward to other similarly interesting and engaging games too.
Reflection from a Year 3
For UG day celebration, the first game we played was called Hot Stuff. We had to lay out several cardboard pieces to create a stepping path that could lead us to the UG cardboard. Whenever the whole group makes it to the other side, we will need to do a challenge. Since the Year 3s were self facilitated, it took us a while to understand how the game works. Since I was the first in line, I had to lay out the cardboard pieces as I moved forward. I also had to make sure that I did not lay the cardboard pieces too far for my other group members to step on it. This is because the rule of the game is that we cannot step out of the cardboard pieces and into the “lava”. Some challenges we completed were, arranging ourselves by the length of our pinky finger without communication, doing some sit-ups, etc. It was a very fun game for me to get to know my group members better, as we discussed how to play the game and during the process of playing. In total, I feel that being able to have the chance to self facilitate allows us to become more responsible of what we are doing instead of just following whatever the senior tells us to do. Hence, it was a memorable UG day celebration.
Game 2.1: Mafia (Guides)
This Mafia game is played with a twist. There would be 5 points awarded to each person per round but points will be deducted when carrying out actions such as killing, healing or accusing someone. In order to gain more points, the players can earn them back by answering Guides questions.
Reflection from a Year 2
During UG day on Friday, we played the Mafia game and I thought that it was a really fun way to let people from different UGs and patrols bond and get to know each other better. In order for the game to work and for the players to catch the mafia, everyone had to come together and decide whether someone was guilty. Some roles in the mafia game would be the civilian, the doctor, and the killer. The civilian has no special ability. The doctor has the ability to heal someone and the killer has the ability to kill someone. During the night, the killer would kill someone and the doctor would decide whether or not to save that person. During the day, there would be a discussion and everyone would discuss and vote out someone whom they think is the mafia (or killer) and that person would not be able to speak or participate in further discussions. During the game on Friday, I was a civilian. Because I had already made friends with someone from another UG in my group, I told her my identity and she told me she was a civilian too. Therefore I trusted her and defended her during the game. However it turned out that she was the mafia. I felt very betrayed but still had the urge to laugh at my naivety in believing her. We also had to answer several Guides questions when earning back some of the points we have lost. It was a lot of fun watching other UGs figuring out what some of the Guides questions mean. Hence I think that the mafia game on Friday was very fun and a great chance to know more people from other UGs.
Reflection from a Year 3
On Friday, one of the games for the UG day activities was the game Mafia. This game consists of a few roles that include the civilians, mafia, doctor and detective. The mafia can choose to kill some of the other members playing the game, while the doctor can heal those that have been killed, and the detective can check for the identity of any player in the game. This game requires us to discuss so as to identify mafia and vote the mafia out. It was a memorable experience as it has allowed me to bond more with my classmates who are from other uniform groups. During normal CCA sessions, we’re only able to bond with our own CCA members, so we rarely have the opportunity to get to know our fellow peers from other uniform groups. Therefore, this was a good opportunity for us to engage in discussions together and to get to know one another better. Moreover, I felt that the game Mafia was a very fun experience as my group members all participated in the game enthusiastically which allowed us to engage in lively discussion. Therefore, I feel that the Mafia game that we played has been a good bonding session.
Game 2.2: Tower Tumble
Every group will be given 12 minutes to build the tallest tower with the materials provided and ensure that they can withstand the conditions: Wind and Earthquake. (Shaking of tower)
Reflection from a Year 2
This activity actually was something that was quite familiar to me as last year we did a similar activity, just that this time, we could use satay skewers and did not have a limit in terms of the amount of tape we had to use. However, this challenge did allow me to have some personal insights. Firstly, about building the structure itself. As the addition of the satay sticks posed a bit of question, we realised that the sticks could be used as a more stable structure for the base as compared to a newspaper one. Moreover, as the last time the tower we built collapsed, the mistakes from last year were ensured that it would not be repeated. Therefore, this activity let me learn from past mistakes made and improve on it. Secondly, room for improvement. Although my group had a clear idea on what to build, initially, we were very hesitant and the level of communication was not there. As such, half of the time was spent on trying to convene our ideas as some of us, me included, were not really pro-active as in my case, I was somewhat reluctant to share my point as I did not want a failed design. As such, the final tower, even though it was a quite stable one, could have been taller as there was somewhat no sense of urgency. The base also could have been more stable. This in turn, made me realise, if I am hesitant in stepping up, especially with my juniors during CCA, when the year 3s are not around, the result would be unimaginable. Thus I feel that there is definitely an area for improvement.
Reflection from a Year 3
The Tower Tumble activity on UG day was fun as I got to bond with the UG members in my class. Since we had to build the tallest tower using some newspaper and satay sticks, we decided to build a quadpod as the base and continue building upwards. The structure was actually really stable as we tried shaking the table to see how stable it would be, and it surprisingly did not fall over. It was fun as I got to show the other UG members in my class what a quadpod is and how to build it. I was quite happy with the end result as it was very stable and it also looked quite aesthetically pleasing. I also got to bond with them as we had fun trying to make our tower as tall as possible.
Game 3: Monopoly (SJB)
This monopoly game is played with a twist. Instead of the usual housing properties, players would be able to buy first-aid items which can aid them in solving the first-aid scenarios shown to them at the start of the game.
Reflection from a Year 2
The Monopoly game that we played was very fun and interesting, since it was adapted from the St John’s Brigade and we had never tried this version before. Each group was given 4 scenarios, and we had to determine what items to “buy” on the monopoly board before playing, with the help of our groupmates. After that, each team was given 100 points, which we could use to buy the items needed. It was played like a normal monopoly game, except it was slightly different. Instead of buying properties, we had to buy first-aid items. We felt that this was a valuable experience as not only were we able to revise our first-aid skills, we were able to learn more skills to deal with more situations. As Guides, we do not get as many chances to practice our first aid skills, so we thought it was helpful that we got to learn a few more things from our St John's classmates and revise our first aid skills a little. Moreover, we were also able to bond with our group members and learn from one another, which was very important to us. All in all, we think that this was a very memorable experience and we hope to participate in more bonding activities in the next UG day!
Reflection from a Year 3
The Monopoly game helped us understand St John's Brigade better and bond as a group. We learn of the different first aid items in greater detail and the scenario in which these first aid items are used. It was a fun way for us to improve our first aid knowledge and I learnt a lot from the game. We had no facilitator and the game had quite some rules so we had to learn the rules and try to overcome the challenges faced during the game ourselves. The St John's Brigade student was absent and thus this made it even more challenging. With all of us having little knowledge of these first aid skills, we had to try to apply what we learnt from station games and guides notes. However, I feel this is extremely relevant as we could all get the chance to test our first aid skills and learn more about first aid as a preparation for the upcoming first aid course as well. This game also taught us to prioritise as we had limited amounts of money or points in this case. We had to analyse the situation and determine the severity of the injury as well as the necessity of each first aid item.
Game 4: The Great Escape
There are a total of 6 clues and a murder weapon found in the classroom. In order to successfully get out of the room, players would have to dial the correct phone number and find the murderer.
Reflection from a Year 2
The Great Escape required us to find various clues to a criminal and to call the supposed head of the department. I think we did quite well in a sense that we were able to piece together the clues relatively fast once we found them, and find the correlation between the clues to find the phone number. However, that being said, the finding of the clues and murder weapon was not that smooth. I think one of the problems was the allocation of manpower. A group of us, about half, were half the time hunched over the clues that we had found, trying to find a pattern, even after we had found the answer to them. In addition, we were not that thorough in searching as we never thought to check for post-its under the table where we put the clues on. As a result our group passed by two of the evidence and clues many times without realising it. This in turn resulted in very inefficient searching and time wasted. In hindsight I think we could have done better by splitting the zone up to search for the post its, and solve the riddles on them after we had found the majority of them.
Reflection from a Year 3
For the Great Escape activity, we were told to find 6 clues and a murder weapon. Through teamwork, we managed to find all the clues except one, even after a very long time. However, we used the clues we had to discuss the answer and guess the phone number. It was quite tough as the hints were not easy and were a bit confusing. We called the wrong number at first and we all had a laugh. However, with resilience and not giving up, we were still able to get the correct answer by having teamwork and communication despite not having all the clues. My group managed to do this as all of us contributed and were proactive and engaged in the game. It was only after we finished the game that we found the last clue. Overall, I think that this game was quite fun as we got to find clues and solve riddles. The game was very interactive and I would definitely play it again.
We hope that everyone from all UGs enjoyed the games planned and got to know each other’s CCAs better. Happy UG week!
Published by:
Cefina
52届 Secretary
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