Hello Guides!
We had Patrol Activity today and here are some reflections from our Year 3s!
Reflection from a Year 3 in P1:
On 6 March, my patrol had Patrol Activity held at General Science Lab level 2. We had to use Gadgeting poles to make a weapon and a shield, to “rescue” our “kidnapped” Patrol Second, which I thought was a interesting storyline. When we were tying our structures, we decided to split our manpower, with one group making the shield, and one group making the weapon. We decided to make a sword, and wanted to tie two Gadgeting poles together. However, we thought that design was too simple, but we did not want to come up with too complicated designs as we might not do it well or finish the structure on time. I thought that we should then build more weapons instead, o that everyone would have something to hold. We agreed and got to work. While we were working, I felt that the atmosphere was a little relaxed. I understand that it was Patrol Activity, which had a more relaxed nature, but we should still have a sense of urgency and not have our seniors keep prompting us to 报时. Eve thought we split into two groups to build the structures, we should have stayed close to each other and our logistics. Many of our logistics and manpower were taken away by our seniors, as we did not take care of them properly. However, we picked up our pace in the later half, and managed to finish our structures 5 minutes early. When designing the shield, I helped in the design, and I felt really proud when the shield turned out nicely. I had a lot of fun during this Patrol Activity, and bonded with my patrol mates more.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P2:
During Patrol Activity (PA), my patrol played minesweeper. The Year 4s set up a 4 by 4 minesweeper board for us to play and told us to get our First Aid Pack (FAP) and some 短木. We were given 1 hour and 15 minutes for all of us to cross the minesweeper board without stepping on the bombs and if we 过时-ed we would have to do a forfeit. Our strategy was to keep stepping on the same path so that we do not risk stepping on any bombs and having to redo the whole game. However, our mistake was that we chose a path that needed to complete 3 challenges. So we had many challenges to complete along the way that slowed us down a lot. Some examples of the challenges we did were bandaging a “sprained” ankle and teaching the Year 1s how to tie a quadpod and mickey mouse lash. We also had some fun challenges such as telling the Year 3s from another patrol pipick-upnes. Throughout the activity, our patrol did not have the best 照顾好人，照顾好东西. Once, the Year 4s kapped our 木 so we had to do a punishment to get it back. We offered to all individually lead a cheer to get the 木 back. In the end, we 过时-ed and had to dance maboleh. I definitely got to be a lot closer to my patrol and the Year 1s managed to learn more about Guides. Overall, I really enjoyed these challenges despite having to do forfeit.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P3:
On 6 March, Monday, we had Patrol Activity. We started off with Creative Gadgeting and were given a picture for reference. First, we started by laying the 木 out in a square formation, using the lines on the floor as grids. Afterwards, we carbon-copied the frame. However, one of the diagonals was tied wrongly as the 木 was on the same side, which therefore defeated its purpose. This mistake was noticed only later when the structure was already largely tied. This error led to the structure slanting and looking really wobbly overall. The structure was supposed to be a chair, but as our lashes were not tight enough and the structure was slanting, it looked really messy aesthetic-wise and was definitely not functional. Moreover, we realised that many diagonal lashes were left untied, even though they were points of contact with the structure. All of this contributed to the structure’s instability, and there was definitely room for lots of improvement in this Creative Gadgeting. Afterwards, we taught the Year 1s how to sing Chinese Guide Songs, such as the《德明女童军》song. Many of us did not know how to sing it and had to refer to the lyrics our Patrol Leader showed. This highlighted to us that we should regularly revise our entire Guide Notes, and not neglect the Guide Songs. As there was still time left afterwards, we played Mafia. Overall, the entire Patrol Activity was really fun, though the Creative Gadgeting could have been better.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P4:
For my patrol’s Patrol Activity (PA), we first looked around for post-it notes and followed what they said. For example, we had to sing a Chinese Guides song and then cheer really loudly as a patrol.
Then, we had Creative Gadgeting where we had to build a chair. Unfortunately, we had not taken all the necessary logistics, partly because we already had a lot of 木 to carry back and partly because of miscommunication.
I was the Patrol Leader (PL) for building the chair. It was the first time I had to lead a patrol by myself and was quite daunting. However, I tried to communicate the structure clearly and allocate manpower. I think it went pretty well, although we kept having to ask for time extensions. I think we can work faster next time especially since the Year 1s are more familiar with the basic lashes now.
Since we did not take enough logistics, we had to improvise with what we had. The chair also slanted a lot and ended up not looking like a chair due to us not looking at the big picture. I think next time we can take note of the proper dimensions so our structure can be more aesthetically pleasing. Overall the PA was enjoyable and helped improve our teamwork skills.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P5:
During our Patrol Activity on Monday, we were tasked to build a bridge. Two Year 3s had to step up to look at the drawing of the bridge and lead the patrol to build it within 1 hour and 10 minutes. Also, every 10 minutes, one person had to get a mission for either the entire patrol or some people to complete. We started off by allocating our manpower so that we could build the two frames and the ladder at the same time. For the frames, we used 中木, and for the ladder, we built it by rafting on two 长木s. However, after about 30 minutes of building the structure, our mission was to 拆掉 everything and rebuild it. We were all shocked but we managed to 拆掉 quickly so that we had enough time to rebuild the bridge. After that, despite having to restart everything, we did not let that demoralize us and we continued encouraging one another. Our missions were also fun to do, which boosted our patrol morale. We also made sure to cheer constantly and loudly, however, we could have improved by 报时-ing a lot more as we had to be reminded many times by our seniors. We were even made to go to other patrols and 报时 to them every 10 seconds for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Overall, the activity was very enjoyable and fulfilling, and it also allowed us to teach our Year 1 juniors more about Guides.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P6:
For Monday's patrol activity, we had a water balloon fight at the GSL road area. At the start of the activity, we were to brainstorm our own structures that we were to build in order to protect ourselves from the water balloons of the other team. My team had come up with the idea of making two tripods and then attaching them using a horizontal 长木 at the top and bottom of the tripod, and added netting on one of the sides to provide more protection for the ponchos that were placed on top of the entire structure. We were then given some time to do lash training with the Year 1s. For this lash training, we were unable to complete all the lashes that we were tasked to do, which meant that we had to work on being able to tie faster and tighter lashes. We can work on this by ensuring that almost all members of the patrol come for lash training and make sure that we tie these lashes in the proper manner. We then had 20 minutes to finish the structure that we had planned ourselves. During the water balloon fight, it was noticed that the opposing team’s poncho had a small hole in it, but the hole ended up becoming a large rip in the poncho after a lot of water balloons had hit that spot. This shows that we have to ensure that all our logistics are not spoiled, especially the poncho which is meant to waterproof the logistics. If the poncho had a hole in it, it would defeat the purpose that it is used. Overall, we were able to work at a decent speed and our lashes were also of decent quality.
Hope everyone had fun bonding with their patrol!
Published by:
Yuanxin
54th 届 Secretary
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