Hi Guides!
Today was the first Patrol Activity of the year. Here are the reflections from a Year 3 from each patrol!
Reflection from a Year 3 in P1:
During Patrol Activity (PA) on Monday, our first task was to gadget a structure that resembled one of our seniors. After a quick and careful discussion, we agreed to build a tripod made of 长木 with a diamond-shaped frame attached to the top, complete with long strands of 白绳 braided together to replicate the luscious hair of the senior we had in mind. Through this, we managed to refresh our gadgeting skills as many of us had not done so in a while. Although there were minor issues, such as the tying of the tripod going haywire, most of them were promptly fixed and the structure was completed within the time limit — with few time extensions necessary. I thoroughly enjoyed this session as it was a great opportunity to bond with my Patrol mates while building the structure, which turned out to resemble its subject quite well. This made the ordeal even more funny, which really boosted our morale. This activity also trained our creativity, as we had to tap into it in order to come up with the necessary details for our structure. Afterward, we built an Emergency Shelter, which was challenging at first as none of us could remember how to go about doing so. However, with the guidance of our seniors, we managed to build one successfully while involving the Year 2s. In the end, this served as a reminder to revise standard Guides structures, especially for the Year 3s. Later on, we carried benches to and from the canteen as a form of Physical Training (PT) — all the while singing Guides songs. Although this was tiring, singing helped to boost our morale and fuel us on. To end off, we had a long Patrol corner to teach our Year 2s songs, as well as brainstorm for future PAs, which allowed us to bond as a Patrol through light conversations and jokes cracked by seniors and juniors alike. All in all, this Patrol Activity, the very first one of the year, was enriching and thoroughly enjoyable.
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Reflecction from a Year 3 in P2:
On Monday, we had Patrol Activity. We started off with a scavenger hunt for 白绳. Little did we know those would be the only 白绳 that we would be able to use. After that, we were told to build a creative structure using a limited amount of 木 and 20 白绳. There were also requirements that it had to be something found in school and that it had to be functional. We had 25 minutes to build the structure. At first, we planned on doing a rubbish bin, however, we spent too long on deciding the allocations of the 木 for the frames and other parts of the structure, causing us to be short on time afterward. Moreover, we did not take note of the amount of 白绳 we had left, which caused us to have too little to complete the structure. These issues caused us to 过时 and not be able to turn out with a satisfactory structure. Upon thinking back on the activity, we realised that if we had been more aware of the time and our logistics while building the structure, we would have been able to build a better structure overall and reduce the amount of 过时. Moreover, during the activity, we felt that we could have 报时-ed more as our sense of urgency and awareness of the time we had left was severely lacking. We could also have cheered more as the morale of our patrol was starting to decrease towards the end of the activity. Overall, the building of the creative structure was very enriching for both the Year 2s and the Year 3s as it was the first time a Year 2 was PS and it helped the Year 3s improve their ability to think on their feet and gave them more leadership experience.
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P3:
It felt great to be back with my patrol mates after going a long while (due to the Annual Training Camp and Orientation Preparation) without them. Even before we went for 集合, I already felt the buzzing and friendly atmosphere of my patrol that I had missed so much. My patrol activity on Monday took place outside the hostel canteen. Our task was to build a baggage rack and an additional Creative Gadgeting structure, and we left to get logistics, laughing while running, and racing each other. In a flash, everyone was laden with gadgeting poles and somehow, hilariously, I found myself with one short half bamboo to carry, having overestimated the amount of logistics we had and giving a lot to my patrol mates prior. I will take note of this next time when passing logistics to others to carry so they don't have to carry more than they need to. The baggage rack was simple and I found myself quite proud of it - it still shook when shaken but overall lashes were quite tight and it looked proportionate. Next was creative gadgeting, which was to create two basketball hoops as a patrol and play basketball. We were first split into two groups, and after we created the structure for our group we would play against the other group using our structures. Heated and competitive, everyone found themselves drawn into the game and even some from Patrol 1 came to join us and supplement our numbers, which made the game all the more fun. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely, laughing and running around with each other as we threw the ball at each other. Lastly, we played mafia. Alas, it was a short game. One of my patrol mates correctly pinpointed everyone's roles in her first guess and dominated the mafia game. The game thus ended early, and we proceeded to have Patrol Corner, where the Year 4s let us ask them questions on our upcoming Patrol Leader’s Training Camp (PLTC). Overall it was a very wholesome day, which reminded me to cherish my patrol mates and these simple moments with them.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P4:
As it was the first Patrol Activity (PA) of the year, my patrol was really excited for CCA. For CCA, after 集合ing at GSL (General Science Lab) level two, we were given fifteen minutes to collect the 木 necessary for this session. When we got back to GSL, we started with lash training. As our entire patrol had been in pioneering committees for the recent orientation, our first few lashes were not up to standards and thus we had to retie them to make them tighter or neater. After lash training, we were given time to brainstorm a structure for captains’ ball. When we found out that we would be playing captains’ ball, we were really happy as it had been a while since we had last played the game. For our structure, we decided to tie a tripod with 顶角s—three 中木s on the bottom and another three 中短木s on the top. After tying everything, we would then 绕 白绳 around the top as a net. When we were done, we played a match with Patrol 6, who were at the same venue as us! During the game, we had a lot of fun trying to get the ball into our nets. Overall, this PA was one of the most memorable PAs I have ever had!
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P5:
On the first PA of the year, I was quite nervous yet excited as I had not done gadgeting structures for a long time, considering that I was in Creative Pioneering in OP’24. Thus, when we were made to do lash training at first, I was relieved as I could practise my lashes and ensure that they were tight before moving on to the actual creative gadgeting activity. We were made to do square lashes, diagonals, and A-架s which were really useful as we needed all the lashes to continue with our creative gadgeting structure. After we had received feedback and warmed up our hands, we got onto our creative gadgeting structure, which was meant to represent our patrol by using all the logistics we had collected. As we were proud of our patrol and we identified with Sunflower, being our patrol’s logo, we immediately came up with the idea of a Sunflower. We first built a square frame with netting in the middle for details as the middle part of the sunflower and then moved on to tying 5 A-架s to make the petals by opening them up sideways. Lastly, we connected three main A-架s to three sides of the frame with diagonals, leaving one side empty for the stem, and then the remaining two A-架s were added on in between the three main petals. It was a pretty finish and although with only 3 manpower, we were really proud of our work. We managed to get time extensions on time and cheered quite often, which kept our morale high even with little manpower. It was really fun doing a sunflower for the first time out of our imagination, and I would cherish this first PA of 2024 forever.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P6:
On Monday, 22 January 2024, we had our first Patrol Activity (PA) of the year. Firstly, we had to collect logistics and we think that we did a rather good job as we managed to complete the collection of logistics before the time given was up. Then we had lash training. We were given 12 minutes to tie one square lash, one diagonal lash, and one tripod lash. Even though we asked for a few time extensions, we managed to finish tying all the lashes with acceptable tightness. When we were done, we were then tasked to build a creative structure which was used later for Captain's Ball. The structure could not be a box tower, thus we decided to tie a quadpod lash nearer to the middle of the 4 木s so that the top of the quadpod forms a net that the ball could fall in. When we were building, we think that we could have 报时-ed more as we lost track of time and 过时-ed by a few seconds. But all our lashes were relatively tight and secure so our structure was very stable throughout the game we had with P4. Overall, we really enjoyed this week’s PA and got to bond with our patrol mates.
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Hope everyone had fun today!
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