Hello Guides!
Today was the last Patrol Activity of the term, and here are the reflections from the secretaries of each patrol!
Reflection from a Year 3 in P1:
During Patrol Activity (PA) on Monday, we were tasked to build a gadgeting version of a gateway. During the collection of logistics, we sorely misremembered the number of 中木 we had to collect, ending up with 16 instead of the intended 6. This was much to the amusement of our seniors. However, this turned out to be somewhat helpful, as some of the other 木s were not of appropriate lengths and had to be substituted with 中木s. During the building of the structure, our progress moved at a rather slow rate at times. Hence, I feel that we could have definitely worked faster, taking note of the proportions and alignments more actively. This would have prevented any need for redoing or shifting lashes, saving us time. We should also have looked out for our Year 1s more, keeping them in the loop and encouraging them. In the end, we managed to complete the structure with a few time extensions. Afterward, we played a quick game that required us to recall what we knew about each other. This helped the Year 1s to speak up more while having fun. Overall, PA was a fulfilling and exciting experience.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P2:
On Monday, we had Patrol Activity (PA). We were required to build a gadgeting swing. This was a new structure for us as we have only learnt to build the pioneering swing but not the gadgeting swing. The Y3s had to take turns being the PL every 10 minutes. We had to tie two tripods to support the swing. After tying the tripods, we had to retie the tripod lash as it was loose. This wasted our time as we could have tied a tighter lash at first to use the time more effectively. While we were doing the 顶角s, we did not take measurements properly. This caused the sides of the tripods to be unequal which made the structure unstable. As a result, we had to undo some lashes and readjust the 顶角s. We also could have 报时 more to improve our awareness of time and have a better sense of urgency to work faster in the future.
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P3:
On the 4th of March, the Patrol Activity was very fun and enriching. I could tell that the seniors had put a lot of thought and effort into planning what to do, and I appreciate it very much. Our instructions were to build a gadgeting swing with P2. I think that we worked harmoniously together, our shared ambition to complete our structure on time allowing us to form a certain bond. Unfortunately, we had a bumpy process when building our structure. When we had gotten all the logistics from 团部 and were about to start, we realised that we were missing one of our 中木s. We thus could not start building our structure as we required that 中木 to build the tripod. As a result, a lot of time was wasted to go back to 团部 to get that 中木. However, we improvised and decided to make the swing seat first and then attach it to the swing, later on, to prevent wasting time. To ensure that this problem does not happen again, in the future, someone can stand at the door and check whether all the logistics have been taken. We also had to change Patrol Leader and Patrol Second every 10 minutes. When it was my turn to lead, I struggled, especially when asking my juniors to 报时 and cheer. I will try and guide my juniors to do so with more practice leading them. The tripods were another issue as they were not tight enough when we tied it. This caused our stricture to be quite unstable. To improve, more emphasis should be given to tripod lashes during lash training. In the end, we managed to build the structure with little 过时. Overall, we could have had a better sense of urgency but we all had fun doing this activity and taking pictures with the swing once completed. To my pleasant surprise, the swing worked and was aesthetically pleasing to us all. In conclusion, PA was enjoyable and it helped me to bond with the new Year 1s too.
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P4:
On 4 March, for Patrol Activity (PA), we were supposed to do pioneering, which I was really excited about as it would be the Year 1s first taste of pioneering. Many of the Year 1s had mentioned the pioneering structures during the Orientation showcase so I am sure they were thrilled to try it out too. However, because of the wet weather, we had to go with an alternative for PA—Physical Training (PT) and patrol games. This PA gave us a chance to bond more with our Year 1s as we got to teach them things like cheers and we got to talk to them and find out more about them than we would have in a 集合 where we had to work with gadgeting and pioneering 木s. During this PA, we also got to improve our patrol spirit by cheering each other on and constantly looking out for each other. During the laps we had to run around the General Science Lab block, we constantly cheered to keep up the morale and we reminded each other to 等人 so that everyone would be together at all times. As for games, we played games like Human Entanglement and a game that involved us having to attempt to replicate the group pictures that were shown to us. Human entanglement allowed us to work together to free the entire patrol from entanglement. Thus it was a great opportunity to work on our teamwork and communication as a patrol. The second game was my favourite as it gave us tangible memories to keep in the form of pictures. Overall, this PA was really memorable!
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P5:
On the last Patrol Activity of the term, my patrol's original plan was to do pioneering. But due to bad weather, we did creative gadgeting instead. We were first tasked to build a Baggage Rack within 35 minutes and then build a creative structure that has something to do with food. Us Year 3s taught our juniors, particularly the Year 1s, more basic knots, and lashes we usually use in guides, such as netting and rafting which they had never encountered before. During the building of the Baggage Rack, we could have cheered more to keep our morale up and 报时 more often to not overrun the timings given to us by our seniors. Overall, we took 45 mins to build a Baggage rack. Our lashes could have been tighter and neater to prevent the structure from swaying. For creative gadgeting, my patrol made fries using a quadpod and an 'M' to represent McDonald's. Overall, this PA was refreshing as it gave us a chance to revise our building of the standard gadgeting structures and fun as it gave us a chance to bond more as a patrol.
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Reflection from a Year 3 in P6:
During our second Patrol Activity with the Year 1s on 4th March, Monday, we were tasked to plan a Creative Structure and lead the patrol in building the structure we have come up with. We planned to build a mini slide with a ladder attached to the box tower, and we got inspiration from the Creative Pioneering structure from Orientation Preparation (OP), which was a playground with a slide and swing. During the collection of logistics, we moved quickly and managed to complete the task within the time given. However, instead of taking the 白绳 box, we accidentally took the flag kit, causing us to have to go back to 团部 to retrieve the 白绳 box. Meanwhile, we borrowed 白绳 from Patrol 1 so that we could start building our structure. We were given 30 minutes to complete our creative structure, but as some of our lashes were not very tight, we had to 重抽 some of them, taking up some time. Through this activity, we learnt that when planning structures, we need to consider the proportion of the 木s and structures.
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Hope everyone had fun today!
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