Hi Guides!
Today, while the Year 1s and Year 2s headed to the Singapore Discovery Centre to complete their Total Defence Badge, the Year 3s built Kitchen Tables, in order to train their hard and soft skills for the upcoming PLTC, which was followed by batch corner where they reviewed their batch goals and reflected on how to improve as individuals and as a batch.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P1:
During 集合 on Friday, the Year 3s had to build Kitchen Tables (KT). We were first split into two groups, where each group was tasked to finish a KT in 50 minutes. Once we started building the KTs, we realised that we had left some logistics behind, and some people had to be sent to retrieve them. As we did not 照顾好东西, we had to start the KT with less manpower, thus causing our building process to slow down. Additionally, we had also not kept to our targeted timings and took 20 minutes to finish a tripod. Lastly, although we had managed to finish our KTs at the end, we still 过时-ed by 7 minutes. All in all, we could have greatly improved our speed and worked with a better sense of urgency. This would have allowed us to stick to our targeted timings better and finish the KTs within the given time. We could have also improved on our lash standards, by tying faster and tighter, which would help our KT be of better quality. We have room for improvement and this 集合 was a good learning opportunity for us, especially since only the Year 3s were involved in the building of the structure.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P2:
On 1 March, the Year 3s had to do pioneering. We were originally supposed to do Kitchen Shelter, however, there was a lightning alert and we had to change to Kitchen Table. All of us were mixed and split into 2 groups, with 2 people from each group stepping up as PL and PS. We were given 50 minutes for the entire structure. We started by tying 2 tripods. However, one of the tripods was loose and we had to retie it. Meanwhile, we 起-ed the other tripod and started tying the 顶角s. While we were doing the 顶角s, some of us seemed unclear on how to tie a proper pioneering square lash, as well as the steps to build the Kitchen Table. This should not be the case as we are already Year 3s and should be extremely familiar with the steps for a standard structure. Moreover, we lacked a sense of urgency while working on the structure, which caused us to 过时 by 7 minutes. In the future, we will familiarise ourselves more with the structure, as well as try to 报时 more and work with a higher sense of urgency.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P3:
I came down to 集合 abuzz with trepidation and excitement. I knew that today's 集合 would be for our Camp D preparation, and I was massively looking forward to it. We soon learned that we would be building Kitchen Shelters in our groups in D-area, and we quickly turned our excitement into resolve to do things well and right. The batch was split into three, and I was made the patrol leader of my group. We were broken off and we dashed to the various locations to get our logistics. This is when we made our first mistake. While enough manpower went to 团部 to collect logistics, we soon fell into disarray and took longer than we intended to get our logistics. Sadly, once we started to lay out the canvas sheet, it started to drizzle and we were forced to move to the General Science Lab to build a Kitchen Table (KT) instead. This is when we made a mistake the second time, with too many of us leaving with 木 and ending up with me and two other Guides, one of whom was feeling a little unwell and could not carry too much. In addition, we were also left with the added responsibility to take more 麻绳 for the increased number of lashes in Kitchen Table, and I reluctantly tore myself away from my two batchmates, leaving behind the water bottles and the remaining helmets in a box. After that, we split into two groups and built two KTs, which took us much longer than we should have. Then, we had batch corner where we reflected on our goals and what we had done today. Overall, I feel that we could have done better in terms of our communication and consideration. We could have 照顾好人照顾好东西 too. However, all in all, I had a great and enriching time during that day’s 集合.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P6:
During the 集合 on 1st March, the Year 1s and 2s had gone for their total defence badge leaving only the Year 3s behind. As a batch, we built 2 Kitchen Tables (KT) since we were split into two groups. From this 集合, since it was just the Year 3s, we were able to see how our standards were as a batch especially since Patrol Leader Training Camp (PLTC) is coming up soon. The standard timing for a KT is 50 minutes but we took 57 minutes. I think that we should have worked faster and communicated with each other more efficiently. Another problem is that we did not 照顾好人，照顾好东西. The Year 4s kapped the table boards and none of us realised, without the table boards we wouldn’t be able to complete our KT. We should have been more responsible and more aware of what is going on around us. All in all, building the KT with my batchmates was an eye-opener and it made me realise that we still had a lot to improve on.
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Hope that the Year 3s are more prepared for PLTC after today's session, and have learnt something new from the experience!
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