Thursday, 11 February 2010
@ 8:34:00 am
Boo!
We had an unofficial meeting on Wednesday, 10 February, from 2.45pm - 5.45pm. Fall in was at 2.45 and we reported strength then. Phototaking was supposed to be on that day but it had been postponed to the next day so we were allowed to keep our uniforms in the den at the end of the meeting.
After changing out of our pinafores and finishing inspection, we were told to split into groups to teach the Secondary 1s the knots and parts of 'Colour Party'. In my group, we started off by introducing the 2 knots of 'Colour Party', mainly the 'Clovage' and 'Peter Rabbit'.
As my juniors and I joined our present group later, the Secondary 1 we taught had already learnt the beginning of 'Peter Rabbit' so all we had to do was revise with her and make sure she could do it properly. To train her in tying it quickly, I timed her and pushed her to tie it within 20 seconds. We later taught her how to shift the knot and that was when she started to experience difficulty.
After awhile, I noticed that she was getting bored and discouraged by the fact that she could not shift the knot correctly so I decided to teach her a knot that I was certain she would definitely master: CLOVAGE! :D Haha. It was the simplest knot so I knew it would lighten her spirits. True enough, she learnt it quickly and she was happy that she could finally do something right. Haha.
Then, she got back to practicing tying her 'Peter Rabbit'. When she had mastered it, my group went to the flag pole to teach the juniors the procedure for colour party. However, it got really SUNNY so we had to return to the shade. There, we revised with them 'fall in' and 'fall out' before the PLs fell us in and practiced footdrills with us.
Thereafter, we were told to go to an empty classroom so we ran there and when everyone was present, the respective PLs from each patrol announced the new recruits of their respective patrols. Here are the new recruits:
DOVE: Megan
F'PECK: Sher Yi and Maryanne
K'FISH: Anastasia, Jananinr, Vanessa and Dhilfer
MYNAH: Chloe, Meeratchi and Alyssa
ORIOLE: Amanda, Jaleesa and Krystal
SPARROW: Claudia, Christine and Safila
Soon, we were briefed on the change of plans for the March Camp and the PLs also gave their comments on our March Camp proposal. They said it was not up to their expectations. They commented that it was all games and games. It would be too tiring. So, they asked a representative from each patrol to come up and pick a number. From the number chosen, we would be given a component to work on. After being told what our component was, we got into our groups and started discussing. We were given a limited amount of time to discuss before having to present a rough plan.
Soon, it was time to present and for my group, we got Claudia to present so that we could get the juniors involved. After presentation time was over, it was already approaching 5.45 so we fell in and listened to announcements and later fell out.
As phototaking had been postponed to the following day, we were allowed to keep our guides uniform in the Den. Then, we took our leave.
Yeah, I'm finished for this post. Here's wishing everyone a happy CNY! :D
$$, Melissa! :)
SiYing; Chomel; Katrina; Meenatchi; Safila; Krystal; Christine; Siti; Rukaiya; Kalyani
Qarissa (YA)(not in picture); Sherwynn; Nicole (not in picture); Caitlin; Charmaine; Vanessa; Amanda; Claudia; Michelle