Sunday, 18 July 2010
@ 3:12:00 pm
Hello! I am Charmaine, your new historian for the year of ‘10/11! :D
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, was our first meeting held by the PLC ‘10/11. Before guides started, while in the den, the PLs chatted with Ruth, our YA, and found out that it was her last day with us ):
At 2.45pm, the guides were fell in by Sherwynn at the parade square in their old patrols, but with the new PSes standing in front. After reporting the patrol strength, they were given two minutes to change out of their pinafore. They fell back in and were told of the agenda by Melissa. Next, they were told to get their foolscap and pen and proceed to an empty classroom on the first level. The new PLs and PSes then gave an introduction of themselves with the PLs elaborating on their newly given jobs. Here’s our new PLC and PSC ‘10/11:
PLC ‘10/11
Sherwynn Lim: CL
Nicole Lau: ACL
Dorothy: Internal Training Sectary
Charmaine Tan: Treasurer + Historian
Caitlin Choo: External Sectary for Proficiency Badges
Melissa Chia: External Sectary for Campfires + Initiatives
Clara Siew: Public Relations (contacting HQ)
Charis Yong: Quarter Mistress + CIP Rep
Ada Cheng: Attendance Rep + First Aider
PSC ‘10/11
Rukaiya
Dion Tia
Annabelle Lam
Tay Han Yi
Charissa Bey
Michelle Pang
Sara Aiysha
Olivia Chew
(The PSes have no specific role, but just to help out their respective PLs of each patrol)
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW PLC AND PSC ‘10/11! (:
On behalf of the Guides Committee’ 10/11, I would like to say a special thanks to the PLC ’09/10 and our seniors for grooming us into what we are today.
THANK YOU for believing in us and entrusting us with HIJ 1st Coy. We’ll never let you down and will continue to carry on the guiding spirit! ♥
We proceeded to tell the guides our new rules and expectations.
Rules:
1. Attire:
- Unofficial Meetings
• SCHOOL RULES APPLIES.
• Nails must be short and neat.
• School name needs to be seen on socks and not hidden.
• PE T-shirt is to be tucked in at all times
• No HOUSE T-shirts allowed. ONLY white school based T-shirt. (Examples; Class T-shirt, PE T-shirt, Fiesta T-shirt etc.)
• ONLY PE shorts are allowed. NO FBTS.
- Official Meetings
• ONLY Black coloured hair accessories
• Short nails as usual
• WHITE (plain) socks.
• Hair should not be touching the crest on your scarf. If it is, MUST tie plaits, NO buns!
• WHITE (plain) shoes- No logos.
• Uniform: NEAT. Belt buckle should beseen.
• Hang uniform/ PE attires neatly on a hanger.
• NOTE: PE attires HAVE to be brought on official meetings, even though fall in is in Guides Uniform.
2. Punctuality
• Sense of Urgency. No walking from place to place.
• HANDING UP OF TESTINGS: Have to be handed in by the date stated by PL. If not, punishments apply.
• Changing Parade: DO NOT Take your own time to change. ( One person’s delay may lead to the entire coy having to change again)
3. Responsibility
• Attendance- Turn up for 75% of the meetings. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PNA.
• Payment of COY fund punctually when needed.
• Handing up of testings
• PERSONAL BELONGINGS: Submit them to the treasurer.
• PERSONAL HEALTH: If you are not feeling well, approach the PLs.
After going through the expectations, Qarissa, our new YA, was given a chance to introduce herself. Soon after, Ruth had to leave and we bade her farewell. She told us that she would come back and visit us someday(: the PLS then told the guides of their new patrols!
Dove
PL: Melissa
PS: Sara Aisyah
Megan
Jaleesa
Lee Ann
Hannah
Bhavani
Hibiscus
PL: Nicole
PS: Olivia
Sher Yi
Maryanne
Mirabelle
Yong Qi
Shoba
KingFisher
PL: Dorothy
PS: Michelle
Shermaine
Alyssa
Vanitah
Siti
Si Ying
Ixora
PL: Charis
PS: Annabelle
Krystal
Meenatchi
Ethel
Kalyani
Jolyn
Oriole
PL: Caitlin
PS: Rukaiya
Vanessa
Janani
Anastasia
Shu Hui
Chomel
Christie
Morning Glory
CL: Sherwynn
PL: Clara
PS: Dion
Dilfer
Christine
Shalom
Brenda
Jiawen
Sparrow
PL: Ada
PS: Charissa
Amanda
Elizabeth
Alysha
Katrina
Sarah Cheang
Orchid
PL: Charmaine
PS: Han Yi
Claudia
Safila
Nicole
Hazel
Victoria
We proceeded to have patrol corners. It was a good 10-15 minutes getting to know each other and discussing about the roles for a new patrol list.
At about 4.15, the guides fell in at the outdoor stage to practice the formation of a squad, with Sherwynn commanding. Since most of the guides had long forgotten how to form a squad, the PLs showed them roughly how the procedure was like. As all the Sec ones were totally new to the formation of a squad, they were told to step aside and watch as the seniors practiced. After two rounds, the sec ones joined in to try out. It was not very good as many were unable to project their voice, so their ‘satu’ & ‘dua’ could not be clearly heard. As a result, they had to repeat the shouting of the commands countless times. At last, they managed to do it properly and we continued with the rest of the commands. Well done guides! (:
After the formation of a squad, the guides had to do their ‘hentak kaki jepat hentak’ for about five minutes. Sherwynn then fell them out and they were told to grab their bottles from the canteen. And obviously, we had water parade to hydrate them after marching in the hot weather. Following that, we practiced some more footdrills. Eventually, the PSes, plus Brenda, Chomel and Si Ying were told to fall out. Together with the rest of the PLs, all of us were to be the participants involved in marching for National Day. Chomel was our reserve; Charis, Ada and Clara would be the flag bearers. For National Day, Red cross would be commanding and Dorothy would be the timer.
All of us headed to the back of the Parade Square to practice the procedure and our ‘left check over’! the remaining guides joined us in no time and practice their footdrills again, while Clara, Ada and Charis commanded. Some of the mistakes pointed out by Qarissa were that the guides were marching way too fast and they were not coordinated. So, they were made to march repeatedly till near perfection.
After we were done practicing Marching for NDP, we fell out, and the PSes, plus Chomel, Brenda and Si Ying fell back in to join the rest. Then, some of the PLs were told to fall in front of the Guides to practice ‘jepat jalan’. This was to help pace the guides to ensure that they did not march too fast. The first few rows of guides, which consisted mainly of sec twos and threes, were marching with big steps taken, while the sec ones behind were struggling to catch up. After a few rounds marching back and forth, the guide managed to get a hang of the pace and the PLs fell out.
At 5.35pm, the guides were finally allowed to fall out and were told to give comments about the day’s meeting, while Melissa and I went to collect our wallets from Ms Lakshmi. The guides commented that they were very tired marching. THE PLs ARE REALLY SORRY FOR MAKING YOU GUYS MARCH SO LONG! Sorry! ): But it is nonetheless essential to bring the standard of footdrills up! :) At 5.45, the PLs made some announcements and everyone fell out after singing taps.
** PSes
- Please be reminded that attendance sheets will be needed tmr
- Patrol Lists are due on wednesday
- Guides board due next wednesday
Yayy, I’m finally done with my first post!
Next meeting is on the 19th July 2010, 2.45-4.45.
We will be discussing on Secondary 4 Farewell.
Love,
Charmaine
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