On Wednesday, we visited the Guides of Edgefield Secondary school again! It was the first time this year we were going to the school together on a weekday and we were quite excited about meeting the Guides again since we hadn’t met them in a month. Furthermore, this was the first activity the Y5 YAs had planned so we were looking forward to seeing our plans being executed well. :)


The activity we had today was quite different from the previous two, because all three batches of Guides were present today. And so we got to know many more fellow Guides! :) Considering that the Sec 1 and Sec 2 Guides hadn’t had much lash-tying practice before, we started off the session with a short revision to both the square and diagonal lash. They were very eager to perfect the lashing skills, and they kept retying their lashes in an attempt to improve, which was very heartening for us.


After the short revision, we gave each group (consisting of 2 patrols each) a task: to build a kitchen dresser. We showed them a drawing of the gadget and guided them a little on how to go about building it, before they started work. Although in the end there wasn’t enough time to complete the entire gadget, we were glad that their lashes had been put into good use and that the kitchen dresser turned out stable. We explained to them a little about the function of the kitchen dresser, before the Guides had to speedily dismantle it and keep all the logistics back into their Guides room.



To end off the activity, some of us showed the Guides pictures of the ‘Golden Gate Bridge’ we had built last Saturday and they were very impressed by the fact that mere lashes could create such huge and grand structures. We sure hope that this will serve as a motivation for them to continue practicing their lashes and start by building small gadgets first. :)

The next activity we will be planning for the Edgefield Guides will most probably be firelighting and outdoor cooking which is something different from what we have been doing with them thus far, and we hope the Guides (and of course we YAs) will enjoy the activity and the food that will be cooked! :)

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