22 July 2015 - Pioneering: Suspension Bridge
Hello!
Just a heads up, the YAs will be trying to complete NYAA Gold together for the next 18 months! Since we have decided to use Pioneering as our skills, we will be planning several pioneering sessions during our activities.
As such, on 22 July 2015, we had a pioneering session in which the 9 of us built a suspension bridge. This session was meant to act as a refresher on our lashes and anchorage skills as it has been a long time since we last did pioneering.
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| Wen Ting and Natalie working hard to transport the spars! |
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| Yan Shan, Ruo Rou and Lynette enthusiastically tying the first lashes of the day! |
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| Pioneering makes us happy :D |
It was a very hot day and the sun was merciless, but that definitely did not deter us! Although we faced some difficulties along the way as we were not completely sure if the structure would hold, we were rather happy with our final product!
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| The end product! |
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| Artistic shot of our bridge. Full credits to Chelsea for taking this shot! |
It was a very fulfilling 集合 for us as we managed to recap on majority of our pioneering skills and lashes through this structure. This is just the beginning of a whole series of pioneering activities, so here's to many more pioneering sessions to come!
Labels: Pioneering, Skills Training
Pioneering
The first activity we had in Term 2 after the March Common Test was pioneering!! This session was initially supposed to be a preparation for the Pioneering@DHS activity, but unfortunately the activity was cancelled due to low response from the external YAs.
This time, we built a Kim's Gym and a Swingboat. It was the first official pioneering activity for the new Y5 YAs, and a good chance for all of us to revise our lashes as well! We faced some problems when we did not measure the distances of our clove hitches properly, but managed to work around the problem. This also taught us to be more careful when we do pioneering again in the future, while at the same time remembering to look at the bigger picture and not be too fixated on the minor details.
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| YAs working on the swingboat! |
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| Kim's Gym + Swingboat in the background |
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| Completed Kim's Gym! (lacking the tyre) There is a bridge leading from the 1st quadpod to the 2nd, then you can swing yourself across the 2nd quadpod to finally cross this entire "obstacle course" (a mini one). |
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| A shot of the Kim's Gym from a different perspective :) |
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| Happy Rui Qi and Lynette having fun while pioneering! |
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Ruo Rou and Yan Shan too!
After we completed the structures, we took photos with the structures and had fun playing around before we finally cleared up the area :) This pioneering was a fun session and hopefully we can try out more interesting structures in the future!
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| Y5s + Swingboat |
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| Crystal and Yin Ci standing on the swing and having fun! |
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| Y5s + Kim's Gym |
Labels: Pioneering
5 Apr: We built a playground!
On Saturday, we had a pioneering session in school. But this time round, it was a little more special because we invited external YAs to join in the fun! We were split into 3 groups to build a See-Saw, Slide and Kim’s Gym respectively. With the three structures, we built our own playground! :)
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| moving logistics for pioneering |
Although it rained in the morning, it did not dampen our mood. We carried out the activity at the open space outside our library, and it was as fun as it would be if it were to be carried out in the field. Before the actual building, we revised our lashes and also shared with our fellow YAs on some of the “tips” we usually used to tie our structures.
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| Yimin guiding the YA on how to raft/ tie the snake lash |
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| Pioneering is fun! |
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| Tse Puay ensuring that the lashes are tight |
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| Yeok Min and Elizabeth giving the YAs a briefing on how to build the slide |
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| building the slide |
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| Securing the gunny sack on the tripod |
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| Tse Puay demonstrating the tripod lash |
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| Happy Cheryl on the Kim's Gym |
It was really fun; especially when we finished tying the structures as we started to interact more with each other while trying out the structures we built. After we built our playground, we get to play with the structures we built. We were all really proud of our structures and we took a lot of photos with them.
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| See - Saw |
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| Slide |
YAs having fun with the Kim's gym :)
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| YAs playing with the see-saw |
WHEEEE!!
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| Group 3's selfie with their slide |
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| Group 1 and their kim's gym! |
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| Group 2 and their see saw! |
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| Group 3 loves their slide and took another photo ;) |
This pioneering session was different from the previous ones we had; probably because of the new addition of external YAs. Through this session, we have made new friends and exchanged lashing skills with the external YAs. I would not have minded if there was another session like this!
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Labels: Pioneering, Skills Training, YABC
19 Feb: Anchorage practice
Today, we practiced anchorage, using the 2-1 picket method instead of the usual 3-2-1 picket method. Anchorage serves to stabilize a structure, especially those of larger scale. We built a frame and tried to incorporate the trefoil into the frame.
It was our first time building a frame with a 'trefoil' so the structure did not work out at first. However, I am glad that we managed to fix the problem by changing some part of the frame and we all had fun! :)
Labels: Pioneering, Skills Training
UPDATES!
Hi everyone!
It has been awhile since this space was updated. So, let's see what the YAs have been doing recently!
29/01/14: Introduction to YAs + CNY celebration
This year, we have 11 year 5s joining YAs! We had an introduction session with them and during which, we share our chapter vision and other information regarding our chapter and played games to bond the year 5s and 6s! After the introduction session, the YAs has their CNY celebration dinner at Sukiya. (:
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| The YAs after 'dress me up with toilet paper' game |
05/02/14: Skills Training: Fireman's chair, vertical rope and PT
The YAs tried tying and transporting people on a fireman's chair. The fireman's chair know is a rescue knot which is capable of supporting a person's body while he/she is lowered to safety.
Using the rope, we also managed to tie the vertical rope which hung from the 2nd level.
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| YAs climbing the vertical rope |
12/02/14: Skills Training: Campfire & Kerosene lamp
The year 7s, Cassandra and Chai Ning, came back to teach us how to use a kerosene lamp and how to set up a campfire pit. During this session, we got to know the different parts of a kerosene lamp and things to take note of while lighting a kerosene lamp! We also got to try building our own campfire pit using some leftover firewood. (: The skills learnt are extremely important and helpful to the YAs as we help the year 7s plan our 46th anniversary campfire this year! Thank you year 7s! ^^
14/02/14: Pioneering session for JH guides
The YAs planned a pioneering session for the junior high guides on Friday. The guides were split into 6 groups and each group had to build a gateway/tower/bridge.
The purpose of this activity is to:
1) allow all guides to participate in a pioneering project
2) allow the guides to revise and practice their pioneering lashes
3) provide the year 3s and 4s with leadership opportunities as they guide their group through the activity.
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| group 5 and their tower |
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| group 6 and their elevated tower |
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| group 3 tying their bridge |
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| group 4 and their bridge |
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| Guides gathering around each structure to learn about the mistakes that each group made. |
The pioneering session ended with each group doing a group cheer. Hopefully the guides enjoyed this session and managed to take away a few pointers on pioneering! :)
On a side note, 6 MORE DAYS TO WORLD THINKING DAY! :)
Labels: Pioneering, Skills Training, Updates
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