Rangers and Guides Annual Camp 2013

From 12 April 2013 to 14 April 2013, the 1st,2nd,31st Coy & 12th Unit Rangers had their annual camp. On Friday, the 12^th, the campers arrived in school by 3. The committees that were on duty registered the campers at the counter outside 3 Heron.

Then, the campers were divided to their respective groups. Each group was led by a committee member as they proceeded to clean up the camp site.

Once the cleanliness of the camp site had been ensured, we started our first activity, icebreaking. In their earlier groups that compromised of a mixture of rangers and girl guides, they had to come up with a cheer, a group name and a logo by making a collage with beans.

Each group started discussing about their performance on one of our annual events, “Sarong Night”. The theme of this year was “Happy Family”. After a short marching rehearsal, each group proceeded to eat dinner in the school canteen. 

At 9, the sarong night started. Hosted by Fatini and Vinneesyah, this event was a sight to behold. Decked in colorful “sarongs”, all the participants confidently strutted down the runway. 

Once this event ended, all the members were served with a light suffer before being blindfolded for “Believe Me or Not”. Led by the group leader, the members had to put their faith in the group leaders as she navigated them along the obstacles to each of the stations so that the tasks could be completed.

On Saturday, the 13^th of April, we started with a light aerobic session led by all the Coy Leaders. 

After eating breakfast, everyone was led to the “Upper Hall” for the advertising competition. Encouraging all participants to be as silly and creative as possible, this event was one of the most anticipated events.

At 9, 5 ACS scouts arrived to guide us in making knots and gadgets. Using the knots they had just learnt, each group was then given 3 hours to build a gadget. 

After lunch, a short marching rehearsal was held before the campers were thought how to cook using the “backswoodsman” style, a traditional method without being afforded any of the luxuries we take for granted nowadays. 

At 5, the mini sports was held. Combining challenging and fun activities, each camper strove to emerge as the champion and gave each sport their all. At night, after having a sumptuous barbecue dinner, the campers had ShowTime, quiz and played jigsaw puzzles. They had a lot of fun. At 2 in the morning, an emergency drill was held.

On Sunday, the 14^th of April, it started with another aerobic session. After breakfast, the campers were afforded rehearsal time to practice their synchronization and their formation. At 8, the marching competition was held in the Open Hall. The judges deliberated and commented on the marchers, especially their basic grasp of marching.

Then, the Kim’s Games was held. Using substances that tested the memory, sense of sight, smell and taste of the campers, each camper was asked to jot down the correct answers in a group.

 Then, it was the cooking competition. With styles that rivaled Master Chef’s contestants, the participants started to show their culinary skills. Once the food had been dished out and tested by the judges, they proceeded to scarf down the food. Then, a final clean-up session was held before the prize-giving ceremony commenced in the Upper Hall. The winners for this year was…..Group 6. Wong Ming Huey was chosen as the most supportive participant. The camp ended at 3.30 in the afternoon.