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RV Girl Guides {♥}

biography

RV Girl Guides {♥}

11 patrols. Four levels. Two companies. One CCA. Infinite Love. :D

We are a gang of friendly and humourous ladies with a surprising bit of man's power. So ya better watch out k (:

We might be ever so different, but you'll be shocked at how well we bond (L) Unlike poles attract mahh :D

One for all, all for one! RVGG FTW! Let's keep our guiding light burning! ♥

Calendar

New Guides Website

Monday, August 25, 2014

Hi Guides,

We will be shifting over to a new Guides website so this blog will no longer be in use. The new site is: http://bit.ly/rivervalleygirlguides

Please refer to that site for all future acts and announcements.

Also, tomorrow's act marks a new beginning for all of us. We will be embarking on a new journey together as a company. Although the journey may be tough at times but trust us, we will make this much sweeter than it can be :) Let's work together and put in our best for every act. We can bring RVGG to greater heights!

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” - Ryunosuke Satoro

Main Comm'14

22nd August 2014

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Hi Guides!

The day has come! Tomorrow is handover ceremony 2014 :D Please fall in outside the guides room at 3.30pm in Full Uniform.

Yang Xue

19th August Act

Monday, August 18, 2014

Hi guides,

This is the act for tomorrow.

Pls be reminded to bring along the money tomorrow for the CCA photos that you have indicated. Each of the photos cost $4 each.

Tammy

West Division Day

Friday, August 15, 2014

Hi Guides, for those participating in West Division Day tomorrow, please report at 7.45am sharp at the school foyer.

Attire: PE shirt plus blue school skirt (school PE pants underneath for those participating in sports activities)

Things to bring for all: Water bottle

Things to bring for those participating in
Sandwich Making: ingredients needed, utensils, gloves, etc.
Costume Making: 20 Mahjong Paper, Construction paper, 20 Trash bags, Glue, Scotch Tape and Scissors.

Those participating in Amazing Race please take note that you will be tested on your knowledge of Guiding, and application of skills that you have learnt in Guides. Please be prepared for the competition.

Below is the list of guides participating in each category:

Coy 1:
Costume design:
Teh Jia Yi
Chng Jing Yuan
Goh Si Ying

Escape room:
Foo Kye Loon
Kelly Soh
Zheng Mei Jia
Charis Goh

Amazing race:
May Thu Ko
Cheryl Koh
Yeoh Hui Qing

Captain's ball:
Fan Ting Hui
Peh Luo Ling
Wong Jia Ying
Chloe Yap
Wang Xin Yi
Ng Jieqi

Coy 2
Sandwich Making:
Grace Yio
Wee Pui Ying
Qian Zi Han
Alena Lim

Captain Ball:
Dion Lim
Fua Mei Xuan
Sun Yu Yang
Fernanda Tan
Er Jolene
Jolene Teo
Regina Ng

Telematch:
Low Wei Gee
Lee Shin Neng
Bernice Lim

Jiayou for the competitions!

Janice

15th Aug Act

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Hi Guides!

Its candlelight afternoon tomorrow! Please fall in outside the guides room at 3.15pm in your performance attire. A gentle reminder to those going for west division day this saturday, please bring along signed consent form and pass to Janice before the event. Thank You!

Yang Xue :D

Guides photos

Hi guides,

The CCA photos this year are out! Here are the samples for your reference.

Pls inform your PLs the photos you would like to order by tomorrow 2359. Each of the photos will cost $4. Collection of money will be confirmed at a later date.

Thank you.

Tammy

12th August Act

Monday, August 11, 2014

Hi guides,

This is the act for tomorrow.

Tammy

5th August Act

Monday, August 4, 2014

Dear guides,

This is the act for tomorrow.

Tammy

West Division Day Competition

Friday, August 1, 2014

Hi Guides,

West Division Day is here again!
Below are some details of the competitions that will be held on West Division Day, which is on 16th August 2014, from 8.30am to 12.30pm, at Zhenghua Secondary School.
There will be a registration fee of $2, and food will be provided for all participants. All Guides are strongly encouraged to sign up for the competitions :)
There are much more interesting new competitions this year! The competitions available are Poster Making, Costume Making, Telematch, Captain Ball, Mini Gadget Making, Amazing Race, Escape Room, Change The Lyrics and Sandwich Making.

Please let your PLs know if you would like to participate in the West Division Day competitions as soon as possible, thank you!

-Janice

Details for Competitions for West Division Day 2014

Theme: Education opens door for all girls

1. Poster Making

Objective/Aim:

To get Brownies and Guides to design a poster that brings out the theme “Education opens door for all girls”

Description:

Each group will design a A3 size poster using the materials provided for them

(One piece of A3 size paper per group, newspapers, magazines, coloured papers).

NOTE: Groups that use other materials other than those provided will be disqualified.

Judging criteria: Refer to the attached rubrics.

Duration: 45 minutes

Number of participants: A team of 4

Materials to be brought by participants:

Participants to bring stationery, scissors, glue / double-sided tape and colouring materials eg coloured pencils, markers, crayons.

Rubrics for Poster Making

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Design	● Layout of the repeated pattern is balanced & pleasing. ● Good use of colours. ● Design is attractive.	● Layout of the repeated pattern is quite balanced & pleasing. ● Appropriate use of colours. ● Design is quite attractive.	● Layout of the repeated pattern lacks balance. . ● Sparse use of colours. ● Design is acceptable though dull.	● Layout of the repeated pattern is imbalanced ● Poor use of colours. ● Design lacks aesthetic beauty.
Creativity	Quality of product is excellent, showing good imagination.	Quality of product is competent, showing some imagination.	Quality of product is fair, showing little imagination.	Quality of product is poor, showing no imagination.
Attention to Theme	Reason(s) shared reflects the relationship to theme clearly without the need for explanation.	Reason(s) shared is related to the theme.	Reason(s) shared is loosely related to the theme.	Reason(s) shared does not relate well to the theme.
Total score: _____ / 12

2. Using recycle materials to make costume--Ramp Walk

Objective/Aim:

To enable Brownies/Girl Guides to be creative in designing using given materials and do a simple catwalk with the outfit.

Description:

Each group needs to design an outfit using given materials and dress up one of their members as their model. Teams that do not follow the requirements will be disqualified. All craft pieces will be collected and judged and the winner will be announced at the end of the day. Guides/Brownies are not allowed to pre-design any part of the outfit.

Duration: 45 minutes

Judging Criteria: The team that is able to do best catwalk without any damage to the designed outfit wins.

Number of Participants:

· A team of 4 guides/brownies from each participating school

· 5 teams of Brownies and 5 teams of Guides per 1 hour timeslot

Logistics required: ( Item 3-6 To be brought by the guides/brownies of participating schools)

1. 20 Trash Bags

2. 20 Mahjong Paper

3. Glue

4. Scotch Tape

5. Scissors

6. Construction/Coloured paper

3. Telematch Games

Objective/Aim:

To get Brownies and Guides to appreciate games which they can play together

Description:

Each group will play in a telematch comprising of 3 games – Burst the balloons, Fill the Bottle and Ping Pong Basket .

Description:

The first station is Burst the Balloons – where the first 2 members of the team blow 5 medium size balloons, tie it up and burst it after that. The brownies will blow 4.
After completing the first station, the third member will play " Fill the bottle" game by using a sponge to collect water from a pail of water and squeezing the sponge out 2m away from the pail into a 1.5 litre of water. Brownies will be 1m away from the pail.
The last member will play " Ping Pong" Basket, where she will proceed to capture 5 ping pong balls into the basket stationary.

Judging criteria: The fastest team wins.

Duration: 10 minutes per team (2 teams per 10 minute slot – 1 for Brownies, 1 for Guides)

Number of participants: A team of 4

Logistics required [all materials provided by organising school]:

1) 2 stopwatches

2) 4 sponges (dishwashing sponge)

3) 4 (1.5) litres bottles

4) 2 packets of balloons

5) 8 ping pong balls

6) 1 basket/box

7) 2 pails

4. Captain’s Ball

Objective/Aim:

To promote bonding and sportsmanship among girls through Captain’s Ball. Captain’s ball also aims to improve the girls’ stamina and interest in sports.

Description:

A guide from each team will be placed on a chair. Each team is to score as many goals as possible in the 5 minutes of games. Schedule will be given and teams are to report at the time given to play against other teams.

Judging Criteria:

● Through rounds of elimination of 5 minutes per round, top 3 prizes will be given for guides and brownies.

Duration: 5 minutes per round

Participants:

● To accept 6 teams of brownies and 12 teams of guides.

● 7 brownies/guides per team.

5. Mini-Gadget Making Competition

Objective/Aim:

1. To provide an opportunity for brownies/guides to develop their creativity by using minimal materials to create miniature gadgets.

2. To promote teamwork among brownies/guides as this activity is done in a group.

3. To provide an opportunity for brownies/guides to acquire dexterity skills as this activity involves the use of hands predominantly.

Description:

Guides

Each participating school will create a picnic table inclusive of benches or chairs and a kitchen dresser. The guides have to construct these two gadgets using only satay sticks, toothpicks, chopsticks, ice-cream sticks and string. Usage of glue is not allowed. The completed gadgets should be mounted on A3 size Styrofoam board for display and judging.

Judging Criteria:

Guides

Criteria	Percentage
Design of Gadget	50%
Strength of Knots	15%
Neatness of Knots	15%
Stability of Gadget	20%

Brownies

Criteria	Percentage
Design of Gadget	60%
Aesthetic Value of Gadget	20%
Stability of Gadget	20%

Duration: 45 min

No. of participants: A team of 4 brownies/guides from each participating school

Logistics / Materials required:

Each participating school is required to bring the materials for the activity.

Guides	Brownies
Thread(preferably white), satay sticks, toothpicks, chopsticks, ice-cream sticks, A3 size Styrofoam board and newspapers	UHU glue / white glue, satay sticks, toothpicks, chopsticks, ice-cream sticks, A3 size Styrofoam board and newspapers
Note: You can use all or some of the materials mentioned. The guides have to use string and the brownies can use glue to put the structure together.

6. Amazing Race

Objective

To promote teamwork and forge closer ties among the Guides/Brownies.

Description:

Each team will be given 45 minutes to complete the stations which are placed around the school. At the stations, Guides/Brownies will be tested on their knowledge of Guiding/Brownies or will need to apply the skills they have learnt. Upon the completion of the task at each station, they will be given a clue to the location of their next station.

Judging criteria: The team with the most number of correct answers wins.

Duration: 50 minutes

Number of Participants: 5 Guides per team

7. Escape Room

Objective/Aim:

To promote teamwork and problem-solving skills among the Guides/Brownies.

Description

Each team will be placed in a room which they need to escape from. There will be clues and activities placed around the room which will enable them to escape from the room.

Judging Criteria

The team who emerges from the room within the fastest time wins.

Duration: 30 min

Participants

Each team to be made up of 5 girls

8. Change the lyrics competition

Objective/Aim:

To create opportunities for Brownies and Guides to bond with their family members and forge closer ties through working together.

Description:

A total of 4 brownies/guides per pack/unit. Each team may select any songs. Using their creativity, the team must change at least 4 stanzas of lyrics from their selected song to suit the theme on ‘Education opens door for all girls’. The creative version of the song must be performed on the spot together with their family members. However, the tune of the original song must remain the same.

Judging criteria: see below

Logistics/ Materials required: Song list, Rough paper, Score list, Songs in MP3 format saved in mobile phones/MP3/CD (To be brought by the participating school)

(CD Player will be provided by organising schools)

Duration: [20 minutes of preparation and rehearsal; up to maximum 5 minutes of performance]

Number of participants: 4 per school

Rubrics for changing lyrics

Judging Criteria	4	3	2	1	Score
Lyrics	Lyrics are original and very relevant to the theme.	Most of the lyrics are original and relevant to the theme.	Lyrics exhibit some originality and have some relevance to the theme.	Lyrics exhibit little originality and have little relevance to the theme.
Teamwork	Team members work extremely well together and all members participated actively.	Team members work well together and members participated actively.	Team members work well together and most members are involved.	Some/few team members work well together and only some/ a few members are involved.
Use of props	Creative use of props to make the performance more engaging/ meaningful.	Attempts made to utilise the props provided.	Some attempts made to utilise the props provided.	Slight attempts made to utilise the props provided.
Quality of performance	Performance is highly entertaining and brings out the theme.	Performance is entertaining and is largely relevant to the theme.	Performance has some entertainment value and has some relevance to the theme.	Performance has little entertainment value and has little relevance to the theme.
Total Score

9. Quiz Gameshow style

Objective/Aim:

To enable Brownies/Girl Guides to be more aware in WAGGGS and applying their knowledge from which they learned from badges

Description:

Each participating team is made up of a team of 4. Each team will take turns to answer the questions.

Judging criteria:

1^st round : 100 points for each correct answer. (If team fails to answer correctly, other teams can answer the question, but only 50 points will be awarded)

2^nd round : Speed round : 200 points for each correct answer. (If team fails to answer correctly, 100 points will be deducted)

Logistics/ Materials required: Song list, Rough paper, Score list, Songs in MP3 format saved in mobile phones/MP3/CD (To be brought by the participating school)

(CD Player will be provided by organising schools)

Duration: 30 minutes

Number of participants:

· A team of 4 guides from each school

· 5 teams of Guides per 30 minutes timeslot

10. Sandwich making

Objective/Aim:

To let girls have a chance to come up with creative ways to make sandwich.

Description

The team of 4 Guides / Brownies are to make a sandwich from the ingredients they bring. They should only prepare the food at the venue. No cooking is allowed. After the sandwich has been made, they are to explain to the judges how they made it through writing. Their explanation should include information on the selection of ingredients (why the choice?), nutrition value, amount of money used, etc.

Judging Criteria

Budget (5 points)

Hygiene (5 points)

Nutritional value (5 points)

Presentation (5 points)

Team work (5 points)

Duration: 30 min

Participants

Each team to be made up of 4 girls

Materials to be brought by participants

Ingredients (should cost no more than $5), Receipt of items purchased

Utensils

Paper and colored pens for write up about salad

Items provided

6 Slices of Bread

Margarine

Lettuce

Rubrics for Judging (Sandwich making)

CATEGORY	1	2	3	4 - 5
Budget (5 points) Wise and economic use of budget	● Exceed budget by more than $3	● Exceed budget by no more than $3	● Spent within budget	● Spent within budget ● Value for money ● Good use of budget
Hygiene (5 points)	· Preparation area was disorganised and messy · Standards and awareness of hygiene not observed most of the time	· Preparation area was somewhat disorganised · Standards and awareness of hygiene observed most of the time ·	· Preparation area was kept clean most of the time · Participants were generally neat and tidy · Standards and awareness of hygiene observed most of the time · Gloves were used where required	· Preparation area was kept clean and dry at all times · Participants were neat and tidy · Gloves were used where required · Hands were washed each time before handling food · High standards and awareness of hygiene observed at all times
Nutritional value (5 points)	· Ingredients used does not reflect a balanced meal	· Ingredients used somewhat fulfil aspects of a healthy balanced meal	· Ingredients used fulfil aspects of a healthy balanced meal	· Ingredients used fulfils aspects of a healthy balanced meal · Ingredients used are packed with nutrients and vitamins
Presentation (5 points)	· Presentation is dull and unappetizing	· Presentation is appropriate	· Presentation is pleasant and appetizing	· Presentation is colourful and appetizing · Creative
Teamwork (5 points)	· Participants were not able to work together · Poor work distribution	· Fairly good allocation of roles · Every member contributes	· Good allocation of roles · Members are clear of roles and responsibilities · Respect and care shown within team	· Strategic allocation of roles · Members are clear of roles and responsibilities · Seamless cooperation and communication · Respect and care shown within team

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