SLC 2017

    
    Scouts Leadership Camp 2017



Day 1

Day 1 started off abruptly, with push-ups due to the inspection. The ventures poured water onto our bags as they asked us to waterproof it. We then continued by carrying our bags to run around the school as we were not ready. Following that, we built our campsites and settled into our dinner. At night we were given a task that we had to carry out for the rest of the camp. We were all given eggs to take care of. That day itself 2 eggs were broken which showed how much we had to buck up. We learnt that night that SLC was no joke and was going to be hell, and we needed to manage our time well and lastly not to repeat our mistakes.

Day 2

Day 2 was a fun filled ,tiring day which was very packed with a lot of activities such as dragon boating and two separate hikes. The hike started off well at the start,however we were then very lost as some of the members in our patrol did not know how to navigate. It was a bit saddening when my group chose to give up as they said that there was no point in continuing the hike. We all took this as a learning opportunity and decided to move on from there. We also taught to never give up.

Day 3

Day 3 was a whole day with lack of sleep. We started of the day with a shocking note which was the ceremony where the scouts were given their appointments. I was given my PL appointment and was thus given a responsibility which meant that I had to be dedicated and mature in my thoughts and actions. We then carried on the day by doing backwoods men and building catapults. We even managed to play a game called capture the flag. The day ended with us getting punished due to everyone not following instructions.

Day 4

Day 4 was very fast and strenuous as we had to take down our flagpole campsite and cleanup all the areas which we had used. The day was the ended by us doing some small reflections and learning the expectations for the coming meetings in scouts. We all then learnt that the camps objective was to create a good standard in our scout unit. In a nutshell, the camp was new and was filled with very little time to rest and take brakes. We learnt and experienced many new things about others and most importantly ourselves.