Okay so I lied about the gallery. Rest assured it will be up shortly. I am currently experiencing a glitch that will not allow me to upload photos to Blogger!
Monday, 28 January 2013
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Tiger Times Two!
Two weeks ago at Tiger we were working on proper ways for patrol leaders to address Akala, and the other Scouters. The Tiger scouts practiced saluting and patrol leaders answered questions about their unit number and patrol colour and if their patrol was dressed correctly for activities. I am getting good at recognizing the Thai words for "attention" and "salute" ... "at ease" is still a difficult one for me though. The Tiger scouts were still pretty excited after New Years holidays so we didn't have time for much else. Last week was Sports Day at the school so Tiger was cancelled. This week we made up for it because it was the P1-P3 level Tiger Scout day camp. I think Kru Thawan said it is also their last meeting for this school year. That's a shame, but there are only 12 teaching days left this term!
I took a lot of photos and videos so I am going to set up this entry as a narrative of the day's events using the video clips and a few photos. The other photos I will stick in a separate entry as a sort of gallery. Some of the videos I was narrating but others I was just observing. I apologize if the video quality was compromised in the upload. My internet is extremely slow!
Our Tiger Scout day camp started with the moving up ceremony. All the Tiger Scouts had to crawl through the tiger tunnel to some jungle drumming! The tunnel is made of palm fronds and the tiger head is just elaborate papermache. On the other end of the tunnel, us leaders were waiting to mark the kid's faces with "tribal paint" which was a mixtured of baby powder and water.
Students with baby powder tribal paint on their faces.
After this ceremony in the covered walkway we went inside the gym to start our flag ceremony. First the kids made their circle, then they greeted Akala, and then they saluted the flag while singing the national anthem. When that was done they did their Sanskrit Buddha prayer, before moving back into their patrols for instructions for the day's events.
Tiger Scouts Form a Circle.
Akala salute.
The 4 stations for the P2 age group were First Aid, Asian Flag Recognition, Knot Tying, and reciting the Tiger Scout Promise. There were 15-20 minutes for each station and then it was lunch time.
Kru Thawan is a good actress. She pretends to have a broken arm.
One Tiger Scout remembers their knots!
Students answer questions about countries in South East Asia.
Knot tying demonstration.
(Note: I didn't take any pictures of the last station because they were just reciting their promise. There wasn't much to see other than a patrol of kids sitting on the floor!)
After lunch time we had lots of song singing and drumming. Kru T took a turn at the drums, and then pulled me up to the front to dance. It was a bit difficult because it took twice as much concentration to listen for the queues in Thai. It was still a lot of fun.
Scouts practice actions for the Sawadee Song.
Another song, starring Kru T on the drums.
Lots of new songs today!
A little dance off to end the singing session! These are the finalists. I missed the good bit though because my camera battery was low.
We had 4 more stations for the afternoon. One was egg and spoon relay, one was a Kim's game, one was balance beam and beanbags relay, and the last was an observation game that I will have to describe. It had old coke bottles set up. Inside each one was paper shavings. One of the bottles had another object but the Tiger Scouts only had a few seconds to look in each one. They had to answer correctly which bottle number to get a prize. Then they had to stick their hand in a box and feel something and guess what it was.
Kim's Game and Song.
Bean bags.
The observation game.
Observation Game bottles.
Relay.
Egg and spoon.
After the centers we gave out star pins. There is one star for each year of Tiger Scouts, so most of the P2s were getting their second star. The pins go on their hats. We then watched The Jungle Book movie (a Thai Version that is similar to the Disney version but shorter.) Finally we moved into circles to take down the flags, before forming one huge circle around the outside of the gym. The Tiger Scouts linked arms and sang a song to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, and then sang the King's anthem to show the completion of the day.
Kru T putting stars on hats.
Closing Song.
Photo gallery will be up tomorrow because it took so long to upload videos tonight!
I took a lot of photos and videos so I am going to set up this entry as a narrative of the day's events using the video clips and a few photos. The other photos I will stick in a separate entry as a sort of gallery. Some of the videos I was narrating but others I was just observing. I apologize if the video quality was compromised in the upload. My internet is extremely slow!
Our Tiger Scout day camp started with the moving up ceremony. All the Tiger Scouts had to crawl through the tiger tunnel to some jungle drumming! The tunnel is made of palm fronds and the tiger head is just elaborate papermache. On the other end of the tunnel, us leaders were waiting to mark the kid's faces with "tribal paint" which was a mixtured of baby powder and water.
Students with baby powder tribal paint on their faces.
After this ceremony in the covered walkway we went inside the gym to start our flag ceremony. First the kids made their circle, then they greeted Akala, and then they saluted the flag while singing the national anthem. When that was done they did their Sanskrit Buddha prayer, before moving back into their patrols for instructions for the day's events.
Tiger Scouts Form a Circle.
Akala salute.
The 4 stations for the P2 age group were First Aid, Asian Flag Recognition, Knot Tying, and reciting the Tiger Scout Promise. There were 15-20 minutes for each station and then it was lunch time.
Kru Thawan is a good actress. She pretends to have a broken arm.
One Tiger Scout remembers their knots!
Students answer questions about countries in South East Asia.
Knot tying demonstration.
(Note: I didn't take any pictures of the last station because they were just reciting their promise. There wasn't much to see other than a patrol of kids sitting on the floor!)
After lunch time we had lots of song singing and drumming. Kru T took a turn at the drums, and then pulled me up to the front to dance. It was a bit difficult because it took twice as much concentration to listen for the queues in Thai. It was still a lot of fun.
Scouts practice actions for the Sawadee Song.
Another song, starring Kru T on the drums.
Lots of new songs today!
A little dance off to end the singing session! These are the finalists. I missed the good bit though because my camera battery was low.
We had 4 more stations for the afternoon. One was egg and spoon relay, one was a Kim's game, one was balance beam and beanbags relay, and the last was an observation game that I will have to describe. It had old coke bottles set up. Inside each one was paper shavings. One of the bottles had another object but the Tiger Scouts only had a few seconds to look in each one. They had to answer correctly which bottle number to get a prize. Then they had to stick their hand in a box and feel something and guess what it was.
Kim's Game and Song.
Bean bags.
The observation game.
Observation Game bottles.
Relay.
Egg and spoon.
After the centers we gave out star pins. There is one star for each year of Tiger Scouts, so most of the P2s were getting their second star. The pins go on their hats. We then watched The Jungle Book movie (a Thai Version that is similar to the Disney version but shorter.) Finally we moved into circles to take down the flags, before forming one huge circle around the outside of the gym. The Tiger Scouts linked arms and sang a song to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, and then sang the King's anthem to show the completion of the day.
Kru T putting stars on hats.
Closing Song.
Photo gallery will be up tomorrow because it took so long to upload videos tonight!
Sunday, 9 December 2012
No Tiger
Tiger was cancelled this week. As usual I was not given an explanation. I suspect it had to do with the gym still being set up for Open House for the Kindergartens. I am not sure if we will have Tiger next week because it is review week, but the week after it will be cancelled for exam time! I am feeling Tiger deprived!
~Rainbow
~Rainbow
Friday, 30 November 2012
Bowline for Tigers!
Last week I was sick and did not attend Tiger Scouts but this week I was back and we are still working on knot-tying. The bowline was the knot of the day! Teaching knots to non-native English speakers is a good exercise for any Scout! It makes you rethink in your own head how you tie each knot so you can simplify the steps and the vocabulary used to describe them. It helps you to perfect your own knot-craft!
Loop.
Hold.
Over.
Open.
Through.
Open.
Through.
Pull!
YAY!!!
Hold.
Over.
Open.
Through.
Open.
Through.
Pull!
YAY!!!
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Knotical Knots!
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| Tiger Scouts assemble in a circle for the flag ceremony. |
Today at Tiger we were practicing tying knots! The Tiger Scouts were learning the reef knot, which I was able to help with. Luckily, my students are currently learning about positions of objects in Science so they recognized the words over and under. I had to demonstrate left and right, but they caught on quickly. Kru T also taught me a new way to tie the bowline! And she taught me a cool way to attach a rope to your belt so it doesn't get tangled. She told me my first one was too messy and laughed at me but since the Tiger scouts still haven't figured it out either I got at least 6 of theirs landed in my lap for extra practice!!!
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| One of the Scouters demonstrates the reef knot. |
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| Demonstration continued as Tiger Scouts give it a try. |
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| Kru T jumps in to explain even though she is losing her voice! |
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| Tiger Scouts proudly display their knots to each other! |
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| Tiger Scouts start ravelling up their ropes at the end of the meeting. |
Thursday, 8 November 2012
First Day Back!
This is the first Tiger meeting after the students got back from October holidays. They were a bit out of practice for lining up quickly and quietly. Unfortunately, this cost them any time they would've had for fun activities after the ceremony part of the meeting. I am told however, that next week we are using rope. Does this mean knot-tying? Sometimes things are lost in the translation so I will make that assumption for now. Next week I will know for sure I guess!
I am also incorporating the scouting theme into our English classes on Thursday to promote oral language learning. Today I gave them a sheet with a picture of the Cub Scout uniform from Canada and asked them to compare that uniform to the uniform the Tiger scouts wear.
I also started to teach them the song Waddaly Atcha. If you are not familiar with the song there is a (mediocre) YouTube video below that will give you the general premise!
I am also incorporating the scouting theme into our English classes on Thursday to promote oral language learning. Today I gave them a sheet with a picture of the Cub Scout uniform from Canada and asked them to compare that uniform to the uniform the Tiger scouts wear.
I also started to teach them the song Waddaly Atcha. If you are not familiar with the song there is a (mediocre) YouTube video below that will give you the general premise!
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Two weeks of Tiger!
Last week was when I first attended a Tiger Scout meeting. In Thailand, Scouts is a school class. At our school Scout Day is Thursday. Everyone wears their uniforms to school! Students meet with other classes of their grade throughout the day for Scout meetings. In Primary 2 there are 6 classes. (Approximately 180 students, that make up our Tiger Pack!)
The first week we did fun relays in the gym. This week was more serious. We had a flag ceremony and sang the Thai national anthem. Then we said a prayer in Sanskrit. After that we got into our colour groups (patrols) and played the game Telephone. It was a lot of fun!
My Tiger Scouts are asking a lot about scouting in Canada. I have decided for my English class on Thursday we will do a Scout theme and learn about Scouts in Canada!
The first week we did fun relays in the gym. This week was more serious. We had a flag ceremony and sang the Thai national anthem. Then we said a prayer in Sanskrit. After that we got into our colour groups (patrols) and played the game Telephone. It was a lot of fun!
My Tiger Scouts are asking a lot about scouting in Canada. I have decided for my English class on Thursday we will do a Scout theme and learn about Scouts in Canada!
Tiger Scouts making a craft during my Science class!
We are learning about the Water Cycle!
I am not sure if we have Tiger Scouts next week because exams are coming up. If we do it will be the last meeting before October Vacation! Then Tiger Scouts will start up again in November!
~Rainbow
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