Date: Saturday,31st May 2008
Time: 8.00am - 4.00pm [Lunch will be provided]
Attire: pe shirt + school shorts
-Please assemble behind the Guides Room at 8.00am.Don't be late!
-THINGS TO BRING
1) Water bottle
2) Rags + Newspaper
3) 1 ball of twine per person
*Please try to buy/bring the correct type of twine!
THIS IS THE CORRECT TYPE OF TWINE:
Examples of the WRONG types that cannot be used are shown in this photo:
THESE ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS TWINE.
Please read up on TENTAGE[pitching + striking] & KNOTS & LASHINGS [gadget making] to prepare yourself for this Saturday's training session.Thanks!
You may refer to this site for notes on tentage:
http://www.girlguides.org.sg/course_contents/docs/Tent_Pitching.doc
Familiarise yourself with the many different parts of the tent + care of tents.It might be kinda dry just to read the sequence of pitching + striking on paper,but you'll understand everything more clearly come Saturday when you do it hands on.
danielle(:
