Folding Paper Aeroplanes 21stSept2019

Written by Ker Rui Min, Sixer & Scribe

Last Saturday morning, it was a wrap for this year’s Scout Donation Draw and we were told to return all the money raised, together with any unsold tickets. 

After the whistle was blown, we quickly gathered into the horseshoe position. After doing the usual colour party, we got into Indian File.

Without further ado, we headed to the Pal room for the collection of the donation draw tickets.

While the donation draw tickets were being collected, we were pleasantly surprised as we were told that we would be folding paper aeroplanes today. It turned out that due to the current haze situation in Singapore, our night hike next week would be postponed. Instead, we would be going for the annual North Area Paper Aeroplane Derby!

We practised three basic methods of folding paper aeroplanes and a few harder ones. The longest distance, the longest time in the air, accuracy and most creative paper aeroplane – these were the four components of the competition. Everyone was excited and couldn’t wait to get outside to put our skills to test. Some of our planes flew high and far, while some of our planes went into a nosedive. However, we never give up and kept on trying to improve our plane designs. It was so much fun!

Before the meeting was dismissed, we received the consent form for the competition. After that, we did the sunset party and sixer’s council. I cannot wait for next week’s Paper Aeroplane Derby!