EAGLES FLIGHT WORKSHOP
On the morning Friday the 22nd of September a small group from my year took part in a workshop called Eagle’s Flight. We headed to the H-block building at 8:50 and we were split into groups. The man in charge who's name was Ger o Shea handed us a map and two envelopes per team. The first envelope had many things inside including many small laminated cards. There were about five different types of cards, they had different uses such as, fuel, supplies, tents and spare tires. The second envelope contained many sheets that contained a lot of helpful information about what the whole workshop was about. The man then explained what was going on in further detail and we were soon ready to play.
As a small team of five or six people we had many jobs to do in a small amount of time which means we needed to co-operate,communicate and work together. The objective of the game was to get to an allocated point on the map we were given, known as the ‘gold mine’, as quickly as we could and use our fuel and supplies to do so. The problem was we had a limited amount of supplies and needed to trade and collaborate with the other teams so we could get to the ‘gold mine’, earn gold and make our way back home as a team as soon as possible.
The overall aim of the game was for all of the teams to work together and collaborate so as a whole group of twenty-eight we could collect as much gold as possible and get the highest score as a big group as well as winning as a small group. The explanation he gave us of the game sounded simple and easy but actually it was incredibly difficult I really enjoyed the Eagle’s Flight workshop as I feel it brought all of us closer as a group and we learned to work together much better and It also helped us to think about things in a different way and see things from a different perspective. We had to listen to other people's ideas and views of the game. It helped me look at things and problems from a more positive and problem solving view which is hopefully going to come in handy for fourth year and the other activities and workshops that the year has to hold