tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43611753125117750092024-03-13T00:55:54.880-07:00Living by the Guide Lawbrownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-13344069014878945772020-05-09T03:56:00.001-07:002020-05-09T03:58:26.692-07:00Gems of GuidingDespite my excitement for the Discover-a-Challenge gemstone badges when they were first released many years ago, I have never had a Guide complete a single one of these badges. Although, we could do some of the challenges at Guides, it's really designed as a badge to complete at home. I've always had trouble with my unit accepting any sort of "homework". It makes planning difficult when only half the unit completes a challenge, and then everybody is at different stages.<br />
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I stopped giving my new members Guide handbooks as well, since nobody was bothering to look at them. So no-one in my current unit had ever previously seen the gemstone badges.<br />
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With no face-to-face meetings, I decided to my unit a weekly email with activities and updates. I broke the Topaz gemstone into four parts and included one part in the newsletter over a month. The first week, I included it was mostly as a filler, but the response I received the next week was so wonderful that I kept doing.<br />
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In that time, almost everybody had started their Topaz gemstone, and four have completed it!!<br />
The level of work has been really fantastic as well!<br />
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I think this badge has been the perfect thing to keep the girl's off their devices after long days doing home-schooling. It's not too overwhelming to complete and is something that most won't need any assistance with.<br />
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Here is part one that I put in our newsletter.<br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-4590976813530775132020-04-30T21:11:00.000-07:002020-04-30T21:11:00.857-07:00Still so much to learn<div>
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-44863884477899167012020-04-28T20:44:00.001-07:002020-04-28T20:44:46.497-07:00Girls online<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Somehow, almost 5 years have gone by since I initially ran the <i><a href="https://free-being-me.com/" target="_blank">Free Being Me</a></i> program. How is that possible? Some of my former Brownies who completed the badge are now my Junior Leaders!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As always, reusing a program is always an experience. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Things this time around have definitely been.... different. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We've had quite a few challenges and interruptions this term (even prior to isolation), which put us a little behind on the planned schedule for FBM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, I was a little apprehensive about moving the program to our online meetings, but the meeting went so well!</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> It has renewed my excitement for the program, and I'm looking forward to figuring out how we can best work through the other activities using our online meeting format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We're halfway through session three, and I'm continuing to take things slowly to make sure the program gets completed properly with everybody participating. Not ideal, but it's better than no-one gaining anything from the experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first activity was airbrushing and it was run almost exactly <a href="https://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/2015/08/looks-arent-only-thing-that-matters.html" target="_blank">how I originally ran it</a>. The actual activity in FBM is only a 10 minute activity, but I rounded it out to about 30-40 minutes. I'm so glad I did this again, because we had some really great discussions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Zoom (the program we are using to host our meetings), allows users to share images and video. This was fantastic as every member had the airbrushing images appear on their screens. We had some great discussion, first playing a "spot-the-difference" challenge with the images and then answering the "Talk About" questions in the FBM program (page 25 of booklet).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We finished the meeting with a craft activity. I had emailed everybody a template to print and they provide their own magazines and colouring-in supplies from home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The activity was to fill the figure with images that describes your personality. Some examples included: mountains for love of adventure and a bow-tie for silliness. There were some really creative final results!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm still working on everybody sending me photos of their work after meetings, but at least I get to see it during the meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-16482419685528030882020-04-27T02:31:00.001-07:002020-04-27T02:33:04.574-07:00A few activities for Anzac Day<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During our pre-ANZAC Day meeting, we discussed our plans for the 25th, watched a short video, discussed the meaning of Anzac Day and did a Kim's Game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is the video we watched: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapkYgnXxWA" style="color: #954f72;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapkYgnXxWA</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Kim's game was put together by Girl Guides Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The unit had one minute to look at the images below, and then had to recreate the grid exactly - using images, words or a mix of both. After going over the answers, we asked them some questions too.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How many Anzac biscuits are pictured? (No-one got this correct!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What colour is the slouch hat?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How many notes can a bugle play? (The answer is 5)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What object is in the middle of the Australian Military Forces badge? (This was a tricky one too!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which direction are the man and the horse facing?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What animal is seen in the image of ANZAC Cove?</span></li>
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We started by playing <b><i>bingo</i></b>. Everybody drew a 5x5 grid on a piece of paper and then filled them with random numbers from 1-100. I pulled up a random number generator to chose our numbers, which I screen-shared with everyone. We played for one row and then a full board. It took forever to finish and I would definitely do it differently next time! (Luckily the girls still enjoyed the activity! I was ready to it finish it before we had even reached a bingo).<br />
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Things I would do differently next time:<br />
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<li>Not use a random number generator! It was fine at first, but then repeated numbers so many times it become really difficult to move on.</li>
<li>Next time use an online bingo caller such as this one: https://letsplaybingo.io </li>
<li>I kept track of numbers as they came up, but next time I'd start with a list of all the numbers and cross them off as I went.</li>
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Some of the hand-drawn bingo boards:<br />
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Next up, we played <i><b>Would You Rather?</b> </i>I asked the group random questions that I had found online, and they would raise their hand if they wanted to share their answer. They also had to share why they would choose one option over the other. It was a fun activity and it was a great hearing their responses.</div>
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The questions we used are below.</div>
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Would you rather:</div>
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<li>fly or be invisible?</li>
<li>be a famous singer or a famous actor?</li>
<li>be a fish or a bird?</li>
<li>swim in a pool or jelly or a pool of custard?</li>
<li>have a pet dinosaur or a pet robot?</li>
<li>be a pilot or a pirate?</li>
<li>read books or write stories?</li>
<li>go to the moon or go to Disneyland?</li>
<li>never shower again or never cut your nails again?</li>
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Our final activity was <b><i>Pictionary</i></b>. We used the whiteboard feature in Zoom, and the girls took turns to draw pictures with everyone else guessing. The only clue given was the topic. Our topics were: food, animals and movies.</div>
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Can you guess what these pictures are? </div>
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A hamburger and a peacock!</div>
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A few regrets with my bingo choices, but other than than another fun-filled meeting! </div>
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What are the chances?! I was just reading about a virtual sleepover on <i><a href="https://www.aguidinglife.co.uk/2020/04/rangers-online-s-leapover.html" target="_blank">The Guiding Life</a></i> and they also played Pictionary and Bingo! This <a href="https://wordwall.net/resource/726830/bingo-random-number-generator-1-25" target="_blank">bingo caller</a> is much more fun than the google number generator I used!</div>
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-19474560171912735112020-04-14T00:38:00.004-07:002020-04-14T00:38:48.871-07:00Wreath making meeting<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doing our best to keep to our program, we created Anzac Day wreaths during our final meeting of the term. This is one of my favourite activities of the year, as we don't usually make collaborative craft projects. Of course, this year we didn't create a wreath as a unit, but we did work simultaneously while making our own wreaths.</span><div>
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-91373514480044194832020-04-07T02:10:00.000-07:002020-04-07T02:10:00.989-07:00ChangesDuring these difficult times, being able continue Guiding with my units has been a beacon of light. It's been a fun challenge and has kept me focused on something positive, for which I am so grateful.<br />
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I know that not everyone will feel this way, or have the time, means or even want to think about Guiding right now. But for me personally, this one act of normalcy each week helps and I can only hope that it is doing the same for at least some of my members.<br />
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We've been meeting online for about a month now and although it hasn't been easy, I've finished every meeting with renewed excitement.<br />
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I've kept it pretty simple and we're doing our best to keep working through our term programs, albeit with a completely different format.<br />
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During our first week, I held three different meetings for our units. Both the Brownies and the Guides had a lot of fun learning all the features of Zoom (the online platform we've been using), from changing backgrounds, taking control of the screen and sharing images. It was a fantastic and much needed lesson for me in learning how the security settings worked!<br />
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I hope that you and your families are safe and well.<br />
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-24002040054647488002020-03-07T23:51:00.002-08:002020-04-14T01:04:53.760-07:00Thinking Day scavenger huntOne of the activities at our Thinking Day meeting was a scavenger hunt/quiz.<br />
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Each Patrol was given a series of questions. Some of the them were fairy easy to answer immediately (or with group discussion), while others required searching around the hall for possible answers.<br />
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The more difficult solutions were typed and printed on small bits of paper and then hidden around the Guide hall to find.<br />
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Our Junior Leader created the rule that nobody was allowed to start searching until their Patrol had answered at least three questions together. This was fantastic, as rather than everybody running around in chaos, it gave the Patrol time to read the questions together and actually work as a team (something we often struggle with!).<br />
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Some of the Guides were very surprised about some of the answers, mostly the celebrities that were once Girl Guides themselves. This was a great activity, and I'll definitely use the format again for more dense topics.<br />
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<b><u>Questions & Answers:</u></b><br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>1. When did Girl Guides start?<br />
A: 1910<br />
2. Who started Girl Guides?<br />
A: Agnes Baden-Powell and Robert Baden-Powell<br />
3. What were Brownie Guides originally called?<br />
A: Rosebuds<br />
4. What does WAGGGS stand for?<br />
A: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.<br />
5. How old is our Guide unit?<br />
6. There are 5 World Centres. Where are they located?<br />
A: UK, Switzerland, India, Mexico and various countries in Africa.<br />
7. What are Brownie Guides called in India?<br />
A: Bulbuls (type of bird)<br />
8. How many years have our Junior Leaders been in Guiding?<br />
9. What was your Leader's first Patrol in Brownie Guides?<br />
10. What is the highest award you can earn as a Guide?<br />
A: Queen's Guide Award (Australia).<br />
11. What are three things that link Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world (links of unity)? A: Examples include the Guide Promise, salute, World song<br />
12. How many Girl Guides and Scouts are there around the world?<br />
A: Over 10 million<br />
13. Name some famous Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.<br />
A: Queen Elizabeth, Taylor Swift<br />
14. Name three different Patrol badges.<br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-62797295360305709322020-02-24T18:30:00.001-08:002020-02-24T18:30:57.788-08:00Thinking Day 2020<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Happy World Thinking Day!<br />
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This year our meeting did not actually fall on the 22nd, so we celebrated earlier in the week. I originally had grand plans to use the activities from the Living Thread pack created by WAGGGS, but as my meeting plan kept getting longer and longer, I decided to save them for later in the term.<br />
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<li>Girl-led games</li>
<li>Skip into Brownie ring</li>
<li>Discussion about Thinking Day, B-P etc. </li>
<li><a href="https://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/2014/09/pjs-crazy-hair-and-fashion-show.html" target="_blank">World Centres game</a></li>
<li>WTD Scavenger hunt</li>
<li>Thinking Day (Captain's Coming)</li>
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<b>Activity we didn't get to:</b><br />
Crystal Rally relay race<br />
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Not using the Living Threads pack turned out to be a wise decision, as our concentration levels were quite low during the meeting and silliness factor at a high. Overall, a fairly basic introduction to Thinking Day, but with so many new members I'm fairly happy with how the program ran. Plus my Junior Leaders did a great job leading the activities and adding their own spin.<br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-16448222479236536482020-02-18T00:15:00.000-08:002020-02-18T00:17:24.587-08:00New BiscuitsI last posted about Guide Biscuits when the <a href="https://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/2015/10/new-in-2016.html" target="_blank">new range was introduced in 2016</a>.<br />
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It's now four years later and we have a completely new range! For the first time ever, our biscuits are sold individually, with one biscuit costing $2.50.<br />
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At the moment my unit plans on ordering the biscuits to see how this new range goes with our customers who have always generously supported our fundraising. Hopefully, I'll remember to report back later in the year!<br />
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<b>National biscuit website:</b> https://www.girlguidebiscuits.com.au<br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-85402590298403964132020-02-17T23:43:00.001-08:002020-02-17T23:43:34.873-08:00Wheels - women in transportI recently discovered a new (to me) resource from Girl Guides Australia, which is designed to teach about women in transport and compliments the <i>Wheels create-a-challenge</i> badge perfectly!<br />
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The National Program Team in partnership with Transport Women Australia Ltd have developed a Program resource, activities and a colouring book to encourage girls to explore a range of activities focusing on transport in Australia.</div>
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Women are a vital part of an industry that moves people, food and goods around the country and is a necessary part of both industry but also our daily life.</div>
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The program resource <a href="https://www.girlguides.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Women-in-Transport-Program-Resource.pdf" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #da8200; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Helping to move Australia: Women in Transport</a> provides a range of ideas for girls to pursue including careers, art, science and road safety and they may choose to work towards their Create a Challenge Wheels badge as part of the program.</div>
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Women from Transport Women Australia are also keen to visit units and share their experiences and join in activities with the girls as part of this program.</div>
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Girls working on the program can also receive a free Activities and colouring book available from the National Program Manager (<a href="mailto:program@girlguides.org.au" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #da8200; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">program@girlguides.org.au</a>)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Download the resource from Girl Guides Australia <a href="https://www.girlguides.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Women-in-Transport-Program-Resource.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I made my own template based off a design I found, however, I forgot to write down the source... I have a feeling it was an old </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Girl Scouts Science and Technology pack.</span><br />
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One last wreath post, which will hopefully catch me up on the last few years of absent photos.<br />
All these wreaths were made by the Brownie and Guide units (with some adult assistance!).<br />
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You can view all our past handmade wreaths by searching through the <b><a href="https://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/search/label/ANZAC%20day" target="_blank">Anzac Day</a></b> and <b><a href="https://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/search/label/remembrance" target="_blank">Remembrance</a></b> tags.</div>
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Please let me know if any of our projects inspire you - we'd love to see photographs!</div>
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I cannot see that I have posted these before, so I thought it would be fun to show the basic process in how we create our Anzac Day wreath each year.<br />
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The Brownie Guides do the remainder of the wreath themselves, with supervision.</div>
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Create your flowers. These were all made using felt.</div>
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Add a ribbon across the wreath and hot glue the ends onto the back, so they are not seen. Test your pens before you write across the ribbon, as many will bleed. </div>
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Add a bow. I usually find a Youtube video for one of my oldest members to watch and follow. Example: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipqlg5ZXKw" target="_blank">Ribbon bow</a> (we don't sew, instead just use hot glue). </div>
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This is the basic design that we use almost every year. For the most part, the only thing that changes are the plates I measure the wreath shape and the flowers the Brownies make.</div>
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Here are some photos of the flowers on our 2018 wreath, to show how the look can change completely, even when the base design is identical.</div>
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And this one has been a long time coming.<br />
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It was many years ago that we were first inspired by a rainbow wreath lain at the Sydney cenotaph. The Brownies admired it, I took a photo for future inspiration and then years went by. Each year we discussed creating a rainbow effect and time after time the wreathes morphed into something else.<br />
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This year wasn't looking any different, with pink being the dominant flower colour created, despite a discussion and vote that the unit wanted to create a rainbow! During our second wreath-making meeting, I decided to add more structure than I usually give during crafts, in one last attempt to create the rainbow before scrapping the idea for good.<br />
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We grouped the flowers already completed into colours. As each Brownie was ready to create the next flower, we looked over the groups as a whole to identify which colours were missing or lacking in numbers. Finally a rainbow started to form and with it, the excitement to contribute the various coloured flowers that were needed.<br />
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The actual creating of flowers is never a problem. We are lucky to have cupboard of miscellaneous supplies to draw from, and the creativity of the Brownies always astounds me. This year was especially lovely as I watched members teach each other new skills and challenge themselves to try something new.<br />
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I'm glad that we finally conquered the rainbow.<br />
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Back to the drawing board next year.brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-2157471577521329082019-03-25T03:45:00.001-07:002019-03-25T03:45:42.066-07:00Recycling Programs<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During my time as a Guide Leader, I can't recall a time when I have EVER reused an entire program. Sure, I rely on old favourite games when I need a filler, but for the most part I try to use new material - for both meetings and camps. I think that it challenges me to keep things exciting and fresh, rather than letting things get stale. (Plus, I have to try and make a dent in the craziness that is my Guiding Pinterest board!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, lately I've been thinking about the merits of reusing my programs, especially ones that have been successful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It all started on Thinking Day, when one of my Guides came back to Brownies to run a themed night. It was was well put together, and everyone had a fun night. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, some of her discussions and activities made me realise that my current unit really did not have enough of a foundation in World Guiding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back when my Guide was in Brownies herself, I was constantly running activities and games about World Guiding. In fact, she was in the unit when I ran the program I plan on recycling - my </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://brownieguideleader.blogspot.com/2015/04/world-centres-meeting.html" target="_blank">World Guiding and India/Sangam program back from 2015</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the past year, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with new members joining and older Brownies progressing to the Guide unit, it really feels like I'm running an entirely new group! It's a strange feeling, but I think it will be nice to go back to basics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be be interesting comparing how the program runs with a new unit four years later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I laminated some pieces of paper and wrote the name of a knot at the top of each page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I gave the girls a stop watch and a whiteboard marker and said that whoever could beat my best time for tying a reef knot could choose the next game we played. That was enough incentive to have them carry on with knotting for 20 minutes without coming to see me once!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only timed myself for tying a reef knot, however, the girls chose to challenge themselves with three other knots, trying to beat their own scores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was an excellent activity and even better, so simple to put together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We never ended up playing the game because nobody beat my time (although they didn't seem to mind). I'm hoping that the girl's will practice their knots at home this week now that they have the incentive of beating my time.</span><br />
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-58364080396815952352016-03-07T13:08:00.002-08:002016-03-07T13:08:23.886-08:00Surf Smart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year, WAGGGS released a new program - <b><a href="https://www.wagggs.org/en/what-we-do/surf-smart/about-surf-smart/" target="_blank">Surf Smart</a></b>. I have yet to introduce the syllabus to my girl's but the activities sound really great. Hopefully later in the year we'll have time to work through the syllabus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Has your unit completed <a href="https://www.wagggs.org/en/what-we-do/surf-smart/" target="_blank">Surf Smart</a>? What are your thoughts? Tell me more!</span><br />
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-51741159849588296962016-03-06T17:23:00.002-08:002016-03-06T17:23:40.579-08:00Popcorn<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lots of fun cooking popcorn over tea lights. Two lights at once gives the perfect amount of heat.</span><br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-18212708359872937072016-02-29T15:03:00.001-08:002016-02-29T15:34:10.759-08:00Jellyfish in a bottle<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a great idea for the Science and Technology Explore-a-Challenge badge or even the Water or Pets Create-a-Challenge badges!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I haven't tried it out yet, but it's on the to-do list next time a science night comes around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bhoomplay.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/diy_jellyfish_eng/">Link to original website.</a></span><br />
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-26137330268306126832015-11-28T02:44:00.000-08:002015-11-28T02:44:00.618-08:00Campfire cooking indoors<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bushfire season is not a great time to plan an outdoor fire, and with fires sweeping the state, we had to move our plans indoors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've never eaten an oven cooked damper, but it tastes really good! Of course, nothing can beat the charcoal taste when you slightly burn your damper-on-a-stick over an open fire.</span><br />
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<br />brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-6582064323975781692015-11-26T01:00:00.000-08:002015-11-26T01:00:04.597-08:00Cuddly koalas (a very misleading song!)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not often that a meeting involves meeting a koala, but it definitely makes it memorable!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In<i> Aim High</i> (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">badge book</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) the challenge is written as:<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Every person in the Patrol is given a worksheet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Complete each question, listing one correct answer and one misleading (false) answer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. The first boxes are blank, so that you can choose your own question to complete.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. List the other participants in your Patrol at the top of the columns on the right side of the page.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. Take turns with the other members of your Patrol guessing which of your answers is true and which is false. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Reveal your answers, keeping score as your go.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">7. Take time to discuss your answers as you play. Ask follow up questions! Share your own interests to learn more about your Patrol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The Patrol feedback was 100% positive when discussing and assessing whether the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">challenge had been completed correctly and to Miss-10-year's highest personal standard. </span><span style="font-family: "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; text-indent: -24px;">The Patrol stayed entertained with this activity for at least 30 minutes and definitely came out of it with stronger bonds, knowing more about each others interests. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">A great success!</span><br />
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brownieguideleaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09714562133336534195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361175312511775009.post-48943387475283029102015-11-19T15:21:00.001-08:002015-11-19T15:27:47.638-08:00Challenge Yourself<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has been a really strange term for me as a
Leader, as I have had little to no preparation needed for each meeting. It's
both lovely and unsettling at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I just get to turn up and then circulate the room, helping where needed, while leaving a parent to stay at one base (usually the kitchen, if there is cooking).</span></div>
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for their Junior BP Award or any other badge from <i>Look Wide</i> (badge book), as long as she has given me two weeks notice. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Most challenges are being presented to a single Patrol so that four different girl's can be presenting their badge work simultaneously.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some girl's have now completed up to three challenges, others a single challenge and a few have been content to just turn up to the meeting and enjoy what has been planned for them.</span></div>
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mature the unit has been. During one meeting, the activities that the four different Patrols were working on were: cooking fudge, drawing cartoons, sewing and a Patrol quiz and discussion. Each group stayed happily at their activity for up to an hour! It does help that everyone cooking has been making enough food to share with everybody at the end of the night. I don't know how we'll cope next term without our weekly snack! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> So far the activities have included:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Challenge: <i>Share your
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morse code, world centres and knotting - with some tasty treats at the end!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Taught a game from Africa – the game involved
locating hidden coins. I had been doing paperwork and missed the instructions,
so ended up messing up the first round of the game when I found a coin and gave it to a
Brownie sibling, not realising it was an integral part of the game!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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