Guiding News

 

Rainbows

The girls have been busy completing badge work this half-term as they work toward their Live Smart Stage One - they have practised their cooking skills by making rainbow fruit kebabs and have completed their construction badge by making 3D animals for our very ornate Rainbows zoo! We held a football World Cup evening which saw the girls practice their goal shooting skills as well as making an England flag and completing some American crafts. At the end of term we will be learning about Croatia as we support Hertfordshire Guides who are embarking on a trip to Croatia over the summer.

 

Monday Brownies

This half-term, the girls finished their guiding glow interest badge by decorating a memory box to keep their guiding memories in. We discussed ideas to celebrate our 100-year anniversary and made plans for food, drink, games, and decorations. We continued with our Know Yourself Theme Award by discovering places around Knebworth that are important to us and by going on a pretend bus journey to the places where we found out why they were important. We also did an activity where we visited five stations and asked ourselves questions about why they are important, as well as discovering new things. Three of or girls gained their gold award badges and organised an activity for the girls to play which was fun. We will be celebrating our planned party at the end of term.

 

Wednesday Brownies

2nd Knebworth Brownies have enjoyed two evenings recently at the Canyon Scout Centre in Stevenage. These evenings involved campfires, outdoor cooking, and nature-based activities. It's the Brownies' favourite place to go! On our first visit, we made elf houses, toasted marshmallows and made s'mores. On our second visit, we made pizza pockets on the campfire and continued to perfect the art of marshmallow toasting even when it started raining.  We will continue our outdoor evenings by doing the Wayfinding badge in Knebworth, learning some navigation skills and noticing nature along the way.

 

In our hut-based meetings, we have been doing a Skills Builder badge to help us think about how we communicate and the different weays we have of communicating.  As part of this, the Brownies have been learning British Sign Language and have picked this up very quickly.

 

We will finish the summer term with some more outdoor fun.

 

Guides

The Guides completed their Music badge as part of the Express Myself theme. The requirements included composing a piece of music using a mixture of instruments and household items to see the different sounds they could make. To go with the music they had composed, they had to come up with their own lyrics; we tasked them to write a national anthem to a fictional place. The end result was some very entertaining musical chants for Frogland and We Are The Best.

 

The other part of the badge required us to spend some time listening to and learning about a musical artist and what they love about making music. We asked the Knebworth Chamber Player group and Gaby and Jonathan, who are creative directors of Midsummer Music, who very kindly agreed to come and talk to the girls about their experiences as musicians. They explained the importance of working together as a team within a musical group and played us a few pieces, which was a delight to hear.

 

Two of the guides joined Datchworth for an overnight camp as part of the preparation for the upcoming week-long summer camp. Unfortunately, the weather was a little damp, but this didn't dampen spirits. Over the weekend, the Guides completed their pioneering badge, camp stage 3 skills builder badge and th overninght badge, which included the ever popular campfire wirth singing and s'mores.