Well, I wasn't expecting such incredible weather!
It was a beautiful, sunny day and warm too.
19 brownies attended this very special day in Liss which is a tremendous turn-out!
Molly and Kayleigh shared the job of 'standard bearers' and were part of the 'Colour Party' along with Anna who despite having a terrible cold, did a great job laying the wreath at the monument. They all did the job perfectly-Well done, girls!
I was very proud of our girls today, who sat through a long and at times tiring service in church!
If anyone has any good photos I'd love to see them and can put some on this blog.
This week we were finishing off work towards our Crime Prevention Badge.
The girls had to produce a poster to promote safeguarding our property and then act out some more scenes which is always lovely to see the budding actresses in the pack!
The Tweenies had a chat with Tawny Owl to prepare them for their promises in a few weeks.
Ella has learned to play 'Westminster Bells' on the piano which is our 'Brownie Bells' music. Despite the piano at the hut being desperately out of tune in places, she did very well and everyone clapped. She now wants to do it every week!
Lucy Mann received her 'Rider's Badge' and everyone got a Crime Prevention Badge (except our Tweenies, who can only get badges once enrolled.)
We were joined this week by Ella's grandmother visiting from Yorkshire (who used to be a Cub Leader some years ago) and Sue Munter. Thanks ladies!
Any Brownies that would like to go to the District Xmas party, please step forward this week! Time is running out and it seems there are places available.
Next week we will start our 'Home Skills Badge' so get the checklists back this Thursday along with a pair of shoes to polish please!
I'm finding it hard to take photos during the meetings due to the amount of things I'm doing. Running around a bit like a headless chicken, I get to the end of the meeting and think-'oops! didn't take any photos!'
I might ask the other owls if they could help out with that.
Anyway, we had a 'bonfire theme' to the meeting tonight and miraculously the rain stopped so we could get outside.
The girls did a 'scratch art' project which they seemed to like and I saw some lovely pictures. Pesky pictures wont rotate tonight, sorry about that.
We then toasted marshmallows over tealights ( somewhat) and headed outside for a mini bonfire.
I took our bbq pan out to the woods behind the hut and stood there lighting the fire listening to the owls twoo-ing in the trees. I was joined by the Brownies and we lit sparklers and sang songs.
Debi Knight had made us a big plate of cakes which we devoured in a flash. Her cakes are SO good.
Next week we'll be finishing off our 'Crime Prevention Badge' and getting our Tweenies ready for their Promise Night in a few weeks.
Please, if your Brownie would like to attend the District Party in Alton on 10th Dec, you really need to get the form in next week or the week after.
Over and out.
Tonight we went to the Taro Centre in Petersfield for some fun in the water.
I can't post any photos because there aren't any!
I think the Brownies were well and truly tired at the end of a rather long session and probably slept like logs that night.
Half Term begins and we have a week to recover from the first half of the term.
I'll send out a term planner next week telling you what we will be up to until December- the good news, parents, is that we will be doing' Home Skills Badge' which involves them making their beds for a whole week! Yay. Enjoy it while it lasts!
See you on 3rd November.
Tonight was fun.
We were very lucky to have the company of PC Smith, our local police officer who helped us work towards a 'Crime Prevention Badge'
He talked to us about stranger danger, keeping your possessions safe, marking precious possessions with invisible ink ( which of course they loved ) and keeping your house safe from intruders.
The evening went really quickly and the girls were captivated the whole time.
As part of the badge they had to act out scenarios to show the right and wrong way of going about the topics covered.
We all learnt a lot and it gave the girls lots to think about.
Soon we will make some posters and that's the badge covered!
Next week Swimming at the Taro centre!
The Brownies got to try on their new promise bracelets that we made last week-they turned out so well and hopefully we'll enjoy making some more in December to sell on our stall at the Village Christmas Fair.
We had a blast cooking scones and chocolate Krispy cakes despite a few mishaps along the way and sold them all at the end of the meeting!
Liss Horticultural society gave us crocus bulbs, pots and compost for a competition. hey will come to a meeting in February to judge the best entries and give out some prizes. They aren't too bothered if the bulbs fail and will give points for clean well decorated pots.
In the chaos that prevailed tonight, the girls all left their pots behind so next week they will bring them home and look after them until we say " bring them in"
Next week we will have Pc Smith joining us to help us work towards our 'Crime Prevention' badge.
I'm not sure that cuddly toys will be able to take the security ink to mark precious possessions.....;)
Welcome back everyone-
September 15th: A new start and a freshly decorated hut awaited us this week- we have made some changes to things and got organized by creating 'bum pads' with names on for pow wows and coat peg names so we can keep track of things.
We had a good Pow Wow to decide on term activities and had a brainstorming session for ideas for cooking night and bonfire night.
Our lovely new helper Sue Brett who lives close by came to our first meeting and has now been named as 'Snowy Owl'!
SEPTEMBER 22nd : Brown Owl was away in majorca this week at a family wedding so the Brownies got busy decorating Sixes reward charts and the tweenies painted calico bags.
SEPTEMBER 29th: Tonight had a was a Promise theme night and we made lovely promise bracelets which will be tied and given out next week-we ran out of time
The Hut was unbelievably hot and our hands were slippy so a lot of beads got dropped on the floor and we had a few tears! At last we mangaed to get our bracelets finished and rushed outside for some fresh air and games to cool down.
Charlotte took her promise under the big oak tree in the park and became a proper Brownie at last- well done Charlotte!
Next week: cooking!
