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!
Apologies for the delay in posting this - my camera took some very dodgy photos that evening so I managed to scrounge some from Andrea Mann - (thanks Andrea!)
Tonight was our last meeting and we were lent a lovely spot to have it, by en Bloch's Neighbour Sally.
Georgia and Harriet the Guides helped to make a camp fire which meant one thing- Marshmallows!!!
Den Building
Lucy and I took our promise together and we were joined by our District Commissioner, Phoebe and our local Guide leader, Judy.
Badges were handed out for our completed Reduce, Reuse & Recycle challenge which we have been working towards all term- well done everyone!
We also said our farewells to Steph who stepped down from being Brown Owl this evening. She received a bunch of flowers, a fabulous cake made by Debbie Knight and a picture of the pack along with other goodies.
So that means I am now officially the new Brown Owl!
There will be no more posts until September 15th when we start our new term.
BROWNIES!!!!
Please have a think about what you would like to do next term- bring some ideas with you to the first meeting if you can!
See you in September!
Brown Owl Jools x
Despite my not being there for most of the meeting ( leadership training course in Southsea of all places... ) It seems the Brownies cooked up a storm with scones, chocolate crispies and fruit kebabs. Yum. Missed out on that one...
We had a nice group photo taken outside- Just a shame Brown owl was ill and not in the picture. ( along with a few Brownies! )
Rebekah Weaver and Jenny Edmondson stepped in to help at the last minute which was great-thank you ladies! We could not have run the meeting without you.
I wish I had more to tell you but I haven't heard how it all went yet!
Again, a lovely sunny evening so we spent the meeting outside.
We played all sorts of water races with filled balloons, hopping whilst carrying a cup of water, above the head, under and over, the lot. We measured to see which six were the winners after each race.
The brownies bought in their toothbrushes and we took turns to brush teeth for 2 minutes while keeping the tap running- this too was measured and 7 litres of water was used!! 7 litres!
The next team did it using the tap only to rinse the brush during and at the end. Only 1 litre was used between them, which is quite a difference, we thought.
It was good to see the Owls running around too...
Again we were exceptionally lucky with the weather- the rain finally gave up and we had a beautiful sunny evening for our visit to Durleighmarsh.
Alison Granger was fantastic and taught us all about food miles and the benefits of buying local produce.
Armed with knowledge and an appetite, we all ventured out into the fields to pick fruit.
The girls were given a small punnet each to fill with allsorts- gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, raspberries, Tayberries and good old strawbs! There were some adventurous brownies in the pack who were trying some fruit for the first time, and loved it! Well done!
What a fantastic time we all had.
The girls bought in bits of scrap paper and things that might have been thrown away or recycled.
They bought photo's of themselves and created some very groovy looking frames to give to their dads on fathers day this weekend.
They played a game, had a sing song and signed a 'Get well Card' for Kate Shally who is sadly in hospital and not very well. We all hope she gets better soon.
Next week we will be meeting at Durleighmarsh Farm to spend some time talking to Alison Granger about the benefits of buying local produce and food miles. We may even get to eat some raspberries!
Lets hope for sunshine and no more of this rain. Enough! (although it probably isn't....)
East Hampshire district Council kindly lent us 24 litter pickers for kids with snappy jaws and faces! Bags were provided and Hi Viz jackets too. How organized!
We met Ray Swift in the car park and he chose a route through the village which he thought would provide lots of pickings.
It was great fun and we managed to fill 4 big bags. Quite a haul really.
I think the girls found it odd how people could drop so much litter with bins so close by!
We had tea and cakes back at the pavilion with Ray and it was great to get out and about again.
This week we'll be making junk picture frames!
