October 20th

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.

October 13th 2011

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!

6th October 2011

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.....;)

AUTUMN TERM 2011

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!

14th July - Coldharbour Wood

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

July 7th - Cook Night

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!

June 30th - Water Fun Night

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...