2009-2010

2009-2010 Brownie Programme

Sep 9^th	Welcome new members to Group, intro to girlguiding family, new sixes, Choose a theme for a Macmllan coffee evening (English Garden Party theme chosen).
Sep 16^th	Hostess badge – Party planning & made paper flowers.
Sep 23^rd	Hostess – make decorations – banners, lge tree with insects, practice making origami frogs
Sep 25th	Macmillan Cancer Coffee Eve – bring cakes.
Sep 30^th	Make Halloween Advents
Oct 7^th	Learn to sign week – learn sign language, plant tulip bulbs.
Oct 14^th	Conkers tournament, textured collage, plant an acorn.
Oct 21^st	Crafting for Church Fair – decorate pebbles, make bookmarks, origami xmas tree gift tags.

Oct 11^th – Harvest Church Pde

Oct 24^th – Church Bazaar, our stall: crafts we made.

Nov 4^th	Bonfire Night Party – torch light trail, sensory boxes, breadstick sparklers.
Nov 11^th	Remembrance Day – how Union Flag is made up, memories of Guiding Life on a time line Hwk ask family and friends if they have been Guiding/Scouting
Nov 18^th	Look at hwk – put names on a paper chain, look at old Brownie Annuals
Nov 25^th	Brownie Traditions – trefoil guild visit. Leaders Promise Ceremony.
Dec 2^nd	First Aid – emergency senarios, bandaging, recovery position.
Dec 9^th	Xmas crafts – make chocolates, create & post Christmas cards.

Nov 8^th – Church Pde

Dec 13^th – Church gift Pde

Dec 20^th – Church Family Xmas Party

Jan 13^th	New Year Party Popper Party – hunt the poppers, tower building, balancing act, chop sticks, water relay. Pop & popcorn.
Jan 20^th	Brownie books, Time traveller exercises, make Bird feeder pine cones
Jan 27^th	Hockey and Semaphore
Feb 3^rd	Poverty themed giant snakes and ladders (WTD) I sell oil game
Feb 10^th	WAGGGS world thinking day activities – Cabbages game (Fair Play/Fair Trade/Sheep and Hyena game) Learn thinking day songs.

Feb 20^th – World Thinking Day district Party – activities from World Centres

Feb24^th	2^nd Birthday (Hen night) fancy dress party, dress the brides, choc fountain + party food
Mar 3^rd	Discuss Amazing women – books – and fill in souvenir centenary booklets,
Mar 10^th	Mother’s Day (14^th March) palm reading, tea & biscuits, country dancing
Mar 17^th	St Patrick’s Day – hunt for the pot of gold, flag colouring activity from Time Travel Challenge,
Mar 24^th	Local artist visit – make, Harris Tweed bookmark (Scotland), write letters to another unit.
Mar 31^st	Easter – Rabbit rescue wide game, decorate cookies, make pom pom bunnies. Brownie Holiday parents meeting.

Mar 27^th – County Day

Apr 23-25^th – Brownie Holiday

Apr 21^st	St George’s Day – make clay dragon for choc mini eggs
Apr 28^th	Guide Leader visit – biscuit tin cookery (pancakes)
May 5^th	Science – make slime
May 12^th	Craft – paint clay dragons
May 19^th	Park visit – play rounders + water wheelbarrow racing
May 26^th	Choose District Centenary Finale cloth badge competition designs, make percussion instruments, write “six” songs, singing.

May 23^rd – Gorgeous and Golden Brownie District disco

Jun 9^th	Craft – father’s day cards (June 20^th ) lfire drill game + fire drill.
Jun 16^th	Dads invited Newspaper Challenges
Jun 23^rd	Camp fire Challenge – dodge fireball, campfire beans, make edible camp fires.
Jun 30^th	Brownie Books, Time capsule, voting slips for end of year awards, games.
Jul 7^th	Circus skills – displays of diablo, juggling, uni-cycle then try ourselves.
Jul 14^th	Awards Ceremony – WAGGGS quiz and buffet.

Jun 12^th – Brownies Take Over the Tracks event at Bitton Railway

Jun 26^th – District Girlguiding trip to Weston-super-mare

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