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smallhobbit) wrote2014-10-25 12:24 pm
smallhobbit) wrote2014-10-25 12:24 pm
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I could get used to fortnightly Brownies
In other words, it's half term next week. And I missed a week because we were on holiday - and enjoying an extremely pleasant red Moselle wine when they were meeting.
However, despite my partial absence the Brownies have now completed their Brownie traditions badge. The week before I went on holiday we made a Union Jack, from its component parts. Which, despite my initial fears, actually worked very well. We began by making the three separate flags of England, Scotland and Ireland and explaining that they were the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick, respectively. And then by cutting up the two red crosses we constructed the Union Jack. There had been a fair amount of "here's one I made earlier" on my part to show each of the constituent parts, both cut and uncut, so we've saved them in case we ever want to do so again. Slightly worrying, very few even recognised the England flag (the football world cup presumably having passed them by) but a good number recognised the Scottish flag - although maybe that had something to do with the recent independence vote.
We also began learning some knots and struggled to tie reef knots. The week I was away they tied bows and one of our younger Brownies proudly announced that she could now tie her shoelaces. They also did some plaiting and completed a quiz on the beginnings of Brownies.
This week they drew posters of what they thought Brownies would be like in ten years time including a possible new uniform. Some kept to the traditional colours, whilst others went the multi-coloured route. A number thought they'd be playing computer games and alarmingly several thought they'd only have one leader - clearly a much braver woman than us.
However, despite my partial absence the Brownies have now completed their Brownie traditions badge. The week before I went on holiday we made a Union Jack, from its component parts. Which, despite my initial fears, actually worked very well. We began by making the three separate flags of England, Scotland and Ireland and explaining that they were the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick, respectively. And then by cutting up the two red crosses we constructed the Union Jack. There had been a fair amount of "here's one I made earlier" on my part to show each of the constituent parts, both cut and uncut, so we've saved them in case we ever want to do so again. Slightly worrying, very few even recognised the England flag (the football world cup presumably having passed them by) but a good number recognised the Scottish flag - although maybe that had something to do with the recent independence vote.
We also began learning some knots and struggled to tie reef knots. The week I was away they tied bows and one of our younger Brownies proudly announced that she could now tie her shoelaces. They also did some plaiting and completed a quiz on the beginnings of Brownies.
This week they drew posters of what they thought Brownies would be like in ten years time including a possible new uniform. Some kept to the traditional colours, whilst others went the multi-coloured route. A number thought they'd be playing computer games and alarmingly several thought they'd only have one leader - clearly a much braver woman than us.