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End of Term, End of Year
Jul. 8th, 2016 10:36 amIt was our last Brownie meeting of the term yesterday. We always finish early - so many school activities at this time of year mean we inevitably lose half the girls.
Last week we had a walk round Gloucester city centre. Brown Owl is a proper city guide, so she was able to lead us round in a formal capacity. I learnt a number of things I hadn't known before, so it was very interesting. We only covered a small area based around the cross: Northgate Street, Eastgate Street, Southgate Street, and yes, you've guessed it, Westgate Street.
We saw the statue of the Emperor Nerva, the location of the original Crypt School, Robert Raikes House (the man who began Sunday Schools), and the New Inn, which dates from 1450. On a walk down Westgate Street to see the original house for Beatrix Potter's Tailor of Gloucester, Brown Owl was telling us about a medieval merchant's house which could just been seen if a side door happened to be open. The owner of the shop next door heard her and offered to unlock the door so we could take the Brownies down to see it. To date, not many people recently have had that opportunity, and the girls were impressed to see the house, with its over hanging upper floors from the narrow corridor we stood in. There's a couple of pictures here.
This week the Brownies completed the booklets they were given following their walk. We worked our way through altogether and were really pleased at how much they had remembered. We finished by playing some of the most popular games: Pink Knickers; Big Cats (a version of Fishes, but with lions, jaguars and panthers) and Screech Owl says (a version of Simon Says). We said goodbye to one of our new Brownies, whose dad has been re-posted and look forward to seeing the others in September.
Next week Brown Owl and I are tackling the cupboard, which suffers from having things shoved back in at the end of the evening. We already have some plans for the autumn term, which is good. With the closure of one of the other Brownie packs in the area we may be taking in some of their current girls, although we don't have sufficient space for all of them. So, Brownie reports will most certainly be back in the autumn.
Last week we had a walk round Gloucester city centre. Brown Owl is a proper city guide, so she was able to lead us round in a formal capacity. I learnt a number of things I hadn't known before, so it was very interesting. We only covered a small area based around the cross: Northgate Street, Eastgate Street, Southgate Street, and yes, you've guessed it, Westgate Street.
We saw the statue of the Emperor Nerva, the location of the original Crypt School, Robert Raikes House (the man who began Sunday Schools), and the New Inn, which dates from 1450. On a walk down Westgate Street to see the original house for Beatrix Potter's Tailor of Gloucester, Brown Owl was telling us about a medieval merchant's house which could just been seen if a side door happened to be open. The owner of the shop next door heard her and offered to unlock the door so we could take the Brownies down to see it. To date, not many people recently have had that opportunity, and the girls were impressed to see the house, with its over hanging upper floors from the narrow corridor we stood in. There's a couple of pictures here.
This week the Brownies completed the booklets they were given following their walk. We worked our way through altogether and were really pleased at how much they had remembered. We finished by playing some of the most popular games: Pink Knickers; Big Cats (a version of Fishes, but with lions, jaguars and panthers) and Screech Owl says (a version of Simon Says). We said goodbye to one of our new Brownies, whose dad has been re-posted and look forward to seeing the others in September.
Next week Brown Owl and I are tackling the cupboard, which suffers from having things shoved back in at the end of the evening. We already have some plans for the autumn term, which is good. With the closure of one of the other Brownie packs in the area we may be taking in some of their current girls, although we don't have sufficient space for all of them. So, Brownie reports will most certainly be back in the autumn.
