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A Glittery End of Term
Dec. 11th, 2020 05:51 pmAs is normal, we are finishing Brownies the week before the end of term. Normally that would be because so many of the girls have parties etc to go to. Obviously that won't be happening, but we felt we were running out of steam and it was better to end on a high note.
Last week we had a lady from the Blue Cross (an organisation which helps provide pet care for owners who cannot afford it) to talk about animals. It wasn't as good as we'd hoped and a bit like a school presentation, but the Brownies seemed happy enough. We had one more Brownie join us, who was really excited at being able to take part, so that was good.
This week, Doodles had delivered a package to every Brownie's house with strict instructions not to open it until the meeting. The girls were all excited, and we had a number of messages from mums saying how pleased the girls were to receive them. When they were allowed to open the package there were various squeals and then they got to open a Christmas card and found they had a tiny present, which they opened to find the badges they had voted for during Parliament Week. The level of excitement was much higher than we would have experienced at a normal meeting, proof of how much even small things are making a difference at the moment.
They then got to open their main envelope, which had lots of craft materials: card, a wooden tree decoration, stickers, glitter, mini pompoms, and they were told they could make whatever they wanted for whoever they wanted to give it to. They were so happy sitting and making things. Every so often one of them would hold up a card they had made for us to admire.
And so ended the weirdest term we've had. Running Brownies by Zoom may not be easy, but it definitely makes a difference for the girls, who are all looking forward to next term. It also meant that for one of Brownies, who was looking rather fed up - it turned out the family were having to quarantine - was able to enjoy the meeting. It also meant that one of the girls, who had joined at the beginning of the year, was able to have another term with us and will now be moving onto Guides - something I doubt she'd have thought possible when she first joined us.
Last week we had a lady from the Blue Cross (an organisation which helps provide pet care for owners who cannot afford it) to talk about animals. It wasn't as good as we'd hoped and a bit like a school presentation, but the Brownies seemed happy enough. We had one more Brownie join us, who was really excited at being able to take part, so that was good.
This week, Doodles had delivered a package to every Brownie's house with strict instructions not to open it until the meeting. The girls were all excited, and we had a number of messages from mums saying how pleased the girls were to receive them. When they were allowed to open the package there were various squeals and then they got to open a Christmas card and found they had a tiny present, which they opened to find the badges they had voted for during Parliament Week. The level of excitement was much higher than we would have experienced at a normal meeting, proof of how much even small things are making a difference at the moment.
They then got to open their main envelope, which had lots of craft materials: card, a wooden tree decoration, stickers, glitter, mini pompoms, and they were told they could make whatever they wanted for whoever they wanted to give it to. They were so happy sitting and making things. Every so often one of them would hold up a card they had made for us to admire.
And so ended the weirdest term we've had. Running Brownies by Zoom may not be easy, but it definitely makes a difference for the girls, who are all looking forward to next term. It also meant that for one of Brownies, who was looking rather fed up - it turned out the family were having to quarantine - was able to enjoy the meeting. It also meant that one of the girls, who had joined at the beginning of the year, was able to have another term with us and will now be moving onto Guides - something I doubt she'd have thought possible when she first joined us.
