Heading towards half term
Feb. 15th, 2019 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitIt's been a bit of an odd few weeks at Brownies, for reasons which I shall explain later. We've continued to work on the new programme. The girls chose "Express myself" as the theme we shall follow first, and from that we've selected "Communicate" as the Skills builder. So they've told stories one sentence at a time, and drawn pictures of their days. The Brownies seem to be enjoying themselves, although we're not particularly convinced by the new programme.
Last week we had Brownies Got Talent. Two-thirds of them performed gymnastics, singing, dancing, and a puppet play. The other one-third joined me and we designed costumes for entertainers, using cut out dolls and either felt pens or coloured paper. They enjoyed this, and were happy to show what they'd created to the rest of the pack.
A number of them have been working towards one of the interest badges which fit the theme, both Performing and Baking. So for the last two weeks we've had iced buns to try out.
There's a district thinking day service coming up, which I can't get to as we're in London that weekend. So whilst the service planning was going on with those who will be attending, I took the others and went through the origin of Brownies and then we talked a bit about what they thought was important about a group. The ideas which came out very strongly was that everyone should be welcome, should enjoy what we're doing, and that it should be inclusive.
This was our last meeting at the school, for which we are all very grateful. Hopefully being in the sports pavilion will be a lot easier. And Glitter Owl has said she will finish at Brownies at the end of May. She's going to help with Rainbows. It means Doodles and I will then be running the pack between us, with hopefully someone else joining at some point. Doodles is quite happy about this - we work well together, and tend to complement each other. After the discussion we had a few weeks ago, she's accepted my thoughts on supporting the quieter members and is keen for me to do that. I'm happy too - having seriously thought about finishing last Christmas, I now feel I have a proper role within the pack. Yes, the new programme is going to cause problems, but it's something we'll tackle together.
Last week we had Brownies Got Talent. Two-thirds of them performed gymnastics, singing, dancing, and a puppet play. The other one-third joined me and we designed costumes for entertainers, using cut out dolls and either felt pens or coloured paper. They enjoyed this, and were happy to show what they'd created to the rest of the pack.
A number of them have been working towards one of the interest badges which fit the theme, both Performing and Baking. So for the last two weeks we've had iced buns to try out.
There's a district thinking day service coming up, which I can't get to as we're in London that weekend. So whilst the service planning was going on with those who will be attending, I took the others and went through the origin of Brownies and then we talked a bit about what they thought was important about a group. The ideas which came out very strongly was that everyone should be welcome, should enjoy what we're doing, and that it should be inclusive.
This was our last meeting at the school, for which we are all very grateful. Hopefully being in the sports pavilion will be a lot easier. And Glitter Owl has said she will finish at Brownies at the end of May. She's going to help with Rainbows. It means Doodles and I will then be running the pack between us, with hopefully someone else joining at some point. Doodles is quite happy about this - we work well together, and tend to complement each other. After the discussion we had a few weeks ago, she's accepted my thoughts on supporting the quieter members and is keen for me to do that. I'm happy too - having seriously thought about finishing last Christmas, I now feel I have a proper role within the pack. Yes, the new programme is going to cause problems, but it's something we'll tackle together.
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