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smallhobbit) wrote2021-10-22 04:36 pm
smallhobbit) wrote2021-10-22 04:36 pm
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Half Term Finished
And I can't say I'm sad!
Last week the Brownies talked a bit about local charities and then they had to make monsters out of cardboard etc. That was the easy part - they also had to write a plan of how to make the monster, so that they could then take it apart and another group had to follow the instructions to remake the monster. That was an interesting experiment as they found that their instructions were not detailed enough. I explained to some of them it was like writing Bread on a shopping list but not saying Brown Bread and therefore someone taking the list and buying white bread.
This week was the best week we've had so far - quite possibly because we only had 10 girls present. We split them into two groups and each group did what was needed for an interest badge, every girl then being presented be either Mindfulness or Charities at the end of the evening. They were all engaged with what they were doing which made it so much easier.
As I've mentioned before, every year we have to pay a subscription for each Brownie and Leader - we pay just over £35 per member per year. To put this in context our termly subs to the Brownies is £35, which has to cover hall rent, badges, equipment etc. Girlguiding headquarters has just announced they are putting their subs up by £3 per member next February and a further £7 the following year. As you can imagine this has not gone down well. While I can understand they've had a hard year, telling hard pressed leaders they have to find extra money when they cannot turn to families for it, is not supportive.
Last week the Brownies talked a bit about local charities and then they had to make monsters out of cardboard etc. That was the easy part - they also had to write a plan of how to make the monster, so that they could then take it apart and another group had to follow the instructions to remake the monster. That was an interesting experiment as they found that their instructions were not detailed enough. I explained to some of them it was like writing Bread on a shopping list but not saying Brown Bread and therefore someone taking the list and buying white bread.
This week was the best week we've had so far - quite possibly because we only had 10 girls present. We split them into two groups and each group did what was needed for an interest badge, every girl then being presented be either Mindfulness or Charities at the end of the evening. They were all engaged with what they were doing which made it so much easier.
As I've mentioned before, every year we have to pay a subscription for each Brownie and Leader - we pay just over £35 per member per year. To put this in context our termly subs to the Brownies is £35, which has to cover hall rent, badges, equipment etc. Girlguiding headquarters has just announced they are putting their subs up by £3 per member next February and a further £7 the following year. As you can imagine this has not gone down well. While I can understand they've had a hard year, telling hard pressed leaders they have to find extra money when they cannot turn to families for it, is not supportive.