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smallhobbit) wrote2022-01-14 11:18 am
smallhobbit) wrote2022-01-14 11:18 am
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New Year Same Brownies
We started back at Brownies last night with stricter covid rules in place. We'd had a discussion about whether we'd be better off going back to Zoom, but the general feeling was that face-to-face is much better. Our problem stems from having two vulnerable leaders and a group of girls for whom covid is happily spreading without any mitigations in place.
However, I'm not there for the next two weeks and by the end of that time it will be clear how we should go forward.
Yesterday we started the Express Myself theme, as chosen by the Brownies. We have done this before, but three years ago, so none of the Brownies remember it. Also last time we used the Communicate Skills Builder and this time is Innovate so there won't be much repitition. The first activity was to warm up and involved the Brownies being frogs in various situations, and then penguins similarly. They enjoyed the activity and it got them moving in a constructive way.
After which they did moving postcards, which I remember from last time. In small groups they had to mime where they had gone on holiday. It worked reasonably well, although one group had a falling out, which, from what I can gather was due to them failing to agree what they were doing since at least two of them were insisting on doing it their way.
I've definitely decided I shall finish at the end of the summer term. Part of me would like to say at Easter, but with one of the leaders having a baby at the end of June I can at least provide cover until July. And at least I won't be defrosting my windscreen before I drive home at that point!
However, I'm not there for the next two weeks and by the end of that time it will be clear how we should go forward.
Yesterday we started the Express Myself theme, as chosen by the Brownies. We have done this before, but three years ago, so none of the Brownies remember it. Also last time we used the Communicate Skills Builder and this time is Innovate so there won't be much repitition. The first activity was to warm up and involved the Brownies being frogs in various situations, and then penguins similarly. They enjoyed the activity and it got them moving in a constructive way.
After which they did moving postcards, which I remember from last time. In small groups they had to mime where they had gone on holiday. It worked reasonably well, although one group had a falling out, which, from what I can gather was due to them failing to agree what they were doing since at least two of them were insisting on doing it their way.
I've definitely decided I shall finish at the end of the summer term. Part of me would like to say at Easter, but with one of the leaders having a baby at the end of June I can at least provide cover until July. And at least I won't be defrosting my windscreen before I drive home at that point!