Charity Shop Chic

As part of the Ranger's Independent Living Octant, the Rangers from Clack Close all took part in the £5 challenge.  

Each Ranger was given £5 and they had to try and buy a complete outfit from a charity shop. They all did an amazing job, with some real bargains, as you can see from the photo.

Call the Cops! Personal Safety Badge

1^st Downham Market Guides were visited by Sargent Rowe, as part of their Personal Safety & Independent Living badges.

The session dealt with theft and ‘what if’ scenarios. The Guides were given photocopies of local people who had been arrested for theft and we discussed each case. It was an excellent session in which the girls all learnt a lot. The Guides were given various scenarios. Speak to your Guide and see if you get the answers right.

1.    It’s time to raise money for the Guides, You pick some wild blackberries from the hedgerow and make some delicious homemade jam which you sell at the Guides Christmas Fair. Are you guilty of theft of the wild hedgerow blackberries?

2.   You and your friend hatch a plan to steal money form the Guides Christmas Fair. You text your friend explaining the plan which is that one of you will keep watch whilst the other takes the money form the stall they are working on. Your friend text back saying “Brilliant LOL, I’m up for that. We will be rich”   A day before the fair you lose your phone and a police officer finds it in the street and discovers the texts between you and your friend. Is either of you guilty of theft though the fair is a day away and you have not stolen anting?

3.    You are walking through the park a notice a £5 note on the floor. There is nobody else in the park. You pick it up and put it in your pocket. Walking home you have to walk past the police station but you do not stop to hand it in at the front counter. Are you guilty of theft of the £5 note?

4.    You enter a supermarket and see you favourite music CD for sale. It costs £10 but you only have £6 on you. You walk over to the bargin CD display, peel off a label from a cheap CD that costs £5.99, and stick it over the £10 label on the CD you want. You walk to the check out and pay for your favourite music CD but at a cost of £5.99 which you think is much more reasonable. Have you stolen the CD?

Around the World with Guides

1^st Downham Market Guides had a really excellent International Evening. The evening was run and organised by the some of the older Guides, who are working towards their BP award.

The BP award is the Baden Powel Award and is the highest award which a Guide can achieve.

We all walked into the hall, which had been set up to represent numerous countries. On each table was food, activities, music, artefacts and information about Guiding from each of the countries. The Guides visited each table to learn about lots of different cultures.

It was a superb evening, with so much thought and planning given.   Well done girls:

Neve – Japan

Anna – Asia

Lauren - France

Rebecca – Egypt

Anna – USA

Issy – India

Katie – Spain

Mia – Malaysia

Camp Blankets

Camp blankets serve several purposes, the main one being to keep you warm around the campfire.  Lots of people 'wear' their camp blankets, although I simply wrap myself in mine!  Another equally important purpose is to sew badges onto.  If you've been a Rainbow, a Brownie and a Guide, your camp blanket becomes a record of all the things you've done and places you've visited.  Camp blankets tell a story about who you are and the experiences you've had - just ask Willow about her blanket if you want some good stories!  Here we are at Guides sewing on some of our newly earned badges...

And if you weren't a Rainbow or a Brownie, it doesn't matter!  It's never to late to start a camp blanket, so get sewing!

Chocolate Night!

We get many requests from our Guides to do the Chocolate Go For It, which aside from chocolate tasting requires the girls to think about where chocolate comes from and learn a little of it's history.  So with this in mind, our Young Leader, Dolphin, planned an evening of fun activities themed around chocolate and sweets.  To begin, we had two quizzes - one true or false and one more cryptic.  For example can you work out what sweets are being described here 'Toothless Drink'....that's right 'Wine Gums'.  The rest of the evening was spent having a Malteser relay and trying to get a Cadbury's Button from our heads into our mouths.  Enjoy these pictures below:

Our Girls Need You!

Guiding in this region is growing at a fast pace and over the past two years Clackclose District Girlguiding has gone from strength to strength by increasing their current complement to encompass:

 2 x Rainbow Units

 3 x Brownie Units

 2 x Guide Units

 1 x Senior Section Unit

Due to the high demand of girls wanting to join the movement, Clackclose District is looking to expand by opening an additional Brownie and Guide Unit.

 

Working with young people and other volunteers helps develop valuable, transferable skills like event planning, time management, leadership skills and budgeting. Do you think you could make a difference to girls aged between 7 and 14 years of age and give something back to your local community? Are you looking for a rewarding challenge and think that you could get a new Unit off the ground?  Then you are the type of person that Clackclose District Girlguiding is looking for.

 

You can choose the volunteer role that matches your skills and time. Then we will help you build skills with training opportunities suited to your role that make your CV stand out. Take our Leadership Qualification, become a trained first aider or get qualified for outdoor activities such as climbing and kayaking.

Clackclose District has an excellent support network of qualified adult leaders, so you would not be alone in your Guiding journey.  Why not come along and join us at a taster session at one of our meetings and see what the girls  get up to or check us out on Twitter @CCGirlguiding

If you are interested in volunteering, please register via the Girlguiding website:  https://enquiryv.girlguiding.org.uk.

Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung and we're feeling particularly 'hoppy' making our Easter Bunny Treat Bags.  After sewing faces, ears and the sides, we filled the bags with chocolate eggs and tied ribbon around the top.

Concentrating very hard on sewing

Some of our finished treat bags