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♡Rainbows, Roughton and Rangers.. A January Round-Up♡

Dear Reader, 
What a month January 2019 has been! We've thrown ourselves back into Guiding after the holidays and even took Brownies away 1 week into the new term. We are enjoying the new programme and looking forward to our February World Thinking Day celebrations. 

Brownie Sleepover, 11th - 12th January

A brand new venue this time around - Roughton Mill. I must say I've never slept in an old mill before, nor do I have much experience with circular rooms, but this checked them both off the list. We had fun doing the Chocolate challenge badge, for which I got to bake with the girls, design a chocolate bar and watch them try to get an after eight mint from their nose to their mouth without using their hands! 🤣



Other events at Brownies include our Skills for my Future new programme activities lead by moi, several new Brownies, an enrolment, promise owls, and we excitedly await the birth of Tawny Owl's baby.

Introducing 1st Stalham Rainbows

Lately, my 'Fluffy Owl' duties have increased, and I have returned to Rainbows. We have 6 girls and have been busy getting to know the girls, helping them understand Rainbows and the new programme (we're gently introducing the activities) and making shortbread, badges and a big unit rainbow collage to help us understand our promise. 

Eagle Owl is doing an excellent job with her first experience as a Unit Leader and we hope the unit will be begin to grow and thrive soon!🌈


World Centres Challenge Badge - Stalham District Rangers

Recently, we have been completing new programme badges, working towards our octants and finishing our challenge badges, by making African masks, block printing, proctoring first aid and then choosing our new badges. I am looking forward to completing our In Guiding We Grow challenge badge and our upcoming skills builder. 

In other news...

Recently, I have collected A LOT of badges, including new programme badges, challenge badges, 7 anniversary badges and a few others I bought online..oops. Today I came across a photo of my camp blanket in March 2018... but this is the difference 

March 2018
January 2019

















My ALQ is progressing well and I have already completed a few sections, with plans to complete the other important areas. I am also progressing well with the things I need to complete my new programme interest badges in order to get my Ranger Gold Award. 


History fact of the Month....

On the 10th January 1918, parliament passed the bill that would later lead to the 1918 Representation of the Peoples Act, which gave women over 30 the right to vote, paving the way for future equal political rights. 

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I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the Guide Law,
Yours, 



The 17-Year-Old Brownie

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