the 2nd Cradley Guides group

What do Guides do?

 

Being a Guide is all about learning new skills, making new friends and helping others. Each Guide is encouraged to achieve her own personal goals through a progressive programme with the opportunity to work for a wide variety of badges. This allows the girl to mature and develop at her own pace.

Guides work together in Patrols, groups of four to eight girls, providing a ready-made group of friends and helping the girls to feel that they belong to something special. They elect their own Patrol Leader. A Patrol plans its own activities with the support of the Guide Leader so that each Guide learns to share in decisions that affect herself and others in the Patrol.

 

our Annual Report to the church for 2006/7:

January:  We made earring holders and salt dough models.  These were part of the craft badge that we did as a unit.

February:  We continued with our crafts and made a CD holder from foam.  Towards the end of the month we had a Thinking Day night and made pancakes.  We participated in the division disco and the district Thinking Day service.

March:  We completed the craft badge by learning how to quill.  We also made Mother’s Day presents and Easter cards.

April:  We had an end of term party.  After the Easter holidays we started the new term by making fridge magnets out of hema beads.

May:  We spent two weeks on “newspaper island.”  The Guides were given 12 challenges / tasks, all of which had to be completed using only newspaper and sellotape.  Everyone seemed to have fun with this.  We also spent the weekend in Malvern staying in a youth hostel.

June:  After half-term we made fridge cake.  We also made coasters for Father’s Day and spent an evening at the local park.

July:  We held a camp skills night which involved camp fire stunts, gadgets, bedding rolls etc.  The following week we had planned to hold a BBQ but it rained!  So we cooked hotdogs inside.  To celebrate end of term we went swimming and to McDonalds.  We also went to the Safari Park with the Brownies and Rainbows.

September:  We held a “healthy-cooking” night and made fruit kebabs.  This term we decided to let each patrol have their own night.  The last two weeks were Spring and Summer patrol nights.  They organised a pyjama party and a junk fashion show.

October:  We completed “Go for it! Space” over two weeks.  It was Autumn patrol’s turn to have their own night.  They organised a quiz and games.  We also had a pumpkin night party and went to the Big Gig at Wembley Arena.

November:  To celebrate bonfire night we had our own little firework display on the car park.  Winter patrol organised a talent show complete with karaoke machine.  We also made Advent calendars.  On Remembrance Sunday we joined in the local parade and church service.

December:  We made Christmas cookie tree decorations and held a Christmas party.  Along with the Brownies and Rainbows we went to Hatton Country World to visit Santa.  We also took part in the district carol service, which included a toy collection for a local women’s refuge.