25/06/15
This week we had two activities for the girls to do. The first was to draw the posters for their stalls at our fayre next week. The other was to make banana penguins. Our two Young Leaders, and an Adult helped with that, by melting the chocolate in the microwave and allowing girls in a few at a time as we only have a small kitchen to do it in. I helped in the main hall by supervising the girls doing their posters.
We also had 2 more girls make their promises, and I helped the hostess again. This time we only had to make 2 black teas, which made my life slightly easier! Our only issue was that the girl doing her badge wasn't strong enough to lift the kettle so I had to pour the water for her. Other than that, she was one of the better ones I've helped, and was particularly thorough when it came to washing and drying up!
It was a fairly relaxed evening, the last of those we're going to have this term..!
In other news, I have been going through some more of my Look Wider Qualification and typing up parts I've done. I'm getting close to finishing a few more Octants, I think, and have plans for how to complete a few more Phases so keep an eye out for that! I have updated the Look Wider page so you can see how close I am to completing each Octant.
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Monday, 29 June 2015
Monday, 8 June 2015
Visitor from Wildlife Hospital
04/06/15
I am finally home from university so I can go to Brownies again!
This week we had a visitor from Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre come and speak to the girls as part of the Friends to Animals badge which they started before half term. I was 15 minutes late as I got stuck in traffic on the way home from work and when I got there, the girls were all sat around the woman, who was talking through the different animals they see come through the hospital at this time of year and what is usually wrong with them. She was very good at engaging the girls by asking them little questions as she went, such as 'what kind of bird is this a picture of' (owl), 'what do you think happens to deer if they walk on a road' (they get run over), and 'what animal do you think laid this egg' (one girl answered dragon!).
When she was done talking about the animals, she got them to sit in a circle and then brought out a hedgehog that they've been looking after. He has just reached what they call release weight which means they are going to release him back into the wild in the next few days so he was a pretty chunky fellow! She carried him round the circle while he was curled up and let all the girls get a glimpse of his little nose poking out and then she put him down in the middle of the circle to let him run around a bit. He spent a bit of time sniffing the air to make sure it was safe and then walked towards one of the girls (coincidentally a girl who is leaving tonight!). Our visitor scooped him back up before he reached her and put him back in the box before letting the girls have a look at her table of things which included some skulls, a snake skin, a dissected owl pellet, and a tarantula skin.
She then packed up and left and we played a game of Fishes before finishing the meeting and sending the girls home.
It was a good meeting to come back to, but it feels odd to be back as there's a lot of new girls who I don't recognise. It's going to take some time for me to get my head round all their names!
I am finally home from university so I can go to Brownies again!
This week we had a visitor from Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre come and speak to the girls as part of the Friends to Animals badge which they started before half term. I was 15 minutes late as I got stuck in traffic on the way home from work and when I got there, the girls were all sat around the woman, who was talking through the different animals they see come through the hospital at this time of year and what is usually wrong with them. She was very good at engaging the girls by asking them little questions as she went, such as 'what kind of bird is this a picture of' (owl), 'what do you think happens to deer if they walk on a road' (they get run over), and 'what animal do you think laid this egg' (one girl answered dragon!).
When she was done talking about the animals, she got them to sit in a circle and then brought out a hedgehog that they've been looking after. He has just reached what they call release weight which means they are going to release him back into the wild in the next few days so he was a pretty chunky fellow! She carried him round the circle while he was curled up and let all the girls get a glimpse of his little nose poking out and then she put him down in the middle of the circle to let him run around a bit. He spent a bit of time sniffing the air to make sure it was safe and then walked towards one of the girls (coincidentally a girl who is leaving tonight!). Our visitor scooped him back up before he reached her and put him back in the box before letting the girls have a look at her table of things which included some skulls, a snake skin, a dissected owl pellet, and a tarantula skin.
She then packed up and left and we played a game of Fishes before finishing the meeting and sending the girls home.
It was a good meeting to come back to, but it feels odd to be back as there's a lot of new girls who I don't recognise. It's going to take some time for me to get my head round all their names!
Monday, 18 November 2013
Visit from the RSPCA
14/11/13
This week a lady from the RSPCA came to talk to the girls and to collect the money we raised in June by holding a sale (which the girls organised and ran themselves). RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and is a charity here in the UK which cares for animals which people abandon and also raises awareness of all animal illnesses and care requirements. In June we held a sale where the girls ran stalls in small groups, ranging from cake stalls and raffles to jumble sales and nail painting, and we raised over £180! We always invite someone to come and collect their money and talk to the girls because it means they get the chance to find out exactly how they're helping.
She gave a brief talk on what the RSPCA does and asked them a few questions on what they thought the '5 Freedoms for Animals' are (freedom from: hunger and thirst; discomfort; pain, injury and disease; fear and distress and freedom to behave normally). Then she gave the girls the opportunity to tell any stories they had about their pets and other animals they'd encountered. We ended up spending almost 45 minutes listening to various stories ranging from what animals the girls had been bitten by (mostly nibbles from small animals) to the various antics of all kinds of pets! The girls who didn't have any pets seemed to get bored quite quickly (which is understandable) and I think she could have cut it a bit shorter but the rest of the girls were very enthusiastic about sharing their stories. She did manage to fit in a few extra details, such as teaching them how to deal with a dog if it runs towards you (stand still and don't make eye contact) after one of the girls told a story about when she tried to outrun a dog at a park which I thought was quite a subtle way of teaching them things.
Brown Owl then presented her with the cheque and she gave the unit a certificate to say thank you. We then lined all the girls up so that we could take a photo of them all as a record of who raised the money (we keep a scrapbook of photos and certificates the unit has gained) and then she announced that she had RSPCA stickers and paw shaped badges for each girl which cheered up most of the ones who'd been looking a bit bored! There was then a long queue of girls all deciding what colour they wanted and then changing their mind and going back! Eventually they all settled on the colour they wanted and she left, just in time for the girls to go home.
It was a good evening, in my opinion, because I'm a huge supporter of what the RSPCA do and an animal lover on top of it but I don't think some of the girls really enjoyed the evening because they had nothing to input and weren't that interested in what was being said. I do, however, think she could have drawn the story session to a close faster than she did as even I was getting a bit fed up with the girls stories (and I'm usually pretty patient when it comes to hearing stories!).
This week a lady from the RSPCA came to talk to the girls and to collect the money we raised in June by holding a sale (which the girls organised and ran themselves). RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and is a charity here in the UK which cares for animals which people abandon and also raises awareness of all animal illnesses and care requirements. In June we held a sale where the girls ran stalls in small groups, ranging from cake stalls and raffles to jumble sales and nail painting, and we raised over £180! We always invite someone to come and collect their money and talk to the girls because it means they get the chance to find out exactly how they're helping.
She gave a brief talk on what the RSPCA does and asked them a few questions on what they thought the '5 Freedoms for Animals' are (freedom from: hunger and thirst; discomfort; pain, injury and disease; fear and distress and freedom to behave normally). Then she gave the girls the opportunity to tell any stories they had about their pets and other animals they'd encountered. We ended up spending almost 45 minutes listening to various stories ranging from what animals the girls had been bitten by (mostly nibbles from small animals) to the various antics of all kinds of pets! The girls who didn't have any pets seemed to get bored quite quickly (which is understandable) and I think she could have cut it a bit shorter but the rest of the girls were very enthusiastic about sharing their stories. She did manage to fit in a few extra details, such as teaching them how to deal with a dog if it runs towards you (stand still and don't make eye contact) after one of the girls told a story about when she tried to outrun a dog at a park which I thought was quite a subtle way of teaching them things.
Brown Owl then presented her with the cheque and she gave the unit a certificate to say thank you. We then lined all the girls up so that we could take a photo of them all as a record of who raised the money (we keep a scrapbook of photos and certificates the unit has gained) and then she announced that she had RSPCA stickers and paw shaped badges for each girl which cheered up most of the ones who'd been looking a bit bored! There was then a long queue of girls all deciding what colour they wanted and then changing their mind and going back! Eventually they all settled on the colour they wanted and she left, just in time for the girls to go home.
It was a good evening, in my opinion, because I'm a huge supporter of what the RSPCA do and an animal lover on top of it but I don't think some of the girls really enjoyed the evening because they had nothing to input and weren't that interested in what was being said. I do, however, think she could have drawn the story session to a close faster than she did as even I was getting a bit fed up with the girls stories (and I'm usually pretty patient when it comes to hearing stories!).
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