Guiding World Centre traditions postcards 30 mins

Give it a go

Aim of activity What you’ll need Did you know there are special centres • A map or globe all around the world for international • Postcards or A5 paper or card Guiding members to visit? Find out all • Pens and pencils about them in this activity and decide • Information about the five World which you would like to visit. Centres (optional)

What you’ll get out of it Note to leader • Find out about the WAGGGS Girls shouldn’t include full names or World Centres. identifiable personal details in their • Practise writing and drawing skills. postcards.

© 2017 Registered charity number 306016.

Rainbows World Centre Postcards 22 Mar 18.indd 1 23/03/2018 00:05 Now think about which World Guiding exists all over the world through 3 Centre you’d most like to visit: WAGGGS – the World Association of Girl would you like to see the Changing of Guides and Girl Scouts. Millions of girls the Guard while staying at ? around the globe are connected as part of Or go at ? Maybe you the worldwide Guiding community. could learn how to put on a sari while visiting Sangam? Or would you like to World Centres are special places that see the massive volcano that stands near Guiding members can visit. You can do Our Cabaña? Or even visit the newest lots of different activities at the World World Centre, ? Centres and earn lots of badges when you visit them. As a unit, share your ideas about The five World Centres are: 4 which World Centre you’d want • Pax Lodge in London to visit. Did you all choose the same • Our Cabaña in Mexico World Centre, or do you want to go to • Our Chalet in different ones? • Sangam in India • Kusafiri, a travelling Centre that moves around . Now let’s have some fun drawing 5 or writing a postcard to the World Centre you want to visit. Tell them: What to do • Why you want to visit them. • The kind of things you get up to at As a unit, try to find all the World with your unit. 1 Centres on your map or globe. Your leader will help you. Try it this way Has anyone been to a World Centre, Instead of drawing or writing you could 2 or been on holiday to one of the make your postcard using an online countries where a World Centre is? postcard maker.

Take it further As a group, pick a World Centre and go on an imaginary visit to ‘deliver’ your postcards. Act out different activities you could do while you’re there.

2017UMAKM0101

Rainbows World Centre Postcards 22 Mar 18.indd 2 23/03/2018 00:05