January 2013 Volume No: 614
TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES
EVERYTrefoil News MOTHER’S January 2013 LIFE AND HEALTH IS PRECIOU Page 1 S Trefoil News January 2013 Issue No: 614
Published by: Irish Girl Guides, Trefoil House, 27 Pembroke Park, Dublin 4. Printed by: Richardson and Watts, 36 Thornville Park, Raheny, Dublin 5.
The Editorial Team of Trefoil News reserves the right to edit material submitted. Publications Officer: Katherine Ryan. Contact : [email protected] Message from the Chief Commissioner Page 1 Message from the International Commissioner Page 2 World Thinking Day Page 3 World Thinking Day Fund Pages 4-7 Thinking Day Ceremony Pages 8–10 Noticeboard Page 11 NPT Update, Dates for your Diary Page 12 A.T.O.C. & Finance News Page 13 Who’s Who in IGG Page 14 Stitch’s Diary Page 15 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (E.D.I.) Pages 16-17 Includes the Human Library activity from CAMP 101 Programme Review Update Page 18 Charity Collaborations — Simon Community Page 19 Out and About Pages 20-21 Ladybirds Pages 22-25 Includes some great World Thinking Day themed activities focussed on MDG’s 4 and 5, some internationally themed fun to help your Ladybirds gain their International badge and think about their sister Guides around the world. Brownies Pages 26-29 Includes a lot of useful information to help Leaders with the World Thinking Day theme, with some great activities themed around mothers and health. Guides Pages 30-33 Includes a World Thinking Day history story, some crafts and a special focus on the Chocolate Badge for this month. There is also some very important updates in relation to the Gold Awards and the Gold Award Booklets. Senior Branch Pages 34-35 Includes some information and ideas to help you research MDG’s 4 and 5 and some fun activities from the “Whisper to a Shout” Stop the Violence campaign. International Pages 36-44 Includes Travellers Tales, a look-back at international tent at CAMP 101, spotlight on Pax Lodge, Information on the four World Centres and how to become a friend, the launch of IGG’s service project to Sangam, postbox penpals and an opportunity to take part in a great joint WAGGGS & Greenpeace competition. Message from the Chief Commissioner
Hi everyone and happy New Year to you all,
It’s hard to believe that we’re at the start of another new year. Our international camp, CAMP 101 was 6 months ago. That was a great opportunity for us to share Guiding experiences with many of you from around the world. If you’re a non-IGG member reading this and you were at CAMP 101, thank you for sharing with us and I hope you enjoyed it.
This year’s World Thinking Day theme chosen by WAGGGS is based on Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 – Girls worldwide say “together we can save children’s lives” and “every mother’s life and health is precious”. WAGGGS has chosen a country to focus on in each region and in the Europe Region, Ireland is the focus country this year. Our GAT resource produced last year has lots of information and activities related to these and all the other MDGs. Please remember to use it and this edition of Trefoil News for your World Thinking Day activities and weekly programmes, so that the girls can earn the GAT badge and in the process gain an awareness of the issues affecting girls and young women around the world.
In Ireland, we’re lucky that infant mortality rates have decreased and maternal health has improved in the last number of decades. There is still room for improvement but we also have the ability in this country to provide expertise and training help to other countries. As members of WAGGGS we can also contribute via the World Thinking Day Fund to help develop Guiding in countries less well off than ourselves, thereby helping girls to help themselves. World Thinking Day provides a great opportunity for us to join together as Districts, Areas or Regions to hold World Thinking Day ceremonies. These give many of the girls the first taste of Guiding life outside of their units.
Don’t forget to complete your Unit Census Forms this month and get them to your District Commissioner in plenty of time. There is a change of format this year in the forms you got, and this should make it easier for all concerned. Please check the details carefully on the Unit profile form and amend them if necessary.
Well done to those of you who got a place at Branch Day which takes place on 9th February. I look forward to seeing many of you there.
As we start the new year, let’s all make an effort to continue to grow our wonderful organisation. If you have time, please look again at our Strategic Plan and see where your Unit plans for the year fit into this. It’d be great if you would feed back to [email protected] to let us know how what you do helps us fulfil our Strategic Plan.
Yours in Guiding, Emer
Contact: Emer O’Sullivan, Chief Commissioner, c/o I.G.G.,27 Pembroke Park, Dublin 4 Email: [email protected]
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 3 Message from the International Commissioner
Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2013 International edition of Trefoil News.
I was delighted to meet many of you at CAMP 101 in July 2012. What a wonderful International Camp it was, where we had the opportunity to meet inspiring members from Ireland and abroad. It was a week that will be remembered for many years to come.
This year World Thinking Day focuses on the 4th and 5th Millennium Development Goals “Reduce child mortality and Improve maternal health” The World Thinking Day website has lots of interesting activities for you to try out with your Unit - do try them and award the girls with the World Thinking Day Badge (available from the IGG Distribution Centre.)
As the economic downturn affects us more and more, it is difficult to ask our members for donations – but our Thinking Day contributions are so beneficial to our fellow members living in difficult situations, so please explain to the girls where the money goes and what it is used for and I am sure we can match the donation of 2012. Each World Thinking Day some countries are chosen as focus countries, and we are delighted that this year the Republic of Ireland is one of the Focus countries.
Again this year some of our members have had the experience of visiting World Centres or attending camps abroad or visiting interesting places with Jeka. Not as many travelled in 2012 which was expected as so many of you attended CAMP 101.Many thanks to all the Leaders who have given so much of their personal time to take members to CAMP 101 or abroad.
Don’t forget to start planning for the future International opportunities – camps, visits to World Centres, set the seed now and encourage your girls to start a saving scheme. Please don’t hesitate to contact the International Committee for any support or advice, we would be delighted to help.
2013 will see the Timpeall an Domhain competition being held, with the final in Co. Galway. Do consider taking part as it leads to lots of creativity and fun. It encourages the Guides to do research, be creative and act out their production while learning at the same time. I look forward to meeting the regional finalists in April 2013.
I take this opportunity to thank my fellow members on the International Committee and our International Secretary, Jemma Lee for their continued commitment to the International aspect of Guiding.
Have a great Guiding year and a wonderful World Thinking Day.
Yours in Guiding,
Page 4 Trefoil News January 2013 WORLD THINKING DAY
Every year on 22 February Girl Guides and Girl Scouts globally celebrate World Thinking Day. Together Girl Guides and Girl scouts give thanks and show appreciation for the international friendship they find in our movement and raise money to help grow and share the movement with more girls and young women around the world.
Thinking Day started in 1926, the date February 22nd was selected because it is the mutual birthday of Robert Baden Powell the founder of the Boy Scout movement and his wife Olave, who served as the World Chief Guide.
This day each year gives us the opportunity to celebrate that we are one in ten million members of the biggest global family and to think of those less fortunate.
HOW TO CELEBRATE WORLD THINKING DAY....
Celebrate World Thinking Day by taking part in a World Thinking Day ceremony and collecting for the World Thinking Day fund (explained on page 4.) Each year World Thinking Day has a theme. Since 2009 World Thinking Day has been themed on MDG, offering girls and young women the opportunity to join together to take action on issues affecting our world. The theme for 2013 is MDGs 4 and 5 “together we can save children’s lives” and “every mothers life and health is precious.”
As World Thinking Day 2013 focuses on the theme of Maternal Health and Child Mortality it is important to know some of the facts
Did you know? • 6.9 million children under the age of five died in 2011. • More than half of these early child deaths are due to conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions. • Leading causes of death in under-five children are pneumonia, preterm birth complications, diarrhoea, birth asphyxia and malaria. About one third of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition. • Children in sub-Saharan Africa are about 16.5 times more likely to die before the age of five than children in developed regions. • Every year nearly 40% of all those under-five child deaths are among newborn infants, babies in their first 28 days of life or the neonatal period. • In developing countries nearly half of all mothers and newborns do not receive skilled care during and immediately after birth. • Up to two thirds of newborn deaths can be prevented if known, effective health measures are provided at birth and during the first week of life. • Every day, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. • 99% of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries. • Maternal mortality is higher in women living in rural areas and among poorer communities. • Young adolescents face a higher risk of complications and death as a result of pregnancy than older women. • Skilled care before, during and after childbirth can save the lives of women and newborn babies. • Between 1990 and 2010, maternal mortality worldwide dropped by almost 50% - a lot done but more to do.
Why not check out: WAGGGS World Thinking Day Activity Pack 2013 which is available to download at www.worldthinkingday.org/en/news/22120
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 5 At the seventh world conference in Poland in 1932 a delegate suggested that Girl Guides and Girl Scouts should give a penny for their thoughts. This was the start of the World Thinking Day Fund being established. The fund was to be used wherever the need was greatest. The sum of one penny or its World equivalent is symbolic today as member organisations are asked to Think contribute what they can to this fund. ing Day Money collected helps promote Guiding in countries less fortunate. Supporting underprivileged areas of communities, it can help with Leader Fund training, encourage International exchange and support a wide variety of programmes, e.g. some that deal with malnutrition and illiteracy.
This year WAGGGS has identified five countries in particular, one from each Guiding Region that will showcase MDGs 4 and 5. We are delighted to have been chosen as one of them. The countries are:
Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland is ranked very highly in the Human Development Index, in fact it is ranked 7th of 187. Nearly 100% of registered births are attended by skilled healthcare personnel and in the last 10 years the child death rate has halved.
Malawi Child and maternal death rates are high in Malawi: the country is part of a group of 75 countries where over 95% of all child and maternal deaths occur. A girl in Malawi has a one in 16 chance of dying from maternal causes during her lifetime. However, Malawi is on track to achieve MDG4 and making progress towards 5.
Pakistan Pakistan is making progress towards achieving MDG5, but unless it increases its efforts, it will not reach the MDG 4 targets. Like Malawi, Pakistan is part of a group of countries where over 95% of all child and maternal deaths occur. A 15year old girl in Pakistan has a 1 in 110 chance of dying from maternal causes in her lifetime.
Jordan In Jordan the child and maternal death rate has decreased in the last 10 years. In 2010, there were 22 child deaths per 1,000 live births and 63 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Two per cent of children were moderately or severely underweight.
Venezuela Venezuela’s child death rates have decreased since 1990 , but its maternal death rates have remained the same . A girl living in Venezuela has a one in 410 chance of dying from maternal causes.
Four of the five focus countries (Jordan, Malawi, Pakistan and Venezuela), will receive grants from the World Thinking Day Fund which they will put toward action projects based on MDG 4 and/or 5 in their countries.
We will not be receiving a grant. We have for a long time been one of the highest per capita contributors to the World Thinking Day fund due to our money boxes and Thinking Day ceremonies - we hope we will be able to earn as much, if not more than last year to contribute toward our fellow focus countries, so please donate if you can.
It is hoped that, by supporting these countries, WAGGGS will be able to demonstrate how Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting has a long term practical and beneficial impact on communities that people live in.
Page 6 Trefoil News January 2013 TEMPLATE Money Box
You will need: 1 piece of card (A4 size) Ruler, Pencil, Scissors Glue/Sellotape
What to do: ♦ Draw the template onto the card. Cut out. ♦ Fold the card on the broken lines. ♦ Glue the tabs on the side flaps to the inside of the front and back flaps ♦ Cut a slit in the lid for money. Glue the lid down. ♦ Decorate around the edges.
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 7 SERVICE PROJECTS YOUR WORLD THINK
Page 8 Trefoil News January 2013 K ING DAY DONATIONS WILL GO TOWARDS
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 9 Thinking Day Ceremony 2013
In preparation for the ceremony:
The week before Thinking Day have each of the girls make up a card (you can make greeting cards if you wish to have a craft night or just hand out coloured card for the girls to write on) – have each of the girls write three nice things they can do for their mother, or a mother they know, on the card. They must go and do those things in the week coming up to the Thinking Day Ceremony.
On the night have something on the floor for the cards to go on/in – a large piece of coloured card (perhaps cut into the shape of a heart), a decorated box, or even a doll's crib if you wish.
To begin: All stand in horse shoe formation.
Opening: Today we gather with our 10 million sisters world wide to celebrate WAGGGS – The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts – and to take part in the Thinking Day ceremony. This year we come together to think about saving children's lives and to highlight that every mother's life and health is precious. We begin by presenting the nice things we have done for our mothers this week. If every one will bring forward their cards and put them on the heart/in the box.
Reading One:
A Mother's Worth by Anonymous
I humbly appraise my mother's worth, It began with pain to give me birth, Which triggered off a love so strong, Blossoming into a life-long bond.
When needed, she was always there, Someone I realized would always care. And the older I got the more I knew, A mother's love sincere and true.
Now as I watch my mother age in years, I'm happy to help and ease her fears. Privileged now to play my part, As she did for me from the very start
Reading Two:
Mothers: They are our teachers; our comforters; our nurses; our drivers. They fight for us; stand by us; pick us up when we fall. They feed us; clothe us; protect us and let us grow. They hold on tight when we're small and stay behind when we're bigger.
If they had to walk miles for clean water for us, they would. If they had to work three jobs to put us in school, they would. If they knew we'd be safer somewhere else, they would let us go, even if it broke their hearts. If they had to choose – they would always choose us.
Every mother is precious to her child – and every mother's life is precious to the world.
Song: I Love Mommy or the Mother Song (see Song Sheet)
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Reading Three:
Guide Readers (One girl for each sentence if there are enough readers): I do not have to fight in wars. I do not have to wonder where my next meal is coming from. I do not live in fear of disease.
Brownie Readers: I go to school. I have warm clothes for winter. I have friends and family who care about me.
Ladybird Readers (A different Ladybird to say the sentence each time – it can be said as many times as you wish): I am one of the lucky ones. I am one of the lucky ones. I am one of the lucky ones.
Reading Four:
Some facts about children living in developing countries (Each fact could perhaps be read by a Guide or Young Leader):
♦ There are over 300,000 child soldiers in the world – most are between 8 and 16 years old. Almost 100,000 of these soldiers are girls. ♦ In the last decade over 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict. ♦ An estimated 72 million children in the developing world are not in primary school – where they should be. ♦ Most of these children are working, often in dangerous conditions, to help buy food for their families. They cannot afford to go to school, where they would be safe. ♦ Less then 1% of the money spent world wide on military funding could put every one of these children in school. ♦ More then 46% of the world's population are now under 25. Young people are the future – we are the future. It is up to us to try and make a world where no child will be without health; education; and love. Song: Make New Friends
Reading Five: (read by a Leader)
Every year five countries are picked to be specially represented at Thinking Day ceremonies. This year the countries chosen were: Pakistan, Malawi, Jordan, Venezuela and our very own Republic of Ireland.
Things aren't easy in Ireland right now, there are a lot of things to worry about. But you, the youth of Ireland, are the hope for the future. Our new President, Michael D. Higgins, has called on all young Irish people to 'stand up and be heard'. He wants to hear what being young in Ireland is like, and what young people would do to make this country better. You all have the opportunity to make a difference, whether it is big or small, everything matters.
And speaking of making a difference in the world – the World Thinking Day Fund is collected every year and the money spent on important work around the world. All the girls have collected whatever they could spare into the money boxes they made themselves. If everyone can now bring forward their boxes and put them into the basket/on the floor.
Song: The World Song
Closing: And so this ends our Thinking Day ceremony. I hope we've all learned a little bit about the goals for Guiding this year, and will go home inspired for Girl Guiding 2013. This is year two into our next hundred years of Guiding – let's make it as great as last year! We will finish by singing On My Honour.
Song: On My Honour
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 11 SONG SHEET *If anyone is unsure of the tunes to any of these songs, they are available to listen to on YouTube.
I Love Mommy Make New Friends (Can be sung in rounds): (Sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques") I Love Mommy, I Love Mommy, Make new friends, Yes, I do, yes, I do. but keep the old, Mommies are for hugging, (Hug self) one is silver Mommies are for kissing, (Blow a kiss) and the other gold. I love you, yes I do. (point to mother)
A circle is round, OR it has no end, that's how long Mother's Day Song I want to be your friend. (Sung to the tune of "You are my sunshine") I love you mommy I have a hand, My dearest mommy and you have another, You make me happy put them together When I am sad and we have each other. I want to tell you I really love you! Make new friends When I'm with you I am so glad!
but keep the old
one is silver and the other gold. On My Honour:
Chorus: On My Honour, I will try, There’s a duty to be done, and I say aye, There’s a reason here, for a reason above, My honour is to try, and my duty is to love.
No one needs to know my name, If I’ve hurt someone, then I’m to blame. If I’ve helped someone, then I’ve helped me, I've opened up my eyes to see.
Chorus
I’ve tucked away a song or two, If you’re feeling low, there’s on for you. The World Song: If you need a friend, then I will come.
And there’s plenty more, where I come from. Our way is clear as we march on
and see our flag on high. 'Tis never furled throughout the world Chorus for hope shall never die. Come with me where the fire burns bright, We must unite for what is right, in friendship true and strong. We can even see better, by the candle light, We can find more meaning, in a campfire glow, Until the world in its rebirth Than we’ve ever found in a year or so. shall sing our song. Shall sing our song. Chorus All those who loved the true and good, whose promises were kept. We’ve a promise, to always keep, We'll sing day is done, before we sleep, With humble minds who's acts were kind whose honour never slept. We’re Girl Guides together, and when we’re gone, These were the free and we must be, We’ll still be a trying, and a singing this song.
prepared like them to live.
To give to all both great and small, Chorus all we can give. All we can give.
Page 12 Trefoil News January 2013 Notice Board
Corrections with reference to the IGG Cottages information inNotice Board October’s Trefoil News.
Campsite, The Demesne, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon is no longer available for use - Mae Callaghan's number is no longer to be used as a contact.
Mote Park, Roscommon, the booking contact has changed to Joanna Pearman, Lucan Guides with Stitch Cartrongarrow, Ardagh, Co. Longford. at the IGG Panto. Check Or you can email [email protected] out more great photos from the Panto on the Work on a website for the Mote Park inside back cover. cottage is currently underway and the site should be up and running by January — www.iggcottageroscommon.com I.G.G. International Committee Service project to Sangam. See page 43 For more details Hi Leaders, Don’t forget if you have any question big or small, please contact me. As your Support Officer, I’m here to help! Looking DON’T FORGET —TIMPEALL AN DOMHAIN 2013 forward to helping you with your questions, Jemma. Email : [email protected] The international competition for Guides will be running again this year! The International Committee is offering the chance to all Patrols around the country to learn more about countries of the world, WAGGGS, and their 10 million sisters in Guiding.
The competition is made up of two parts. The first is the Regional Round. This takes place separately in each Region and your Regional Commissioner can tell you more about it. All Regional Rounds will be completed before March 28th.
Next the winning team from the Regional Rounds will be invited to participate in the second part – the National Final. The National Final will take place in Esker Retreat Centre, Athenry, Galway from April 19th to 21st.
This year our four focus countries are: Luxembourg, Chile, Taiwan and Lebanon.
For more information, including the rules and tasks, see Nov/Dec 2012 Trefoil News
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 13 NPT UPDATE - A meeting of the National Programme and Training Committee was held at National Office held on November 17th 2012. Here are some of the decisions from that meeting.
Membership Badges 2013 Brownie Branch A new design was chosen for next year’s badges with the Units have received the questions for the Brownie Quiz, the theme “Growing in Confidence” to fit in with our Strategic winners will compete at regional and national level. The Plan. These badges will be sent out by your Regional Road Safety and Safety in the Home badge syllabi have Census administrator in the coming weeks. been updated and posted in Trefoil News and on the Website.
Guide Branch All Units have received a letter regarding the Lord and Lady BP badges and also an Out and About day which will be held in October 2013.
The Guide Branch committee has no rep for Mid-West or South East Regions and is also looking for a Treasurer and Secretary. Interested
people should contact their
Regional Commissioners.
Teambuilding Recommendations ATOC A Who’s Who of National Committees will appear in each The Safety in the Hills weekend in September was a great Trefoil News so all members can get to know who success and participants will receive a certificate for represents them at national level. attending.
Programme Review
The Task and Finish groups have started their work which The next NPT Meeting will be on 26th January will be completed by April. Members present who attended the initial weekend reported a great atmosphere with lots of 2013—if you have anything you would like to bring ideas and enthusiasm for the task ahead. to the attention of NPT, please email NPT secretary Jemma Lee on [email protected] Ladybird Branch A national event with a carnival theme will be held from April 20th-27th. They will also be holding a table quiz and colouring competition in 2013.
Dates for Your Diary
1st New Year’s Day 9th Branch Day 17th St Patrick’s Day
5th FETAC Training 10th Chinese New Year 23rd NPT Committee
March Meeting 12th Executive Committee 14th Valentine’s Day January
Meeting February 31st Easter Sunday 22nd World Thinking Day 19th FETAC Training 23rd Executive Committee 26th NPT Committee Meeting Meeting
Guiding Dates are in italics!
Page 14 Trefoil News January 2013 A.T.O.C. Important Updates to the Training Bar & Mentoring Programme as of November 2012
Participants taking part in this scheme should:
♦ Hold an IGG Leader Warrant ♦ Have experience of running a Unit ♦ Have an interest in training ♦ Have attended a variety of trainings (i.e. local, regional & national) ♦ Have experience of training at local level
Requirements for obtaining a Basic Trainer Bar:
Attend trainings covering: ♦ The role of the Trainer ♦ Training methods ♦ Facilitation Skills ♦ Airing and Sharing
Training content for trainees to include the following in Role of the Trainer:
♦ To understand Ethos of Guiding, Promise & Law, Guiding values & WAGGGS ♦ To understand the main considerations of “how adults learn”. ♦ To explore your own strengths & needs as a trainer. ♦ To encourage Leaders to be innovative in adapting and producing materials out ♦ of activities and games.
Training Methods & Facilitation and Group work to remain the same
When a participant is ready for assessment she will fill out the new Application form which will be included on back of Trainer Bar & Mentoring Programme book and be recommended by her mentor plus her Regional Commissioner or Branch Chairman. F ITEMS ARISING FROM OPEN FORUM AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 U I The following items were discussed by the Finance Committee. P N Participants travelling alone: It was agreed that, in future, participants will be notified in D advance that applications from people travelling alone will be reviewed on a case by case basis, A as was done at this year's conference. A
Limits on travelling expenses: A suggestion that there might be limits on the amount of N T travelling expenses was considered and it was decided that this would not be fair or feasible. C E E Trefoil News January 2013 Page 15 Each month, we will be featuring a profile of a committee so that you, the Leader will get to know who’s who on committees and maybe find a committee you may be interested in joining. It’s nice to put a face with the name and also to know who’s representing your Region on a national level.
THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
The Membership Committee is IGG’s newest committee. The committee was set up just under a year ago, and our aim is to build on the trend of increasing membership in IGG. Recently, IGG’s Strategic Plan outlined certain aims for the organisation - two of these areas relate directly to membership. These are Recruitment and Retention/ Progression.
As a committee, our goal is to look at expanding and diversifying the types of membership IGG has, and making sure that girls and young women from all backgrounds have the chance to develop through Guiding.
But membership is not just about getting new members in - it’s also about making sure that our current members get the most from what the organisation has to offer, and have the support and knowledge to progress and develop through all the stages of their lives.
But our membership committee needs members!!! If you think you have a talent for nurturing future Leaders, or are the kind of Unit that has a waiting list for its waiting list, then we need your expertise and skills! If you would be interested in getting involved with the committee, we would welcome you with open arms. We meet 6-7 times a year, for a 3 hour meeting to look at ways we can develop IGGs membership. Please email Aisling O’Halloran on [email protected] if you are interested in learning more.
Aisling O’Halloran Hi, my name is Aisling, I'm the Membership Committee Chairpman. I'm 26 years old, and have been in IGG since I was a Brownie. Over the years I've had a lot of international experience- I volunteered in Our Chalet, and worked for WAGGGS in their European Offices a few years ago. I work as a Brownie Leader with a Unit in Kilkenny, and between that and the committee I'm kept fairly busy! Outside of Guides, I'm working on my Gold Gaisce Award, and am learning to play the violin!
Betty Prenter Hi, I’m Betty Prenter. I have been involved in Guiding for about 25 years. I was Brown Owl in Belmont Brownies in Bray for about 19 years and for the last 3 years was Brown Owl in Enniskerry Brownies until Sept. 2012. I am currently Area Commissioner for Wicklow. I act as Secretary for the Membership Committee.
Anne Harding My Name is Anne Harding. I am from Bray, Co. Wicklow. I have been a Guide Leader and an Area Commissioner for Co. Wicklow in the past. At present I am a Senior Branch Leader and a District Commissioner. I did some membership presentations at the Regional Conferences last year and hopefully got the chance to meet some of you.
Fiona Cantwell Fiona Cantwell (Fizz here) I joined the committee with Aisling to get it up and running. Member of Guiding for 13 years and work at a local level as a Leader within Ladybirds, Brownies, Guides and SB, as well as at a national level. Generally can be spotted around the place with my camera.
Page 16 Trefoil News January 2013 h’s Stitch’s Diary titc S ry Dia
Hello Everyone,
This week I went on holiday to Celbridge Co.Kildare, my first visit was to the Celbridge Brownies who were so enthusiastic to see me. I got to help them make a HUGE enrolment banner for the new Liffey Guides first enrolment. I was very exited to meet the new Guides later, as the Brownies had told me such nice things about them.
After Brownies I went to Liffey Guides as a special guest to their very first enrolment. The fourteen girls were very excited and made yummy cakes for their hostess badge. Their Leaders got special achievements - Margaret got her ten year service pin and Brigit got her Guide Leader pin, it was a very busy night. The next day I went to Liffey Brownies to their enrolment and saw all my excited new and old friends, they made lovely cakes and tea for after.
The weekend arrived and I was off to Edenderry with the Liffey Brownies, on their pack holiday. We all met in Beech Cottage - I was amazed at how big it was and how lovely they have made it. As the Leaders settled in, I lounged in the red chairs with the YL’s Laragh and Niamh. All the girls piled in, when every one arrived Georgina gave a quick talk about what would be happening and what to do if there was a fire. After that we all went out to play, when we came back we got into our pjs, had supper and watched Toy Story in our sleeping bags.
We all woke up at about 8 for breakfast. We had cereal and toast which was really nice. We learned about what we had to look out for to get our nature observer badge. I listened up so I could help the Brownies. We then set out on our hike to the forest with me hitching a lift in Jessica's bag with my head out so I could see everything around me. We found so many different bugs, birds, trees and flowers. When we came back I rested in the amazing red chairs and talked to the Newbridge Leaders who came to visit for the day. The girls all made buns and decorated them all princessy, the smell surrounded the whole house, it was beautiful. Outside we had a little Picnic with jellies and chocolate bars. Later we all went Arty with our Artist badge. Margaret made Spaghetti Bolognese, Yummy. That night we got all dressed up in saris even me, and had an Indian night with lots of fun. Then we where all so tired from the long day we got to watch some of Monsters Inc and had hot chocolate but then we all went to bed early.
Sunday was so sad it was our last day. We woke up and had to pack our bags, played a game and when we came in Georgina gave us our badges even one for seeing me “Stitch!”. We said our good byes as the parents came. It was a great weekend.
Over the next few days I visited Celbridge Guides at their meeting they let me sing campfire songs with them, there were so many enthusiastic girls and I was impressed that they knew all the songs and even taught me a few. I really enjoyed my time with them and was sad to go home. Hopefully I’ll see them again soon. Lots of love, Stitch XXX
If you’d like me to come and visit your Unit or go with you on your camp or holiday, please contact my Mammy Egle at 01-6683898 or email her at [email protected]
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 17 Edi — equality, diversity and inclusion
The theme of World Thinking Day this year is “Girls worldwide say …. ‘Together we can save children’s lives’ and ‘Every mother’s life and health are precious’ “ The five focus countries for this year are Ireland, Jordan, Malawi, Pakistan and Venezula. Ask your girls to do some research into each of these countries. You may be surprised to learn the mortality rates of children aged 0-5 yrs in these countries - Ireland 3.9%, Jordan 2.1%, Malawi - 9.2%, Pakistan 8.6%, Venezuela 1.8% (ref. World Bank 2010)
The girls could check out reasons for the different rates by using the following websites for research on the MDG’s.
www.unicef.org/ www.savethechildren.org/ www.who.int/ www.safemotherhood.org/ www.un.org/millenniumgoals www.wagggsworld.org/take_action
We’ve provided you with 5 sample “day in the life” accounts below to read out and discuss with your Unit. Ask the girls questions to draw them into a discussion on some of the important issues, such as hygiene, health, unplanned pregnancy, being orphaned, aids, other illnesses and child mortality.
Compare and contrast the life of Isabelle and the life of Palwasha or Mezi. Ask the girls whether these things could happen to Isabelle/them as well.
Isabelle lives in Ireland, she's 11, and her little brother is 7 but she sometimes gets bored with the games he enjoys. She loved Brownies and now the new challenge of Guides. She's finding out about World Thinking Day in Jordan, Malawi, Pakistan and Venezuela and her Patrol are going to pen pal with a Patrol in Pakistan .....
Jamila lives in Jordan, she's 8 and joined Brownies last year and has made lots of new friends. Her older brother is in Scouts and boasts about all the camping and hiking expeditions she doesn't do yet, but Jamila thinks he wasn't listening much when the Civil Defence man last week was explaining about hygiene and community sanitation projects.
Mezi lives in Malawi, she's 15 and was a Brownie and Guide until she was 12, when she had to start spending more time collecting water to farm her family's land. Her mother died when she was 13 and she's been working even harder looking after her two cute, naughty little brothers. Now her father wants her to marry a man in the neighbouring village to try to secure the family's future. She doesn't know much about the man and remembers the UNICEF lady at Guides explaining something about being careful about sexually transmitted infections and AIDS.
Palwasha lives in Pakistan, she's 7 and has just joined Junior Guides. Her little sister is 3 and is very unwell and their parents are really worried. Palwasha tries to bring home stories or arts or crafts after her Junior Guide meetings to help cheer her sister up to stay brave and get well......
Valeria lives in Venezeula, she's 17 and has been in Guías Menor (Guides) and now Guías Mayor (Rangers). She has also been dating a student from the next suburb since last year and yesterday a pregnancy test showed positive. She is shocked and knows her mother will be too. Her little sister is too young to understand, so she is going to tell her friend first at Rangers tonight.
Page 18 Trefoil News January 2013 Edi — equality, diversity and inclusion
‘Feel free to be yourself, everyone else is taken.’ Oscar Wilde HUMAN LIBRARY (aka People on Loan, Living Books)
TIME: 50 minutes to 1 hour (depends on number of books) AIM: To promote dialogue, reduce stereotypes and prejudices and encourage understanding, as well as acknowledging human rights and grounds for discrimination. LINK: To GAT Resource Pack, Dev Ed Syllabus and MDGs and Education of Girls OBJECTIVE: To help with ‘soft skills’, listening, communicating, thinking and acting. Also, part of our Mission Statement ‘… responsible citizens of the world.’
The 9 grounds for discrimination are: Age Ability Gender Sexual orientation Family status Marital status Religious belief Race/ethnicity Membership of the Travelling Community
WHAT TO DO: Try to have at least 4 books and if possible 6 and you could ask people in the community or within your own Area/ District to act as human books. Otherwise you could ask somebody to role play. Maybe Parents could assist in Sample being books, the Trefoil Guild are very willing helpers. Allow at least 10 minutes at each book with the attached Library Library Card. Card - Photocopy and fold this When the Guides have interviewed all the books ask them to give their ideas on WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE to create HUMAN? A good activity is to cut out cloud shaped pieces of paper, ask them to write their thoughts on it and stick small library them on a large poster, cloud words. cards for your girls. ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.’ Albert Einstein
______Ireland? Ireland?
______THOUGHTS: What can you tell us about Equality and Inclusion in in Inclusion and Equality about us tell you can What
How do you like to be treated? treated? be to like you do How
6______6______Why were you interested in being a book? book? a being in interested you were Why
5______5______What do you know about Guiding/Scouting? Guiding/Scouting? about know you do What
4______4______What are your hobbies? hobbies? your are What
3______3______Where are you from? from? you are Where
2______2______
(that you might like to start the conversation) conversation) the start to like might you (that 1______1______
Sample Questions: Questions: Sample BOOKS INTERVIEWED: INTERVIEWED: BOOKS
Don’t Judge a Book by it’s Cover
Human Library
“People on Loan” Guides Name: ______Unit: ______We hope you enjoyed your visit to the Human Library Age: ______We’d like to thank our Human Books for their time and energy HUMAN LIBRARY to you Bright Committee By the EDI
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 19 Programme Review — Time for a Change
The Programme Review Steering Group is now almost halfway through our work – nevertheless we are very conscious that the next 20 months will probably provide some of the greatest challenges in our Guiding lives! So we thought we should share with you the results of the surveys that so many of you helped us with and give you an update on the work of the Task and Finish Groups.
Surveys
In spring 2012 the Programme Review Steering Group undertook a quantitative survey. The results of the surveys can be found by following these links*:
♦ IGG Programme Review Survey 2012 Results and Analysis: http://bit.ly/IGGSurvey1 ♦ IGG Programme Review Survey 2012 Results and Analysis - Executive Summary: http://bit.ly/IGGSurvey2
Following this analysis the Programme Review Steering Group undertook 47 focus groups at CAMP 101 which supported the results of the quantitative survey results. The focus groups results can be found here*:
♦ Focus Group Results Camp 101 July 2012 Analysis http://bit.ly/IGGSurvey3
The results of the surveys will ensure that we are responsive to the needs of members when designing the framework for the new programme.
* Please note that the links above are held in a private space on the internet and so are not available to the public unless someone follows the exact link given above. Task and Finish Groups
The work of the Programme Review is now into its next phase of ‘Reinvent’. Thank you to everyone who took up our call to help develop the new programme. We held a very successful weekend in Avon Rí, Blessington from 3 to 4 November to establish these Task and Finish Groups. The 8 members of the Programme Review Steering Group were delighted to be joined by 36 volunteers on the weekend. It was energising to see so many Leaders willing to ‘roll up their sleeves’ to help us develop the new programme.
The weekend started by presenting the participants with the results from both the quantitative and qualitative analysis of members. This was followed by a presentation on the development of the girl (physical, cognitive, social and emotional). The participants then worked in groups of 4 to demonstrate how they would develop a progressive programme for each Branch taking a sample word e.g. outdoors. This provided the foundation for the weekend and the work for the year ahead.
The next activity involved almost 200 cards each with a keyword that described an aspect of the Guiding programme. These cards were spread around the room and the participants, through a serious of activities, divided them into 5 themes.
The Task and Finish Group volunteers then self-selected themselves into the 5 thematic working groups. Each Group will develop programme materials for all branches under the following themes: Community; Global Awareness; Outdoors; Promise, Law, Guiding Values; and Personal Development
The Task and Finish Groups have agreed to undertake a huge amount of work over the coming year and we plan to have another weekend meeting with everyone next spring. If you are interested in helping one of the teams then please email [email protected] and we can send your details onto the team concerned.
We hope you found this update useful! Yours in Guiding, Jillian, Anne, Ellen, Pauline, Katherine, Louise, Sonya & Susanne Programme Review Steering Group
Page 20 Trefoil News January 2013 CHARITY COLLABORATIONS Every year IGG receives dozens of requests from various charities/other voluntary organisations to take part In fundraising or joint ventures. It’s not always possible for us to take up every offer and we don’t want to make our Leaders partake in fundraising every year, especially considering how much you already do for the World Thinking Day fund and how much you raised over the course of 2011 for the Centenary Charities. So we have decided to start this new section in Trefoil News where we will tell you about the possible collaborations and leave it up to you at a local level to decide on which ones suit you. This month we’re featuring a project sent in by Navan Girl Guides in collaboration with the Meath Simon Community—the girls stayed out on the street for an evening to experience homelessness.
In early October 2012, the Navan Girl Guides linked with the Meath Simon Community to explore homelessness. We were prepared for the cold with our cardboard sitters, warm coats, hats, gloves, sleeping bags and bivvy bags. We discussed what kind of people find themselves homeless and why and what homelessness means. We talked about what we would do if we became homeless and how we would feel. Nicola Glennon from the Simon Community told us about what supports are there for people who find themselves in difficulty. We asked her how could we help someone homeless and she reminded us of our chat earlier about how we would feel, she said that to simply say hello and acknowledge someone is something we could all do, we could give a small amount of change, or if you had the time you could buy a sandwich and a drink for them. She re- minded us that our safety was important too and to be sensible and careful. One of our Guides had written a poem for the evening:-
Homeless You don't know what it's like, people ignore us like we are rats, we have feelings too you know, nobody helps, nobody listens, nobody cares, won't somebody help us? we are humans too you know
Sarah McShane Navan Girl Guides
In pairs we looked at some pictures and described how they related to poverty. We then played volleyball with a ball made out of crushed up newspaper in a carrier bag which showed us how you could have fun if you lived in poverty. As it got later, the streets got busier and you could imagine how frightening it would be if we had to sleep out all night. To warm us up before heading home, we had hot chocolate which was yummy! We felt very lucky to be going home to our warm homes.
Together we managed to collect a whole car load of bedding which we were happy to donate to keep the Meath homeless warm this winter. We donated our subs and a little more; and passers by also made donations, the total amount raised was €70.94. We had fun, learnt a lot and helped people all at the same time. A great Guide night!
To Support the Simon Community in your area or organise a similar project — check out www.simon.ie to find your local Simon Community.
Simon Community has a variety of tools, activity packs, educational packs and projects that the girls can participate in, building their awareness of the causes of homelessness and in many cases offering them opportunities to be actively involved in tackling homelessness
A speaker would be delighted to visit your group, speak to the girls and work with you in whatever way is most appropriate.
You could organise a fundraiser if you want to make a financial donation or have a food drive collecting non-perishable items to donate to your local Simon Community or collect and donate sleeping bags etc
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 21 OUT AND ABOUT
Molaise Ladybirds out and about before the cold months!
Ardagh Brownie Sleepover
Howth Brownies gave the DSPCA over 3000 stamps (after having a little bit of fun with them first) and a donation of €150 to help look after all the puppies. The girls all loved the doggy that came to visit from the DSPCA.
Have you been Out and About? Tell us about it Carrie Dalton (winner of the [email protected] over 9's poster competition for Brownies) receiving her prize from Leader Sarah Condron.
Page 22 Trefoil News January 2013 OUT AND ABOUT
Ardfert Ladybird Unit had a wonderful first ever enrolment ceremony where our little Ladybirds received their enrolment pins and CAMP 101 badges. Our 5 Leaders were also enrolled on the night. We were hoping we might make it into Trefoil News - the girls would be very excited. Anna Raymond
—> Your wish is our command Anna, Welcome to all of the new members in Ardfert!
Rathfarnham Ladybirds and Brownies took part in the Christmas shoebox appeal. Well done girls. Great work.
Ballybough Brownies tried a little bit of indoor tent pitching last month. Looks good.
Have you been Out and About? Tell us about it [email protected]
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 23 LADYBIRDS
Welcome back everyone and a Happy New Year to all. As World Thinking Day fast approaches – this year 2013, we have two MDG’s for World Thinking Day, because the lives of women and their children are woven together. Healthy mothers are more likely to have healthy babies.
We appreciate that exploring these topics with Ladybirds is sensitive – so the focus on (MDG5) is how important mothers are to Ladybirds at this stage in their lives and (MDG4) is what all children in the world need to stay healthy. We have included some simple SAVE THE WEEK – activities for you to use in your Unit for both themes. TH 20/27 APRIL 2013 Of course we will think of all our Guiding Friends around the world on February 22nd and this is a good time for Ladybirds to complete their International Badge. The requirements LADYBIRD are for Ladybirds to complete two pages from the Indigo Spot in “I am a Ladybird”. We’ve some fun activities included in this month’s Trefoil News to get you started. CIRCUS/CARNIVAL
Ladybird Branch THEMED MEETINGS
“Together we can save children’s lives” – MDG 4
In developing countries, many children have to drink very dirty water full of germs. Discuss with Ladybirds how germs can make you sick – how germs move, where they go and how to get rid of them. Do the following simple activities to demonstrate how germs spread.
Germ Transfer Many germs get passed from person to person during everyday interactions. This game will show you how easy it is for germs to spread. You need - Glitter , baby wipes
Pretend to sneeze – cover your hands in glitter and go about your business at the meeting, touching things as you go. The Ladybirds will see the transfer of the glitter onto all the surfaces. Explain that the glitter represents germs from your sneeze and how they are spread. Have the Ladybirds find and count all the surfaces you touched and where the “germs” now live. Wipe off the glitter with a baby wipe or add more glitter and try the next game.
Glitter Hands Some children only rinse their hands quickly under water. Hands should be scrubbed with antibacterial soap for at least 20 seconds. To demonstrate that, try the following:
You need – Glitter, warmish water and soap.
♦ Sprinkle glitter on each Ladybirds’ hands. ♦ Challenge them to wash off the glitter with the soap and water. ♦ The glitter is naturally sticky and will take Ladybird about 30 seconds to clean the glitter away. ♦ Tell the Ladybirds that germs can stick to your hands like the glitter, so we should always take this amount of time and scrubbing to ensure “clean” hands.
Hand Washing Song How long do you think you should wash your hands to get rid of germs? Find out how to wash your hands properly. Make up or find a 20-second song people can sing while washing their hands. You may want to add actions.
Sing the BOGGARTY song from the Ladybird/Brownie Action DVD.
Page 24 Trefoil News January 2013 LADYBIRDS
“Every mother’s life and Birth Stories health is precious”– MDG 5 AIM: To chat about themselves as babies and to remind them of happy and funny stories. NOTE TO LEADERS: Leaders should be aware of the TIME: 40 Minutes personal circumstances for each of their Ladybirds. If one or WHAT YOU NEED: Baby photo of each girl. more girls has lost her mother or her mother is very ill these activities may not be suitable for your Unit. WHAT TO DO: Get the girls to write their own stories. They should ask their Explaining to Ladybirds: When a mother has a new baby, it parents to help them, maybe start with a photo and then ask is a big job for her. We have good hospitals in Ireland where questions like mothers and babies are cared for. New babies and mothers in poor countries need extra help and care. •Where was I born? •Did I have hair? The two activities below have been taken from the IGG GAT •How much did I weigh? Pack — see the pack for more ideas about the other MDG’s. •Was I born early? Late? Or right on time?
Let’s Play Mother Group Activity — “Why I love my Mum”
AIM: To show the girls what’s involved in caring for a baby. Ladybirds make a big circle – Leader stands in the centre and TIME: 30 Minutes asks …….. WHAT YOU NEED: Baby doll, with clothes and nappies. What is your Mum’s name? WHAT TO DO: Your Mum is special because…… Bring in baby dolls for a meeting – feed the dolls, change Mums can do many things, what is your mum best at? them and dress them, put them to sleep etc. Mums are smart ….. they even know how to …… What do you really like to do with your mum? When she cooks my favourite dinner, I say……. I’d like to tell my mum…….
Give each Ladybird time to speak and as always the Leader can guide/control the discussion.
Follow this up by making the “I love my Mum” card below.
I Love My Mum Card
You will need: Flower template for each Ladybird, piece of coloured card, folded in half, glue, scissors, colours.
♦ Cut out your flower parts ♦ On each of the six petals, draw or write a reason why you love your mother ♦ Glue petals to back of circle ♦ Glue flower onto coloured card.
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 25 LADYBIRDS INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA - GUMNUTS SONG AND GAME THE NETHERLANDS - BEAVERS CRAFT
Singing Animals Make a Windmill Tune: Frere Jacques You need: Cuddly Koalas Hug yourself Strong paper or thin card cut into 15cm Cuddly Koalas squares, brass split pin, wooden stick, Possums too Make your thumb and first fingers scissors. Possums too into spectacles What to do: Wallabies and wombats Hands out to the sides, move up • Fold the square of card into quarters diagonally Wallabies and wombats and down • Mark approx. 2cm from the centre on each fold, then cut Kangaroos Hands in front and jumping with along each fold from the corner to the mark Kangaroos feet together. • Fold alternate corners to the centre • Fix all four corners to the centre using the split pin Kangaroo Jump • Use the split pin to fix the card to the wooden stick • Make sure there is room between the card and the stick You will need two teams. This is a relay race where players for the windmill to rotate. must hop up and down the room with a balloon between their knees. The balloon must then be passed from one player to Make a Tulip another in her team without using their hands. You need: CANADA - SPARKS MARS BAR GAME Tissue paper of different colours, green crepe paper , straws, glue You need : Fun size Mars Bars (Lots), 2 Dice (more What to do: may be needed if the group is particularly • Cut out petal shapes from the coloured tissue paper large), 3 or 4 Hats • Wind green crepe paper around the straw to form the stalk • Glue petals to the top of the stalk • Curl the ends to give a petal effect What to do: SOUTH AFRICA - TEDDIES SONG • Girls sit in a circle. Place the bars and the hats on a chair / Tune – Ten Green Bottles table in the centre of the circle. • Give the dice to 2 girls sitting facing each other in the (The number of Teddies in the song should be the same as circle. Each girl throws the dice and passes it on in a the number of Ladybirds at your meeting)
clockwise direction. Five yellow Teddies sitting on a wall • If a girl gets a 6 then she jumps up, runs clockwise around Five yellow Teddies sitting on a wall the outside of the circle, through her space into the centre And if one yellow Teddy should accidently fall of the circle and puts on a hat then grabs a bar, (however There’d be four yellow Teddies sitting on a wall there may be someone after her if they have rolled a 6 in the meantime and if she is tagged by another girl before Ladybirds walk around in a circle as they sing. she takes the bar, she must take off the hat as quickly as In the centre of the circle is a small mat which each Ladybird possible to allow the other girl put it on). steps onto in turn. • Runs back to her place with bar in hand (hopefully) and Whoever is on the mat when “Fall” is sung must sit down. gives hat to Leader to return to the table at centre of the Everyone should be seated by the end of the song. circle. • Only an untagged girl may take a bar. • Continue until there are no more bars.
Page 26 Trefoil News January 2013 LADYBIRDS
Flag Colouring Code 1 = Red 2=Blue 3=Green 4= Black 5=Yellow/Gold
AUSTRALIA
1 SOUTH AFRICA
2
1
4 3 5
2 CANADA
1 1 1
NETHERLANDS
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Trefoil News January 2013 Page 27 Brownies
Hi all Q: Where can I get pictures of C Your Brownie Uniforms around the world? o Welcome back to a New Year, new ideas and r ne some fun. I hope you all had a happy and healthy A: There was a chart at one stage of uniforms from r! holiday and are ready for the exciting year ahead. around the world. There may still be one in your Region; !! Hopefully you will have completed your Unit’s however uniforms change over time so the easiest way is to go table quiz and are ready to take part in the area online and look at Guiding in the country you are interested in. Use quiz in the coming weeks. This month we have a search engine such as Google (www.google.com) To find a uniform I information on MDG’s 4 and 5 which are the usually type in - Girl Guiding in ?? (country name) then leave a space theme of this year’s Thinking Day but more and type in uniform. You will be surprised at the amount of results you information can be got from the GAT Resource get and they are usually most up-to-date too. You could also go to the Pack you would have received a while back. WAGGGS page (www.wagggsworld.org) and look at the tab that says While working on these topics remember Ireland ‘our world’. There you can look up information on all the countries who is one of the WAGGGS focus countries this year are members of WAGGGS. and that ‘together we can change our world’. Happy Guiding If you would like to share your favourite meeting, game or activity, Brownie Branch please email Brownie Branch. Or If you have a question or query you’d like answered in 'Your Corner' simply email [email protected] or send it by post to Martina Fox C/O National Office.
An unbirthday is an event that can be celebrated on any day that is not the person's birthday. WELL THIS MONTH WHY NOT HAVE AN UN-MOTHERS’ DAY!
You can do this by making mum a card, or a gift and presenting it to her just because she’s mum.
Why not let her have a cup of tea on you!
TEA POT CARD
You will need: Scissors, card, colours, paper, stickers etc (optional), teabag
• Fold your piece of card in half. • Draw around your teapot template making sure that the teapot handle is along the fold. • Cut around your teapot leaving a join at the fold. • Open the card and write in the following poem inside. For all the special things you do for me … Enjoy a steaming hot cup of tea.. • On the other inside part of the card stick your teabag. • Decorate the teapot as you like with any materials available. TEA POT CARD TEMPLATE
Page 28 Trefoil News January 2013 Brownies
Wo The Role of a Mother rld Thin MDG king 4 – Day and Red 20 AIM: To remind the girls how vital their Mums are to the family MD uce 13 Th H G 5 Chi em TIME: 20 Minutes ealt – Im ld M e: h. “T pro orta WHAT YOU NEED: Pre-cut circles with “Mother” on it. c og ve lity hildr ethe Mat en’s r we erna mo live can l ther s” a sa WHAT TO DO: ’s lif nd ve e an “eve Give the Brownies in pairs or Sixes a circular card with the word MOTHER in the p d he ry recio alth centre and ask them to write down all the things a mother is or does. us” is
Discuss the results, then ask them to think about what might happen if their mother gets ill, goes away etc and how they would feel. This could then lead on to how to be healthy MDG 4 because if she becomes ill, it causes problems.
CARER COOK
MOTHER
COMFORTER NURSE
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Play a game from Kenya to celebrate our Sister Guides around the world.
Mother, Father, Baby 1. The Brownies stand in a circle. Divide into groups of three. In each group you have a mother, father and a baby. 2. Place a beanbag in the middle of a circle. The Leader calls a name and whoever is called runs around the outside of the circle. The other two members of the team stand one in front of the other with their legs apart. 3. When the Leader shouts ‘home’ everyone must keep going until they get back to their own group, then they must crawl underneath their partner’s legs into the middle of the circle. 4. Whoever gets to the beanbag first is the winner.
Trefoil News January 2013 Page 29 Brownies Clean Water for Life
Many children in the world today do not have clean water to drink. Some school children in Africa are learning how to clean water with the help of the sun. The sun can also help you to make a water cleaner.
Instructions 1. Mix a small amount of soil into 1 litre of water. 2. Pour the dirty water in a large bowl. 3. Put a glass in the centre of the bowl. 4. Put the bowl into a plastic bag and seal it shut. 5. Put a stone on the plastic over the glass. 6. Leave the water cleaner in the sun all day. 7. Remove the plastic
What can be seen?
Bounce Place two vertical lines facing each other about two metres apart. These will become the throw lines during the game. Divide the group in two teams, A and B. Ask them to think about things that can make them healthier. Focus on action ideas. Each group should come up with as many ideas as possible. But they are not allowed to write any down. Each individual should try to remember at least two. Each team lines up behind a line. The first Brownie in each team faces each other, and the other members line up behind them. Team A starts and the first Brownie in that team has to name one of their ideas and bounce the ball over to the other team. Then the Brownie who threw the ball goes to the end of her own line. When the first Brownie in Team B catches the ball, she does the same thing – names her suggestion and bounces the ball back to Team A.
Variation: - The ball gets thrown from one Brownie to another across the line. The Brownie who gets the ball has to com- plete one of the following statements: