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Village Voice December 2019/January 2020
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Guides, Brownies & Rainbows
Seasons Greetings VV readers! I cannot believe
how quickly 2019 has flown by, and how soon
Christmas will be upon us.
The 1st Brownies have been working hard
this last term on their Live Smart badge, part of
which included discussing our #plasticpromise.
This is Girlguiding’s response to our ever
increasing plastic pollution and forms the
biggest ever girl-led campaign to tackle the
problem. We asked our brownies to bring in all
the hard plastic items their family used in the
course of a week to see just how much plastic
waste as a pack we were generating. There was
quite a lot! We talked about the impact it had on
the environment and what we could all do as
individuals to reduce, reuse and recycle. With
all the items we collected we created a plastic
sculpture of a turtle, a marine animal that is
impacted by the rubbish in our oceans. One of
our brownies was so motivated by our session,
that she went on to complete her Inventor badge
by creating a talking bin, which asked the user
“can you recycle it?” to prompt them to put
items in recycling bins before just throwing
them away, we were all very impressed! By
the time this report goes to print we will have
learnt some Diwali cooking, and completed as
part of our skills builder for the Live Smart
badge, the Tool School challenge. Here we will
teach the girls to recognise tools and safety
equipment, practice using some of these DIY
tools ourselves and explore where these tools
are used. Thankfully I have amassed quite a
selection of tools after spending the previous
year renovating a property and I’m looking
forward to showing the girls how they work.
Just before we break up for the holidays we
will be getting ready for Christmas with our
Brownie party. Following on from my last
report, I completed the full marathon distance of
the Shine 2019 Night Walk around the
sometimes chaotic streets of London along with
my Dad. We did it under 9 hours, which was
just incredible, especially as I hadn’t prepared
for my Dad to turn it into a route march, but my
feet certainly paid the price!
Our Kingswood Trefoil Guild (adults) spent
an evening back in October flower arranging in
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