Tonight was another busy one!
We started off playing monkey football (The game where you have to try and get the ball through each other's legs) and we spent the rest of the evening doing Promise/Becoming a Brownie stuff.
We had 6 new Brownies in January and a number in September (The majority of our Brownies have now started since Sept) so we decided to do a proper overview of all the new Brownie things!
We read the Brownie story first and played a game where girls had to change places depending on their 'name' (They were all called Tommy/Betty/Owl and all moved on Brownies) and most of the old ones admitted they didn't remember it either!
We then split into two groups: The first group were the pre-promise girls and we worked through the Becoming a Brownie book - so we covered the Promise, Uniform, Law, Brownie Sign and talked about what will happen at their Promise ceremony. Promises are going to be done on the 26th Feb - the week after half term!
The older girls worked with Tawny Owl, Baby Owl and Fishy Owl and they learnt the Brownie Promise in sign language. It was a really good recap of the Promise for them too and they've been set the challenge to learn it without needing the sheet of paper!
We finished the evening with a bean bag game (I think some people call it squirrels) and then a few rounds of wink murder!
It was a really successful evening, and all the girls seemed to really enjoy themselves. The Becoming a Brownie books are really good aids for pre-promise, apart from the part which talks about a Promise Ceremony - we'd have to do a different celebration/party every week if the girls chose!
Next week will be something different... We have a puppet workshop coming!
We started off playing monkey football (The game where you have to try and get the ball through each other's legs) and we spent the rest of the evening doing Promise/Becoming a Brownie stuff.
We had 6 new Brownies in January and a number in September (The majority of our Brownies have now started since Sept) so we decided to do a proper overview of all the new Brownie things!
We read the Brownie story first and played a game where girls had to change places depending on their 'name' (They were all called Tommy/Betty/Owl and all moved on Brownies) and most of the old ones admitted they didn't remember it either!
We then split into two groups: The first group were the pre-promise girls and we worked through the Becoming a Brownie book - so we covered the Promise, Uniform, Law, Brownie Sign and talked about what will happen at their Promise ceremony. Promises are going to be done on the 26th Feb - the week after half term!
The older girls worked with Tawny Owl, Baby Owl and Fishy Owl and they learnt the Brownie Promise in sign language. It was a really good recap of the Promise for them too and they've been set the challenge to learn it without needing the sheet of paper!
We finished the evening with a bean bag game (I think some people call it squirrels) and then a few rounds of wink murder!
It was a really successful evening, and all the girls seemed to really enjoy themselves. The Becoming a Brownie books are really good aids for pre-promise, apart from the part which talks about a Promise Ceremony - we'd have to do a different celebration/party every week if the girls chose!
Next week will be something different... We have a puppet workshop coming!
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