Dear Parents,

Happy New Year.  Please find below a Timetable for this term.

This term we have two extra activities: 

Division Thinking Day on the afternoon of Sunday 22nd February in Kineton Church  and the Gang Show in Leamington Spa on the afternoon of Saturday 7th March.  Please put the dates in your diary.  There will be a cost of approximately £5.00 per Brownie for the Gang Show.  More details to follow.

This term the Brownies will be learning about The Right to Learn (from the resource ‘Right Now’ for Guiding about Human Rights) and Aim Hi (Girlguiding UK’s Healthy Individual campaign resource), and gaining the Brownie Skills Interest Badge.

On Tuesday 17 March, we invite Mums to join us for an evening of fun.

Fees this term are £20, cash or cheque made payable to 1st Temple Herdewyke Brownies.  This term we pay the annual subscription to Girlguiding UK, which this year is set at £16 per Brownie and adult member.  We use your termly fees to cover this as well as resources for our craft activities, badges, refreshments etc.  All adult helpers in Guiding are volunteers and give their time freely.

Centenary 

In September 2009 Girlguiding UK will launch its Centenary celebrations.  There are lots of activities being planned at Country, Region, County, Division and District levels to take place through until October 2010.    One activity is ‘Changing the World’, a challenge to all Units to do their best to help others.  It is hoped that every guiding unit and group will complete a community action project before August 2009, so that we can go forward into our Centenary celebrations knowing that we do make a difference, and that guiding can change the world. 

Girlguiding UK has teamed up with 19 partner organisations (18 charities and Guiding Friends Association).  Each partner has created a special Changing the World project.  Last term we looked at all the projects and the Brownies chose ‘Save the Children’.  This project will involve setting up a Save the Children Shop in our local community.  We plan to run our shop one evening during the summer term.  We will start collecting items to sell straight away so if you do have a clear out please, please send any unwanted items into Brownies labelled Save the Children.   Thank you

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Timetable

Spring Term 2009

Tue 13 Jan         -         Watch those Germs (Aim Hi)

Tue 29 Jan         -         Brownies Keep Fit (Aim Hi)

Tue 27 Jan         -          Changing the World and Brownie Skills

Tue 3 Feb           -         Emotions (Aim Hi)

Tue 10 Feb         -         Being a Brownie

Tue 17 Feb         -         Half Term

Sun 22 Feb         -         Thinking Day Service in Kineton Church

                                    (afternoon, more details to follow)

Tue 24 Feb         -         Right to Learn

Tue 3 Mar           -         Right to Learn – bring along a picture of someone who inspires you

Sat 7 Mar            -         Gang Show in Spa Theatre, Leamington Spa

                                    (afternoon performance, more details to follow)

Tue 10 Mar         -          Changing the World and Brownie Skills

Tue 17 Mar         -          Mothers Day Evening – Mums please join us

Tue 24 Mar         -          Easter crafts

Tue 31 Mar         -           Easter crafts