Brownies in Delacombe

November 16, 2018

Written by Kaitlyn Brown after working on a clause of the Queens Guide Award.

 

For the Guiding Traditions section of the Queens Guide Award, I chose to learn all about Australian Brownie Guides. My Junior Guide unit was originally a Brownie Guide Pack, but that was way before my time.  I have seen the unit photo albums and it looks really interesting.

I researched Brownies on the internet, in old handbooks, and in a book that was written in Ballarat called “And Then We Practiced Our Stalking”.

Over a few weeks, I visited the Delacombe Junior Guides and taught them about Brownies. We discussed the brown uniforms, the concept of ‘Boggarts’, and the names of Leaders (Brown Owl).

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We ran the activities each week in a round-robin format so the other Leaders of the unit helped. We:

  • Read the traditional Brownie Guide Story while they acted out the parts. The following week they created modern versions of the story.
  • Made owl bookmarks
  • Sung the song of each six that was part of the Delacombe Brownies
  • Decorated biscuits, as that was an activity previously enjoyed by the Brownies
  • Showed them photo albums of 1st Delacombe Brownies enjoying activities in brown uniforms
  • Taught them about the original sixes of the unit and played a memory game with images of six emblems
  • Explained the concept of Lend a Hand and a Good Turn and handed out sheets for them to complete

 

 

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