Next District morning tea
The Raspberry and also the Peppermint Crisp Cheese cake.
Next District Morning tea to be held on the 11th September 2010 at 10.30am to 11.30am. This is on a Saturday as requested by people with last evaluation held.
Morning tea sub committee to do the precooking and set up preparation on the 10th September 2010 at the office
Song of Joy
Come sing a song of joy for peace shall come my brothers.
Sing,sing a song of joy for men shall love each other
That day will dawn just as sure as hearts that are pure are hearts set free
No man must stand alone with hand held out before him,
Reach out and take them in yours with love that endures for evermore.
Then sing a song of joy for love and understanding.
Come sing a song of Christ – of freedom tell the story
Sing,sing a song of joy – for Jesus in His glory.
One mighty voice that will bring a song that will ring for evermore
Then sing a song- of Him of love and understanding.
Tasmania Campfire Song Book
Wanted: the arts of etiquette and conversation.
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At a Gipp’s Guide meeting the topic of conversation ranged from what to do next meeting, different ideas for making pin wheels, learning and using more etiquette both at home and in Guide Meetings. With or without Guests. Sounded strange to me as I had not consciously realised that there was a recognised need for social conversation practice along with etiquette. In fact the Gipp’s Guide who initially made the comment went further and suggested that she include this learning approach in the Olave Baden Powell Award syllabus for herself. The long forgotten arts of etiquette and conversation that Lord Robert and Lady Olave Baden-Powell used were going to be resurrected.
Once one of the visitors was evicted [ the child and baby stayed] the Pin Wheels that they had been making was consumed by the guests and the Gipp’s Guides.
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Rac Wac 2008
Late 2007 saw the guides plan there own Rac Wac [Race around Churchill/ Wheel and Churchill.] They planned the route together. One Guide stated she would like to organise some of the other Guides to help her over the end of Year brake from school.
Early the next year the menu was finaised as the guides wanted a BBQ at the end of the Rac Wac. Parents were organised to follow everyone around the desired route. Which was altered for some reaason known to the Guides themselves.
Half way round one Patrol was sat down and they had to explain to the Leaders and the Gipps Guide, what an asthma management plan was, what they should do to lessen the chance of an attach brought on by a sudden wind change in the early evening and when they would have to be responsible to phone an ambulance. What the number of the Emergency services was and what to tell then. With this breather done they procceded to walk to the BBQ a[and toilet] area.
What do I get out of this?
Everything we do as a person is knowledge gained that can be used towards something else. These are called stepping stones or gaining of life skills.
Some things we set out to do (our goals) are directly put towards badges. Other things in the weekly program you helped organise may still go towards badges
but we may not be sure where they fit in. Talk to others around you (include the leaders as they may just know something too!!!) and find out where others have used these challenges. Activities, events and Service things are often being planned from the District and above level too. getting involved in these events again widens your views on what can and is achieved.
Show your badge books to your friends and family they may have ideas too. Your friends might even want to be invited to do something with you too.
Every time the challenges are used or done they take on more dimensions. We develop what we do. First by learning from someone else, making mistakes, redoing the challenge, improving on how things work, having the skill to use the equipment in a ‘funner’ way… or on why the thing did not work out.
Oranising ourselves, team members, the public and even our families and friends. Knowing what to take, the jobs and activities that go into making this an event to remember (and want to remember!) Talking and communicating with each other is a good skill to always improve on. Having a voice (advacacy) as well as using the governance skills gained where you and your friends can represent yourselves as individuals, or as a group/ team.
Working through the evaluations, then the pre-programing for the next time the challenge is run is a built on experience. Knowing how the thing is meant to work, the program and then what actually does happen to make it work.
Next level of gaining the skill is doing the job as a full member of the team or by yourself. This greatly depends on what the challenge is, 
the job is. Once you have the hang of this then your next challenge is to show someone else how and what to do. Let them have the fun of just doing something, being part of the team, making the mistakes, correcting them too, including them in the next adventure.
Gaining a skill, then showing others how to do this skill, learning another skill and repeating the basic process is part of skill gathering and may be even ‘maturing’ – not necessarily getting older either. Do we ever stop learning. I hope not. But as we progress in Guides there are different ways of wearing badges.
Lapel badges not often seen
In the beginning of anyone’s Guiding experiences the gaining of badges may happen quickly. Then they get a little harder. There is going to be gaps to fill in now on different badge requirements. So now you set out to fill in these gaps either by yourself, with family, friends, peers, other Guides (at Guides or not).
When badges are presented please remember that some Guides may have taken a long time to actually finish off a few which seem to be be given out at the same time. This is just how
things happen. The impression is false if one thinks that someone is a ‘better’ Guide, or better at Guides than someone else because of the badges on a sash or a shirt. This is not the case. Take into consideration how many years has that person been in Guides, is her family involved, does she include other activities into her Guiding awards? Does she choose not to wear her badges on her sash? Was there a problem where the sash or shirt was destroyed (accident, fire) or lost (when moving, or put down on a train, at a camp?) Simply is she not interested in awards, unable to afford the sash or badges? Or is she busy finalizing a handful of others but has not finished them yet? May be she just wants to do one at a time and do that one well.
Encouraged to be written by Clear Vision
Begining the Olave Baden-Powell award.
Having made their Guide Promise members of the Gipps Guides are choosing to begin their journey through the Olave Baden-Powell Award.
These 18 to 29 year olds are challenging themselves to that both their Guiding Promise and their Guiding into the wider community.
Quite often bringing back to those around them different lessons and influences that they have experienced. Often not realising just how much influence on other peoples lives, thoughts and interests that being involved with activities, events and programs which appeal to them can have. Part of the Olave Award progress is to present what you have done to your peers. If you are working in any youth organisation/ work place as a Leader/ teacher or Adult Carer your experiences will transfer to others. When an event/activity/ service is described, it’s successes, and flops along the way, the struggles/ surprises and things that go right all combine to challenge others in how different to do their chosen things.
Setting out to do something is often a challenge rewarded and supported by others already travelling or who have travelled along that path too. There are many friends you meet and make within this Olave Program. people you may have met at school, work, camps or round the block even.
Preperations for the end of year Formal Meal 2010.
The end result is that the 2009 formal meal is now a District Event. With help the 2010′s Formal End of Year Meal is now Saturday – December 4th 2010.
- Notice of the Formal Meal will be in the District Calendar on the web. The Units calender – which in turn are created by the Guides.
- Activities will be throughout the year. ie place mats, invitations, table decorations [mugwomps], serviettes, grace and vespers sheets, serviette holders, place cards … These will be stored in a large plastic container [somewhere in the office]
- Invites to family, friends and people who have helped throughout the year will go out weeks before to this meal. The invites will be hardcopy cards, posters and emails.
- RSVP needs to be received by mid November.
- Please send a suggestion or two of the meal preparation you are to bring with the RSVP.
- Your RSPV will be confirmed to you by mid November.
- Confirmation of what part of the meal preparation your family has offered to bring will be sent to you as well.
- The District will supply the meat varieties and preparation.
- All parts of meals to have the actual ingredients within them printed / written out.
- Please supply the recipe.
- The Formal wear is good clothes for those attending the meal.
- The setting of tressel tables is to be in a horse shoe .
- Decoration of the main area will begin at 10.30. All decorations will be made prior to the day so that all needing to be done is to place them up and around.
- Activities for free time sorted out well in advance. A kitchen fly for shelter set up on the day at the back of the office grounds.
- Kitchen fly to be in place for erection by 10.30.
- First Aid kit and safety preparations will be made prior to the event. [as per every event]
- A Risk Analysis Plan (created for the event [as per every event]) is to be on display in the entry hall.
- Sign in book to be in the entry hall.
- Photo release forms to be in the entry hall for those who are not members of the Girl Guides {Associate Adult, Adult or Youth members]
- Photos taken will be sent to each persons email address if indicated they would like a copy of their/ their Guides photos sent directly to them.
- Meal will begin at 1pm.
We are in need of:
- a kitchen co-ordinator, [position filled]
- a hostess/ host co-ordinator.
- a decorator co-ordinator,
- an outside activities person {will be taught about kitchen flies]
- a craft / artist and music coordinator.
- a Public Relations person for the event.
- a Photographic co-ordinator.
- a clean up co-ordinator.
Please note the adult coordinators job is just to make sure everything is there. Every so often check on progress. The Guides are able to run things from this point.
Stratagies for coping with dances and discos intergated into program
Movement, music and closer personal boundaries may frighten or embarrass the members. So to practice being at ease in situations where ‘getting up close and personal may be necessary, or being confined to a room with many people, loud music and fast movements we have used Make up a dance senarios, light games and activities. These stratagies and actions test peoples personal spaces as well as lay down practiced methods of being part of but allowing for health, space and privacy issues remain to be private.
Flashing lights may cause problems – along with noise factors. Having several areas where each person can have time away from a personal percieved situation is a must. The dance area and grounds is best fenced off and supervised from within.
Baw Baw Region Events calender
Thinking Day Feb 22nd 2010 at Burnett park.
Baw Baw Region Camp 2010 9th to 11th April 2010
Campfire 19th June 2010
Flying the Flag / Renew promise Sunday 10 am October 10th 2010
Ev Graham 2010 1 full weekend of November 2010. for 10 to 14 yr olds
Brownie Revels October 2010. for 6 to 11 yrs olds.
All who are in the Hazelwood and Churchill Guide District want to share their experiences, fun, hope, disasters,laughter, activities, games and everything else they do with you.
So all the pages and posts on this blog are gradually being linked together for the over fifty years that this District has been in existence. That's a lot of generations. Welcome to the communications , stories, instructions and anything else that goes into these pages.
