Hi Families!
Well, the results are in, and this week we are having a pizza party! We will also be doing a few crafts, eating other junk food, and maybe dancing to some 80s music (Wohoo! Well, maybe I added that part about the 80s music...). Guides are also invited to wear their PJs if they so choose.
This will be our last meeting until the new year -- we resume meeting the first week back to school (January 8). Stay tuned for January meeting details shortly.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to tell you how much we enjoy being Leaders of the 4th Riverside South Guide Unit. Your daughters are smart, funny, and creative; it is a privilege to lead such a talented group of young women!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and all the best for a safe and happy holiday season!
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Alice and Lisa
I promise to do my best, to be true to myself, my beliefs and Canada. I will take action for a better world and respect the Guiding Law.
Monday, 15 December 2014
Sunday, 30 November 2014
Christmas Gift Guide for your Girl Guide
Hi Families,
Are you looking for Christmas or birthday ideas for your Girl Guide? Guider Lisa has put together a list of items that would be great gifts for a every Girl Guide:
Compass
Head light
Flash light
Thermorest mattress
Waterproof bag(s) (AKA dry sacks)
-40 sleeping bag
Rain coat and pants
Sit-a-pon
Tarp
Spatula, oven mitts, tongs
Chap stick
Girl Guide camp hat
Small first aid kit
Mug with lid (for Hot chocolate)
Marshmallow fork
Small camping pillow
Guide doll (from the Girl Guide store) or some other sleep toy
See you soon,
Jen
Are you looking for Christmas or birthday ideas for your Girl Guide? Guider Lisa has put together a list of items that would be great gifts for a every Girl Guide:
Compass
Head light
Flash light
Thermorest mattress
Waterproof bag(s) (AKA dry sacks)
-40 sleeping bag
Rain coat and pants
Sit-a-pon
Tarp
Spatula, oven mitts, tongs
Chap stick
Girl Guide camp hat
Small first aid kit
Mug with lid (for Hot chocolate)
Marshmallow fork
Small camping pillow
Guide doll (from the Girl Guide store) or some other sleep toy
See you soon,
Jen
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Camp registration and upcoming events
Hello Parents,
Other news:
This week (Nov. 25) we'll finish up our creative craft badge. We're also making a garland for the Guide float that will be in the Manotick parade on Dec. 6
This week (Nov. 25) we'll finish up our creative craft badge. We're also making a garland for the Guide float that will be in the Manotick parade on Dec. 6
Dec. 4 - We'll be completing the International Day of the Girl Challenge and planning our Christmas party!
Dec. 5 - Les Petits Ballets for those who registered
Dec. 6 - Guides are invited to participate in the Manotick Christmas parade - details to follow
Dec. 11 - Tonight we'll work on the Music Fan badge.
Dec. 18 - Christmas party!
Holidays - weeks of Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. We will meet again on Jan. 8.
Thank you for your continued support!
Jen
Monday, 17 November 2014
Nov. 20 - Scarf and food drive for Shepherd's of Good Hope
Hi Families,
First please let me take a moment to tell you how awesome you are! We made EIGHT boxes for Operation Christmas Child last week, and our goal was four. THANK YOU!! The Guides seemed to really enjoy making up the packages for children in need.
Also, we got a bit behind on the creative craft badge work. We will pick up where we left off at our Nov. 27th meeting and push our work on the International Day of the Girl challenge to December 4.
This week (Nov. 20), a representative from the Shepherds of Good Hope mission will meet with the Guides to tell us a bit about what they do. We will also be collecting canned food items for the organization, as well as making scarves out of polar fleece to donate. If you have a pair of fabric scissors that we could borrow for the evening we would really appreciate it. Any non-perishable food items would also be very welcome.
Coming up: December 6 Manotick Christmas parade. If you Guide is interested in being part of the Girl Guide parade float please let Jen or Lisa know.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Lisa and Alice
First please let me take a moment to tell you how awesome you are! We made EIGHT boxes for Operation Christmas Child last week, and our goal was four. THANK YOU!! The Guides seemed to really enjoy making up the packages for children in need.
Also, we got a bit behind on the creative craft badge work. We will pick up where we left off at our Nov. 27th meeting and push our work on the International Day of the Girl challenge to December 4.
This week (Nov. 20), a representative from the Shepherds of Good Hope mission will meet with the Guides to tell us a bit about what they do. We will also be collecting canned food items for the organization, as well as making scarves out of polar fleece to donate. If you have a pair of fabric scissors that we could borrow for the evening we would really appreciate it. Any non-perishable food items would also be very welcome.
Coming up: December 6 Manotick Christmas parade. If you Guide is interested in being part of the Girl Guide parade float please let Jen or Lisa know.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Lisa and Alice
Monday, 10 November 2014
November 13 and November 20 meetings - Working in Our Community
Hi Families,
While we continue to work on various badges over the next few weeks, we will also be taking some time to focus on giving back to the community and charitable work. Last week we took time to thank our Veterans. This week, in addition to working on our creative craft badge we are hoping to fill 2 or 3 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Next week we will be talking with representatives from Shepherds of Good Hope, making scarves for those in need this winter and collecting canned food items.
Operation Christmas Child (November 13): This week, we are wondering if the girls would be able to bring in some small gifts (e.g. dollar store items) to fill shoeboxes for children in countries such as Haiti, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile, Senegal, Guinea or Ukraine. Items can include: school supplies, books, stuffies, small musical items, hair clips, clothing, hygiene items such as combs, toothbrushes, washcloths and soap and/or candy for a girl aged 10 to 14. We would also welcome cash donations (a loonie or two would be great) to help with the $7 shipping fee for each box. The girls will fill boxes at our meeting after we are done working on our crafts for the creative craft badge. For more information on this program please see this link:
http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/rss/operation-christmas-child/resources/about-this-project.aspx
Scarves and food drive for the Shepherds of Good Hope (November 20): A representative from the Shepherds of Good Hope will meet with the Guides to tell us a bit about what they do. We will also be collecting canned food items for the organization, as well as making scarves. ** We could really use a couple of parent helpers to help cut and pin the polar fleece for the girls. Please let Jen know if you can help, or even loan us a pair of fabric scissors for the evening. Any help would be appreciated!
Other news:
Winter camp forms will be available shortly. Stay tuned! They will need to be returned promptly with payment to ensure a spot, as numbers are limited at Woolsey.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Lisa and Alice
While we continue to work on various badges over the next few weeks, we will also be taking some time to focus on giving back to the community and charitable work. Last week we took time to thank our Veterans. This week, in addition to working on our creative craft badge we are hoping to fill 2 or 3 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Next week we will be talking with representatives from Shepherds of Good Hope, making scarves for those in need this winter and collecting canned food items.
Operation Christmas Child (November 13): This week, we are wondering if the girls would be able to bring in some small gifts (e.g. dollar store items) to fill shoeboxes for children in countries such as Haiti, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile, Senegal, Guinea or Ukraine. Items can include: school supplies, books, stuffies, small musical items, hair clips, clothing, hygiene items such as combs, toothbrushes, washcloths and soap and/or candy for a girl aged 10 to 14. We would also welcome cash donations (a loonie or two would be great) to help with the $7 shipping fee for each box. The girls will fill boxes at our meeting after we are done working on our crafts for the creative craft badge. For more information on this program please see this link:
http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/rss/operation-christmas-child/resources/about-this-project.aspx
Scarves and food drive for the Shepherds of Good Hope (November 20): A representative from the Shepherds of Good Hope will meet with the Guides to tell us a bit about what they do. We will also be collecting canned food items for the organization, as well as making scarves. ** We could really use a couple of parent helpers to help cut and pin the polar fleece for the girls. Please let Jen know if you can help, or even loan us a pair of fabric scissors for the evening. Any help would be appreciated!
Other news:
Winter camp forms will be available shortly. Stay tuned! They will need to be returned promptly with payment to ensure a spot, as numbers are limited at Woolsey.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Lisa and Alice
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Halloween Party Oct. 30 and November calendar
Hi
Families,
Just
a reminder that this week is our Halloween Party! The festivities start at 6:30
and girls are welcome to wear their costumes.
November
is shaping up to be a busy month! Here is what’s coming up:
November
6 – Remembrance Day meeting. We’ll be making Valentines for Vets and
talking about the importance of Remembrance Day. Also of note: Guides are
invited to wear their Guiding Uniforms to school on Remembrance Day.
November
13 – Creative Craft night. Tonight we’ll be finishing off the Creative
Craft badge. More weaving, bracelet making, a clay project, and whatever else
Jen can come up with!
November
20 – Community Service Night. Tonight we will be making scarves out of
polar fleece blankets to donate to Shepherds of Good Hope. We will also be
doing a food drive. A speaker will also talk to the Guides about the good work
the Shepherds of Good Hope does in our community. ** We would love a couple
of parent volunteers for this event, willing to bring a good pair of fabric
scissors, a measuring tape/stick and seamstress pins to help the girls with the
scarves. If you are interest in joining us, please let Jen know.
November
27 – International Day of the Girl (IDG) Challenge. We were planning to do
this in October to celebrate the International Day of the Girl, but time
slipped away on us! IDG is an opportunity to bring global focus to girls’
rights, the challenges that girls face in their everyday lives and to empower
girls to make a positive difference in the world.
Other
key dates
December
5: Les Petits Ballet for those Guides who signed up.
December
6: Manotick Christmas Parade – meet at noon (time TBC) and join us on the Girl
Guide float! (riding on the float will be optional, more details to follow)
That’s
all for now. Happy Halloween!
Monday, 20 October 2014
Oct. 23 - Enrollment!
Hi Families,
Just a reminder that this week is Enrollment! Parents of girls in their first year of Guides are invited to join us for the ceremony at 7:15pm. Girls who offered to bring something for the event (treats, plates, presentations) are reminded to do so. The meeting for the girls will begin as usual at 6:30.
A couple of other notes:
For girls who were ordering missing badges, Lisa has them now. She has sent you an email separately about this. They will be available for pick-up on Thursday.
Halloween: Next week we are having a Halloween party! The Guides are invited to wear their costumes (we asked them not to wear anything too scary and to leave any fake weapons/masks at home).
Winter camp: Thanks to those who responded to my camp survey. If your Guide is definitely NOT interested in the winter camp, please let me know asap. We are trying to get an idea of numbers.
Also, a big thanks again for driving your Guides to Manotick on such short notice last week. We can't always help last minute schedule changes and we really appreciate how flexible you have been.
Thanks and see you soon,
Jen
Just a reminder that this week is Enrollment! Parents of girls in their first year of Guides are invited to join us for the ceremony at 7:15pm. Girls who offered to bring something for the event (treats, plates, presentations) are reminded to do so. The meeting for the girls will begin as usual at 6:30.
A couple of other notes:
For girls who were ordering missing badges, Lisa has them now. She has sent you an email separately about this. They will be available for pick-up on Thursday.
Halloween: Next week we are having a Halloween party! The Guides are invited to wear their costumes (we asked them not to wear anything too scary and to leave any fake weapons/masks at home).
Winter camp: Thanks to those who responded to my camp survey. If your Guide is definitely NOT interested in the winter camp, please let me know asap. We are trying to get an idea of numbers.
Also, a big thanks again for driving your Guides to Manotick on such short notice last week. We can't always help last minute schedule changes and we really appreciate how flexible you have been.
Thanks and see you soon,
Jen
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Change of Plans for Oct 16 - please meet at Watson's Mill in Manotick
I apologize for the short notice, but a mix-up with our Guide Store
order that we found out about today means that we do not have all of our pins,
etc. for enrollment tomorrow night. So, unfortunately we need to postpone
enrollment until next week (October 23).
Instead of enrollment, we would like to do our hike in Manotick tomorrow
night (October 16) in order to earn our Outdoor in the City badge. We will meet
at Watson’s Mill at 6:15. Please dress for the weather (planning to stay
outside for an hour and a half), bring a water bottle and flashlight, as well
as a compass if you have one.
I have already spoken to some parents, but I would really appreciate it
if you could respond to this email so I know you have received it. If you have
problems getting to the Mill please let us know that as well and we can see
about arranging a ride.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience!
Jen
Friday, 10 October 2014
Enrolment Oct. 16, ballet, other notes
Hi
Everyone,
Just a few quick updates this week:
Ballet: We have ballet forms from Hannah,
Kadence, Robin, Amy, Reilly, Grace, Madison, Nicole, Fiona, Allison D, Alison C
and Cate. If you intended to send a form in last night but forgot, please
let us know by end of day today (Friday) – Lisa is ordering tickets this
evening if she can.
Campfire on Parliament Hill: As mentioned to parents last night, there is a Girl Guide campfire at the Eternal Flame on Parliament Hill this Wednesday, October 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. All guiding ages are welcome. If you are planning to take your Guide(s), please email me by Tuesday the 14th so I have an idea of numbers. Also, please plan to stay for the hour with us. You can meet us right across from Parliament Hill and the Capital Information Kiosk (corner of Metcalfe and Wellington) at about 6:25pm. This is an event where the girls can earn an extra badge for attending.
Enrolment, Thursday October 16: Our first year girls are getting enrolled this week! Parents of first years are invited to join us for a special ceremony at the daycare starting at 7:15pm. Some of the Grade 6 Guides have offered to bring items to enrolment (snacks, etc). If you need a reminder of what to bring, please let me know.
Campfire on Parliament Hill: As mentioned to parents last night, there is a Girl Guide campfire at the Eternal Flame on Parliament Hill this Wednesday, October 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. All guiding ages are welcome. If you are planning to take your Guide(s), please email me by Tuesday the 14th so I have an idea of numbers. Also, please plan to stay for the hour with us. You can meet us right across from Parliament Hill and the Capital Information Kiosk (corner of Metcalfe and Wellington) at about 6:25pm. This is an event where the girls can earn an extra badge for attending.
Enrolment, Thursday October 16: Our first year girls are getting enrolled this week! Parents of first years are invited to join us for a special ceremony at the daycare starting at 7:15pm. Some of the Grade 6 Guides have offered to bring items to enrolment (snacks, etc). If you need a reminder of what to bring, please let me know.
Indoor
Shoes: Now
that we are getting into the messier weather, please remember to bring indoor
shoes to all meetings.
Ending meetings at 8:15pm: We found last night that running the meeting from 6:30 to 8pm was a bit rushed– we miss those extra 15 minutes at the beginning! So, we would like to extend our meeting time so that it ends at 8:15pm rather than 8pm. If you have concerns with this proposal, please let me know.
Ending meetings at 8:15pm: We found last night that running the meeting from 6:30 to 8pm was a bit rushed– we miss those extra 15 minutes at the beginning! So, we would like to extend our meeting time so that it ends at 8:15pm rather than 8pm. If you have concerns with this proposal, please let me know.
Thanks
very much and Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, 3 October 2014
Oct. 9 meeting
Hi
Families,
Thanks to
all who came out cookie selling - it was a beautiful night to be outside. Plus
we sold 10 cases!
Our
October 9 meeting will be back at the daycare. Please remember that we will now
be starting at 6:30 rather than 6:15 due to changes in our permit with the
school board. This week we'll be working more on the promise and law and
learning how to do knots. We will also be planning for enrollment on the 16th,
along with our Halloween party, so it would be great if the Guides could bring
some ideas for these events!
Also, please note that we did not collect dues last week. If your Guide can please bring $2.00 this week instead it would be appreciated. We are also going to try and do some badge testing.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen
Jen
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
We are meeting September 25! A few other reminders as well...
Hi Families,
Just a reminder that we are meeting this week at Canyon Walk Daycare at 6:15pm. We may spend part of the meeting outdoors if it is nice, so please have your guide dress for the weather.
Also, please remind your guide to
have a look at the horseshoe formation video on our earlier post , and to have a look through her book to see which 5 badges she would like to
work on over the year (we will pick the most popular 3 to work on in addition
to our other plans). Badge testing will be available if requested.
Cookies: they arrive tomorrow and will be available for pick up
on Thursday. To pick-up your cookies, please speak to Alice. We would ask you
to bring a “down payment” cheque for your case (again please discuss options
with Alice if your guide plans to sell more than one case). The cheque should
be payable to Girl Guides of Canada – 4th Riverside South Guides and
can be post-dated for 2 weeks. If you would like to sell the cookies and return
with cash instead, we will return your cheque. We ask that each girl try to
sell one case at least on their own. If they wish to sell more, there are many
prize incentives from Girl Guides for girls who sell multiple cases. Thank you
for your help with these sales – the $12 the unit earns from each case goes
directly towards funding unit activities.
Camp: Please check your email for a slightly-revised camp kit list (it is a bit
shorter now), as well as the camp information letter as a reminder for those attending camp
this weekend. Please note that camp starts at 9am Saturday and pick-up time is
11am Sunday. I also sent the medication (H3) form: if your guide
needs medication while at camp, please bring this form to camp completed. If the
weather forecast holds we are in for a great weekend!
That’s all for now. See you
Thursday!
Jen
Monday, 15 September 2014
Reminder: meeting cancelled Sept 18
Hi Families,
Just a reminder that the meeting is cancelled for this week due to Meet the Teacher night at SMPS. We'll meet on September 25 at Canyon Walk Daycare, which was confirmed today as our official meeting place for the year. The Guides are reminded to take a look through their program book if they have it, so see which badges they would like to try and earn this year. We are going to pick some of the most popular ones to work on as a group.
Please note that cookies will likely be available for pick-up on September 25, but we will confirm closer to the day. Please bring a cheque for you Guide's case ($60, made out to Girl Guides of Canada) when you pick up the cookies. Given the early cookie delivery date, we have had to rejig our schedule a bit to bump up cookie selling to October 2. Please see the revised calendar of events in our earlier post.
Also, please remind your Guide to look at the Horseshoe formation video (last post). This horseshoe may be different than what your Guide has practiced in previous years. We are also learning the song in the video this year.
See you on the 25th!
Just a reminder that the meeting is cancelled for this week due to Meet the Teacher night at SMPS. We'll meet on September 25 at Canyon Walk Daycare, which was confirmed today as our official meeting place for the year. The Guides are reminded to take a look through their program book if they have it, so see which badges they would like to try and earn this year. We are going to pick some of the most popular ones to work on as a group.
Please note that cookies will likely be available for pick-up on September 25, but we will confirm closer to the day. Please bring a cheque for you Guide's case ($60, made out to Girl Guides of Canada) when you pick up the cookies. Given the early cookie delivery date, we have had to rejig our schedule a bit to bump up cookie selling to October 2. Please see the revised calendar of events in our earlier post.
Also, please remind your Guide to look at the Horseshoe formation video (last post). This horseshoe may be different than what your Guide has practiced in previous years. We are also learning the song in the video this year.
See you on the 25th!
Friday, 12 September 2014
Guiding Horseshoe Video
Hi Families!
Thanks to the girls for a great night last night. As you can see, we have a big group!
We were talking about the horseshoe formation last night, and asked the Guides to have a look at the attached video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANAbPPSjm8
More later,
Jen
Thanks to the girls for a great night last night. As you can see, we have a big group!
We were talking about the horseshoe formation last night, and asked the Guides to have a look at the attached video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANAbPPSjm8
More later,
Jen
Sunday, 7 September 2014
First meeting details - September 11
Hi Families,
This is just to confirm that we
are having our first meeting this Thursday, September 11. We will be
meeting at Canyon Walk Daycare (attached to Steve MacLean Public
School), and the meeting runs from 6:15 to 8pm. Please remind your Guide
to bring the following to the meeting:
1. Completed H1 form
(compulsory for the first evening - please see my email from September 6)
2. Camp forms and
payment (SG2 with cheques made payable to Girl Guides of Canada – please see my email from September 6)
3. Indoor shoes
(preferably runners, but bring what you can)
4. Dues ($1 each week
to cover crafts and badges)
5. Uniform and program
book (** see below)
6. Water bottle
(optional)
7. Gardening gloves
(optional – if you have seen the SMPS garden you’ll note that it needs a little
TLC. As part of our environment challenge, over the next few weeks we are going
to spend a few minutes weeding the gardens for them)
8. Bag for everything
** Uniform: The Unit has decided
to wait until after the first meeting to place its Guide store order, as the
girls will be voting on their patrol badges and we want to see if any girls
have earned badges over the summer. Our goal is to have our first order back
before enrollment. If you need to order something for your Guide and are
willing to wait a few weeks for it, please email me (Jen).
The Leaders are all looking forward to Thursday!
Calendar of Events – September and October (REVISED - NEW COOKIE SELLING DATE)
Hi Families,
This should give you a general idea about what is coming up
in our Guide unit over the next couple of months.
September 11 – First meeting (yay!!). Focus
will be on the You in Guiding program, including some get-to-know-you
activities. 3rd years (aka our Grade 6 Guides) will start a special
project that will go towards work on the Lady Baden Powell Challenge.
September 18 – Meeting cancelled due to Meet the
Teacher Night at SMPS.
September 25 – You in Guiding program and
Knots 101. Guides should also take a look through their program book and pick
the top 5 badges they would like to work on as a group this year. We’ll try our
best to cover off the most popular of them.
September 27-28 – CAMP!!!
October 3 – Door-to-door cookie sales.
October 9 – Work on You in Guiding, the
Cookies Rising badge, and planning for enrollment.
October 16 – Enrollment!
October 23 – Outdoors in the City badge: We’ll be meeting in Manotick for an urban hike (rain or shine!). Details to follow.
October 30 – Halloween Party!!
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Camp and first meeting night information. Also, please email Jen by Aug 25 to confirm email contact information
Dear Families,
It is hard to believe we are almost at the end of summer!
Please find attached some important information about the upcoming Guiding
year.
Start date and meeting location: Our first
meeting will be on Thursday September 11, from 6:15 to 8pm.
Unfortunately over the summer the Community Centre decided to use its meeting
space on Thursday nights for other events and cancelled our room booking. In
the meantime, we have found two alternative meeting locations (Canyon Walk
Daycare at Steve MacLean P.S. and St. Jerome Gym, a space that would be shared
with Brownies). We are waiting final confirmation as to which space we will be
using on a regular basis; I will confirm it
with you before our first meeting.
Other general meeting information:
- Girls are required to submit a completed H1 form (form is attached) at the first meeting. Unfortunately they are unable to stay at the meeting if this form is not submitted.
- The September 18th meeting will be cancelled due to the “Meet the Teachers Night” at Steve MacLean P.S. Regular meetings will resume on September 25th.
- For each meeting the girls are asked to bring the following to every meeting: A bag for holding everything; uniform and program book (available for purchase at http://www.thegirlguidestore.ca ); runners (indoor shoes); and dues. Water bottles may also be handy.
Dues:
As a brand new unit, we are low on funds for crafts, etc.
and are especially reliant on dues money until we get our proceeds from the
first round of cookie sales. Given this is the case, please ensure your Guide
brings her $1 for dues every week, including those nights when we are
taking a field trip.
Camp:
Planning for our Pioneer Camp, to be held at MacSkimming
Outdoor Education centre from Saturday September 27 to Sunday September 28, is well underway! Please see the attached forms
for information. While all camps are optional, we do highly recommend your
Guide attend this event (or at least part of it, however please note the cost
is fixed at $50 for all participants), as we will be working on many badge
areas throughout the weekend. Please return camp forms and payment at our
first meeting on September 11. Cash is
acceptable, or cheques can be made out to Girl Guides of Canada.
Badges we will work on as a Unit: As mentioned
previously, we are planning to work primarily on the Discovering You program
area, but will also be covering off sections of You and Others and Beyond You.
To do this, we are planning to work on several badges as a group, including:
- Home heritage skills,
heritage, provincial/territorial heritage, folklore (fall camp)
- Event planning
- Creative crafts
- Needlework
- Reporting
- Inventing
- High on life
- Interpreting
- Outdoors in the city
- Snowshoeing (subject to
snowshoe availability at winter camp)
- Design your own badge
- Dancing
- Recycling
More badges or challenge crests will be added as we discuss what else the girls
would like to cover as a group. We will also have badge testing opportunities
throughout the year. If your Guide would like to work on a badge but is unsure
if we’ll cover it as a group, please do not hesitate to ask.
Blog: We have a blog: www.4thriversidesouthguides.blogspot.ca. We
will try to update it each week by Tuesday evening, so please remember to check
it before every Thursday meeting. The
blog will be our main way of providing updates to parents, however permission
forms will be sent to you via email. If you are new to this mailing list, please check
the blog for copies of all previous emails.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any
questions. We are looking forward to a great Guiding year!!
Yours in Guiding,
Jen C., Alice and Lisa
Sunday, 17 August 2014
Handy Camping Tips from Girl Guides of Canada
Hi!
The latest blog posting from Girl Guides talks about how to pack properly for camp. Check it out for some great tips!
http://girlguidescanblog.ca/2014/08/07/camp-packing-tips/
The latest blog posting from Girl Guides talks about how to pack properly for camp. Check it out for some great tips!
http://girlguidescanblog.ca/2014/08/07/camp-packing-tips/
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
More on the Lady Baden Powell Challenge...
Check out this blog posting about a group of Guides completing the challenge. Way to go, girls!!
http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/the-indy-blog/local-girl-guides-complete-lady-baden-powell-challenge/
http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/the-indy-blog/local-girl-guides-complete-lady-baden-powell-challenge/
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Camp, some badge info, etc.
Dear Families,
Thanks to all of you who provided
feedback to our last email. The badge information was quite helpful: based on
what we we’ve learned, we have decided to focus primarily on the Discovering You program area, as well
as on sections of You and Others and
Beyond You. (Yes, we have a very
ambitious year ahead of us!) Our program will focus on completing a series the
interest badges that cover the program requirements in these areas. We hope to
have a complete list of badges we intend to work on as a group to you by the
end of the summer. In the meantime, if your Guide shows interest in working on
some badges this year, you are more than welcome to email us the name of it and
we’ll tell you if we are likely to work on it as a unit.
On that note, heading to the Experimental
Farm any time soon? See your email for a booklet that will allow your Guide to earn the farming badge!
Other key points to note:
Camp: We are heading to MacSkimming Pioneer Camp in Cumberland
for a campout on September 27. We’ll arrive at 8am Saturday September 27 and
stay until noon on the 28th. We will be staying indoors for this camp in one of the
larger pioneer buildings, and we will spend the time working on some of the
heritage-themed badges, part of the tasty treat badge, as well as fulfilling
requirements for some of the outdoor and camping badges. Cost will be $50 per
girl (includes HST). More details will follow shortly. **Please confirm to
me (Jen) if your Guide would like to attend, or would definitely not attend, so
we can get an idea of numbers. There will also be a winter camp this year
at Camp Woolsey, January 16-18 (we’ll be sleeping indoors again).
Old school supplies: Don’t know what to do with all the old school supplies
coming home next week? We’d take them! We are particularly looking for pencil
crayons, pencil sharpeners, scissors, paper and glue sticks for our unit’s
craft bins if you have any you wish to donate.
Old fleece blankets: This fall we’ll be making fleece scarves to donate to
homeless shelters and/or the snowsuit fund. If you have any old fleece blankets
or leftover polar fleece from sewing projects that you would like to donate,
that would be great!
That’s it for now; please remember
to check out our blog, http://4thriversidesouthguides.blogspot.ca/
, where you can find all of our emails, as well as other Guiding-related
information. We have begun to post information about the Lady Baden Powell
challenge and will post other background information throughout the summer.
Yours in Guiding,
Jen, Alice and Lisa
Monday, 16 June 2014
Lady Baden Powell Challenge
Hi Families,
We will be posting more about the Lady Baden Powell Challenge - the highest award that Girl Guides can earn - over the next few weeks. Some of the work will be done in our unit, but Guides wishing to complete this challenge will need to do independent work as well.
In addition to the link on the right to a program booklet about the Challenge, please find some ideas for various independent requirements below. More information is also provided in the Girl Guide handbook.
Some Suggestions for Lady Baden Powell Award Service Projects
Activity #3 – Project to help your Guide Unit
Jen C
We will be posting more about the Lady Baden Powell Challenge - the highest award that Girl Guides can earn - over the next few weeks. Some of the work will be done in our unit, but Guides wishing to complete this challenge will need to do independent work as well.
In addition to the link on the right to a program booklet about the Challenge, please find some ideas for various independent requirements below. More information is also provided in the Girl Guide handbook.
Some Suggestions for Lady Baden Powell Award Service Projects
Activity #3 – Project to help your Guide Unit
- Maintain the patrol boxes for your unit
- Make a book of favourite campfire songs
- Create a game or activity to teach the rest of your unit something about Guiding (such as a game on how to remember the Laws)
- Assemble a book of games that the unit enjoys playing
- Develop a Memory Book for the unit (be sure to include photos of your favourite activities)
- Book Drive for a local school/daycare centre
- Making Baby Bundles for new moms
- Gift wrapping at a seniors home
- Making scarves/toques for homeless shelter
- Manning a Guiding PR booth at a community activity (Canada Day, Winterlude...Leaders receive requests for aid and can forward along information if there is interest)
- Create an activity booklet for brownies or sparks to teach them a skill (such as fire safety)
- Making emergency preparedness kits for those in need of them (work with the Provincial Emergency Program or Fire Dept)
- Expand on other Community Service activities your Unit works on
Jen C
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Intro and a few quick questions
Dear
Families,
Welcome
to 4th Riverside South
Guides! We know this welcome letter may seem early (didn’t we just finish a
Guiding year!?!), however a few things have come to our attention that we
thought were important to mention before summer officially starts. (Plus, Lisa
and I just finished the Guider training over the weekend and we are very
excited to get the ball rolling for next year!!) We’d be grateful if you could
reply to the following questions by June 7, as it would make the
planning we intend to do over the summer a lot easier.
Cookie
sales:
Could you please let us know how many cases of mint chocolate cookies your
Guide would like to sell this fall? Every girl is required to take one case to
sell, but if she would like to sell more, please let us know how many cases.
Please keep in mind that, as a brand-new unit next year, any additional cookie
sales we can make will go a long way in financing extracurricular
trips/activities and badges. We also plan to do some group selling.
Badges: In order to start our programming plan for next year, we need to have an idea of which badges each girl has (we have girls coming from various units who have been in Guides for various lengths of time). Could you please either:
1) send us a photo of all the badges your Guide has (e.g. just take a close-up picture of her sash), or
2) highlight the badges she has in the attached document and send it back to me (Jen C)?
Any help you can give us in this regard would be great – we’d like to minimize repetition of badges girls have already covered and we would like to make sure the 3rd year girls have the best chance possible of completing all of the Guide programming.
Guide
Store:
Do you need anything from the Guide Store? Lisa is placing an order on June 8.
If you would like to share on the shipping costs, please let us know your order
by June 7.
Other
notes:
Biking
Badge:
If your Guide is in Grade 4 at Steve MacLean Public School, her participation
in the bike rodeo at the school tomorrow (May 28) will earn her the Biking
interest badge. Please let us know if your Guide is participating and, if
possible, please get her teacher to sign the biking page in the Guide book. We
will order the badges.
Blog: We have a blog: www.4thriversidesouthguides.blogspot.ca.
We will try to update it each week, so please remember to check it before the
each Thursday’s meeting. Over the summer
we’ll post program information (requirements for the Lady Baden Powell
challenge, some of which will need to be done at home, etc.), so feel free to
check it regularly.
Camp: The fall camp is
tentatively scheduled for October 3-5. Stay tuned for details!
Thank
you in advance for your help. And please do not hesitate to contact me if you
have any questions. We are looking forward to getting to know your Guides
better in the fall and will be in touch again via email towards the end of the
summer.
Yours
in Guiding,
Jen
Collins, Alice and Lisa
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Welcome to 4th Riverside South Guides!!
Welcome to our blog! Stay tuned for more information about Riverside South's new Guide unit.
Starting in September, meetings will be held on Thursdays, 6:15pm to 8:00pm, at the Rideauview Community Centre (rooms A and B).
Starting in September, meetings will be held on Thursdays, 6:15pm to 8:00pm, at the Rideauview Community Centre (rooms A and B).
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