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
