Category: Girlguiding
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Girlguiding New Programme
Girlguiding hit the national news last month. For the first time in decades, was revealed the Girlguiding new programme to the nation, parents, and leaders. After 18 months of research, trials, and focus groups by Girlguiding Headquarters, the organisation revealed a new 21st-century ready programme! Girls’ interests have evolved over the years so it is…
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Pirate Marra – Northumberland Scout Camp
Lots of people would think I was crazy spending my bank holiday weekend in a field with nearly 3000 kids and not a pub garden in sight. But on the last May bank holiday that’s exactly what I did. The reason for this crazy holiday (or potential endurance test?) was that I was volunteering with…
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Cheviot View – Brownie Pack Holiday
As I sit typing this, my eyes feel really heavy and even a strong Costa coffee isn’t helping. Daylight saving time coupled with an action-packed Brownie holiday is taking it’s toll! Feel like the walking dead! This blog post is for mainly my guiding friends to talk about my experiences of organising my first ever…
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Pizza Express Party – Gosforth High Street
It’s the end of term-woo hoo! It must be time for the long anticipated Pizza Express Party. Wow can’t quite believe we have made it to the end of the school year with 8 weeks off from weekly Guiding meetings. I’m definitely ready for the break to recharge and have some exciting ideas for September.…
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Bee Hive visit at Stella House in Newburn
Bees’ Needs Week 9 – 17th July There seems to be a week for everything these days, some more bizarre than others, but it was a coincidence that as I was writing this guiding update that I received an email from The Wildlife Trust informing me that it was Bees’ Needs Week from the 9 –…
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Northumberland Wildlife Trust – Gosforth
Northumberland Wildlife Trust Tucked away in the grounds of St Nicholas hospital in Gosforth lies the HQ of Northumberland Wildlife Trust. If you didn’t know it was there it’s unlikely you would have passed its so well hidden down a single track just past the Post Office Depot where I’ve collected many a missed parcel.…
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Empire Flag Day – Beamish Museum
The sky was blue and the sun was shining as we set off early to Beamish Museum last Sunday. It’s been a few years since we have been to the attraction and I have been watching with interest to their Facebook page updates including the development of the chemist shop, bakery, and photography shop at…
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On the Tesco Farm to Fork trail
As a Guide leader I am always looking for interesting activities for the girls to take part in and if it’s free and someone else organises it for me it that’s a huge bonus! The Tesco Farm to Fork trail has been mentioned quite a bit on various guiding Facebook pages and has been met…
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Rainbows Sleepover – Pasture House, County Durham
A few months ago one of my local guide leader friends Natalie sent an instant message asking if I fancied coming along on a Rainbows sleepover in March. I did!!…….. but as I hadn’t been on a guiding overnight since my own Brownie pack holiday at Spennymoor, County Durham in the late 1980’s, I was…
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Clip n Climb Cramlington
We needed to be up dressed and ready for our date with the Rainbows at Clip n Climb Cramlington, our newly opened local climbing wall at Concordia Leisure centre in Cramlington for 9.30am. No time for lounging around!! One day I’m sure I will get one of those Sunday mornings you see people enjoy on the telly……