We did not meet in May due to a Guider vacation and Guide Camp at the end of the month.
On Saturday, June 1st the Rangers sold cookies during the town-wide yard sale day.
Our next two meetings were of a very "light-hearted" nature and we made made plans for our Toronto trip in the fall and discussed what to do for a year-end activity.
Our final meeting was a movie night with snacks.
Everyone is looking forward to camp in the fall and we hope to make plans to go swimming and spend a day at the beach during the summer.
Sunday, 30 June 2013
May and June with the Pathfinders
May was another short month for us due to Guider vacations.
Our May 1st meeting was run by two Pathfinders with the theme "It's Magic!". The girls learned card tricks and slight-of-hand magic tricks.
Meetings on May 8th and 15th were cancelled, but on May 7th, the Pathfinders ran a Guide meeting on The Arts and Active Living.
Our May 1st meeting was run by two Pathfinders with the theme "It's Magic!". The girls learned card tricks and slight-of-hand magic tricks.
Meetings on May 8th and 15th were cancelled, but on May 7th, the Pathfinders ran a Guide meeting on The Arts and Active Living.
The last meeting for May was on May 22nd and was run by two girls covering the Focus on Friendship Module.
Our last meeting of the year was held on June 5th with the theme of Music and Dance. Unfortunately only one of the girls who had planned this meeting was able to be present, so we weren't able to do the activities she had prepared.
Normally, we would have had a year-end trip/activity and camp, however due to lack of interest our year-end trip was cancelled. Camp has been rescheduled to September and we are looking forward to a fun weekend at Camp Orenda!
Sunday, 2 June 2013
June Camp - Harry Potter!
On the weekend of May 31st
to June 2nd we headed to Byng Island Conservation Area in Dunnville,
Ontario for our annual Summer Camp Weekend. As usual, we invited the
advancing Brownies to come to camp, and 3 girls decided to join us for
the weekend, making a total of 16 campers.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and we had heavy rain for most of the weekend. A big THANK YOU to all of the parents who stayed to help get the tents set up on Friday night despite the rain and who came on Sunday morning to help get everything packed away.
Friday night was busy with everyone arriving, getting tents set up and equipment put away. We reviewed camp rules and talked about what to do in the event of an emergency. The girls were then sorted into their Houses and given their House scarf to be worn all weekend. We had a sing-song, snack and then a trip to the washrooms and bed.
Saturday started off with breakfast and patrol duties. We then headed over to an empty group site for our challenge event. The girls were told that Professor Dumbledore had fallen victim to a powerful spell and the only way to wake him was to gather the items needed to make a powerful potion. To gather these items, each House had to undertake a series of challenges:
1. Find the names of three mini-fantastic beasts (use field guides to identify three bugs)
2. Gather some unicorn hair (obstacle course)
3. Get a Common Welsh Dragon Egg (follow a string trail blindfolded and then get past a troll)
4. Mix a potion (under a left-handed curse that made their right hands useless, cut up a lemon and mix water, drink mix, food colouring and lemon)
Everyone had fun doing this! After using the potion to revive Professor Dumbledore, we played Quidditch (Muggle version).
We then went back to the site to make lunch. After lunch, we were all ready for some quiet time. Some girls lay down, others read or talked quietly for nearly the full hour. In the afternoon, the 3rd year Guides were split into 2 groups. One group planned the campfire for Saturday night, while the other group planned Guide's Own for Sunday morning.
Following quiet time, it was time for a Transfiguration lesson (crafts) - which was well-timed as it began to rain heavily part-way through! We made magic wands, golden snitches, mini broomsticks and dragon eggs.
We paused for a snack, and then it was time for our next lesson - Potions, where we made the ever-popular Slime!
Each girl was then given her very own personal potions kit containing a portable cauldren (plastic container with lid) beozar (stone), magic crystals (blue & clear gems), and magic powders (coloured glitter layered in tiny bottles). The girls also received 'textbooks' for the planned subjects - Transfiguration, Potions, Muggle Studies (camp skills) and Astronomy.
Supper and patrol duties followed, as well as more planning for campfire and Guide's Own. The girls had lots of free time to talk, play, read, etc. and later on we had a sing-song campfire while the rain continued.
Sunday morning was frantic as usual with breakfast, packing and cleaning. Once everything was packed up and most of the cleaning done, the second group of 3rd year Guides led Guide's Own and then it was time to go home!
Everyone had a good time despite the rain and we were very thankful for the on-site pavillion and the quality of our tents, which remained dry.
Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and we had heavy rain for most of the weekend. A big THANK YOU to all of the parents who stayed to help get the tents set up on Friday night despite the rain and who came on Sunday morning to help get everything packed away.
Friday night was busy with everyone arriving, getting tents set up and equipment put away. We reviewed camp rules and talked about what to do in the event of an emergency. The girls were then sorted into their Houses and given their House scarf to be worn all weekend. We had a sing-song, snack and then a trip to the washrooms and bed.
Saturday started off with breakfast and patrol duties. We then headed over to an empty group site for our challenge event. The girls were told that Professor Dumbledore had fallen victim to a powerful spell and the only way to wake him was to gather the items needed to make a powerful potion. To gather these items, each House had to undertake a series of challenges:
1. Find the names of three mini-fantastic beasts (use field guides to identify three bugs)
2. Gather some unicorn hair (obstacle course)
3. Get a Common Welsh Dragon Egg (follow a string trail blindfolded and then get past a troll)
4. Mix a potion (under a left-handed curse that made their right hands useless, cut up a lemon and mix water, drink mix, food colouring and lemon)
Everyone had fun doing this! After using the potion to revive Professor Dumbledore, we played Quidditch (Muggle version).
We then went back to the site to make lunch. After lunch, we were all ready for some quiet time. Some girls lay down, others read or talked quietly for nearly the full hour. In the afternoon, the 3rd year Guides were split into 2 groups. One group planned the campfire for Saturday night, while the other group planned Guide's Own for Sunday morning.
Following quiet time, it was time for a Transfiguration lesson (crafts) - which was well-timed as it began to rain heavily part-way through! We made magic wands, golden snitches, mini broomsticks and dragon eggs.
We paused for a snack, and then it was time for our next lesson - Potions, where we made the ever-popular Slime!
Each girl was then given her very own personal potions kit containing a portable cauldren (plastic container with lid) beozar (stone), magic crystals (blue & clear gems), and magic powders (coloured glitter layered in tiny bottles). The girls also received 'textbooks' for the planned subjects - Transfiguration, Potions, Muggle Studies (camp skills) and Astronomy.
Supper and patrol duties followed, as well as more planning for campfire and Guide's Own. The girls had lots of free time to talk, play, read, etc. and later on we had a sing-song campfire while the rain continued.
Sunday morning was frantic as usual with breakfast, packing and cleaning. Once everything was packed up and most of the cleaning done, the second group of 3rd year Guides led Guide's Own and then it was time to go home!
Everyone had a good time despite the rain and we were very thankful for the on-site pavillion and the quality of our tents, which remained dry.
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