Hallowe'en Party

We finished October with our annual Hallowe'en Costume Party. This year, the 3rd Year Guides ran the program along with our Junior Leader.

We had a costume parade, made "Monster Bags", played a variety of different games, including Freeze Dance, and decorated cupcakes (or just ate the cupcakes and candy...)

Healthy Eating & Active Living

The second and third meetings of October were dedicated to working on the Healthy Eating Badge and the Passport to Fun and Fitness Challenge from Alberta.

At first meeting, as the girls arrived, each Patrol was asked to choose an active game. Two to be played this week and two to be played next week.

After our opening, we played the first active game, Toilet Tag, as chosen by the Bluebell Patrol.

The girls then split up into patrols to plan a menu for a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks). We collected the menu plans for use next week. Afterwards, we had a brief discussion and group quiz about the importance of various vitamins and nutrients. As a part of this activity we looked at the Nutrition labels found on food products and how to read them.

(Answers are: D, G, A, I, F, C, B, E, H)

Another active game followed, this time Freeze Tag, as chosen by the Holly Patrol.

The next activity was to design a personal coat of arms. Each girl was given a sheet and asked to draw or write things that were important to her or she felt represented her.

 

 

Towards the end of the meeting we asked the girls to divide up into small groups and start creating a dance routine that they could teach to others (to be continued next week). We ended the meeting with a healthy snack - carrots, cucumber, cheese and ranch dip.

The second meeting started by having the girls finish up their coats of arms as they arrived. We then had our usual opening followed by an active game, Romeo and Juliet, as chosen by the Daffodil Patrol.

Once the girls had used up some energy, we passed out the menu plans from last week and copies of Canada's Food Guide. Each patrol then went through their menu to see if they had enough servings from each food group and made changes where needed. To share, each patrol picked their favourite meal or snack and told the rest of the unit about it.

We then continued creating dances that could be taught, and each group shared their dance with the rest of the unit. After that, we played our final active game, Everybody's It Tag, as chosen by the Violet Patrol.

Next we had a healthy snack of apple slices and orange wedges before starting our final activity. The last activity of the night was to make up a poster or commercial about healthy eating. All of the groups choose to make posters, some using them as part of a commercial and others using them separately.

Fall Cookie Sales

In mid-October we took part in Cookie Day at Sears to sell Chocolatey Mint Cookies.

International Day of the Girl 2015

We started October by celebrating the International Day of the Girl and holding Patrol Leader elections.

As the girls arrived, they were asked to sign the Unit Contract that we created last week. We then held our usual Opening followed by an Active Game.

Our first activity of the evening was Patrol Leader elections. Each enrolled Guide who wished to be considered for election made a brief statement about why they would make a good Patrol Leader and then each Guide was able to vote for the four girls they thought would be the best leaders. After casting their ballots, each girl was able to write down the names of girls they would like to be in a patrol with and we tallied the results and announced the new patrols at the end of the meeting.

We moved onto the IDG activities, beginning with a brief discussion of what makes someone a hero and then creating our own Hero Tree. Each girl wrote names or drew pictures on leaves to show people who they consider heroes and we made a 'tree' on the back of a door from all the leaves.

Next we had an active break and played 'Romeo and Juliet'. In this game, players stand in two lines, across from a partner. The game leader calls out actions and the last pair to perform the action is out. The actions are: (1) Romeo and Juliet (one player kneels on one knee and the other player sits on her knee); (2) Wheelbarrow (one player holds the other player's legs); (3) Siamese Twins (players stand back-to-back and gasp hands between their legs).

We then moved on to having the girls fill out a paper showing or telling how they are a hero!

Here's what they wrote:
How are YOU a Hero?

• "I am a hero because I am in the Karma Cameleon Club and we have fundraisers to help the needy."
• "I am a hero because I cut me hair for cancer."
• "I am a hero because I saved a girl from drowning, her friends sister pushed her under the water and put all of her weight on her shoulders and she stayed under. I pushed the girl off her shoulders and grabbed her. I saved by BEST friends life."
• "I am a hero because I am thin but strong. I can help people by sharing and caring."
• "I am a hero because I bring my mom stuff when she is sick."
•  "Every morning I feed my cat and fish, in the afternoon yesterday I helped my brother with his homework and at night, before bed, I sometimes read to my brother."
• "I am a hero because I am so friendly. I care for others. I can be a great friend. My personality is so great. My spirit is great. That is how I am a hero."
• "I'm a hero because I care about people and I help my mom she she's sick. I also am a hero because I always put others first and give girl guide cookies to everyone."
• "I am a hero because I am nice to all of my friends at Guides. I don't judge a book by its cover and you shouldn't too. Always be a nice friend to everybody you know."
• "I am a hero because I help others when they are hurt or being bullied and stand up for them."
• "I am a hero because I help people when they are hurt and I am kind."
• "I am in Karma Cameleons at school and we have fundraisers to help the needy."
• "At school I try to solve arguments because I am nice and helpful. I hate fighting so I help stop it between my friends."
• "Giving to the poor."
• "I try to be kind and help other people. I also try to clean things up so that others don't have to (ex. sink in bathrooms, garbage outside...). And I try to be like Jesus/God."
• "I am a hero because my school has fundraised and we have made a school in Kenya.

The last activity of the evening was to create superheroes. The girls divided up into small groups and came up with a variety of characters with different superpowers.