Sadly we had to start the year by
saying goodbye to 5 of our girls who were moving on up to Guides. As
they had all come to camp, it seemed a little silly saying goodbye at
the end of last term only to see them at camp, so we said they could
all come back for the first meeting to say goodbye. This this mean
that there were some tears and lots of cake and chocolate!
As we were saying goodbye to our older
girls we were also welcoming some new starters. Luckily they all go
to the same school as majority of our Brownies and so already had
many friends within the pack so settled they in well. We explained
that this was a special meeting and that we don't always have cake
and chocolate (although if I am being honest between promise
celebrations, leavers and birthdays we get to enjoy cake quite
frequently at Brownies!).
We decided to let the leavers all
choose a game to play and we spent the evening playing favourite
games and ended with a little sing song. Next week we will start with
proper meetings and delve into the new program.
As always it was sad to see Brownies
leave, you see them grow so much in the 4 years they are with us but
it is nice to know they enjoyed themselves and are moving on in their
Girlguiding adventure. One of the Brownies who was leaving even came
up to me at the end of the meting to plan when she could come back as
a Brownie helper (we allow Guides to come back as helpers a year
after they leave).
So while it was sad to see some girls
leave us, we are now looking forward to the year ahead and what we
could do with the Brownies.
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