We found it really helpful to other units to share the activities we're getting up to and how we're fitting in programme activities as well as fun badges too. You can see below two more term plans. I often get questions about how we fit it all in - but we have slightly longer meetingsContinue reading "Another Term Plan or 2"
Fundraising
We wanted to share a little about the fundraising we do and what we spend the money on. We work generally as a group of 3 units when it comes to fundraising (1st Barnehurst, 4th Barnehurst and 4th North Heath). The reason for this, is whenever we do an event outside of our unit meetingContinue reading "Fundraising"
Welcoming new Rainbows
We always knew that it'd be a quieter start to term with only a few left on our books from the last term and also not many on our list to start. We decided to host a taster evening for anyone interested in becoming a Rainbow. We had 7 potential new Rainbows turn up alongContinue reading "Welcoming new Rainbows"
Taster Night
Tuesday 7 September at 6pm. We're holding a taster night for potential new Rainbows (plus our existing Rainbows will be there too). We've got some making activities, some games and some team activities too. All so girls can find out about Rainbows before joining. If you know someone who'd like to come along and tryContinue reading "Taster Night"
Preparing for the start of term
So what do we need to do for the start of term... Offer places to new girlsRemind girls of our starting back date, and to let them know some of the things we have plannedAdvertise any remaining spaces we have to the general publicWrite the start of term letter and consent form for eventsWrite andContinue reading "Preparing for the start of term"
The first challenge
As I alluded to in my first post, our unit is low on current members. Pre-covid we'd have around 35 girls each term, but due to covid we lost our usual flow of girls both in and out, and therefore in July we actually said goodbye to 17 girls who are moving on to Brownies.Continue reading "The first challenge"
Welcome to Cloudy’s Corner
I'm Cloudy, main contact for 4th Northumberland Heath Rainbows (along with a few other units). This blog series is designed to give an insight in to the life of a leader with a small child, trying to get the balance right, between family and guiding. This first entry will tell you a bit more aboutContinue reading "Welcome to Cloudy’s Corner"
We did it!!
We managed to have a full term in person again, yes we had girls needing to isolate at points during the term, but overall we were able to meet together and get back to some more normality. This term was crazy; Cloudy had her baby girl, we celebrated the Queen's birthday, we completed a SkillsContinue reading "We did it!!"