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Summer Term 2005 

This term we will be taking part in Girl guiding UK‘s ‘Adventure Out’ Challenge. All the girls taking part will receive a badge at the end of term even if they miss one or two weeks. The Challenge is based on eight topic areas and we are aiming to try an activity from each section. These are AIR  EARTH  FIRE  WATER  SPORT  HORIZONS  SHELTER  &  ON THE MOVE 

 

26th April – Air

We will be making kites and playing games using air 

 

Monday 2nd May – Missenden Show 2005 (By taking part in the parade we are covering the ‘On the move’ activity)

 

3rd May – Horizons

In Japan they celebrate Children’s Day or "Kodomo-no-I” on 5th May so we will be finding out a little about Japan and this Festival 

 

10th May – Fire

Amongst other activities we will be making edible campfires. (No activities will involve actual fire!)

 

17th May – Shelter

We will be having a pretend camp

 

24th May – The Rainbow Promise

This evening all our activities will be based on the Rainbow Promise and we will be planning for our next Promise party

 

7th June – Water

This meeting will be spent Pond dipping in High Wycombe.

 

14th June – Promise Party

At tonight’s meeting our newest girls will make their Rainbow Promise.

 

21st June – Sport

We plan to hold a ‘mini-Olympics’ event

 

28th June - Earth

We are planning to go strawberry picking.

 

Monday 4th July – Great Missenden District Annual Picnic

This is an annual event when all the Rainbow Units in the District get together. 

 

5th July – MEETING CANCELLED

 

12th July – Pot of Gold Party

This is when we say Goodbye to the Rainbows who will be leaving us to go to Brownies

 

 

Recent Events

We have now come to grips with the new Rainbow programme and things are going very well. Even the new uniform now seems to be readily available. Last term every girl earned a blue Rainbow Roundabout badge and we held our first Pot of gold party.

 

In January 2005 we went to see the pantomime 'Dick Whittington'