Rainbows from Corsham, Colerne & Neston enjoyed an afternoon of pirate fun this afternoon. Challenges included a treasure hunt, obstacle course, gunge tank, shrink art, ship’s biscuits, pirate masks and raft building (from lollipop sticks – they are only 5 & 6 and we only had 10 minutes per rotation). The girls collected jewels for each successful mission, like in CBeebies’ popular gameshow Swashbuckle. Girls from the three units mixed well, made new friends and had fun. And around £20 was raised for district funds.
The leaders began talking about this event almost 6 months ago. That’s not to say it took 6 months of planning. Suggested at one district meeting, e-mails circulated, activities volunteered and then each unit team took responsibility for one or two of those activities. The work load was spread. We got on and did. It took each of us a couple of hours to prepare.
This afternoon the adults also had fun. We chatted, shared experiences, poked fun at each other. We thanked each other. We watched our girls relish the opportunity.
So ladies of Corsham, this blog salutes you. It was a pleasure working with you. I look forward to many more afternoons of solidarity & swashbuckling!
And it just goes to show, what can be done when a team knows what needs to be done and pulls in different directions to get it done. No lengthy committee meetings, no arduous list of actions. Just good honest (as some of the Brownies would say “proper”) fun.
If you’d like to get involved in such fun, go to http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx.
Author: Elaine Cook
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