Island Guiding News

CALLING ALL GIRLS AGED 7-10! ARRETON BROWNIES NEED YOU!

Girls aged 7-10 can now take part in a host of adventurous activities as there are vacancies at Arreton Brownie Unit. Although the unit meets at Arreton girls are welcome from other places where there are no Brownie units such as Rookley, Chillerton, Godshill and Merstone. Members can look forward

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NEW ISLAND COMMISSIONER FOR GIRLGUIDING .

This appointment is made by the South West England Region Chief Commissioner Solange Rebours and Solange was pleased to appoint from the 1st March2015, and for a period of 5 years, Shirley Saunders. Shirley lives in Sandown and is assistant leader of 5th Sandown Brownies. She will continue with this

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RAINBOWS TRAVEL THE WORLD.

Rainbows, the youngest members of Girlguiding, recently attended a special day with leaders to undertake ‘The World On My Doorstep Badge’ which has an international theme. This event was held at The Barns, Barton Manor by kind permission of the owners and all the Rainbows were from Girlguiding IW’s Puckpool

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10th Newport Brownies Celebrate 60 years.

Back in 1955  new Brownie and Guide (then Girl Guide) units were registered with the unit names of 10th Newport, Congregational Brownie Pack and 10th Newport Congregational Guide Company. As you may guess both were attached to Newport Congregational Church which was situated in Lower St. James’ Street near to

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GUIDES ENJOY BADGE DAY.

Around 50 Guides who are members of Girlguiding Isle of Wight attended a ‘Badge Day’ on the 1st February. Held at St. George’s School, Newport, the day was organised by Guide leaders and was planned to enable the Guides to improve their knowledge on a selection of topics. All the

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THREE BADEN POWELL AWARDS FOR VENTNOR GUIDES.

Three members of 1st Ventnor Guides have achieved their Baden Powell Awards the highest award for girls of this age. Catherine Idle 15years old, Beth Hammond 13 and Sydney Pitts 13 completed a range of different activities. Two helped at Brownie meetings for two terms and one helped at the Children’s Centre. They also ran a First Aid evening, made song books and ran activities and games together for the other

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BLUE LIGHTS FOR GIRLGUIDING IW

Island residents and those on the mainland with a view of Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth will be able to view it in a blue light on January 30th thanks to Girlguiding IW’s Island Commissioner Deborah Meadows. At present Spinnaker Tower can be illuminated by floodlights from dusk through the evening to

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VISIT TO HARRY POTTER STUDIO.

Members of 1st Gurnard Guides, along with several Brownies from Northwood and Gurnard have enjoyed a magical visit to Warner Brothers Making of Harry Potter Studio Experience in Hertfordshire. This visit was arranged as a grand finale to the All Things Magical Challenge Badge the Guides had been working on

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