Island Guiding News

BROWN OWL IS 40

1st Lake Brownies have had a busy time recently celebrating the Big Brownie Birthday with other Brownies from around the Island at Starquest held at the IW Steam Railway, Havenstreet. This was followed by a Stay Away sleepover with 4th Sandown Brownies. At the end of term a picnic at Lake Cliff Gardens to celebrate Brown ... read more

TREE TOP PROMISE FOR GIRLGUIDING UNIT FROM GURNARD.

A newly formed Girlguiding unit from Gurnard recently came up with a novel way to make their Girlguiding Promise – from the canopy of a tree! Gurnard Adventurers,  part of Girlguiding IW’s Senior Section, was set up by Kathrine Pilcher and Jenny Peddar and they wanted to find an unusual way for their members to ... read more

PARKHURST BROWNIES COMPLETE FRIENDS TO ANIMALS BADGE.

Parkhurst Brownies have been busy undertaking the Friends to Animals Badge. They made a visit to ‘Pets At Home’ to look at their animals and fish and a mum of one of the Brownies visited the unit with her bearded dragon and a corn snake. They also had a visit from the Island based charity ... read more

RAINBOWS READY FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES.

In readiness for the Commonwealth Games which will take place in Scotland from 23rdJuly, Rainbows and their leaders from the Needles Section travelled to Newport for their own version of the Games. Arranged by Carol Firth, Needles Section Commissioner, the event took place at Hunnyhill Primary School.  These Rainbow Commonwealth Games began, as all good ... read more

EAST COWES BROWNIES HELP CHARITY

As part of the Big Brownie Birthday (BBB) Challenge, Brownies from the East Cowes Unit decided to help raise money for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. This charity was selected after much discussion and the Brownies chose to support this charity as they could relate to it. Although based in East Cowes this is a ... read more

BIG BROWNIE BIRTHDAY-HUNDREDS OF BROWNIES AT IW STEAM RAILWAY

Brownies by the hundred together with leaders made their way to the IW Steam Railway at Havenstreet on mid-summer day. This special meet-up for all the Brownies on the Island formed part of the Big Brownie Birthday (100 Years) celebrations which commenced in January with the, still talked of, Masked Ball. Overall three special Big ... read more

BANKING ON A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

Brownies and Leaders from 11th Newport Brownie Unit recently undertook an unusual sleepover by sleeping in the Newport branch of Barclays Bank. This event was arranged by Brownie Leader Clare Langley who works at Barclays and said “All the Brownies were really excited by this unusual sleep-over venue as no one had slept in a ... read more

THANKS TO JANET.

Members of the IW Executive of Girlguiding IW recently gathered at the home of the President Patricia Partridge to thank Island Commissioner Janet Lovell for her work and dedication during her almost 5 year term of office. Janet has seen Girlguiding on the Island change from being run in Districts to being run in Sections. ... read more

MORE BROWNIES HELP COMMUNITY.

As part of the Big Brownie Birthday Badge Parkhurst Brownies decided for the ‘ something to help the community’ section to  collect and donate craft supplies to the Children’s Ward at St. Mary’s Hospital.  All the girls donated items and some were bought from Brownie funds so that a good supply of items was given ... read more

BUTTERFLY WORLD

After making a study of the life cycle of a butterfly and learning about the butterfly habitats Rainbows and Brownies from Northwood have gained a special Butterfly Badge. Following their studies all the girls and their leaders made a visit to Butterfly World at Wootton where they were told more about these fascinating creatures. As ... read more