Guide & Scout Section

We meet every Friday night unless it is a National Fiesta, from 8.15 - 9.45pm.

These two links take you to our Main Association Websites, where you will find games, information and much more.                             

Guide Website

Scout Website

 

Our meetings are planned around the Guide programme which is structured to enable Guides to participate in activities in five zones. The skill of the Leader is in ensuring that all programme zones are covered over a period of time. These zones are Healthy lifestyles, Global awareness, Skills and relationships, Celebrating diversity and Discovery. As for the Scouts we offer to the young people in the Scout section a Balanced Programme; a range of activities, events and experiences build around six Programme Zones. These include Beliefs & Attitudes, Community, Fit For Life, Creative Expression, Global and Outdoor and Adventure.

Our Leaders work very hard to ensure that both programmes are covered and we can get as many badges as possible, they try to help us go on outings about once a term.

 

At Guides & Scouts we are split up into smaller groups called Patrols, we have the:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Guides

What do Guides do?

 

Being a Guide is all about learning new skills, making your own decisions and having fun.  Guiding provides a safe environment to explore new possibilities and achieve personal goals while making friends and having adventures. And it’s up to each Guide to work out which opportunities are relevant for her, whether it’s improving her football skills, party planning or learning about independent living.

What to know?
  • Guides work together in Patrols. They elect their own Patrol Leader and are encouraged to plan their own activities. Patrols provide a ready-made group of friends and helps the girls to feel that they belong to something special.
  • Any girl aged ten to 14 who wishes to, can become a Guide.
  • Each Guide chooses the top she wants to wear from the options available in the Guide wear collection. This choice allows Guides to be themselves but also makes them feel part of the unit.
  • The Guide Promise is:
    I promise that I will do my best:
    To love my God,
    To serve the Queen and my country,
    To help other people
    and
    To keep the Guide Law
  • The Guide Laws are:
    o A Guide is honest, reliable and can be trusted.
    o A Guide is helpful and uses her time and abilities wisely.
    o A Guide faces challenges and learns from her experience.
    o A Guide is a good friend and a sister to all Guides.
    o A Guide is polite and considerate.
    o A Guide respects all living things and takes care of the world around her.

 

  • The Guides programme covers five main sections which are:
    o healthy lifestyles
    o global awareness
    o skills and relationships
    o celebrating diversity
    o discovery (of new experiences and adventures).
What do Guides say?

‘I know how to put up a tent, I’ve learned to work together with others, to be respectful, and about all kinds of issues, like Fair Trade.  Guides is fun for everyone and you make friends really easily.’ Jade, 12.

‘I can’t believe that I got to see loads of famous artists at the BIG GIG and I was interviewed by a TV crew. I’ve done some really cool stuff as a Guide which I would never have had the chance to do otherwise.’ Nimisha, 13.

‘Making my Promise as a Guide was the best – I felt like I was joining a huge new family. It’s really nice to have one place to go where you don’t have to deal with boys!’ Rebecca, 14.

 

Programme

The Guide programme is structured to enable Guides to participate in activities in five zones. The skill of the Leader is in ensuring that all programme zones are covered over a period of time.

Typically, Patrols will use a number of activities from a Go For It! pack for each zone and work their way through these. From time to time, the Leader may spot an opportunity to extend the programme or to help the Guides gain more from an activity by using her own expertise and adding extra dimensions.

The five programme zones are detailed below:

Healthy lifestyles

‘To encourage in Guides a healthy lifestyle by promoting physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Areas covered could include:
  • body image
  • healthy eating
  • exercise
  • smoking
  • drug awareness
  • mental health issues.
Global awareness

To increase awareness of global issues and of the contribution each Guide can make. Areas covered could include:

  • travel
  • refugees
  • environment
  • citizenship
  • development education
  • world issues
  • international activities.
Skills and relationships

To develop Guides’ self-confidence and self-worth and to improve their interpersonal and life skills. Areas covered could include:

  • communication skills
  • conflict resolution
  • rights and responsibilities
  • faith and personal values
  • teamwork
  • self-reliance
  • self-esteem.
Celebrating diversity

To promote in Guides active citizenship and to develop their awareness of rights and responsibilities for all. Areas covered could include:

  • discrimination
  • community action
  • cross-community links
  • disability awareness
  • gender stereotypes.
Discovery

To challenge Guides with new experiences and adventure. Areas covered could include:

  • visiting places
  • new experiences
  • creative and adventurous activities
  • learning new skills.

 

 

About Scouts

What is Scouting

The Scout Section is for young people, usually aged between 10½ and 14 years. A young person can come in to the Troop at 10 and may stay until they are 15 years old. The Scout Troop is the third and final Section in the Scout Group.

Scouts are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities as part of their programme. "Participation" rather than meeting set standards is the key approach and for the Scout who wants to be recognised for his or her achievements there are a number of Challenges Awards and Activity Badges. Scouts take part in a balanced programme that helps them to find out about the world in which they live, encourages them to know their own abilities and the importance of keeping fit and helps develop their creative talents. It also provides opportunities to explore their own values and personal attitudes

Being outdoors is important and half the Programme is given over to taking part in both the traditional Scouting skills, such as camping, survival and cooking as well as the wide range of adventurous activities, anything from abseiling to yachting.

The international aspect gives Scouting a special appeal and many Scouts now travel abroad during their time in the Section. In 2007 40,000 Scouts from around the World attended the World Jamboree in the UK, and Scouts regularly participate in International camps and experiences both on home soil and abroad, each of them a unique experience in its own right.

Scouting is about being with friends, as part of a team, participating fully in the adventure and opportunities of life.

The Scout Promise

The Scout Promise is:
On My Honour, I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen,
To help other people
And to keep the Scout Law

The Scout Law

The Scout Law is:
  1. A Scout is to be trusted.
  2. A Scout is loyal.
  3. A Scout is friendly and considerate.
  4. A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts.
  5. A Scout has courage in all difficulties.
  6. A Scout makes good use of time and is careful of possessions and property.
  7. A Scout has self-respect and respect for others.

The Scout Motto

The Scout Motto is:
Be Prepared

 

 

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