We are dancing. We liked it and we want to do it again. We really really enjoyed it. We got ten points for the adventure 100 challenge.

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We are stacking up cups to make a really tall tower. It was really hard because it kept on falling over when we put the last cup on the top. It was fun. This tower earned us  5 points towards our Adventure 100 badge. We tried really hard to make the biggest tower. We lerned that if we used too many cups the whole thing would fall over.

2010 makes the Centenary of Girlguiding UK

To help to celebrate this special occasion 3^rd Histon Guides have been giving out gifts to member of our community.

Back in September we decorated paint flower pots with paint, we then planted crocus bulbs which we left to develop.

A week or so ago the bulbs began to flower so we finished making our centenary cards and the gifts were delivered by Guides, Leaders and Parents to members of the community many of whom we have since discovered have had Guiding experiences of their own.

It was great to hear back from so many people wishing has a Happy Centenary and wishing us all a fun filled Guiding future. It was also fantastic to hear that so many people have been Brownies, Guides, Rangers, Sea Ranger, Leaders and Commissioners which makes it more realistic to us that this Association has run for 100 years.

As part of the Adventure 100 challenge, the Impington Rainbows imagined what the Rainbow uniform would look like in 2015. Here are their designs!

Guides

At 12.30 we assembled with all the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Trefoil Guild members for the ‘Giant Picnic’ all 1700 girls enjoyed the packed lunches that they had brought with them.

After lunch we got into groups to look at the ‘Guideopoly’ Challenge Board that we were shortly going to play.

We caught the 13.40 shuttle bus from Churchill College to the Backs where our challenge began. Each group had a list of questions to answer based on things that they would see whilst they were walking through the town, they also had to go to set points on the Guideopoly map, to take part in the challenges and collect the Guideopoly money. On Parker Piece there was Giant Bubbles and you got £500 so it was well worth the long walk

At New Square there was a circus workshop and yet more money, on Christ Piece there was a parachute. One of the check points you took a chance (an envelope with differing amounts of money in) and another check point you had to do a brass rubbing of one of the discs in the path outside St Johns College. A tree shaped balloon was made at one check point and the girls given a word search at another. Although the check point that seemed to excite all the girls we saw the most was the one that was giving out extremely sour lolly’s that dyed everyone’s tongue!!!!

We then joined the queue up to get our hot dog, drink and ice cream for our tea.

At 18.30 everyone was called together for a photograph. This was to be taken from the top of the tower at the Moller Centre and would form a 100 with Brownies making a ‘0’ Rainbows and all those wearing pink (the centenary uniform) making an ‘0’ and all those wearing navy making the ‘1’.

After this we all gathered in front of the stage for a camp fire, the winners of Guideopoly were announced and some Queens Guides and Baden Powell Awards were presented and some votes of thanks given by the County Commissioner.

After the fireworks it was time for girls to start catching the shuttle buses, starting with the younger girls first. We went back to our marquee and sat outside and sang more campfire songs whist we waited to be called to the bus.

We caught the 21.15 shuttle bus back to Madingly Road where parents were ready to collect their girls.

Brownies

The 1st & 2nd Histon Brownies, along with about 1700 Guides, Brownies and Rainbows from Cambridgeshire East, attended the Launch 100 event at Churchill College, Cambridge.
The day started with a giant picnic lunch, followed by a ‘Guideopoly Challenge’ around Cambridge, following clues and earning Guidopoly money and treats en route. A big thrill was making giant bubbles on Parkers Piece, which was filmed by ‘Look East’, and learning circus skills.

It was a long walk for little Brownie legs, and we had all built up an appetite by the time we returned to Churchill and were ready to enjoy our barbecue tea, with ice cream to follow and a chance to sit down and relax!
We then had a photo of all the participants, followed by singing around a ‘virtual’ fire and finally, with a full harvest moon in the background, the climax was a fantastic firework display to music, which was well worth waiting for and looked like glitter had been sprinkled all over the sky!
The event was a once in a lifetime opportunity for the Brownies, and I’m sure they will all remember it for a long time.

Rainbows

The 1st Impington and 1st Histon Rainbows attended the Launch 100 event along with many other Rainbows, Brownies, and Guides from Cambridgeshire East. The Rainbows arrived a bit later than the older girls, and joined the picnic while it was already in progress.  After lunch the Rainbows had a huge group photo taken before starting the ‘Rainbowopoly’ Challenge.

Our Rainbows were split into four teams to complete the challenge, the Funky Monkeys, the Curly Wurlys, the Sparklers . The Challenge included face painting, singing, crafts, games, and a rubber duck hunt. At the Community Chest, girls received lollys that turned their tongues bright colours!

Many of the Rainbows went home right after the BBQ, because it was a long day. Those who stayed participated in a giant campfire, with an awards ceremony to find out who won the challenges for each section. The winner of the Rainbowopoly was our very own Sparklers. Each of the four girls received a Rainbow Teddy Bear, and our unit received a centenary scrapbooking kit!

We would like to thank the Cambridgeshire East and in particular the team that put this fabulous ‘Launch 100’event together and believe that we can really say Cambs East Celebrated with a bang, I’m sure this was an event that the girls will remember and talk about for many years.