CLOTHING.

• Guide Uniform & Neckerchief - to be worn to and from camp and on day trips.
• Activity wear, eg. trousers, t-shirts, jumpers/sweatshirts, shorts etc - all clothing MUST BE BLUE you will not be allowed to wear clothing of any other colour. NO BACK LESS TOPS.
• Anorak
• Wet weather gear eg Cagoule. (this does not have to be blue)
• Wellington Boots & named wellie sticks. (sticks longer than your wellie when they are in the ground)
• Two pairs plus of footwear. (no open toed sandles or Crocks)
• Underwear & socks
• Nightwear - including extra sweater or tracksuit and socks to sleep in.
• Wool hat, scarf & gloves.
• Sun hat, sun protection creams, lip salve, sunglasses.
• Old clothes & trainers for water sport. (if activity is available)

ALL CLOTHING MUST BE NAMED AND PACKED IN A RUCKSACK OR STRONG HOLDALL.  SUITCASES ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN A TENT.

BEDDING.

• Groundsheet large enough to sleep on or survival bag.
• Sleeping bag .
• Small pillow and case.
• At least 2 blankets - camp blanket

BEDDING MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED AND MADE INTO A BEDDING ROLL WITH THE GROUND SHEET FASTENED WITH STRONG CORD OR ELASTICS. (TO BE DONE DAILY).

SUNDRIES.

• Wash bag and contents (anti-bacterial soap, flannel, toothbrush, toothpaste etc)
• Towel - 2 small ones are better than one large one.
• Hairbrush or comb. Hair bands if appropriate.
• Tissues.
• Deep plate, bowl & mug (all unbreakable and not metal), knife, fork, dessert spoon, teaspoon (unbreakable) - in a named drawstring bag. (All items to be named with nail varnish or permanent ink).
• Tea towel
• Swimsuit & extra towel in a waterproof bag.
• Notebook & pencil case.
• Torch & spare batteries.
• String
• Day sack & plastic drinks bottle.
• Anti-bacterial wet wipes

PER TENT.

• Mirror (unbreakable)
• Whistle.
• Potato peeler.

NOTE - PERSONAL EQUIPMENT IS NOT INSURED BY THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION.

NO MOBILE PHONES OR ELECTRICAL GAMES/CD PLAYERS etc ARE TO BE TAKEN.

Histon Guides took part in the Giant Sleep Over - which is an event run by .

This is done in order to break a world record of children holding sleep over at the same time in order to get into , and also to raise money for .
The event is sponsored by lots of different organisations including;

At the end of the sleep over the girls were all given a goodie bag.
We invited our Guide friends form North Cambridge to join us and registered 33 people as taking part.

After blowing up our mattresses and making our beds (with a great deal of help form parents) we went outside to build fires in order to cook our tea. We then attempted to cook some bread rolls on the fire in our oven - 90 minutes later we did have something that resembled bread!

After tea we played a couple of games run by one of our Guides who is working for the Baden Powell Award then we moved back inside to begin to make our Turks Head Woggle (we make new woggles at all sleep over events).

To raise money for  This year we decided to have a sponsored sing, so we went out side to build a campfire and start our singing.

At about 10.30 we went back inside to get ready for bed - once in bed we learned about  MUAC bands (MUAC stands for Middle Upper Arm Circumference). This is used to measure the circumference of a child’s upper arm, to assess whether a child is malnourished

At 11.30 it was time to start our MIDNIGHT FEAST. After this the lights went out and the girls went to sleep (well some of them did others managed to talk and talk and talk - I believe the last girl was quiet at 3.45 and the first girl woke at 5.45!! - the rules say that you have to have the lights out for 7 hours - but luckily they don’t actually say that you have to be asleep :-).

In the morning we woke and after packing away our beds we had breakfast that was sponsored by .

At 8.30 we took part in another attempt to get in to .  This was the   Minty Mouth Challenge - simultaneous tooth brushing for two minutes.

Next we made cards to sent to the Prime Minister about outlining the work of .
We then moved outside and sang a few more action songs and handed out the goodie bags.

The girls were collected at 10.00am and most likely went home to sleep for the rest of the day.

 

 

 

“Dear Miss Smith, I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School”. 16 members of 2^nd Histon Brownies were soon packing and ready to start their weekend at Hogwarts School, otherwise known as Abbots Ripton Lodge, near Huntingdon.

 

On arrival at the school they were Sorted into different houses and were relieved to find that only the leaders were in Slytherin House. During the weekend, they took part in craft activities such as making bats and broomsticks and decorating candle holders, made smoothie potions, visited Hogsmeade village (and the Cinema), held a Quidditch tournament and also helped the house elves with their chores. The Brownies, aged 7 – 10 years, also enjoyed spending time together in their House groups and singing very loudly around the camp fire. Rumour has it that there was a secret midnight feast, but Professor McGonigall is quite sure that that all the girls were tucked up in bed by 10.30pm each night. By the end of the weekend every Brownie had received a Golden Snitch Award for personal achievements such as; being the first to get to sleep on Saturday night, being brave in injury, being the best at tidying up, and help in the kitchen.

 

  

Here are some pictures from our weekend. Mouse over for captions.