Date You will need Details

Wed 3rd Sept Bring £20.00 subs Welcome Back! Making things and team building

Wed 10th Sept Aladdin Magic carpet and mosaic lamp craft

Wed 17th Sept Finding Nemo Sewing crafts and trail

Wed 24th Sept Bring slip for trip Frozen Design a collage and food craft

Wed 1st Oct Uniform (no sash/hats) Meet at Jump Nation - see letter for details!

Wed 8th Oct *ENROLMENTS* Jungle Book! Make your name in salt dough

Wed 15th Oct Lion King songs and painting (scripts to be given out!)

Wed 22nd Oct Fancy Dress! Halloween Spooky biscuits, crafts & a dark trail!

Wed 29th Oct No Brownies — Half Term

Wed 5th Nov Bring scripts & £17.50 Christmas Play - Rehearsal - Learn words by tonight

Sun 9th Nov Uniform & smart shoes Remembrance Parade — Details nearer the time!

Wed 12th Nov Bring scripts Christmas Play - Rehearsal - Try to attend every week!

Wed 19th Nov Bring slip for Panto trip Christmas Play - Rehearsal - Try to attend every week!

Wed 26th Nov Bring scripts Christmas Play - Rehearsal - Try to attend every week!

Sun 30th Nov ALL MUST ATTEND! Extra Rehearsal at school - No Scripts!

Wed 3rd Dec No Scripts Christmas Play - Last practise ALL MUST ATTEND!

Wed 10th &

Thurs 11th Dec

Bring cakes if you’re

doing the Hostess Badge Journey of the Kings - Performances for

parents, families and friends

Fri 12th Dec Meet in hall after register Journey of the Kings - for Garrett Hall School

Sun 14th Dec Uniform (no sash/hats) Panto Trip - Cinderella at Albert Halls Bolton

Wed 17th Dec Christmas crafts and games night!

Subs this term: *8 weeks up to half-term so £20 due 3rd Sept

* After half-term, 7 weeks to Christmas so £17.50 due 5th Nov

(We don’t charge for the extra meetings!)

PLEASE SEND SUBS IN A NAMED ENVELOPE ON THE FIRST MEETING OF EACH HALF TERM

If you are unable to pay on the first week back for

any reason, please speak to one of the owls.

NEWSLETTER—Autumn Term 2014

Brownie TopicsBrownie TopicsBrownie Topics

This term we will be following a Disney theme which includes baking, crafts and playing games around the themes of Aladdin, Finding Nemo, Frozen, Jungle Book and Lion King. We also have a trip to Jump Nation and we will be doing

the Brownie Traditions badge!

We will end the half-term in fancy dress for

Halloween with spooky crafts and a dark trail.

After half-term our meetings will be taken up with Christmas Play rehearsals. There are two even-ing shows so families and friends can watch, and a performance for the children at Garrett Hall during the school day too. We also have trip to a

pantomime to end the year.

BADGES! This half term we are doing the

Brownie Traditions badge which involves learning

about things Brownies did in the past and ties in

with the BIG Brownie Birthday 100 years celebrations.

Anyone who hasn’t already got the Entertainer Badge will get

it after the Christmas Play on 10th & 11th Dec. There will also be

a chance to do the Hostess Badge on the show nights.

Remembrance Parade We will walk from Tyldesley Square

on the morning of Sunday 9th November to

the cenotaph on Hough Lane. Full details in

a letter nearer the time. Smart brownie uni-

form and shoes are required for the parade!

Journey of the Kings Our Christmas Play! Scripts will be given out 15th Oct. Words must be learnt by 5th Nov.

We have two evening shows for family and friends on Wed 10th & Thurs 11th Dec and we are doing it for the whole school on Fri 12th Dec. Put these dates in your diary!

An extra practise is planned for Sun 30th Nov

Please attend every

rehearsal.

PANTOMIME TRIP

We have front row

seats for Cinderella on Sunday 14th Dec

at 1.30pm at Bolton

Albert Halls. The

cost will be £10 each

for the coach, ticket,

ice-cream, sweets &

drink. More details

nearer the time.

New Brownie Enrolments are

done at the end of meetings. The

next enrolments will be on 8th Oct.

Parents of these girls can

come along at 7.30 to watch.

Jump Nation Trip We have booked to go to

Jump Nation Trafford Park on Wed 1st Oct; full details in a letter next week! There

is no charge for this trip! This term at a glance

Contact: 07976 945150… Email: ghbrownies@sky.com… www.ghbrownies.btck.co.uk

Brownie Meetings Brownie Meetings Brownie Meetings ——— Requests to ParentsRequests to ParentsRequests to Parents

Brownies do not need to bring food or drink to our meetings; we al-

ways provide a drink and biscuit. Chewing gum is not allowed.

Full brownie uniform with sash must always be worn with sensible

shoes for running around. Please do not mix brownie uniform with

other items such as jeans, coloured leggings, other t-shirts etc. We

are proud to be a smart uniformed organisation!

Please can parents ensure that all brownies are dropped off and col-

lected from the main school entrance by an adult at every meeting.

We cannot allow brownies to walk down the path or to the car park

alone. Thank you parents for your support.

Welcome to all our new brownies!Welcome to all our new brownies!Welcome to all our new brownies! We have some new girls joining us this term so this page is to give you some information about how we

run brownies and what you can expect during your time with us……… and to update existing parents!!!!!

Brownie Promise & LawBrownie Promise & LawBrownie Promise & Law All Brownies need to know their Promise and

Law off by heart before enrolment.

The New Promise

I promise that I will do my best

To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,

To serve the Queen and my community,

To help other people,

And to keep the Brownie Guide Law.

The Brownie Law

A Brownie Guide thinks of others before her-

self and does a good turn every day.

Communications to ParentsCommunications to ParentsCommunications to Parents We produce a termly newsletter which is given out at the first meeting of the new term. This details our

plans for every meeting and informs parents about any trips planned, when subs and trip money are due and

how much will be required.

Letters are given out prior to trips with forms which have to be completed by parents so brownies are cov-

ered by our insurance whilst out and about. Copy letters are usually available to download from our brownie

website www.ghbrownies.btck.co.uk Our brownie website also contains lots of information about our pack

and has photos of brownies on trips and in our meetings.

Text messages are used to remind parents when subs are due and for other short communications. Please

make sure you let us know if you change your mobile number. You can contact us in the following ways;

Text/phone 07976 945150 or by email ghbrownies@sky.com We will always reply asap!

Brownie FundsBrownie FundsBrownie Funds Subs are payable half-termly in advance. Subs are due even if

your brownie misses a meeting. We use the money to pay for

hire of the hall, caretaker fees, badges, activities and re-

sources. We’re often asked how much we get paid as leaders;

the answer is we don’t! We are all volunteers who do it for fun!

We sometimes apply for funding from other sources such as

grants. This money helps to pay for trips or to subsidise trips

like the pantomime which costs us around £25 per brownie so

we can keep costs lower and more affordable for parents.

We keep formal accounts which we have to submit to Girlguid-

ing UK annually, please ask us if you would like to see them!

Christmas PlayChristmas PlayChristmas Play We have a great reputation for our Christ-mas Plays which are watched by friends, families, local rainbows and brownies and all the children at Garrett Hall School! Each year our show has a modern twist and all the brownies have words to learn and are taught new songs and dances. We provide all costumes and there is usually no limit to the number of tickets you can have for your family. Parts are given out before October half term and we practise every week after that.

DanceDanceDance444FunFunFun - Our leaders Briony and Holly now have their own dance school called Dance4Fun.

Children’s classes are held at St Johns Primary School, Mosley Common on Saturday morn-

ings. Adult Zumba classes will be starting after October half-term! If you are interested,

please check out their website www.dance4funacademy.wix.com/Tyldesley for more de-

tails or you can ring Briony on 07718 073293 or email dance4fun@sky.com.