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The
programme for guides is extensive and includes activities that can be done indoors
or out. Being a guide offers many challenges, and you get to do many adventurous
activities outside. As a guide, you work in a team with other girls called
a patrol. There are all sorts of things you can try with the others. While you
keep up with the fun and the action, you learn new skills which help you grow
and become part of a great group. Gaining badges is a real challenge and
lots of fun. All you need to do is take part, do your best and enjoy what you
do. You can do some of the activities at home or in your patrol or unit. Here’s
some of the things you get to do: One
of the many cool things about guiding is getting the opportunity to spend time
camping. You can learn heaps about the outdoors and take part in fun team-building
activities and it's a great way to make friends. There are a variety of camping
programmes for you to take part in and below are some of our camp badges. This challenge introduces you
to the guide programme. It gives you a background to the traditions that Lord
Baden-Powell first started and which continue today. Each time a set of four clauses
has been achieved you will be given a small GO sign to go around your Go with
Gidget badge.
These cover a huge variety of activities on different themes - you, or
your group might like to try some of these fun activities indoors or out. Each
theme has 20 activities. When you’ve done six activities from a theme,
you get a sticker to put on a special certificate, which you will have already
chosen. When you have done four themes you get to choose a theme badge which to
sew on your sash. Some theme programmes are - Act Up, Flying Things, Heat,
Tuned In, Ropes and Poles and Sub Zero. The badges are rad, check them out. [click
here] You can decide on your
own which one to try. Some of them are designed for you to do in your own time.
There are twelve badges you can choose from: - Fix It
- Action
Choice
- Animal Antics
- Around the World
- Bits and Pieces
- Boots
and All
- Celebrating Difference
- Family Focus
- Food Whizz
- Spotlight
- Switched
On
- Up and Away
- Yours by Choice
As a group you can work together and gain a new badge - Choose from
one of ten: - Conserve It
- Adventure Outdoors
- Be Prepared
- Fit
for Life
- Go Green
- Hands On
- Horizons
- Kiwi Culture
- Looking
Wide
- Serious Fun
- Then & Now
As a patrol you can try one of the twelve patches. This is a great
chance for everyone to work together. They can be done at your guide meeting or
anywhere else you choose to do it. - Mucking About
- Hanging
Out
- Communication
- Design & Build
- Exploring the Arts
- Faith
- Food
Fun
- Gourmet Food
- Outdoor
- Senior Service
- Sports
& Fitness
- Water for Life
- Whacky
Each year when you help to sell GirlGuiding Biscuits and complete
the Biscuit Patch Programme you will receive this badge, there’s a different
colour each year.
As a
guide you will have many opportunities to develop leadership skills. The leadership
certificate recognises the skills you’ve developed. Knowing what to do in an emergency is a very useful skill. This
badge gives you the chance to learn First Aid. An award for girls who are either members of the Salvation Army or
members of a Red Shield Guide Unit. At any time while you’re a guide you can complete this badge
which gives you a 'sneak peek' at what the next section of Guides is all about.
- - This programme gives you a chance to appreciate
people who are differently-abled and to see what it is like if you cannot see,
walk, hear or learn.
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- Find out more about water and its uses in our environment.
- - Activities to help you look more widely at countries beyond
New Zealand.
- - There is
nothing to do for this badge, just bring a friend or friends to guides and if
they decide to join the unit you will receive one half of the badge and your friend
will receive the other.
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- This programme has certificates and stickers, and is neat if there is a big
range of different ages in your unit.
- - To earn this you must be 11_, have completed Go With Gidget,
as well as other parts of the programme.
- - This is for girls who are really keen to accept a challenge.
You will need to be organised and plan ahead and have completed the Senior Guide
Award. You get until you are 14_ to complete this award, which is the highest
one you can gain in the guide section.
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