Hey Guides,
Hope you are enjoying your holidays, but at the same time, there are work for all to do :)Please read this post carefully, and complete everything you are tasked to do, no excuses, everything have to be handed in within the deadline stated. Or else~~
For ALL:
Please be reminded, everyone needs to complete the collector's badges, submitted on the first CCA of 2016
Just in case you forgot about collector badge:
-Collector's badge (Deadline: 1st CCA 2016)
- You can complete this badge in groups of 3 or in pairs.
1. Show a collection, made over a period of at least six months, of one of the following: stamps, postcards, postmarks, crest or equivalent; the material is to be drawn from many sources as possible.
Discuss with the tester:
1.1 Why she finds this hobby interesting;
1.2 What she has learnt from it;
1.3 How she can develop her interest.
Pass three of the following clauses:
2.1 Make a scrap-book for a children’s hospital;
2.2 Make a book of pictures, cutting etc; to illustrate World Guiding
(i.e. within and/or outside the Commonwealth);
2.3 (i) Make at least twelve leaf prints; name and mount them; or
- (ii) Make twelve coloured plaster casts of leaves or twigs; or
- (iii) Mount and label a collection of twigs and fruits of at least eight trees, to give to a Company or Pack.
2.4 Make a collection of at least ten objects which would be of interest to a foreign Company or Pack, and descriptive catalogue to accompany it. Pack in a box small enough to be sent aboard by letter post;
2.5 Collect and mount illustrations of six birds that the candidate has seen, together with information concerning each to include:
- (i) A description of the bird; a particular characteristics; where it is likely to be found; and what it feeds on.
- (ii) Its nest and eggs.
Present the collection to the Company library.
2.6 Make a collection of eighteen wild flowers with their leaves; press, mount and name them. Present them alone or another company.
2.7 Take a set of 15 photographs on a subject of her choice.
Note: The collection is to judge on neatness and method in arrangement and on the interest shown in it by the candidate.
For Sec 1 & 2 Guides
-Naturalist badge (Deadline: Mid Jan 2016)
1. Make a survey of a particular area for 6 weeks. Identify its flora and fauna; make notes of their distribution and inter-relationship. Do her best to preserve the environment.
2. Make a collection of 10 plant specimens and 5 animal specimens found in the area under investigation. (Plant specimens are to be mounted on herbarium sheets; animal specimens to be kept in drying specimen bottles.)
3. Referring to the area under investigation, pass 2 of the following clauses:
3.1 Make a detailed study of 5 different animals as regards to their adaptation to their mode of life;
3.2 Study 10 plants, which may include trees, grasses and wild flowers; describe their leaves, flowers and fruits. Know how the flowers are pollinated and how the seeds are dispersed;
3.3 Identify 5 birds by their appearance, flight, call or song. Make a detailed study of them as regards to adaptation to their mode of life.
Note: For clauses 1 and 3, take photographs (where possible) and make drawings to illustrate the flora and fauna under study
-Health Badge (Deadline:Mid Jan 2016)
1. Keep the Guide Health Record Card for the one and a half months immediately prior to the test to show the efforts she is making to maintain good health habits. Discuss these with the tester.
For Sec 1 Guides
-Entertainer Badge (Deadline: Jan 2016)
- This is a reminder for entertainer badge, we will test you anytime in Jan next year, we have given you girls more than enough time to prepare for it so all of you have to be more than ready to get tested on it next year.
-Craft Badge (Deadline: 1st CCA 2016)
Do three of the following clauses: (Highlighted ones are recommended)
1.1 Embroider an original design;
1.2 Print a piece of material using lino-block, potato-cut, or screen or by tie-dying;
1.3 Make a puppet;
1.4 Whittle an object from natural food;
1.5 Model a figure, or an animal or bird, in lay, plasticine or wax;
1.6 Make a carving in a medium, soft enough to cut easily e.g. remnant cloth, twine;
1.7 Make a pot;
1.8 Make a basket;
1.9 Make a picture using metal relief e.g. copper, aluminium;
1.10 Weave a rug or piece of material of a suitable size for some other article;
1.11 Make a decorative floor covering in a suitable material e.g. remnant cloth, twine;
1.12 Make a mosaic;
1.13 Make an article using macramé;
1.14 Make an article using a craft other than one of those listed above.
In addition bring to the test one unfinished article other than the craft that she has made, on which she can demonstrate the ability to the tester.
Note: Only one article made in school within that last 12 months maybe submitted at the test.
1.1 Embroider an original design;
1.2 Print a piece of material using lino-block, potato-cut, or screen or by tie-dying;
1.3 Make a puppet;
1.4 Whittle an object from natural food;
1.5 Model a figure, or an animal or bird, in lay, plasticine or wax;
1.6 Make a carving in a medium, soft enough to cut easily e.g. remnant cloth, twine;
1.7 Make a pot;
1.8 Make a basket;
1.9 Make a picture using metal relief e.g. copper, aluminium;
1.10 Weave a rug or piece of material of a suitable size for some other article;
1.11 Make a decorative floor covering in a suitable material e.g. remnant cloth, twine;
1.12 Make a mosaic;
1.13 Make an article using macramé;
1.14 Make an article using a craft other than one of those listed above.
In addition bring to the test one unfinished article other than the craft that she has made, on which she can demonstrate the ability to the tester.
Note: Only one article made in school within that last 12 months maybe submitted at the test.
-Writer badge (Deadline: 1st CCA of 2016)
1. Write an original story of one thousand to two thousand words.
2. Write one of the following:
A short poem in recognized verse form.
An essay on her favourite hero or heroine
3. Also, please be prepared to get tested on the following:
A letter of at least two hundred words describing an incident she has enjoyed.
An exercise in punctuation given by the tester.
Note: The work submitted under clause 1 and 2 is to be sent to the tester beforehand; it should be neatly written or typed.
A letter of at least two hundred words describing an incident she has enjoyed.
An exercise in punctuation given by the tester.
Note: The work submitted under clause 1 and 2 is to be sent to the tester beforehand; it should be neatly written or typed.
For Sec 2 Guides
-Dancer Badge (Deadline: Jan 2016)
- Same applies for you all, dancer badges will be tested in January next year, please be prepared to perform.
So that's all for your December Holidays, it is compulsory for all guides to completed everything you are supposed to do and hand it up within the deadline. Failure to do so will have its consequences.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
And also, Happy Holidays!! Rest Well Guides :)