Sports & Clubs Bowls Malcolm Davey 262704 Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693 1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505 Brownies – 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272 Brownies – 2nd Melbourn Samantha Pascoe 261400 Croquet Janet Pope 248342 Football Club Andrew Edwards 223109 Dynamos Football Club Les Morley 07739 593771 Gardening Club Helen Powell 245887 Guides – Ist Melbourn Hilary Marsh 261443 Judo Derek Coult 225004 Melbourn Karate Club Peter Khera 07866 374674 Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313 Melbourn and Meldreth Women’s Group Pat Smith 262575 Sue Toule 260955 Anne Harrison 261775 Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855 Ramblers Dave Allard 242677 Royston and District Round Table Michael Seymour 221398 Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064 Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593 Tennis (Melbourn) Dave Liddiard 07508 995 781 Tennis (Meldreth) Sue Davies 220174
1st Melbourn Rainbows At 1st Melbourn Rainbows we have been very busy. We made our own paper airplanes, trying out different designs and decorating them. We then flew them to see whose went the furthest, did the most stunts or crashed the best! We played lots of games including having a bingo night. One Saturday we met in Royston to see a pantomime! It was Cinderella. The girls all sat nicely (except when they were dancing) and during the interval, we all had a snack and a drink. It was a great day out enjoyed by all the girls and us leaders. During the term we worked on our Thinking Day badges. Thinking Day is a day when they think about the their ‘sisters’ (and ‘brothers’) in all the countries of the world, the meaning of Guiding, and its global impact. The day, 22nd February, was chosen as it was the birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and of Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and World Chief Guide. We talked about other guiding units around the world and learnt about their uniforms, promises and games. We also found out the names of rainbow units in other countries and completed a word search. We made Thinking Day cards and sent them to other rainbow units and guiders across the country, and also received some back! It was lovely to read what other rainbows said and how they decorated their cards. For Mother’s day they made their own cards and decorated a heart shape with sequins. They were extremely fiddly to do as they had tiny plastic pins to attach the sequins with but the girls all made beautiful hearts.
At the end of last term we practiced and performed a barn dance for our mums and dads and also made Easter bonnets. We decorated them with coloured paper and glittery mini eggs. We then did a fashion parade for our parents. We ended the term with our ‘Pot of gold’ ceremony, which saw 2 of our rainbows saying goodbye for the last time as they are off to Brownies in the summer term for new adventures. We have started back now after the Easter holidays and are preparing for our annual sleepover. It has a ‘Frozen’ theme and will prove to be as exciting as the girls are! On behalf of 1st Melbourn Rainbows. Bluebell, Buttercup, Sunflower, Lavender, Blossom and Jasmine
1st Brownies This term has been very busy. We have welcomed many new faces to the unit. At the start of the term, we worked on our wildlife badges. One week, we made bird feeders out of plastic cups, string, seeds and lard. All of the Brownies hung them up in their gardens in order to attract more birds for the British bird watch. A lot of us took part in the bird watch and we shared our findings the next week. As we approached half term, we neared Shrove Tuesday and World Thinking Day. To celebrate Pancake Day, each Brownie had the opportunity to make their own pancake, while others thought about what their promise meant and how they could follow it. After half term, we made friendship bracelets, using fishtail plaiting. Fluffy Owl (Amelia) taught the Brownies how to do this. Once all of them were finished, each Brownie was given a piece of paper with someone else’s name on and that was who their bracelets was for. Following that, we prepared for Mothering Sunday by making hand jewellery holders. On the first week, we all drew round our hands to create a template. Then, we rolled out air dry clay to about a centimetre thick and placed our templates on top. We used butter knifes to cut out the clay hands and we placed them around plastic balls, so that they were 3D. By the next week, the hands were dry and ready to paint. We melbournmagazine
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