Pax Lodge (England)

Our next World Centre we are going to visit is Pax Lodge.
This week we are going to visit London! 
This week all you need from your activity bag is your decafe tea bag and find your favourite tea cup in your house.
We will have a time during the meeting when you will boil the water and steep the tea.

London is the city that Jacquie has visited the most and the longest and she will be the tour guide today.
She was lucky enough to visit the city with Girl Guides as well.  
We watched the PowerPoint.  

Pax Lodge video
Go on a virtual tour

Let's learn to make tea!
Tea Time

Time to learn to dance! This is a dance that was popular in the 1940s and people relearned for the 75th Anniversary of D Day.  
Start here to learn the Lindy Hop

Our Chalet and our trip to Switzerland

This week we continue our trip to World Centres to Our Chalet in Switzerland.
Our special guest is Karin. She is from a region in Switzerland called Appenzell.
 

She taught us to yodel!

Time for our edible craft! Tonight we are making chocolate fondue.
Switzerland is well known for it's excellent chocolate. Karin says it's because the cows produce such good milk which makes good chocolate.
You can dip almost everything! Prepare your extras before you start melting the chocolate.
Instructions for melting your chocolate chips-
Put your bowl of chocolate chips in the microwave.  Melt on high for 30 seconds. When the microwave stops, STIR with a small spoon.
Melt for the second time on high for 30 seconds. When the microwave stops, STIR again. It should be slightly melted now.
For the last time set the microwave on high for 30 seconds. When the microwave stops, STIR and all the chocolate should be melted.

We are lucky to have another Guiding World Centre in this country.
It is called Our Chalet. It is in Adelboden ( a town south of Bern, the capital city).

Welcome to Our Chalet video

You can travel there with a group or apply to go as a participant on your own.
Like all World Centres,  you can even volunteer there.

Tonight our special song is Once An Austrian Went Yodelling!
First let's learn about a the dog that is found in the Alps.
Click here to learn about St. Bernards

Here is this week's song. It has many different verses but let's stick to the ones on here for this week.
Ready to sing? Click here.

January 18 - We travel to the Guiding World Centres starting with Sangam.

For the next few weeks our unit is going to explore the world without leaving our homes!
There are 5 World Centres for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts that span the globe.
The locations we will travel to are- Sangam in India, Our Chalet in Switzerland, Pax Lodge (England), Our Cabana (Mexico) and Kusafiri (various locations in Africa).

Our first stop is Sangam! 
It was built 55 years ago.

Welcome video of Sangam

Take a virtual tour

One of the things that is done during festivals is to decorate elephants.
This week our craft is making an elephant finger puppet.
Here is a festival with painted elephants

CRAFT-
You will need needle, scissors, glue, grey felt pieces, white fun foam piece, two goggle eyes and self-adhesive decorations.

Cut out your elephant head out with scissors and thread your needle with grey thread.  
From the white fun foam, cut two tusks.

SEW around the outside the two identical body pieces with grey thread. 

Here is a closer view of the stitching.

 

 Glue to the underside of the head, a tusk on each side.  

Then stitch or glue the head on top of the finger area.

PEEL the decorations off their backing and then stick to the elephant to decorate it like it was a festival.

During the last few months one positive thing I have found is the dancing of Gurdeep.
He lives in the Yukon and everyday he posts a video of him doing bhangra.  
The bhangra is a  type of popular dance music combining Punjabi folk traditions with Western pop music.
Get ready to dance

If you want to try something new how about making your own chai? 
Chai is a popular hot drink in India.
Here is video on how to make chai
Here is the recipe

Next week we find our way to Our Chalet!  

Vancouver Island Marmots

 

This week we are investigating a local Vancouver animal that almost disappeared.
To learn about the marmots

These furry mammals hibernate!
Click here to learn about a long winter's sleep

Do you want to learn to draw one with guidance of a professional.  
Click here to learn how to draw a marmot

Send us pictures of your completed marmot and your pictures will appear on our blog!

Here is how to make your Vancouver Island Marmot!

Happy 2021 Our First Meeting is January 11th

I hope everyone has a restful break and starting this week we are back to meetings on-line!
You should have received a delivery from Samantha on Saturday or Sunday!
We have to put together an activity package the will last us for about a month of meetings. 

This week we will have an enrolment for all GUIDES who were new to Guides this year.  
We also investigate a local endangered species.

This week you will need from your home;
- scissors
- needle (from our horse craft)
- glue
- kleenex

From your activity package;
Ziplock bag with brown fur, white felt, google eyes, thread 
Thread the needle with one length of your brown thread
The paper handouts about Marmots.