Australian Brownie Guide Book, Part 2: Interest Badges

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BROWNIE GUIDE BOOK G OOF

Part 2

GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

Dear brownie guids, Now that you have made your Promise, you will want to earn some of the badges that brownie guides are interested in. You can use this book and your Australian Brownie Guide Book to help you. Remember that any articles; collections, etc., for a badge, should be made specially for that badge and may not be used towards any other brownie guide badge. Brownie Journeys

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ROAD

HIGHWAY

As soon as you have made your Promise you can choose, with your leader's help, which journey you would like to travel along, and which will be a challenge to you. Brownie journeys are a fun way of preparing you for the biggerjourneys you are going to make in life. There are three brownie journeys, the Footpath, the Road and the Highway, based on eight points which help you develop. These are Brownies are Wide Awake. Brownies Keep Fit Brownies Do Their Best. Brownies Make Things.

Brownies are Friendly. Brownies Lend a Hand. Brownies Help at Home. Brownies Have Fun Out-Of-Doors. 3

Each brownie journey has a set of challenges and it is up to you with help from your leader to decide what really is a challenge to you. Although each journey has a different number of challenges, you will find that you will take part in all of the eight points in everyjourney.In your AustraWan Brownie Guide Book you-will find the journey challenges and activities set out with page numbers for each point. h Vol Rad Highway

Pages 60-61 Pages 82-83 Pages 100-101

My Challenge

I will find out more about something I have not done before. OR Twill try to find a better way to do something I have done before. OR I will have a go at doing something I dislike or find difficult. OR I will try to improve or add to the skills I have. OR I will do things which will help me to understand my own strengths and weaknesses. -

Perhaps you are a really good swimmer and you decide (with your leader) to swim for your Keep Fit Challenge. You know how well you can swim, so if you can swim 25 metres easily, perhaps your challenge may be to swim 50 metres backstroke, which you may not do well, and so can improve. When you are doing this challenge in your next journey, you then challenge yourself to do something harder again, or you may decide to do something else which is challenging to you (not swimming) for Keep Fit. When you are deciding if something you have done (e.g. swimming) has been a challenge you must assess yourself honestly. You know how well you can do something and whether you have improved. This is where a brownie guide's "Duty to God" comes in, being truly honest with yourself. Remember to always do your best and to use the knowledge you have gained to help other people. 11

Interest Badges

While working on your journeys you will find that some things interest you more than others. Then you may wander from your journey and do an interest badge for something that really takes your fancy. Some of the learning for these interest badges will be covered in your pack programme and some is learnt away from your pack meeting; Here you may need help from someone other than your leader who knows the skill you wish to learn. Tell your leader when you have completed the work on your interest badge, and show her anything you need to take with you. When she is satisfied you are ready she will tell you how to make arrangements, including whom to visit. Remember to write and thank your assessor.

Ventures

During your time in brownies we hope you will enjoy brownie ventures. These are something that brownie guides suggest think about plan for carry out It may be any special thing that your pack decide to do such as an outing, doing some sort of service such as weeding the elderly citizens' gardens, or. a pack holiday: Whatever it is, everyonetakes part and contributes her best towards the success of the venture. Your leaders must approve of what you are doing. The planning is done in pow wow, for here everyone has

a chance to speak out, and when a decision needs to be made, to have a secret vote. For ventures to be successful it is important that everyone does their share cheerfully. Link Badge

This badge will introduce you to guides. The badge has a brown link joined to a blue link by a green link. The green represents "growing" you growing into guides. Part of the syllabus for this badge is done with the pack and part is undertaken with the uide company. The syllabus is in this book after the interest badge syllabi.

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BROWNIE GUIDE

Aboriginal (An Aborigine's Head)

Compile a list of Aboriginal words, integrated into the English language. How many can you find? OR Compile a list of "place" names that are Aboriginal words. Try to find out the meaning of some of them Read a legend of the Aborigines. Be able to tell the assessor the story. Tell the assessor about one well-known Aborigine (past or present). Show a knowledge of tools, food, musical instruments and weapons used by the Aborigines. OR View a collection or visit a display of art or craft made by Aborigines and be able to tell the assessor abdut the things you saw. Compile a list of foods gathered by Aborigines when they lived in their tribal state, and know how they gathered them. What type of shelter did Aborigines live in, in the tribal state? What were these made or

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Agility (A girl climbing a rope)

1. Jog with rhythm. 2. Run and leap to touch a mark 150 cms from the ground. 3. Jump from a 1 metre high platform and land in a controlled manner. 4. Do any three exercises well. 10 Burpees/ or leg changes. 5 Sit-ups. 10 Full touch toes. Hop without stopping 20 metres on one leg. 5. Do any three of the following: 7

One forward roll. A shoulder stand. A backward roll finishing with the body in a squatting position. A handstand against a support. Travel across a ladder bar, hand by hand. OR Skip 60 times without a break turning the rope backwards, and skip three fancy steps. OR Balance walk along a narrow bench or on flower pots over a distance of 7 metres.

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Animal Lover (A Cat on a Mat)

Look after your pet for at least three months. Be able to tell the assessor something of its life and habits, its daily diet, and the care it needs. During this period of three months carry out apiece of service to animals (not your own) e.g. exercise an old person's dog regularly, or clean out her canary's cage. Find out where and how you can obtain help for sick animals. Know the loöal laws relating to the pet you keep.

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Artist (A Palette and Brushes)

Know the primary colours, and show how to mix them to make other colours. Make an all-over desin using some method of printing such as potato cut printing, home-made stick print, and use it as a book cover, mat, wall hanging etc. Using materials from nature create a picture or design OR Draw or paint an imaginative picture. Make a line drawing using charcoal or similar medium.

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Athlete (An Athlete jumping)

1. Show speed and lightness in running, ability to change direction and stop suddenly with control. 2. Run 80 metres in 18.5 secs (under 9 years). Run 100 metres in 18.5 secs (9 years and over). 3. Jump 75 ems in height (under 9 years). Jump 85 ems in height (9 years and over). OR Jump 1.25 metres in length (under 9 years) Jump 1.50 metres in length (9 years and over). 4. Throw a tennis ball overarm so that someone 9 metres away can catch it easily (under 9 years) 10 metres away can catch it easily (9 years and over) Show that you can catch a tennis ball thrown overarm to you 9 metres away (under 9 years) 10 metres away (9 years and over) 5. Throw a 17 cm ball or football so that someone 3 metres away can catch it easily (under 9 years) 3.5 metres away can catch it easily (9 years and over) Show that you can catch a 17 cm ball or football thrown to you 3 metres (under 9 years) 3.5 metres (9 years and over) 9

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Australia (A Koala Bear)

Make an Australian scrapbook to include collections of Australia-wide interest. Study six Australian animals, birds or plants or any combination of these, and answer questions on them. Tell the story of a pioneer of her own State. Describe four primary products and/or minerals of her own State. -

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Book Lover (A Book)

Read six (6) books, all by different authors, approved or recommended by your local librarian or school teacher. Be able to tell the assessor about them. Read the "Book of the Year" or "Picture Book" if more suitable to your age group, or read a book from the list of commended books issued at the same time. Demonstrate the use of a dictionary, an index, an encyclopaedia, and other reference books e.g. Junior Thesaurus. Be able to tell the assessor how books should be cared for and make a bookmark. Know something about Book Week.

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Brownie Friendship (A Globe)

1. Choose six (6) countries which are members of the World Association; three (3) of the countries chosen should be from the Asia-Pacific Region. Know one (1) brownie uniform and badge from each country. 10

Know the flags of these six (6) countries. Tell the assessor something which interests you about the brownies in at least two (2) of these countries. Make an interesting collection (which you can arrange in a book if you wish) of views, national costumes, stamps, food pictures, labels, or similar things, from one of these countries. Know a game from another country, or know the brownie story from one of the six (6) countries you have chosen. Be able to tell the assessor how brownies began, and something about the lives of our founder, Lord BadenPowell and his wife Lady Baden-Powell.

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Collector (A Magnifying Glass)

Collect at least fifty (50) specimens in connection with your hobby or interest, e.g. stamps, postmarks, picture postcards, tea or cigarette cards, crests, outdoor treasures. Arrange them neatly and systematically. Be able to tell the assessor something about your collection. Tell the assessor about a visit you have made to someone else's collection, or to a library, or art gallery, or museum, or historical building, or garden or zoo, within the last six months, and describe how the specimens there were displayed.

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Communication (Semaphore Flags, Deaf Manual Sign, Morse Code)

Know the alphabet in one of the following means of communication: Semaphore. Braille. Deaf Manual signs finger spelling. Deaf-Blind Manual signs finger spelling. Morse. Be able to count from 1-20 using one of the following: -

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Semaphore. Braille. Deaf Manual signs Deaf-Blind Manual signs Morse. 3. Be able to receive a simple sentence and to read it back to the assessor using one of the following: Semaphore. Braille. Deaf Manual Signs. Deaf-Blind Manual Signs. Morse. 4. Know and demonstrate one of the following: The procedure signs used in semaphore/Morse. How to help a blind or deaf person in the home and on the street. How to speak clearly so that a deaf person can lip read you. Note: Re deaf section of this badge. The combined method (both hand and speech simultan. eously) is to be used. Suggested reference: "Aids to Communication with the deaf" Prepared by Jeaned, Murkin and Reynolds. Published by Massins and Co., Carlton. J;NGuloE\

Conservation (Globe with clasped hands and a (Clauses 2 and 3 to be renewed annually)

Find out what national parks and wildlife sanctuaries are, why they exist, what kind of rules exist within them and the reasons for the rules. Keep a pack nature calendar; OR Take part in active conservation work, perhaps in co-operation with local authorities such as Forestry Commission, Fisheries and Wildlife Department, etc. In all your outdoor activities hiking, family outings, camping etc. show ways in which you can look after the countryside. -

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Visit a national park, wildlife sanctuary or nature reserve and discuss your visit with your assessor. Make a list (or tell your assessor) of ways that people thoughtlessly and carelessly destroy or pollute natural surroundings land, water and air and suggest ways in which we could lessen or avoid this destruction and pollution. -

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Fry or scramble an egg, or cook bacon, sausage,, or something similar and be able to make toast. Prepare and boil potatoes and one other vegetable and/or prepare a salad. Stew fruit and make a jelly. Make scones, small cakes or pikelets. Clean and wash up all cooking utensils and leave the kitchen tidy.

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Craft ("C" with small crafts)

(There is provision made for four (4) different crafts. The badges will be 1. gold 2. green 3. orange 4. blue. You will need to indicate on the interest badge certificate the number the brownie guide requires.) Find out all you can about the craft you have chosen, for example the country of origin, the different materials used in your craft (be able to recognise them and know when it is best to use them), uses to which your craft is put, significance of design etc. Know the names of your "tools of trade", hOw to use them and how to look after them. 13

Bring to the assessment four (4) quite different articles you have made, that show the variety of your craft. Bring to the assessment an article you are making and continue to work on it while you are there, so that the assessor can see how you handle your tools and materials.

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Crochet (A Crochet Hook and Wool)

Choose your own pattern and, following the printed directions, crochet an article introducing two different stitches. Crochet a fancy edge around an article, and be able to demonstrate stitches at the assessment.

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Cyclist (A bicycle)

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Own or part own a bicycle of the right size. Ride your bicycle, using the brakes correctly. Keep your bicycle clean and know how to replace the chain and pump up the tyres. Know how to find out lighting up.time and why lights are necessary. Go with the assessor for a ride showing that you understand: The rules of the road for cyclists. The signals that cyclists give and observe. The correct way to turn right at cross roads.

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Dancer (A Girl Dancing)

(All clauses must be fulfilled irrespective of certificate held). Perform a dance of your own choice, already learnt, to contain a variety of steps. (a) Perform an impromptu dance of your own choice. (b) To apply to ballet dance only: Perform an extra impromptu mime. (This clause to show the girl's understanding and appreciation of flow, use of space and time, and the qualities of light and heavy, fast and slow.) Do one of the following: Make a scrapbook showing as many different kinds of dancing as possible. Know the stories of three (3) well-known ballets. Choose three (3) countries. Find out about the type of national dancing, the costume worn for it, and the sort of music used for accompaniment. Read a book about dancing and be prepared to discuss the book with the assessor.

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First Aider (A Cross) (to beTested Biennially)

1. Explain to the assessor what you understand by the term "First Aid." Section A

Discuss with the assessor the importance of cleanliness in reference to First Aid treatment. Show and explain to the assessor how you would Treat a small cut. Control nose bleeding. Immediate treatment of a scald burn. Treat a grazed knee. 15 -

Section B

1. What are the important points to remember if you as a brownie are asked to give assistance at the scene of an accident? Points which should be covered include Knowledge of the treatment of shock. Understand the importance of obtaining adult help. Know how to use the telephone and how to give a clear message to summon help, giving exact location of accident and number of people injured. 2. Know how to control severe bleeding. 3. Know and demonstrate how to maintain a clear airway. 4. Know and understand the principles of mouth to mouth resuscitation. It is recommended that the brownie should be at least 81/2 years before attempting this badge. BOTH sections are to be passed. -

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FloralArt (An Arrangement of Flowers)

IV_ Make a suitable centre piece that could be used for the dinner table at a pack holiday. Make up a spray or posy to present to someone. Make a miniature arrangement less than 10 cm high. Make a novelty using driftwood or cones or similar materials. Make an arrangement suitable for a meal table. Create three of the above arrangements, one of which is to be of fresh flowers and foliage.

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Gymnast/Calisthenics (Girl in leotard standing on head Balancing Bars) Gymnast -

1. Floor: Circle arms, forward roll, jump half turn, backward roll to kneel arabesque. Stand up cartwheel, join feet together, 16

kneel, headstand and hold for 3 counts, return to kneel and stand. Vault: Feet through vault. Straddle vault. Bars: (Low 1.5 in from ground, High 2.3 in from ground. May be altered for small girls.) Facing outwards, pullover, lift leg over, hock swing to catch high bar, leg over to long lie, pullover high bar, toe shoot to split sit, leg back over to hip rest, toe shoot. Beam: Crouch jump on end of beam, turn and stand, step hop to end, kneel stand and double foot turn, walk 2 steps, two foot jump, turn and hollow jump off. OR

Calisthenics

Know well a complete set of freearm exercises. Know well a complete rod set, which includes top grip as well as normal undergrip. Girls 10 and over to do one triple twist. Be able to perform a song from your own Calisthenic Club with all actions, and understand the story of the song you are singing.

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Gardener (A Wheel Barrow)

Cultivate and keep tidy part of a garden where a group of plants are growing, taking care of the plants at all times, and keeping the tool used in good condition. Grow two (2) kinds of vegetables from seed OR Grow two (2) kinds of annual flowers from seed OR Grow two (2) kinds of Australian native plants from seed. Successfully transplant seedlings into (a) containers (for pot 17

plants) (b) into the garden (for growing into larger plants.) Successfully pick flowers for home decoration and know hOw to care for them. Name six (6) trees and state whether they are evergreen or deciduous trees. BROWNIE GUIDE

Hostess (A Cup and Saucer)

Welcome and look after a guest or guests either in your own home or at a party, or at a brownie event. Prepare the refreshments yourself. Write letters: inviting a friend to tea. Saying thank you to your hostess for a visit., Accepting an invitation.

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House Orderly (A Dustpan and Broom)

Help at home in the following ways and be ready to show or tell the assessor what you have done, or can do. Clean a fireplace and lay and light a fire, or clean a cupboard, washing shelves, or clean a bath and basin. Sweep and dust a room. Wash your socks. Make your own.bed for a week. Wash up the dinner dishes, and the cooking utensils. Clean brass, or copper, or silver and/or cutlery.

BROMIE GUIDE

Jester (A Jester's Head)

Entertain an audience, in three of the following ways: I. Recite a poem. Your choice of poem will be taken into account. 18

Dress up and act or mime, or use puppets to illustrate, a well known story or an event from history. Make up a dance to a piece of music. Sing and act a song; either with or without accompaniment. Dance a national dance.

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Knitter (A Ball of Wool and Knitting Needles)

Knit two (2) articles such as a scarf, beanie, doll's ôlothes, soft toy, etc. and bring to show the assessor. Be able to demonstrate at the assessment, the following: Cast on and Cast off. Purl Stitch. Garter Stitch. Stocking stitch. Increase and decrease.

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Life Saving Elementary (Tired Swimmer Carry) Resuscitation Assessment

The candidate must: Demonstrate the correct positioning of a patient preparatory to performing both of the expired air methods of artificial respiration. When a manikin is available, the expired air methods should be demonstrated on the manikin for a period of at least two (2) minutes for each method. If a manikin is not available, a simulated demonstration "without facial contact" should be performed for atleast two (2) minutes for each method. Demonstrate and give the reasons for the actions necessary to effect the following: (i) The establishment and maintenance of a clear airway. 19

The establishment and maintenance of an airtight seal. The removal of the patient's vomitus. The treatment given to the patient after breathing has been re-established. Test of Swimming Ability

The candidate must swim without stopping 75 metres as follows: Twenty five (25) metres front crawl. Twenty five (25) metres sidestroke. Twenty five (25) metres breaststroke or life saving backstroke. .

Assessment of Life Saving Techniques

The candidate must: Demonstrate without entering the water, a reaching assist to pull a patient to safety from a distance of one (1) metre to one and a half (1.5) metres. Enter the water with a buoyant object and swim with it to a patient at a distance often (10) metres. The rescuer must adopt a defensive position at a distance out of reach of the patient and push the buoyant object to the patient. When the patient has calmed and is supporting himself on the floating aid, the rescuer will tow him by means of the aid to the starting point. Contact with the patient should be avoided at all times. Tread water for thirty (30) seconds in the vertical position and for 30 seconds in the horizontal position. Perform a breaststroke surface dive to recover an object in at least one and a half (1.5) metres depth of water and bring it to land. Oral Test

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Methods of extending the reach and the use of throwing aids. Elementary first aid associated with the treatment for shock, bleeding from simple cuts and scratches, bleeding from the nose, and the treatment for cramp.

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Musical Appreciation (Musical Instruments)

Be able to recognise by sight and sound at least six (6) instruments and instrumental groups that are played in orchestras and bands. references; A young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten. Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. Children's Introduction to Instruments of the Orchestra (Peter Pan Record No. L.F. 2024 narrated by Threstin Johnson). Children's Introduction to Classical Music (Peter Pan Record No. L.F. 2025). Choose three (3) well known composers, find out their life stories, the type of music they wrote and be able to tell the assessor about them. Tape or have on record a favourite piece written by each composer and take it to the assessor. Be able to recognise a waltz, march, lullaby and polka. -

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Musician (Treble Clef)

1. On an instrument of your own choice: Play one verse of "God Save the Queen". Play a piece you enjoy. (If the instrument of your choice is the recorder it will be necessary to play an additional piece.) 2. Tap a rhythm played by your assessor. 3. Recognise any six instruments in an orchestra. Note: Your choice of piece will be taken into account. If necessary, you can choose instruments you know from pictures. 21

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Naturalist (Spiders Web, Tree, Bird)

1. Find out the names and be able to describe the general living habits of Five (5) Australian animals; or Five (5) Australian birds; or Five (5) Australian insects; or A combination of the above; which you have seen in their natural surroundings. 2. Be able to explain how each is useful to the community. 3. Find out the floral emblem of your own State. 4. Be able to point out in their natural surrounds: Five (5) Australian trees; or Five (5) Australian wildflowers; or Five (5) Australian grasses; or A combination of the above; and be able to answer questions about them. 5. By tidying up litter, planting a tree or shrub, or some other activity, help make a local park or bushland area a more beautiful place for the enjoyment of all. -

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Needleworker (Pincushion, Scissors, Needle and

Know four (4) of the following stitches: chain, blanket, stem, cross, fly, herringbone, running and lazy-daisy. The stitches are to be large and they may be shown worked into a sampler. Make a garment, showing hemming stitch, for a child or large doll, and decorate it with one of the above stitches. Note: Help may be given with the cutting out.

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Pathfinder (Arrow)

Country Brownies. Know which road leads to the nearest big town, and how far it is; the direction and distance away of three neighbouring towns or settlements. Town Brownies. Know direction and distance away of nearest town hall. Give clear directions, well expressed and distinctly spoken to the assessor; be able to do so politely and promptly. Deliver a short verbal message of at least 20 words correctly. Know the whereabouts and how to get to the nearest: police station; fire station; chemist's shop; hospital; telephone; ost office; garage; filling station. Know: how to contact a Focal doctor; what time the last post is collected on weekdays and Sundays. Know the history of any one historical place in the neighbourhood. Note: Either the pack headquarters or the candidate's home may be taken as the central point. The brownie should understand the importance of not accompanying strangers.

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Photographer (A camera)

1. Show the assessor how you would load and unload your camera with film and know the size film required for your camera. 2. Know where to find on your camera: Lens Shutter Distance setting (if on your camera) Brightness control (if on your camera) Flash attachment (if on your camera) 3. Bring to the assessor at least ten (10) photographs you have taken yourself, neatly arranged in an album; or bring along and project ten (10) slides you have taken, or a combination of both slides and photographs you have taken. Include at least one of each of the following: 23

Photograph of a person Group of people Landscape Animal or bird Architecture (buildings, etc.) 4. Explain very simply how your camera takes a picture.

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Pony Rider (A Horseshoe)

Catch a pony and put on a head collar; lead a pony in hand. Mount and dismount correctly. Ride without a leading rein. Know how to ride along and across a road, and how to say "thank you" while mounted. Know something about the care and feeding of a pony off grass, and hand feed.

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Road Safety (Traffic Lights)

Know and be able to demonstrate the rUles for the following clauses: 1. Where and how to walk safely. 2. How to cross a road to include Kerb drill All available types or crossings One way streets Where no special crossing is available When crossing near stationery vehicles 3. How a bicycle should be ridden. Know and be able to tell the assessor the rules for the following clauses: 4. Where to play safely. 5. As a passenger in public transport and private car. 6. Railway crossings -the various signals and their meanings. 24

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Safety in the Home (Matches & Electricity)

1. Give your family doctor's telephone number and be able to give directions to the nearest phone if there is not one in your own home. 2. Show how you would do the following in a safe way: place saucepans on a stove wash and dry knives, carry them, and pass them to another person. strike a match, light a candle, and put the matches away. handle scissors. 3. now what dangers there could be when you use electricity and gas. 4. Explain three (3) ways used in your home to make sure that accidents do not happen. 5. Know how the following can be a danger to young children. Plastic bags Pills and medicines left within reach. Sharp scissors, needles etc. 6. Discuss with the assessor any ideas you may have to make a home safer.

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: Science (Sailing through a storm at night) (assess one science only) Wind

Make a model glider or sailplane and kite and be able to show that you understand the use of wind currents in flying it. (Kits may be used but the brownie MUST have done the construction) Make a model of a windmill to show a use for wind power. OR Water

Be able to describe one use of a water wheel (e.g. for irrigation) and make a simple model. Make a simple model showing steam power (this need only

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I. Know the safety precautions to use when working with electricity. Make a simple electromagnet. Make 2 simple working models, toys or useful articles using batteries. OR Weather

Show the assessor that you understand the weather forecast. Know the names of three different types of clouds. Keep a weather chart for one month showing the temperature, wind directions, type of day i.e. sunny, cloudy, rainy etc. Understand something about the effects of air pressure. OR Planets

Know any three constellations and describe them. to the assessor. Make a "prick" planetarium of 2 of them. Understand the use of a simple telescope. OR Discoverer

Demonstrate the use and care of a microscope. Be able to describe accurately when seen under a microscope, twelve specimens of your own choice, e.g. dog's or cat's hair etc. BROWNIE GUIDE

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Singer (A Bird singing)

Sing one verse of "God Save The Queen". Sing a song of her own choice and one from the following books: 26

Five Carols Miriam Hyde Australian Christmas Carols James & Wheeler Songs of Happiness Eric Leadbeater Youthful Fancies Christine Helleman Nature Lyrics for Children N. C. Schneider Nine Australian Folk Songs arranged by Hal Evans In This Land Mirrie Hill Three Children's Songs Mirrie Hill A Day in the Bush Letty Katts 6Australian Bush Songs Baylis'& James The Penguin Australian Song Book compiled by J. S. Manifold. Singing Together compiled by Alexandra Cameron OR Any other suitable Australian song. Tap a rhythm played by the assessor. Sing one octave of a major scale downwards. Note: The choice of song is to be taken into accOunt by the assessor. -

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Skater (An Ice Skate or a Roller Skate)

Candidate must start skating from a standstill start. Skate down length of rink and turn around to skate backwards at centre of rink. Skate backwards and come to a smooth stop at other end of rink; stop must be made by use of skates and not assisted by holding rail. Turn around and repeat assessment by coming back to where first started. Know the safety precautions of the rink.

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Skier (Crossed Skis with Stock) Skier Snow -

1. (a) Show that you know how to care for the following equipment and explain why this care is necessary. (i) Boots, (ii) Ski-soles, (iii) Bindings, (iv) Safety straps, (v) Stocks. Know the basic principles regarding safety in the snow. Know how to adjust bindings and the importance of safety straps. Understand the hazards of the snow country. 2. Demonstrate herringbone, sidestepping and kick turns to the left and right on a slope of up to ten degrees (1 in 6). 3. Demonstrate in good style one of the following: Snowplough, snowplough stop and snowplough turns to the left and right. Stem turns to the left and right from traverse position to traverse position. Sideslipping facing left .and right An uphill christie and a basic christie 4. Demonstrate a no-fall descent of one hundred metres over slopes of not less than ten degrees (1 in 6). OR

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Have gained a swimmer's badge. Know hand signals used between skier and boat driver and be able to use them. Know and understand the duties of the observer. Be able to ski on two (2) skis, land safely and replace skis after a fall. Complete a deep water start. Cross the boat wash in both directions on two (2) skis. Lift alternate skis and balance on one ski. Note: It is strongly recommended that wet suit pants of the correct size be worn for medical reasons while water ski-ing. Life jackets are compulsory by water safety and boating regulations, so MUST be worn. 28

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Swimmer (A girl swimming) EIeeeiy (White girl swimming). W

Swim 25 metres any style. (a) Pick up an object (e.g. plate) from 90 cm of water, and (b) Tread water for 2 minutes, or float motionless for 30 seconds (not necessarily horizontally). Float on back using slight leg and hand movements for 15 metres.

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Know the basic rules for safety which should be observed when swimming in pools, the sea, creeks and waterholes. Obey the rules of the pool. Advanced (Gold girl swimming)

(a) Swim 50 metres freestyle, showing the assessor that you can breathe properly throughout the swim in a relaxed and practised style. (b) Swim 25 metres in one of the following strokes: Breast Stroke, BackStroke, Butterfly, or Side Stroke. (a) Pick up an object (e.g. a plate) from at least 1 metre depth of water. (b) Tread water for 2 minutes, and float motionless for 30 seconds (not necessarily horizontally). Swim 15 metres on back with arms on the chest. From board, bank or boat, in a safe place approved by the assessor, perform a standing dive. Know the basic rules for safety which should be observed when swimming in pools, the sea, creeks and waterholes. Obey the rules of the pool. Swimmer (Extension Section only)

Enter the water unaided. Note: You may be helped to the edge of the water. Swim 25 metres. Pass one of the following clauses:

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Pick up a plate from a depth of not less than 90 cm. Mushroom float with face immersed for three seconds. Rolling: make one complete turn. After each of the above clauses -recover to safe breathing position, upright or floating. Obey the rules of the pool.

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Thrift (A Bee) (To be renewed annually)

(This is the only interest badge which may be tested by your own brownie leader provided she is warranted.) Save money for at least three months in a savings bank. Show the assessor your bank book to show that you have been adding to it regularly. Ask your mother or guardian to sign a record that you have kept your brownie uniform neat and tidy. Make something out of second-hand material and tell the assessor how you will use it. Be able to tell her two other ways in which you can be thrifty. To keep this badge, you must add at least 50 cents a year to your savings. -

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Toymaker (A Rag Doll)

To be a toymaker you should make, without any help, three of the following toys. They.must be well made and finished and ready for use before you take them to the assessor. A toy from old, clean stockings which you must make at least 23 cm high or long. A simple soft toy which you could give as a present to a small child or baby. (You must remember not to use wire or pins for eyes or limbs.) 30

Using cardboard or other strong matérial or matchboxes, either a set of dolls' furniture for yourself; OR A brownie scene foryour six home, the base of which must be 30 cm by 23 cm. A toy of your own choice which is different from the other things you have made. As a special Good Turn you may make a well-arranged, clean scrapbook for a grown-up or child in hospital.

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Water Safety (Hands)

~SV / The candidate must answer questions (oral) on commonsense approaches to situations involving the possibility of death by drowning. It is desirable that these assessments be conducted at the water's.edge since they have been designed to enable a person to effect a rescue without entering the water. (Refer to the Royal Life Saving Manual) 2. (a) Demonstrate on land methods of reaching a person in difficulties by using: A reach with either the hand or the leg. A branch, a length of wood, or a similar object. Two articles of clothing tied together. (b) Demonstrate proficiency in throwing the following articles to within reach of a person in difficulty: A weighted rope across a space two (2) metres square which is ten (10) metres from the thrower. An unweighted rope across a space two (2) metres square which is six (6) metres from the thrower. A buoyant object into a circle of one (I) metre diameter which is six (6) metres from the thrower.

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Woodworker (A Saw and Hammer)

I. Collect and recognise small specimens of: Three (3) mm and six (6) mm wood, balsa wood, dowel rod, and three (3) other woods of your own choice. Using a tenon or coping saw make a jigsaw not less than twenty (20) cms by fifteen (15) cms. Construct any wooden toy of your own choice this is to be sanded and either painted, varnished or stained. Using a hammer and nails; screwdriver and screws; or glue; repair a broken article. Complete two (2) of the following clauses: Replace a blade in a fretsaw. Recognise and use correctly: a small hand drill, a screwdriver, a hammer, a panel saw or a tenon saw. Recognise, name and be able to explain the use of five (5) different nails and/or screws. -

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Writer (A Pen and ScroD)

Write an original story. Make up a poem, or a play, or describe an interesting event you have enjoyed as a brownie. Write a letter saying "thank you" for a present or a visit or an outing you have enjoyed, and address the envelope.

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Link Badge(A Brown Link joined to a Blue Link by a Green Link)

During 12 months have taken an active part in your pack activities. For example, work on journeys, interest badges, ventures. Have given service to others by yourself or with the pack, within the past 2 years. The following clauses are to be done after your 10th birthday. Visit (a) A guide meeting and (b) The company at camp; or a patrol or company hike or cookout; Thinking Day celebration or similar. Report back to the pack on what was of interest from these visits. (a) (i) Understand how the 8 points in the brownie programme develop into the 8 points in the guide company. Recognise the guide badge, 8 point badges, patrol leader's insignia, world badge and guide leader' insignia. Know the differences between the appointment of sixer and the patrol leader; pow wow and patrol leader's council and patrol councils. OR (b) Meet the guide leader and the guides who will help you to find out about the following: A patrol leader and a patrol How the girl guides started. What you have to do before renewing your Promise in the guide, company.

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For Parents, Leaders and Assessors.

The central challenge of guiding is the Promise, from which radiate the 8 points which form the basis' of our guiding programme. The 8 points indicate the variety of activities in which the girl may choose to participate. Four points Mind, Physical Fitness, Character and Creative Ability are connected with the girl herself. Two points Relationships with people and Readiness and concern her development in Ability to Serve Others relation to other people. Two points Homecraft Skills and Enjoyment of the Out of-Doors relate to the two main spheres of guiding activity. Every girl aims, over a period of time, to participate fully in activities from each of the 8 points. This is achieved through the challenges on the journeys, through interest badges and through ventures. -

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There are three browniejourneys the Footpath, the Road and the Highway. On each journey the brownie guide carries out at least one activity under each of the eight points. On the Footpath there are four definite challenges, on the Road six and on the Highway eight. Where there is no challenge written down under a point, it is the brownie guide leader's responsibility to ensure that the brownie guide experiences this particular type of activity. New brownie guides may start their journeys at the appropriate level according to their stage of development. Many will progress through the Footpath to the Road then the Highway, however a more mature brownie guide may start on the Road or the Highway whichever journey is challenging enough to her. On the journeys the brownie guides meet challenges. These challenges encourage a brownie guide to try something new or to attempt a known activity in a more interesting and difficult manner. Challenge is a method, a way of doing things, a way of progressing through the eight point programme. It helps the girl to train herself to keep on trying, to see how far she can go, to learn her potential, and to assess her own efforts. Through working on the challenges of the Footpath, Road and Highway, the brownie guide has many opportunities for carrying out her Promise, she has the incentive to tackle something, she may be introduced to new hobbies, she gains -

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technical knowledge of a subject and in extending herself and learning to assess her own potential she achieves success at her own level. This will only come about if brownie guide leaders accept the challenge of being caring and understanding adults whose aim is to help each individual brownie guide to carry out her promise. The brownie guide leader helps the brownie guide to choose her challenge and records it in a suitable place. She helps the brownie to learn the skills needed to achieve the challenge, providing materials where necessary. During pack meetings the leader includes activities in which the brownie can practise her new skill. Parents can also help by allowing the brownie guide to practise her skills at home. The brownie guide leader then ensures that the brownie guide uses her new skill whenever possible. When the brownie guide has completed her challenge, both she and the brownie guide leader help assess and record the result together. The brownie guide leader needs to be aware of the brownie guide's needs and capabilities. To assess herself the brownie guide must grow more and more aware of the effort she needs to put into a challenge. This will enable her to become aware of the need for continued improvement and real achievement which will give joyous satisfaction. Interest Badges

On the previous pages are the syllabus for each of the brownie guide interest badges in alphabetical order: It should be a brownie guide's own choice to do an interest badge. Articles, collections etc. for a badge should be made specially for that badge and may not be used towards any other brownie guide badge. The brownie guide leader should check that the brownie guide has fulfilled all the requirements of the badge and check the arrangements for the assessment before the brownie guide goes to be assessed. A brownie guide should be assessed mdividually. She is assessed on how much she has learnt, practised and done towards the badge, rather thanj ust what she does at the assessment. She is expected to do her best according to her age/stage of development. More satisfaction will be gained by the brownie guide if the assessor shows a genuine interest in what she has done and suggests other ways for the brownie guide to extend herself in this interest. 35

Ventures

A brownie venture is an idea in action. The idea comes from the brownie guides. It may be in pow wow or as the result of a challenge on the journeys, or a skill gained from an interest badge or simply out of the blue, that a brownie guide has an idea. It may be for fun, for friendship or for service. In pow wow the pack decides to adopt this idea and carry it out. Every brownie guide takes an interest and every brownie guide has a part according to her capabilities. Ventures may be the carrying out of one or more ideas and the activities connected with them may be varied. Ventures provide a practical way for brownie guides to carry out their Promise. The brownie guide leader can help with ventures by providing practical help when necessary, by helping the brownie guides see the limits to which they may go, by encouraging each brownie guide to take a part, by showing interest in every aspect of the project and at the end by helping the brownie guides to decide whether their idea has really been brought to a successful and happy conclusion. Brownie guides who are taking part in a venture may wear the blue venture badge towards the front of the left sleeve of their uniform. The small numbered discs inserted in this badge serve to tell the brownie guide how many ventures or ideas she has helped to ca rry out. It is decided by the brownie guides in the pack whether they wear these numbered discs or not. A suitable record of each venture may be made in the pack diary or in each brownie guide's individual record. Link Badge

You will find the syllabus for the Link Badge also in the previous pages. The Link Badge introduces brownie guides to guides, and the encouragement to do the Link Badge must come from the brownie guide leader. The first two clauses should fit in naturally with the pack programme. The "12 months" in clause 1 may date from the day the brownie guide makes her promise. Clause 3 requires co-operation between the brownie guide leader and the guide leader. The pack will need to know when the guide company is having a suitable activity, which the brownie guides can attend. A card can be purchased from your guide shop with the Link Badge Syllabus on it. This can be used by the brownie guide, and requires the signature of the brownie guide leader and the guide leader. This card should be presented at the guide shop 36

when buying the Link Badge. Your district commissioner should be advised when girls have completed their Link Badge. This may be done at the district meeting. On leaving the, pack, the brownie will be presented with her Link Badge. The Link Badge may be worn on the guide uniform, on the left shoulder, parallel to the company name tape and between the name tape and the brownie guide star.

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