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PROGRAMA PUBLICATION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

HelpsVolume 11 No. 1 January–March 2014Program Division, National Headquarters, Manila

Education is a key issue affecting girls and young women around the world. Despite progress, an estimated 250 million children of primary school age lack basic reading, writing and numeracy skills, whether in school or not. Globally, 123 million youth (aged 15 to 24) lack basic reading and writing skills; 61 per cent of them are young women. (MDG Report 2013)

This situation draws the theme for the World Thinking Day (WTD) 2014 which is Millenium Development Goal 2: “Achieve universal primary education”.

On February 22, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world celebrate the “World Thinking Day” where they recognized the international friendship they found in the movement and gave contributions to the World Friendship Fund. This was also the joint birthdays of our World Chief Guide, Lady Olave Baden-Powell and Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the World Scouting Movement.

With the money donated to the WTD Fund, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) will provide grants to the five focus countries representing the five WAGGGS regions - Egypt, Bangladesh, Armenia, St Vincent and Grenadines, and Benin to take action on MDG 2.

Our message this 2014 is “Education opens doors for all girls and boys”.

Throughout the year, Girl Scouts can acquire the WTD Badge.

WTD 2014Activities for

1. Divide the group into two. Ask one half of the group to create a picture representing good education, and the other half of the group to create one showing bad education. Show as many different features and tell as many different stories as possible.

2. Swap the pictures between the groups to identify the different features.

3. Discuss the similarities and differences. The thinking points listed can help you come up with a common definition of ‘good education’.

Thinking Points

• Which elements appear in more than one drawing?• Were there any surprising findings in your concepts

of good and bad education?• Do you think drawings in other parts of the world

would be similar? Why (not)?• If we have a common picture of what good education

is, why doesn’t it exist everywhere yet?

Source: www.worldthinkingday.org

MOVIE TIMEMedia is a powerful tool to expose the current situation of education in the Philippines just what was depicted in the GMA 7 documentaries entitled “Alkansya” and “Salat”. Girl Scouts can also watch these documentaries and discuss the barriers to education.

Good School, Bad School

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Time Frame: 45 minutes

Materials: Paper (origami), potato/wood, knife and ink (stamp), a stick (1 meter long), bottle, salt & package of ketchup/shampoo (experiment)

With these ‘Learning Olympics’ you get a taste of learning in different domains.

1. Set up different learning stations.

2. In groups of four-five, go from station to station (as many as time permits). At each station, participants can experiment with learning.

3. When the time is up, talk about what you have learnt. The thinking points on the next page will give you some ideas for discussion.

Here are some examples of different learning stations or you can also use your own ideas. Listed beneath each suggestion are thespecific skillsandabilities thatareused in this activity.

• Make an origami frog/boat/flower. > Hand-eye Coordination, Dexterity

• Learn to say ‘hello, how are you?’ and ‘I am fine, thank you’ in three different languages.

> Language Competence

• Make a stamp from a piece of wood or a potato. Learn mirror view by cutting out the negative of the figure you want to see.

> Hand-eye Coordination, Safety Management

• Calculate (estimate) how many seconds of your life you have spent in the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts group.

> Mathematical Skills

• In groups of four, each person holds out a finger. Balance a broom stick on the fingers. The team has to walk around but the stick should remain absolutely horizontal.

> Teamwork and Communication Skills

• Draw a modern painting or sketch about what you learn in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting

> Artistic Expression, Creativity

Learning Olympics • Find information on the internet about a Girl Guide or Girl Scout group in a country of your choice and send them an email explaining what you are doing for World Thinking Day and ask what they are doing.

> Digital Competence, Foreign Language

• Compose and play a short song using the objects you find around you as music instruments.

> Musical ability, Creativity

When your time is up, discuss what you learnt. These thinking points will give you some ideas.

How did you find learning these different things? Did you have fun learning?

What did you learn? What different types of skills do you see?

Are there similar things you learn at school?

What is the difference with learning in school?

Are there activities or skills you liked more than others? Why?

Source: www.worldthinkingday.org

Materials: old jeans pinking shears felt scissors craft/tacky glue

How to do?1. Use the pinking shears to cut a rectangle from the old

jeans. Cut to whatever size you want the bookmark to be. Using pinking shears stops the edges from fraying.

2. Cut felt into shapes suitable for your bookmark. You may cut free hand or create templates by tracing pictures onto paper and cutting them out or draw shapes straight onto the felt.

3. Lay pieces of felt on the bookmark to be sure they fit. Re-adjust until you are happy with how things look.

4. Glue everything onto the denim.

5. Add extra touches. You could also use a silver or gold permanent marker or fabric marker to write on the bookmark

Source: http://adelightfulhome.com

Let’s be creative!!!

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Ce lt i c Heart Knot Neck lace

Instructions:

Step 1: You need one cord, at least 20 inches long. Se-cure one end to your board. Make a counter-clockwise loop near the center of the cord.

Step 2: To make the second loop, bring the working end through the first loop from below (un-der - over). Make sure the working end rests close to the right side of loop 1.

Step 3: To make loop 3, bring the working end through Loops 1 and 2, weaving through the three segments, over - under - over. Make sure you keep the end close to the left side of loop 1.

Step 4: Move the working end slightly to the right, so it runs through the center of the loops. Weave it under - over - under - over the four segments, heading to the upper left.

Step 5: Rotate the knot (or your board) so the ends are at the top. The end that was secured should be on the left, with the working cord on the right. Loop 2 should be at the bottom.

Step 6: Tighten and adjust the Celtic Heart knot so the design is the shape of a heart, and is the size you need. You can tighten it completely, or keep it somewhat loose.

- is a great knot for a pendant, since the ends come out at the top.

- You can create this Celtic knot with any size material, but try to use waxed or stiffened cord if using material less than 2mm diameter.

Suggested Activities

Source: www.free-macrame-patterns.com/celtic-heart-knot.html

Girls gain confidence when they learn that roles in life are limitless for them. Help a girl see all the roles available to her and unleash her potential!

Materials• Hand mirrors• Art supplies for girls to decorate their mirrors

Conversation Starter

Make sure they understand the difference between good and useful expectations, like earning passing grades in school and being respectful, and expectations that are unrealistic or not true for them, such as being a star athlete when they’d rather be a rocket scientist. The difference is what this activity is all about—letting girls decide and see all they can be!

Then, ask each girl to say one thing that helps describe who she really is and who she might like to become:

What roles do they play in life now?(daughter, sister, friend, student…)

What roles do they aspire to and why?(athlete, pilot, lawyer, writer, teacher, mother…)

As each girl responds, be sure to let her know that any or all of these options and more are available to her! Now, the girls should decorate their mirrors so they serve as a reminder to each of them of who they really are, and who they want to become.

After the girls decorate their mirrors, have them look into them and consider these questions:

What do you see? Who can you be?

Remind girls that they don’t need to be a certain way just because someone else thinks they should. And say something like, “Try not to feel pressure to be something you’re not! Be all that you want to be!”

Source: www.forgirls.girlscouts.org

Mirror, Mirror!

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Human MachineSupplies: None. This can be done with large or small groups. If you have less than 10 people you’ll create one machine. If you have more than 10, you’ll want to divide into teams of 10 to 20 people and have each team create a machine. Give them the following instructions: You are to make a human machine using all of your team members. Choose an appliance, machine or contraption of any kind, and act out all of its parts with all the members of your team. For example: if you were to choose an elec-tric toothbrush, several people could lay down to be the handle, others would be vibrating bristles. The sky is the limit. It’s best to let them come up with their own ideas.

Big Bad WolfSupplies: Lots of newspaper and lots of tape. Want to see how well your group does building something together? Try this fun exercise. Divide students into teams of 4-6. Give each team enough newspaper and tape to build a newspaper shel-ter of some kind. It must be big enough to get three team members inside. Set a time limit on how long you want to give teams to work on the project. The Big Bad Wolf (troop leader) then attempts to blow the shelter down. Award a prize to the best con-struction job.

Source: www.becominggirls.org

1. A successful Patrol Leader keeps her word.

2. A good Patrol Leader is fair to all.

3. A successful Patrol Leader is a good communicator.

4. She is flexible. She knows that thingsdo not always go as planned.

5. She is well organized. 6. The successful Patrol Leader knows

how to delegate. Delegation means being able to use the talents, skills,and positive initiative of the other patrol membersinpatrolandtroopactivities.

7. AgoodPatrolLeadersetsagoodexample. 8. A good Patrol Leader is consistent. 9. She is generous in giving praise or words of af-

firmationtoherPatrolMembers. 10. Sheisnotafraidorembarrassedtoaskforhelp.

Source: GSP 5-Age Level Handbooks and Manuals

Ten Tips for Patrol Leaders

Clue:This is where Sangam World Centre, one of the four World Centers of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is located. The other World Centers are Our Chalet in Switzerland, Our Cabaña in Mexico, and Pax Lodge in England.

Sangam, which means “coming together” in the an-cient language of Sanskrit, serves as a place for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world to come to-gether to share their experiences, as well as the cul-ture and traditions of their homelands and Member Organizations.

Source: www.sangamworldcentre.org