Guide with Gecko

25/02/2022

Hi everyone! I am super excited to be organising activities for our unit's first camp which we will be attending with other districts. I want to do my team proud and as it's my first camp as a leader, I'd love for you to spam me with your successful activities for ages 10-13. Thanks, sisters! 💛

22/02/2022

Designed up these little duty reminders for the girls to help them keep in task and remember what they need to do each night. Many people are visual learners or have a hard time remembering sequences so an aid (which will be attached inside the patrol box) is a great resource.

edit: wow, i didn't realise it would be so popular. I'll have to upload on the website but until then please just email me at [email protected] and I'll forward you on a copy.

20/02/2022

With day on 6 March, I have created a quick little chart for Guides to use if they would like to enter their face mask count into the citizen science project. Tag me if you use it so I can see their hard work! 😍

08/10/2021

We thought our local aged care residents shouldn't miss out on the Spoonville neighbourhood fun during lockdown so our girls took a town to them. My daughter and I delivered it to them last week and they were so appreciative and marvelled over the creations.

30/09/2021

As part of a session with girls teaching how to use the internet with advocacy, they'll be track an initiative they have created. Please join the fun and SHARE!

This Halloween, join North Rocks Bidjigal Girl Guides as we ! Get into the fun by building and displaying a scarecrow in front of your home during the month of October. We can't actually scare COVID but we can scare our family and friends! Don't forget to share this post and any scarecrow sightings with by using
We look forward to seeing your creations!This Halloween, join North Rocks Bidjigal Girl Guides as we ! Get into the fun by building and displaying a scarecrow in front of your home during the month of October. We can't actually scare COVID but we can scare our family and friends! Don't forget to share this post and any scarecrow sightings with by using
We look forward to seeing your creations!

26/09/2021

This would be some DIY lockdown fun!

03/09/2021

What would you say?

What would you tell your teen self if you could go back in time? What does a teen in your life need to know?

Positive self talk is powerful!

01/09/2021

🎭 Who's been working on the Lego Challenge? We did our final one last night which was the Andrea Performance Challenge. 🎭

With lockdown I had to get super creative about how the girls could do this challenge virtually as a team. A former thespian myself, it was important for me to also have the girls understand how many different aspects there are to putting on a production. Using a slide presentation the girls learned how many people are involved from the director, lighting crew and box office, etc!

I gave the girls the challenge of joining part of a production team to develop what was needed to host an imaginary musical titled "It's No Big Dill." (Yes, I was inspired when gardening, 🤣 ) All they had to build from was the character of a farmer and dill.

In breakout rooms via zoom the girls were split into these team:
1. Marketing (billboard design)
2. Costume Design
3. Script (storyline)
4. Musical performance

All came up with their own concept based on the title and then shared as a whole. What clever and comedic ideas they churned out; from a dog that turns green from eating too much dill to a fashionista bell bottom boy who doesn't want to be a farmer like his mum. One team used Canva to create a billboard poster. We even had a trumpet and sax duet for the theme song!

It was lots of fun and created many laughs!

30/08/2021

🌸Who else loves all the nature art popping up this lockdown in the neighbourhood? A great challenge for Guides and Scouts to get them outside during online learning. 🌿

30/08/2021

🐸📣 Your Guides can help with Citizen Science to save our frogs!

Help everyone. If you haven't heard, our Australian frog population is experiencing a mass die off at an incredible rate in the eastern part of our country. Eastern NSW and Southern QLD are reporting the most cases.The culprit is a highly contagious chytrid fungus. Dr. Jodi Rowley a herpetologist and founder of at the Australian Museum, and her team need our help to track frog calls. Simply download the FrogID app and get recording! Also send any photos of dead frogs you find to the museum.

This is an excellent opportunity for Guides to advocate awareness of a cause that is so important to our ecosystems. I encourage you to watch the webinar found on their website to better understand the circumstances and how you can help in your state as cases are popping up nationally.
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https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/frogid/appeal-save-australias-frogs/

🐸 📷 : Our resident , Herbert.

29/08/2021

Who else loves the smell of new badges? 🤪

29/08/2021

Some of our families enjoying Guides Go Wild! 2021