Teaching life skills is an important part of what we do in Guiding to help the girls reach their potential in a way which makes learning fun. This year, activities we put on included:

• Learning fire safety awareness by 7th Leighton Buzzard Brownies.
• Deaf and Sight awareness activities by Lewsey Farm District.
• Visit to"Hazard Alley" in Milton Keynes by Lewsey farm and Wardown Districts to look at safety issues.
• Brownies in South Bedfordshire worked with the RSPB to look at wild life protection issues.
• Teaching makaton sign language to the 1st Henlow Rainbows.
• A sleepover at the Science museum in London proved popular with the 3rd Potton Brownies and a good way of getting the girls to have fun with science.
• Guides from the 1st Sundon unit in Luton went to camp where their theme for the week was "The Black Death". Guides were issued with a daily newspaper "The Vermin" and took part in gruesome activities to teach history in action.

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