Teddy Bear Picnic 2009 program

In the lead up to the 2009 Teddy Bear picnic the Unit had included the following:

• Making bear out of balloons
• Inviting ther CFA to the Hazelwood South Hall
• had made origami animals.
• Coloured in pictures of bears.
• Taking ID photo's of the Teddy Bears attending.
• making a fundraising "best Teddy Bear " vote.
• Planned the menu.
• Practiced BBQing.
• Made no bake biscuits to take along.
  
• Read, then made up their own Bear Stories.
• Learned Teddy Bear songs to sing while on the Rac Wac.
  
• Included the event as part of the Rac Wac 2009.
• Sewn Teddy Bear Puppets.
• made cloths peg Teddys for the fridge.
• Created invitations for the day - these went home pegged to the clothes peg Teddy.
  
• Tried to organise the transport.
• had worked on first aid (just in case)
  

Often games are played or similar activities are done through out the world. One game may have developed one way, another branched out some other and the original changed beyond recognition. Usually because games and activities spread as people spread, played in may different countries, across class and culture and with anything that is on hand.

The Churchill Guide Unit has up to 6 different primary schools making up the membership. Being a flexiable Guide Unit, with an age range of five to seventeen at different times a simple game or activity needs very clear rules. So now advacacy and self government help in keeping the rules clear to all. These rules are remade several different times over the years.

At different times various camp rules , games [ kick ball, skipping, sack races, craft activities, clean up duties] all come under scrutiny. Discussion is keped cool as the process of determining the rules is decided.

Do we all have an equal input around the discussion circle, in the patrols, patrol leaders meeting, at a committee meeting.