Third briefing is a time when a GOLD team spends time as a group of 6, rather than with all the other projects. So for our final weekend together Team Malawi travelled to Thea's house in Taunton. We have to say a big thank you to the Saunders family for letting us stay!
The weekend was all about final planning and preparation for the trip and we spent a lot of time putting together our training sessions for project. The 5 main things we will be focusing on in our project are: Leadership, Public and Self presentation, Camp Skills, Teenage Health and Craft. We will also be supporting the creation of Rainbows in Malawi.
On Friday evening we made a plan with all the things we needed to do over the weekend and made resources that explain the different branches of Girlguiding in the UK and information about our home lives.
On Saturday morning, Thea and Alice set up the group bank account for our project. The day continued as we put together activties and games that would cover the aims of our project and would go towards making full training sessions. We set up the kitchen as our office and all worked from our computers. Time went really quickly, as we all got so involved in our research. The most fun was learning the Rainbow Song and actions together, so we could teach leaders in Malawi!
Before we knew it Sunday was here! We had lots of little tasks to do such as deciding our transport to Heathrow and a Q&A session with Thea where we asked many, many questions about her project last year! But like any GOLD project we must expect the unexpected! We even had time to partake in the GOLDie tradition of making group pants, which we tie dyed.
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| Top Row (L-R): Thea, Gemma and Rachael Bottom Row (L-R): Alice, Becky and Emma |
Here is a group photo in our GOLD uniform along with our mascot Bregta. Just like your typical school yard group, her name is made up of our initials!
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