2nd St Ives Brownies - GG Cambs West

19/10/2026

It was World Mental Health Day last week. Lady Baden-Powell said "it's not what you have, but what you give that brings happiness," and a session of fun with the Brownies certainly brings joy and clears your head for a while! Remember, self-care is a necessity, not a luxury... Brown Owl always forgets this one ;)

19/10/2026

The Cabin is hanging onto the last glimpse of summer! I love these geraniums, they look absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for always brightening our day Trefoil Guild Cambs West x

19/10/2026

Check out the new Leader badge tab! Love the deep blue, looks very smart!

19/10/2026

Gamesmaster Badge 🎲♣️🃏 The Brownies all made a board game or card game, complete with counters if they needed some, and then had a go at playing each other's games to check they worked! They all worked hard to complete their game, well done! 👏

19/10/2026

Wow, what a brilliant evening at the Food Bank! The Brownies sorted out crates and crates and crates of donated goods (including their 13.8kg worth of donations!) post-Harvest Festival onto tables - sorting by meat, tuna, peas, beans, custard, squash, meals, potatoes, cereal etc, then re-boxing them into crates of just one type of item, ready for picking! They worked super fast and were absolutely AMAZING! I couldnt believe the speed and passion and determination. The Promise says be kind and helpful, and boy were they both ❤️👏

They learnt all about what food goes into a parcel, how they allocate parcels to families/single people/couples etc, what a perishable good is, whether to choose value products all the time or choose branded treats too, how people can ask for help, and that it costs thousands of pounds to run the food bank each year! We are so grateful to Callum and Jason at the foodbank for sorting this visit for us, and setting up the tables for their task. Thank you! 🙏 All Saints Parish Church, St Ives

30/09/2026

BUG WEEK at Holt Island Nature Reserve 🐞🍃🐌🪱🍁🪳🐜 Part two of their challenge badge, this time we were outdoors, practically exploring the world of bugs! Some excellent pond dipping, using ID cards to spot and tick off what we had found on our list. Lots of good discussions and identification. Plus a brilliant bug hunt, under and around the big willow tunnel - they used magnifying glasses, brushes and bug viewing pots to take a closer look and tick them off their sheet, also designing their own mini beast. They finished by looking at and drawing trees and snails on their worksheet.Thrilled to award them their Bugs of the World Challenge Badges tonight.

A special thanks to Holt Island Friends for supplying the pond dipping equipment and for use of the education pack sheets 🙏

30/09/2026

BUG WEEK! 🐞🪱🐌🍃🐜🍁🪳 Working towards a challenge badge, the girls explored a fact finding worksheet, and then made a toilet roll butterfly, we discussed symmetry and they tried to keep each wing identical. We moved on to making air dry clay snails complete with pipe cleaner and bead shell and antennae. We finished by making a pom pom bug, using a fork! These proved fiddly but managed to do one each, adding googly eyes.

Bugs of the World Challenge

24/09/2026

A special unboxing of new term goodies, including NEW UNIFORM & NEW BADGE BOOKS!

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

Half hour away, check it out! 👀