I've played Decades

 

Playing Decades

by Beverley Small

At the Bushey Centenary Celebration, the main activity on Saturday was Decades.  This was a wide game for all the Guides, Brownies and Rainbows to take part in.

The Wide Game

Decades is a wide game where the girls are divided into groups and each group takes part in 10 activities, one for each decade of the 100 years since Guiding started:

1. 1910-1919 Send a message using semaphore
2. 1920-1929 Show your knowledge of the world
3. 1930-1939 Have a go at skiing
4. 1940-1949 Use your skills to assist others
5. 1950-1959 Show off your dancing talents
6. 1960-1969 Make a peace symbol
7. 1970-1979 Try out the most famous 1970s toy
8. 1980-1989 Complete an environmentally friendly activity
9. 1990-1999 Try an activity from a developing country
10. 2000 to Present – Tell us what you like about Guides today

The girls all took part in each activity and were awarded with the special souvenir badge