1. Using section handbooks and badge/record books
This training session is about using section handbooks and badge/record books.
You are welcome to adapt the training session to suit your venue, requirements, learner needs and the context of your training, ensuring you’re retaining the key learning points.
The accompanying training plan contains the key learning points and activities for each slide. In these PowerPoint trainer notes, you will find background context and/or suggested delivery ideas to help you as a trainer where appropriate.
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Today’s trainer: 1

2. Aim
To introduce section handbooks and badge/record books and consider how girls can use these to record their progress in the Girlguiding programme. 2

3. Objectives By the end of the session participants will have:
Understood the importance of, and the use of, section handbooks and badge and record books.
Understood the reasons why it is important for girls to record their progress in the Girlguiding programme.
Discovered the tools available to girls for them to record their progress in the Girlguiding programme and how these should be used. 3

4. What are section handbooks?
Additional information for trainers
Costs (as at 2018) £3 for Rainbows, £3.50 for all other sections. 4

5. The benefits of section handbooks5

6. What is a badge or record book?
Additional information for trainers
Costs (as at 2018): Rainbows £6, Brownies £7, Guides £8, Rangers £4. There are different prices due to the different sizes. 6 6

7. What’s inside a badge or record book?
Additional information for trainers
The images on the slide (left to right) are taken from the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers badge and record books. 7

8. What can girls record? Interest badges
A tick as they complete each challenge.
The date they completed the badge.
Their leader’s signature to confirm they have completed the badge.
Additional information for trainers
Image taken from Rangers record book. 8

9. What can girls record? Skills builders
A tick as they complete each activity.
The date they completed the badge.
Their leader’s signature to confirm they have completed the badge.
Additional information for trainers
Image taken from Guides badge book. 9

10. What can girls record? Theme awards
A tick as they complete each element.
Additional information for trainers
Image taken from Brownie’s badge book. 10

11. What can girls record? Section Gold awards
A date and signature for each of the three parts of a section Gold award.
Additional information for trainers
Image taken from Rainbows badge book. 11

12. Discussion
What are the benefits of girls having their own badge or record books?
Why is it helpful for girls to record their progress themselves?
What creative ways can you think of to encourage girls to use their badge and record books? 12

13. Overcoming challenges
What are the challenges?
How can you overcome them? 13

14. Leader recording 14

15. Moment of reflection 15 Suggested delivery ideas for trainers
This is a moment for participants to pause and consider all they’ve heard and discussed during the training. Below are a list of questions that may help participants to reflect:
Write three new things you learnt.
What was the main surprise?
What will you implement first?
What is next for you? Write it down or tell the person next to you?
Write a postcard to yourself with the three key things you learnt.
Take a photo of your favourite activity or resource.
Tweet #EveryGirl what you’ve learnt
Share on your local Facebook page your excitement of what you’ve learnt.
Think what you would say to another leader about this module. 15

16. More resources and training
E-learning & webinars
Give it a go!
Other local events
Guidance notes for leaders
Chat to other leaders 16