2nd September1666 – Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London starts in Pudding Lane and the city burns for 5 days, miraculously only killing 9 people.
Activities: Find out about the Great Fire of London, and put on a play for your unit. Look at the fire precautions and exits in your unit place and home, carry out a fire drill.
Take it further: Visit a Fire Station and find out about fire prevention.
Badge Links: Fire Safety Interest Badge
19th September -
Started in 2002 as a fun idea between friends, International Talk like a Pirate Day has turned into an international phenomenon that shows no sign of letting up.
Activities: Have a pirate evening, dress up, drink grog and hunt for treasure.
Take it further: Visit an old fashioned sailing vessel such as SS Great Britain in Bristol. Find out about life on board and see if you can have a go at climbing the rigging. Have a water day and try sailing, windsurfing or canoeing.
Badge Links: Water Sports and Water Safety
Mid September -
Held at Somerset House in London, Mid-
Activities: Have a bin bag fashion evening, finish with a cat walk show. Design an item or accessory, and make out of fabric or other materials.
Badge Links: Brownie Designer Interest Badge, Pasion for Fashion Go For It
Harvest Festival – Near 22nd September
In the UK Harvest festival is traditionally held on the Sunday near or of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (22 or 23 September). The celebrations usually include singing hymns, saying prayers and decorating churches with donations of food and fruit, to give thanks for a successful harvest over the summer. The food is often donated to the needy.
Activities: Do some Harvest crafts, make shakers from corn, collect donations of food for your local food bank.
Take it further: Invite a representative from your local food bank to visit, or go and help out sorting and distributing food for them. Visit a farm to learn about the harvesting they do, and the type of crops grown near you. Grown your own vegetables, and then create a meal you have grown entirely by yourself.
Badge Links: Guides Community Action, Brownies Gardener Interest Badge
September Evenings -
In September the nights are drawing in, but it is still warm enough to get out in the evening after dark
Activities: Hold a glow in the dark night, or go stargazing at your units. Go for a night hike, with torches.
Take it further: Go on a bat walk, or an overnight hike, arriving back in time for breakfast.
8th – 11th September 2016 – Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days celebrates England's architecture and culture by allowing visitors free access to interesting properties that are either not usually open, or would normally charge an entrance fee.
Activities: Discuss your local Heritage sites, debate what is appropriate to protect and why. Draw up a list of other buildings, areas or monuments in your area which they think need protecting and why.
Take it further: Visit a heritage site on one of their open days, or arrange to visit another time.
Web Link: http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
26 September -
The European Day of Languages (EDL) is held annually on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity.
Activities: Have a different language night, where you can only speak in your chosen language. Or have certain objects which must be referred to in a foreign language. Discuss the languages you know about and which countries they are spoken in.
Take it further: Learn a new language, get a native speaker to come and talk to your unit. Organise a trip abroad, even without leaving your meeting place. Try some international food and learn their names.
Badge Links: World Traveller, World Guiding, World Cultures
Web Links: http://edl.ecml.at/ Look at the teachers packs for more ideas and activities.
Other ideas for September
Back to school – look at educational challenges in developing countries
Birth Flower: Aster
Birth Stone: Sapphire
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