About the Promise and Law
The Promise is a personal commitment you make to become a Guide. It is about yourself, personal development, your own spiritual journey and developing your value system. It is about what you do for others - the commitment to help others and a responsibility to country. The Guide Law gives you guidance and code to live by as you strive to put your Promise into action.
The Promise and Law underpins everything you do as a Guide: no matter what activity or challenge. It will enable you to grow into a confident, self-respecting, responsible community member.
Some ways to explore the Promise and Law could include activities based on:
• what makes a good friend, how do you support a friend, thinking of others
• looking at other cultures and tradition
• respectful relationships
• the different types of communities you belong to or would like to support in some way
• what makes a good citizen
• what makes a good leader or who do you respect as a leader and why
The Promise and Law underpins everything you do as a Guide: no matter what activity or challenge. It will enable you to grow into a confident, self-respecting, responsible community member.
Some ways to explore the Promise and Law could include activities based on:
• what makes a good friend, how do you support a friend, thinking of others
• looking at other cultures and tradition
• respectful relationships
• the different types of communities you belong to or would like to support in some way
• what makes a good citizen
• what makes a good leader or who do you respect as a leader and why
The Australian Girl Guide PromiseI promise that I will do my best
To be true to myself and develop my beliefs To serve my community and Australia and live by the Guide Law The Australian Girl Guide LawAs a Guide I will strive to:
Respect myself and others Be considerate, honest and trustworthy Be friendly to others Make choices for a better world Use my time and abilities wisely Be thoughtful and optimistic Live with courage and strength |
Taps
Taps (After sunset)
Day is done. Gone the sun,
From the sea, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.
Taps (Before sunset)
Thanks and praise. For our days,
‘Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, ‘neath the sky;
As we go. This we know. God is nigh.
Taps is sung at the end of a Guide session, meeting or training and got its name because it was the signal for ‘Lights Out’ in the U. S. Army and was tapped on a drum. Later, a bugle was introduced to play the vesper, but the name remained. It reminds Guides of the presence of God as they leave or retire for the day.
Day is done. Gone the sun,
From the sea, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.
Taps (Before sunset)
Thanks and praise. For our days,
‘Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, ‘neath the sky;
As we go. This we know. God is nigh.
Taps is sung at the end of a Guide session, meeting or training and got its name because it was the signal for ‘Lights Out’ in the U. S. Army and was tapped on a drum. Later, a bugle was introduced to play the vesper, but the name remained. It reminds Guides of the presence of God as they leave or retire for the day.
Guides Own
Guides Own: A time for reflection
A Guides’ Own is a special quiet time with dignity in which girls can think, reflect and share various aspects of the Guide Promise and Law and how it relates to them. They can be held at any time, but are usually held when at camp and for special occasions like Thinking Day. Guides’ Own normally have a theme like ‘friendship’, ‘trust’, ‘duty to country’ or ‘conservation’ and can include a range of activities (for example: readings, poems, prayers, plays, mimes, singing, dancing or presentations).
A Guides’ Own usually has three parts:
1. A beginning or a focusing time
2. A middle or a considering time
3. An end or closing
A Guides’ Own usually has three parts:
1. A beginning or a focusing time
2. A middle or a considering time
3. An end or closing
Promise, Law and Guides Own Resources
Use these great range of resources for developing your girls' understanding about the Australian Promise and Law or to help them develop a Guides Own.