What Pippins Do

Who are Pippins?

• Pippins our youngest group and are 5 and 6 year old girls. They are encouraged to develop an awareness of the world around them, other people, themselves and the environment.

What do Pippins do?

• Pippins do lots of cool stuff and learn the Pippin Saying
  Pippins care, so pippins share with other children everywhere.
• Pippins get together with other Pippins each week and learn to share and how to help others and that there are other girls like them all around the world. In England, pippin-age girls are called Rainbows, in India they are Bunnies and in Canada they are called Sparks.
• Pippins learn to work together and families / whanau can come to Pippins sometimes to help the Pippin Leaders. They can earn special badges such as Hands of Friendship or ANZAC Heritage Patch.
• The special Pippin event Big Sista Little Sista is held all around New Zealand - it is run by Rangers especially for their little sister Pippins. This programme is run every two years with the next being held in 2017.

When you’re 5 and 6 learning and growing is lots of fun - girls can:

• Discover nature
• Listen to stories
• Go interesting places like the fire station or a bakery
• Make music
• Learn how to line dance
• Look at the stars and locate the Southern Cross
• Make a kite and fly it
• Learn a new ball skill
• Go on an Overnight Adventure
• Attend an ANZAC Day Parade
• Clean up a beach, playground or park
• Go on a Pippinic!