Proficiency Badges

Animal Lover

1. Look after your pet for at least one month.
2. Keep a month month record in the form of a scrapbook pertaining to its life, habits, daily diet and care
3. Tell/Write, where and how you can obtain help for sick animals
4. Record the points you must consider before deciding what sort of pet to own
5. To bring pet or photo of a pet to the test

Book Lover 

1. Read six books and do a summary of them. One of these should be a short story in another language(except for those without a second language).The Brownie must be able to tell the tester the gist of the story in English.
2. Make a list of 10 other books you have enjoyed reading-giving the dates you read them.
3. Show that you know how to take care of books; mend an old book; cover a new one to keep clean and make a book mark (to use 3m transparent tape for mending).

Collector

1. Make an interesting, well-arranged collection of specimens in connection with your hobby or interest, eg: stamps, postmarks, picture postcards, match boxes, crests, outdoor treasures, coins, etc.
2. Be able to tell the tester something about your collection.
3. Tell the tester about a visit you have made to someone else's collection, or to a library, or an art gallery, or museum or aviary, or garden or zoo, and describe how the specimens there were displayed.

Note: The tester will judge your collection on the number, variety and arrangement. She must ensure that the collection is made with effort and not merely purchased.

Crime Prevention

Dental Health

1. Demonstrate correct tooth-brushing technique.
2. Know what disclosing tablets are, their purpose and how to use them.
   Name six kinds of food which are good and six which are bad for dental teeth.
3. Name six ways by which accidents to teeth can happen.
4. Collect three types of tooth brushes and explain which type you would use and why.
5. Visit a dentist for a check-up.

Environmentalist Badge

Compulsory Section

1. Read two story books related to the conservation of the environment.
2. Make a list of at least three articles your family would throw away which can be reused as useful articles.
3. Make a useful article using used materials.
4. Think of five ways your family can conserve water. Try them and share your methods with a friend or your Six. Make posters to illustrate water conservation.
5. Make a list of ways you and your family can save energy. Be able to discuss the list with your Brownie Leader/tester.

Optional (Choose any 2)

1. Visit parks to better appreciate plants and animals around us.
2. Keep track of the number of times you and your family travel by car during a week.
3. Work out a plan showing how energy can be conserved by combining the number of trips or using public transport.
4. Make a poster to educate the other members of the school on the theme "Keep the Earth Green"/ "We have only one Earth".
5. Write a poem based on the theme "This is Our World".
6. Participate in activities/events organized for Clean and Green campaign.
7. Take part in a water-front clean-up. Keep track of the amount and kinds of litter.
8. Take photographs of places where there is pollution around your home or school.

Note: A Brownie who has obtained the Young Scientist Environmentalist Badge will automatically be given this badge.

First Aider

1. Show how you would clean and put a dressing on a grazed knee and cut finger.
2. Know how to treat simple burns and scalds.
3. Know how to stop bleeding from cuts.
4. Show how you would stop bleeding from the nose.
5. Show how to use your scarf as an arm sling.

Gardener

1. Know the names and uses of six gardening tools.
2. Cultivate and keep tidy a garden or a piece of ground for at least four months and keep the tools used in good condition.
3. Grow one kind of vegetables and one kind of flowers from seeds.
4. Transplant seedlings.
5. Explain to the tester how cut flowers should be looked after.

Hostess

1. Write a letter:
   a. Inviting a friend to tea OR
   b. Saying thank-you for a visit OR
   c. Accepting an invitation.
2. Welcome and look after a guest or guests either in your own home or at a party or a suitable Brownie event, and provide and serve refreshments.
   
3. Note: If the Brownie serves at home, Brownie event or Sports Day, they can then obtain the Hostess Badge but they must get certified letters by relevant authority eg:
   Home - Parents
   School - Sports Secretary/teacher-in-charge
   Brownie Events ? Guider

However, Brownies must also carry out clause(1).

House Orderly

Help at home and be ready to show or tell the tester what you have done or can do.

1. Do one of the following:
   a. Clean brasswork or silver.
   b. Clean a toilet bowl.
   c. Clean a bath or basin.
2. Tidy a room.
3. Wash a Brownie/School Uniform.
4. Make a bed. 

Observer           

1. Observe the appearance and know the names of
   a. Five animals OR
   b. Five birds OR
   c. Six flowers or vegetables OR
   d. Six trees or shrubs.
2. Be able to tell the tester something about each of the animals or plants you have observed.
3. Find your own way to an unknown spot within the school compound, by following directions, signs on the ground, landmarks, or a combination of these.
4. Play Kim's Game, (24 out of 30 items; 1min for observing objects).

Pathfinder

From your own home or your Pack meeting place,

1. Know the easiest and the quickest way you can get to the Guide House.
2. Know the direction and the distance of three housing estates or satellite towns and the best way to get there.
3. Be able to give clear directions politely and distinctly, to a person asking the way to any four of these places: police station or neighbourhood police post; hospital; public telephone; post office; petrol kiosk; the nearest doctor; the nearest MRT/LRT station and the nearest bus-stop.
4. Be able to give clear directions to your tester about a place of interest that you have visited in Singapore. 

Peace Patch

This badge can only be conducted by Guiders who have attended the peace Workshops conducted by HQ or Division.

Pony Rider

1. Catch a pony and put on a head collar or a rope halter; lead a pony in hand.
2. Mount and dismount correctly.
3. Ride without a leading rein.
4. Know how to ride along and across a road, and how to say "thank you".
5. Know something about the care and feeding of a pony off grass.

Road Safety

Know and be able to demonstrate the rules for the following clauses:

1. Where and how to walk safely.
2. How to cross a road - to include:
   a. kerb drill.
   b. all available types of crossings.
   c. one way streets.
   d. where no special crossing is available.
   e. crossing near stationary vehicles.
3. Where to play safely.
4. Know the safety measures to be taken by a passenger in public transport and private car.
   

Note: A certificate of participation at the Road Safety Park will qualify Brownies for the above badge. If the Brownie fails when they participate in the Road Safety Park, the Guider can question the Brownies orally, so as to give them another chance.

Safety in home

1. Tell the tester, the telephone number of a doctor you would contact in an emergency.
2. Be able to use a telephone.
3. Be able to give directions to the nearest telephone if there is not one in your house.
4. Know how to call the police, ambulance and fire brigade.
5. Show how you would do the following in a safe way:
   a. Place a saucepan on a cooker.
   b. Wash and dry knives, carry them, and pass them to another person.
   c. Strike a match, light a candle and put the matches away.
6. Know what dangers there could be when you use electricity and gas.
7. Explain three ways used in your home to make sure that accidents do not happen.
8. Know how the following can be a danger to young children:
   a. Plastic bags.
   b. Pills and medicine left within reach.
   c. Sharp scissors, needles, etc.
   d. Disinfectants, detergents and insecticides.

Note: The Brownie must compile a scrap book with all the information given in clauses 1 to 8.

Thrift Badge

1. Save at least $10/= in the savings bank or approved security during the year. Show the tester your passbook, so she will know you have been saving regularly.
2. Bring a letter from your Brownie Leader to show that you have kept your Brownie Uniform neat and tidy.
3. Make a useful article from something that would otherwise be thrown away.
4. Tell the tester two ways in which you can be useful and thrifty at home and two ways you can help people by saving things which would otherwise be wasted.

Note: To keep this badge you must continue to save regularly.

World Brownie Friendship

1. Choose six countries where there are Brownies and know the Brownie Uniform and badge of each.
2. Know the flags of these six countries.
3. Tell the tester something which interests you about the Brownies in at least two of. these countries.
4. Make an interesting collection of views, national costumes, stamps, food pictures and labels, or similar things, from one of these countries.
5. Play a game and read or hear a story from another country and tell the tester about them.

Note: Brownie must compile a scrapbook with all the information given in clauses 1 to 5 Skill Badges (to be sewn on the right sleeve).

Artist                    

1. Know the primary colours, and how to mix them to make other colours.
2. Make an all-over design, suitable for a book cover, using some method of printing eg: lino-block, potato cut, leaf printing, etc.
3. Make an imaginative picture on a large sheet of drawing paper. You can use crayon or paint (tempera, powder or poster colour).
4. Make one of these:
   a. An invitation for a Brownie event.
   b. An illustrated prayer card for use in the pack.
   c. A book mark.

Athlete

1. Run 50m in 10 seconds.
2. Jump 60cm (high jump).
3. Throw a netball over arm 5m and catch it when thrown back to you.
4. Run 25m while skipping.
5. Do two of these (3 attempts):
   a. From a distance of 4m throw a tennis ball to hit a target approximately30cm square and l -1.5m from the ground.
   b. From a distance of 4m roll a ball between two skittles 40cm apart.
   c. From a distance of 4m, throw a size 3 or 4 football through a 70m hoop.

Cook

1. Make a proper hot beverage to be served in a proper tea set (without using 3-in-1 or 2-in-1 sachets)
2. Cook a simple balanced meal eg. fried rice, instant noodles, porridge.
3. Wash and cook rice (rice cooker may be used)
4. Make scones or small cakes (a packet mix may be used)

Craft

Do any three of the following. Be ready to tell the tester how you made the articles and what you are going to do with them.

1. Make a picture, not less than 27cmby 37cm using a variety of materials, eg: natural materials, cloth, felt, wool.
2. Make a model of suitable materials, eg: card, papier mache, clay.
3. Make an article using material you have decorated yourself: eg: by tie-dyeing, embroidery, vegetable, printing, stencilling.
4. Weave a useful article not less than 25cm by 17cm. 5. Make something using another craft of your own choice, eg: origami, string craft, puppetry, basketry, raffia work.

Cyclist

1. Own, or part own, a bicycle of the right size.
2. Demonstrate how to ride a bicycle and apply brakes accordingly.
3. Show how to clean and oil the bicycle, pump up the tires and replace the. chain.
4. Find out lighting time and why lights are necessary.
5. Go for a ride with the tester, showing her that you understand:
   a. The rules of the road as applied to the cyclists.
   b. Signals that cyclist give and observe.
   c. The correct drill for turning right at cross roads.

Note: Clause 5 must be done at the Road Safety Park.

Entertainer

1. Entertain an audience, in three of the following ways:
   a. Play a simple piece of music correctly on a recognized piece of instrument.
   b. Recite a poem. You choice of poem will be taken into account.
   c. Dress up and act or mime, or use puppets, to illustrate a well-known story or an event from history.
   d. Make up a dance to a piece of music.
   e. Sing with or without accompaniment.
   f. Perform any national dance.

Knitter

You may knit or crochet:

1. Choose your own pattern and, following the printed directions, make a garment using at least two different stitches.
2. Make something of your own choice: Gloves, mittens with thumbs, a shaped beret, a table centre, a small bag or something similar.

Note: Brownies to make articles at home but to demonstrate the skill to the tester.

Musician

1. On an instrument of your own choice, play:
   a. the National Anthem.
   b. a piece of music of your own choice.
   c. a major scale of your own choice.
2. Tap a rhythm played by the tester.
3. Recognise any six instrument in an orchestra.

The choice of piece will be taken into account by the tester. If necessary the orchestra/instruments maybe identified from pictures. If she passed Grade III in music, she is exempted from clauses (1) and (2) of the test.

Needleworker

Work six of the following stitches: chain, blanket, herringbone, feather, cross, stem, fly, running, french knots and lazy daisy.

Make an apron or a tray cloth or some other useful article, decorating it with one or more of the stitches named in clause (1). The hem may be held down either by hemming or by a decorative stitch.

Note: Brownie to demonstrate the stitching skill to the tester.

Singer

1. a. Sing the National Anthem and explain the meaning.
   b. Sing the Brownie Song.
2. Sing:
   - Two songs you have chosen yourself. One of which should be a folk song and the other in another language.
   - Your favourite hymn or song.
3. Imitate the pattern clapped or played by the tester/taped music.
4. Sing one octave of a major scale downwards.