Category GAP

ACTSmart Sustainability Expo

At Spielwelt and Pfadfinder, we are keen to be green!  So far, we have made over 50 changes to our hall and operations, to be more sustainable and do the right thing for the environment. As with everything we do,…

Children’s Clothing Swap

Pfadfinder have been learning about the clothing industry and how it affects the environment.   The textiles industry is a huge polluter, so we thought up some ways we could reduce our impact.  Watch this space! One easy way to reduce the…

Chocolates and straws are next to go

As delicious as chocolate is, the committee has recently decided to knock it from our fundraising campaign despite its reasonably good return on investment. Aside from the obvious questions about modelling healthy habits for children, chocolate is a luxury the…

Winter arrives at GAP

Our recent chilly mornings have put colour into our cheeks and piqued the children’s curiosity about winter, frost, snow, ice and all things frozen. (No, no, not the musical Frozen… that’s a whole other story!) Today the children created some…

German Year 10 student service activity

When we were contacted by a Year 10 student from Canberra Grammar school, who spoke perfect German and was interested to put in some community service hours for his school with us at GAP, we said, “Ja klar!”  And we…

Frogwatch Visitor Hops In

The Thursday/Friday GAP class enjoyed having our German biologist early educator friend Anke Maria hop in to visit, bringing her educational toys from Frogwatch. We heard from her friend Friedrich der Frosch (a frog puppet) about some of the threats…

More recycling at Spielwelt

You may have noticed a few extra bins around at the Turner Scout Hall, in the kitchen and the new foyer.  We are making it easier for families to be greener… which is very German, so embrace the programs and…