Spielwelt German Parents Association is a not for profit organisation running children’s programs in German in Canberra 
Spielwelt German Parents Association is a not for profit organisation running children’s programs in German in Canberra
This week, the GAP teachers were presented with award certificates from the 2018 Children’s Week Awards. The teaching team had been nominated for a Child Development Award, for significantly improving young people’s opportunities to learn and grow. The inscription accompanying the…
The children at GAP enjoyed participating in a global initiative called Outdoor Classroom Day on November 1st. We enjoyed some time to explore the trees, sticks, grasses, leaves, pine needles, bits of bark, insects, fresh air and sunshine in our surrounding…
A selection of Pfadfinder joeys, cubs and scouts enjoyed a very informative evening tour of the Cotter Dam, with tour guide Kate of ICON Water. Kate, with the help of a blue rope to represent the waterway, an enormous map…
What better way to spend a warm spring evening than at the annual German story night? The evening kicked off with outdoor play and a light dinner before we all ventured inside for the story telling. Children and adults alike…
The scouts and playschoolers all had a chance to ‘think outside the box’… and to think inside the box as well! We had a big delivery of cardboard to play with, and simple instructions: Build what you like! Suddenly, there…
In Term 4, the Monday/Tuesday GAP class hosted the children and teachers from Inner North Playschool at GAP for a day. We all enjoyed the experience, and learned a lot from each other. We welcomed our new friends and showed…
From Term 4 onwards, we start preparing our older children for their transition to Kindergarten at ‘big school’. We offer more ‘reading, writing and arithmetic’ in their day, and predictably there are children who prefer to play outdoors, and other…