Category GAP

German Easter Celebrations

The Thursday/Friday GAP children particularly enjoyed celebrating German Easter traditions.  The children have been busy over the last week or so, creating and decorating an Osterbaum (Easter tree), crafting their own colourful cardboard egg-cups, dying hard-boiled eggs all different colours,…

Outdoor Classroom

At the GAP, our teachers don’t wait for Outdoor Classroom Day to take our eager students outdoors to learn.  We spend time outdoors every day! Apart from our own playground, we often have picnics and take walks into Haig Park (adjacent…

Loving our Library

Our library was one of the lucky recipients of Lilli’s love and attention over the summer. The library underwent a massive re-vamp, starting from a huge jumble of over a thousand books, some on shelves, some stacked in piles, some…

Foyer Renovation

After many hours of hard work over the summer, our foyer has been completely renovated. No more horrible cramped, dark, cluttered storage area.  We have welcomed in a bright, open, cheerful, greatly enlarged space to work and play in. Each…

Thinking outside the box

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…

Games at the GAP

Taking a break from the Olympic games to play a few board games at the GAP.  Board games are greatly loved in Germany, so it is fun introducing the children to a few of the early classics.  

New Shed is Ready

The GAP children went on a little expedition around the hall, checking out all the renovations.   Out the back of the hall, we found Saul from TotalSpan Canberra, up on the roof of our new shed, putting on the finishing…