Category GAP

German Schultueten Tradition

Our 2018 Thursday/Friday class enjoyed their first day at GAP today. At the end of the day, the children all received Schultueten.  It is a tradition in Germany that each child received a cone shaped Schultuete full of little presents,…

Schultueten on the First Day

As GAP opened for its 12th year of operation, an excited class of children received their traditional Schultueten. We are pleased to announce that there were no tears from the children all day.   (We won’t mention the tears of one…

January working bees are underway

Our January working bees and summer renovation plans are well underway! We are half way through and have accomplished a lot. We have demolished some walls to enlarge the foyer, done a lot of painting, and reconfigured some of our…

Visit from Inner North Playschool

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…

Preparing for Kindergarten

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…

Forest Fridays

The children at the GAP are always delighted when we head out amongst the beautiful coniferous trees in Haig Park.  Sometimes we take a little picnic with us of foods the children have requested; other times we play hide and…

Banning Glitter

From 2018, Spielwelt will heed the call of scientists and environmentalists, and delete glitter from our art consumables. After reading an article in the ABC news about how damaging these micro-plastics are to the environment, the committee decided there was…