Category Keen to be Green

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…

Lantern Walk 2018

Sankt Martin was seen galloping about on his trusty horse on Sunday night in Haig Park, amidst the many children and families with their beautiful lanterns, at this year’s German Lantern Walk. Many Spielwelt families and their guests rugged up…

Sweet Garden Surprise

We had a visit from some secret garden fairies yesterday.   While the children were busy inside, a merry band of volunteers from Bunnings arrived and installed a sweet garden surprise outside for us! The Bunnings volunteers, under the direction of…

ACTSmart Sustainability Award Winner

Congratulations to all our families, children, scouts, teachers, coordinators, committee and scout leaders:  We won! Spielwelt and our Pfadfinder scout group were the proud recipients of the ACT Smart Sustainability Award’s Energy and Water Star award for 2018.   The award…

Muttertag / Mothers’ Day 2018

The children have been busy at GAP preparing for Mothers’ Day, making beautiful bookmarks using items collected from nature. In one of our classes, the children started by glueing beautiful autumn leaves onto a big poster.  The colourful group of leaves…

Botanic Gardens Excursion 2018

The Thursday/Friday GAP class enjoyed an excursion to the Australian National Botanic Gardens. We savoured our morning tea out in the fresh air under some fragant gum trees, looking around in wonder at all the greenery, spotting birds, insects, plants…

Gruen, Gruen, Gruen…

There is a German children’s song about colours that starts, “Gruen, gruen, gruen, sind alle meine Kleider; Gruen, gruen, gruen, ist alles was ich hab.”  (You can enjoy hearing it by clicking here.) Well at Spielwelt, we love being green…