GAP
Practical guidance, family resources and everyday moments connected to German-language early learning through GAP Playschool.
These posts help families understand the rhythm, routines, culture and community around early childhood learning at Spielwelt.
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Handmade Teddies
One of our beautiful mums hand-crafted these adorable teddies for us. They are the perfect size for each child to take one to snuggle at rest time. As we are keen to be green, we noted with great delight that the teddies were lovingly created from re-purposed colourful woollen gloves. The children and teddies joyfully…
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On The Cutting Edge
We love to be on the cutting edge at the GAP. So when one of our new families, recently arrived from Germany, shared with us that children in some German kindergartens are learning to use sharp knives to cut their fruit, we decided it was time to start our own knife skills lessons. What better…
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Arboretum Excursion Nov 2018
The Monday/Tuesday GAP class enjoyed a wonderful excursion to the Arboretum recently. We just love to learn about nature and spend time appreciating it. We started our day by exploring the amazing Acorn Playground, and what an incredible playground it is. There are sounds, sights and a wide variety of sensory experiences to be had…
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Our award winning teachers
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 award reads: The teachers at the German Australian Playschool are very deserving of an award,…
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Outdoor Classroom Day 2018
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 heritage-listed park land. We also enjoyed a picnic in the beautiful dappled shade under a…
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Story Night 2018
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 were treated to three stories: one story with actions, one short and sweet, and the…
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Adaptive Sport at GAP
One of our dads, Ben, is the Chief Operating Officer of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018, which will be held in October. The Invictus Games is an international sporting event for injured or ill veterans and active service personnel. Ben visited us recently to talk about his work. He told the children about adaptive sports like…
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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, we do this for the children. We also hope to educate, support and inspire our…
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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 number of clothes that end up in the landfill: Pfadfinder had a clothes swap night…
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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 environment can’t really afford on the scale it is being produced in the world. Add…