Community Stories
Stories, memories and everyday moments shared by families, volunteers and the wider Spielwelt community.
These posts help show the people, relationships and traditions that make Spielwelt feel lived-in and connected over time.
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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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Venturers “game on” with Joeys
Five of our Scouts and Venturers attended a Youth Leadership course on the weekend, put on by the ACT Scouts branch, where they learned about what it takes to assist or lead a Joey or Cub scout program. Two of our Venturers immediately put their new knowledge to good use, and ran a fun and…
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Patrol Cooking Challenge (the woke edition)
In internet-savvy teen parlance, “woke” means environmentally / socially / politically / ethically aware and responsible. The Pfadfinder Monday scouts (12-14 year olds) enjoyed another patrol cooking night. This “woke” edition of the cooking challenge was developed by one of our scouts, and was a whole lot of fun. (Other scout groups wanting to run…
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Family Oktoberfest 2018
A marvelous time was had by children and adults alike, at the Spielwelt family Oktoberfest on Saturday 3 November. Along with children currently involved in our playgroups, playschool and scout group, we also enjoyed seeing so many of our alumni returning to catch up… including one family who have returned after having been away in…
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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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Pfadfinder visits Cotter Dam
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 (and a few dads to hold it up), and her infectious smile and enthusiasm, taught…
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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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Pfadfinder Pfashion Show
The scout hall was alive tonight with music, dancing, food and fashion. The joeys, cubs and parents were treated to a fashion show and disco tonight, put on by the older scouts and venturers. Guests were treated to some healthy nibbles and delicious cake in our foyer area to begin the evening (thanks to our volunteers who…
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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…