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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Imaginative play at the local park
The GAP children recently enjoyed a walk to the local park, where our future civil engineers found out how many children could get on the teeter-totter at once, and some of our budding fashion enthusiasts invented new ways to wear their hats! Our future park rangers gathered sticks and built up a campfire, while our…
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Our Boot Garden
Thanks to the families who donated their old gum boots, we were able to get busy and create a boot garden by planting an interesting variety of plants inside the boots. The boots were then hung on the wall in a nice arrangement, by one of our GAP graduates (who is pretty handy with tools…
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Nature is Art
At the GAP, we love heading out to the park to explore and find natural objects to incorporate into our play and our environment. Recently, we decided to decorate our playground with colourful pine cones hanging everywhere, and we had a marvelous time doing that! The pine cones, dangling from tempting heights, have become a…
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Mystery Masterchef: Pfadfinder style
The winners of our Mystery Masterchef evening were very pleased with their two-course meal, served up to an eager judging panel after 45 minutes of frantic activity in the scout hall kitchen. Each scout patrol was given a limited number of cooking implements, an esky of mystery ingredients, and 45 minutes to put together their…
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Otto prepares to celebrate Vatertag
The children were squawking laughing as their favourite (very German) puppets Otto and Hans Hase tried to out-do each other, in relating all the wonderful things their fathers could do. Hans Hase told us how his father could jump really high, run really fast, give great hugs, fix broken toys, play games, cook yummy dinners,…
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Wer will fleissige Handwerker sehen
We were delighted to have one of our dads visit us with his apprentice today, to talk to the children about what it is like to be a carpenter and builder. The builders talked to us about safety and we checked out all their safety equipment. Then we looked at the tools on their tool…
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Building Children’s Self Esteem
Our teachers are masters when it comes to helping children build their self-esteem and public speaking skills. Mystery box, show & tell, our birthday traditions, concerts, in-house mini concerts, and presentations are much looked forward to by the children, but they are much more than they seem. They are carefully and lovingly crafted moments in…
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Angus the RSPCA Puppy Visits GAP
The GAP children were very excited to meet Angus the puppy, who visited us with the RSPCA’s Education Officer today. We learned about what the RSPCA does, how we can care for our pets, how to approach dogs who don’t know us, and some of us got to pat Angus on his shoulder where…
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Ta-Tu-Ta-Ta! Hier kommt die Feuerwehr!
The children and parents at Spiel und Spass thoroughly enjoyed a visit from the ACT Fire Brigade recently. Those fire-fighters sure are our heroes, and they really know how to please a crowd! There was even an opportunity for children to explore the fire truck, and turn the hose onto some of our beautiful trees…
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Pfadfinder Girls STEM Day
Some lucky Pfadfinder Girls got to take part in a Greenlight 4 Girls Day on Saturday 12 August. Greenlight 4 girls is an international movement to encourage girls to consider Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) careers. The girls heard from amazing female scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, mathematicians, students, technological designers and inventors. After decorating…