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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Occupations Weeks at GAP
The GAP children have been learning all about occupations in our community. Some of our parents offered to come in and tell us about the interesting jobs they have. During a visit from an Australian Army dad, we got to see how soldiers make little tents (called hootchies) to camp in, check out all…
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Musical Michelle’s visit to GAP
The children and teachers at the GAP thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Michelle the very talented music teacher today. We learned new songs, sang a few old favourites; we danced to different styles of music; we played instruments; we heard some of Michelle’s cool instruments; and we learned about rhythm, volume, pitch. A great time…
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Kartoffelsalat Competition
It was the old North Germany vs South Germany Kartoffelsalat competition at Pfadfinder last week! Each scout patrol made either a north German (mayonnaise based) potato salad or a south German (oil based) one. The judges had a difficult decision to make, but the participants sure had a good time and relished the opportunity to…
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Spiel und Spass get into Action!
Spiel und Spass had a wonderful time on the ACTION bus wash trip. Happily, there was room for us all on the bus, and the children, parents, grandparents and aupairs all had a great time. The faces are obscured in the photo, as not everyone wanted to be posted online, but trust us… everyone was…
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Plaetzchen by Pfadfinder
Pfadfinder have been busy creating designer cookies to help bring a smile to the face of people living on the streets in Canberra. The Joeys and Scouts have thoroughly enjoyed decorating the Plaetzchen, ready to be taken to Vinnies for distribution. It’s just one more way that our Pfadfinder enjoy contributing to the wider…
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Science Weeks at GAP
The children at the GAP are enjoying our science weeks. They have been experimenting with liquids and solids, and mixing them together. What happens when you drop a pebble into water? What about salt in water? What about water into flour? How about oil? Coloured marker pens? Sand? Sugar? Which led us to our next…
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Happy Hopping at GAP today!
The children and teachers were delighted to host guest speaker Anke Maria – a local German biologist from ACT Frogwatch – today. We got to meet and hear from many of her froggy friends, and learn about their habits and environmental needs. There were lots of hands-on activities, games, puzzles and puppets to have fun…
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Bake sale success
A community thank-you to the families, volunteers and organisers behind Spielwelt’s successful bake-sale fundraiser.
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GAP turns 10 years old!
German Embassy helps us celebrate! The German Australian Playschool is delighted to be the recipient of a kind and generous gift of a beautiful sand and water play activity table from the German Embassy in Canberra. The GAP turned 10 in December 2016, and it was lovely to receive such a great gift that will…