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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Another sustainability award from ACTSmart
We were suprised and delighted to be acknowledged once again at the ACTSmart Sustainability Award ceremony this year. Last year, we won the Energy and Water Star award, and this year we received “highly commended” for the Small Business award, presented by ACT Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury. Spielwelt has made over…
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German Author Visit
The children in our Thursday/Friday GAP class thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Almut Weiler Andersen, her daughter Hannah and teddy-bear Rosa. Almut is a native German-speaking preschool teacher working in Sydney, and she was the national winner of the Early Educator of the Year award in 2018. Almut kindly agreed to visit us at GAP, meet…
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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…