Pfadfinder
Stories, traditions, activities and community life connected to German-speaking Scouts in Canberra.
From camps and outdoor adventures to group traditions and shared experiences, these posts reflect the energy and continuity of Pfadfinder life.
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Lantern Walk 2022 – Plan Your Visit
The Turner Scout Hall and surrounding Haig Park will come alive with bobbing lanterns, excited children, traditional lantern walk songs, families socialising and delicious food on Saturday 18 June 2022, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. Bring cash for food and drinks: $5.00 per German sausage; $3.00 for a baked potato; $2.00 for each mug of Gluehwein,…
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Over 3000 Volunteer Hours
Pfadfinder Scout Group will be presenting a special Certificate of Appreciation to the parents and families of Spielwelt this week. Since 2008, Spielwelt parents have contributed over 3000 hours of volunteer work to improve the Turner Scout Hall, and the number of hours keeps growing. The hours include time spent planning, fundraising, managing capital works…
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Turner Scout Hall playground mural
The children returned to their programs to see that their playground had been completely transformed by the addition of a beautiful mural. Many thanks to Byrd & Hoon for this amazing and delightful addition to our hall. The Fachwerkhaus theme (from the west and south sides of the building) now carries on into the playground…
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A-Z of Spielwelt in 2021
Here is an A-Z for Spielwelt in 2021, created by our fabulous President Tobias! A is for ACT Health, who used our hall three times as a vaccination pop-up clinic. The staff even left behind a lovely note in German for us! B is for Bilingual Education Alliance seminars: our Präsident, Tobias, spoke at two ACTBEA seminars this year on “Raising Children in More than…
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We are Back Again
Thanks everyone, for your patience during the COVID-19 pause. We are returning to operations, with increased hygiene protocols, on the following dates: Spiel und Spass: Wed 27 Oct 2021GAP: Monday 25 Oct 2021Pfadfinder: Monday 1 Nov 2021Schlaumaeuse: Tues 9 Nov 2021Spiel und SPORT: TBA We will be outdoors as much as possible. Parents are asked to…
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Create a Story
It’s fun to make up your own stories (in German and/or English). Story-telling can help pass the time on car journeys, or be a pleasant way to spend an afternoon lying on a picnic blanket, or create a rambling silly bed time story. If you like, a bunch of random pictures can be used as…
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Birgit’s Nature Mandalas
Wenn ihr spazieren geht und in der Natur seid koennt ihr doch mal versuchen Mandalas zu machen. Es gibt viele Dinge mit denen man kreativ sein kann. Zum Beispiel: Blumen, Baumrinde, Blaetter, kleine Aeste. When you go for a walk out in nature (or as our indigenous friends say, when you are “on country”), it…
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Survival Tips From Families
In our phone calls to GAP families, we asked them to share some of their lockdown survival tips. Here are some of the tips. Alter your expectations and reframe what “a successful day” looks like.. Yes, you know you want to avoid children having screen time, but this is a pandemic. Give yourself a break.…
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Getting Greener
The IPCC report has been published for 2021 and it is clear that humans have not been doing enough to halt climate change. We have made many “green” changes at Spielwelt, won environmental awards, and implemented our Keen-to-be-Green initiative. As a parents association responsible for our children’s future, we applaud the ACT government’s efforts, and…
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Igelchen and Echidna Lesson
The little echidna pictured at the top of this blog lives in Canberra. I took a little video for the children, showing the echidna walking along. She has short bent legs, and it reminded me of a German children’s song about a hedgehog (ein Igel). Hedgehogs and echidnas look quite similar. Here is my very…