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.
-
Prepare Your Home School
Here are a few staples that it would be great for each child to have at their home-school. The basics: crayons (wax crayons; don’t go with oil pastels as you will never get it off your carpet/walls/furniture/work clothes/dog’s fur) pencil crayons (the little tiny packs you get on airplanes are rubbish… invest in 12 or…
-
Going on a Bear Hunt
Looking for some extra fun while you are walking in your neighborhood? Perhaps you and Oma and Opa would like to join in the fun while staying safe indoors, too. Pop a teddy bear (or a few of them) in your window, and walk around the neighbourhood in the coming days and see if you can…
-
Setting Routines at home
Here are our tips for setting a routine at home, now that the family are working and schooling from home. * Set a routine schedule for the kids; it helps make things predictable for the children. * Communicate with your partner and share the workloads: one of you works (the paid work) while the other…
-
Our Solar Panels are on
Some say the Turner Scout Hall is a power house of energy and sunshine! That’s all the more true since our solar panels went on today. The children at the GAP sang a traditional German children’s song about busy tradespeople (Wer will fleissige Handwerker sehen? (sing along if you wish)) while the installers Carn and…
-
Outrageous Picnic in Haig Park
The Monday scouts and venturers enjoyed an outrageous picnic in Haig Park. This wasn’t just any picnic! White table cloths, a candelabra, colourful table lights, classical music and black-tie waiter service were the order of the evening. All set up under twinkling coloured lights in the park at night. The scouts had each brought something…
-
Landscaping in Haig Park
In response to community consultation, the ACT government is trialling some changes to Haig Park. One suggestion was to formalise the walking tracks into paths. The Pfadfinder joey and cub scouts volunteered to help spread bark chips along one of the paths. Our Pfadfinder kids sure know how to turn work into FUN! Five cubic…
-
Lantern Walk 2019
What a wonderful winter walk we all enjoyed. This year’s traditional German lantern walk was a magical evening. Many volunteers helped to put the event on: providing food, drinks, shopping, cooking and serving on the BBQ, cleaning, providing the audio/visual magic, and much more. The walk took us along a path lit by lanterns, to…
-
Mental Health initiative
Spielwelt has recently established a relationship with BeYou, a national mental health initiative with an enormous number of resources for families and teachers, to promote and protect children’s mental health and well-being. At Spielwelt, we promote healthy messages throughout each session, incorporate our favourite topics like friendship, kindness, resiliance, affirmation, inclusivity, adaptability, respect, compassion, being…
-
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…
-
Youth led, adult supported
Pfadfinder has been offering more and more opportunities for our youth members to lead our scouting activities. As the youths progress from joeys to cubs to scouts to venturers to rovers, they are given more input opportunities and chances to practice their leadership skills. This doesn’t happen without adult support, however, and on the scouts’…