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25.01.2022 Good Morning to our Intergenerational Playgroup friends! This week is the last week of term 2 so we are going to make cards for our playgroup friends to express our love and friendship. Get creative and send your cards to us so we can share it with your playgroup friends. Here’s an idea from us:

24.01.2022 Physical distancing does not mean you can’t still connect! Thank you to beautiful families for using the digital platforms to connect and send love Contact us if you want to connect with your big friends! [email protected]

24.01.2022 We are organising a drive-through Hello to our St.Andrew’s village-Hughes grand friends on Wednesday,5th Aug 2020 at 11am. If you would like to join us, please email us on [email protected]

22.01.2022 An update on our Intergenerational Playgroups. We are missing out Grand Friends. #actplaygroup #play #canberra

22.01.2022 Are you a Grandparent looking for a great activity to enjoy with your grandchild? Then look no further...

21.01.2022 This week in our Intergenerational playgroups, we have enjoyed playing, singing and stories with puppets!

21.01.2022 Maverick the miniature horse is a regular visitor to our Weston Intergenerational Playgroup and loved by our grand friends and little friends! Here’s Maverick paying a digital visit to Miranjani and meeting our grand friend Henry.

21.01.2022 Story time with Jane! Jane loves reading stories to her little friends but today she wants her little friends to film reading/telling a story and send it to us. We are looking forward to see some creative story reading/telling from our little friends. #intergenerationalplay

20.01.2022 This week we are sharing our creativity and would like to see your creativity!

19.01.2022 #throwback We loved celebrating Science Week in our Intergenerational Playgroups!!!

18.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing fathers and grandfathers!!

18.01.2022 Do you miss your Grand Friends in our Intergenerational Playgroups? Would you like to write to a Grand Friend whilst waiting for our Intergenerational Playgroup...s to commence again? To connect with a Grand Friend pen pal, download the template below, get busy writing, drawing and creating and email us a photo of your letter. We can then pass it along to your pen pal. You will then receive a reply from your grand friend. Let's put a smile on the faces on our Grand Friends in these challenging times. All creations can be sent to [email protected] For more information, call Chandani toll free on 1800 171 882 #actplaygroup #canberra #playgroup #grandfriends #intergenerational

18.01.2022 Thank you all for coming along to our drive-through Art show and Hello at Miranjani Hostel. You have brightened up your grand friend’s day!!!!! More photos to come...

17.01.2022 We are back! We love ‘puppets play’ and using our imagination to tell stories in our Intergenerational Playgroups! Today we are showing you how to make a little puppet theatre and tell your story. This could be simple as getting behind your curtains and create your puppets from hands. ... We would love to see photos and videos of our grand friends and little friends playing with puppets. Have a great Monday! See more

17.01.2022 Happy International Day of Older Persons. This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons. Thank you to Weston, Miranjani and St.Andrew’s grand friends for sharing their wise words with us

16.01.2022 This morning we had the first ‘drive-through Hello’ to our Mirinjani grand friends in Weston! Witnessed so many smilies, tears, emotions and love Thank you so much to wonderful Weston Intergenerational Playgroup families for coming along with your beautiful children and brighten their grand friend’s day!!!!!

16.01.2022 Thank you to all the beautiful St.Andrew Intergenerational Playgroup families for coming along for our drive-through hello to St. Andrew's Village grand friends!!

16.01.2022 Here’s a Father’s Day activity from us. We are looking forward to see your creations to your special person!

16.01.2022 This week is science week. One great science activity which always engages young children is an exploding volcano! Talk about why it explodes, what colour is your lava? How high can you get your eruption? We’ve used a cup but a plastic bottle works well, also.

16.01.2022 Let’s celebrate the International Literacy day! We are so proud that our Intergenerational Playgroup community has a greater understanding of their shared responsibility to ensure our children continue with their education. #intergenerationalplaygroup

16.01.2022 We love Eric Carle’s ‘The very hunger Caterpillar’ story in our Intergenerational Playgroups! Such an amazing book that brought joy to our little friends and grand friends. Thank you Eric Carle! https://www.facebook.com/theworldofEricCarle/videos/884004362025116/?vh=e&extid=oRgenRC92yOgouAK

14.01.2022 We have started to receive your responses to being a pen pal for a Grand Friend from our suspended (thanks, COVID) Intergenerational Playgroups. Such a delight... to see these letters. If you’re looking for something to do this long weekend, then why not write to a Grand Friend? For more information or template please contact Chandani via [email protected] #actplaygroups #play #canberra #intergenerational

14.01.2022 Inviting all our friends to join our drive-through art show this Friday at 10am. You can still send your art work via email before this Friday! [email protected]

14.01.2022 In the midst of social distancing and lockdowns, we need human connections, to be seen and to see others. Our intergenerational families have worked hard to keep up those connections. Have a listen to theABC News report and how we have overcome those boundaries.

13.01.2022 Looking forward to seeing you all

12.01.2022 It’s the competition time and the winner will get a children’s story book! It was the International Joke day yesterday and your grand friend; Peter Scott from Weston Intergenerational Playgroup is asking 3 questions. 1. What type of dinosaur loves to sleep? 2. Why did the Melon jump in the lake?... 3. How does an ocean say hello? If you know the answer, please comment below. Good Luck!

10.01.2022 Join the ‘Drive through Hello’ to Miranjani Hostel-Weston residents on Monday, 20th July-10am!

10.01.2022 To celebrate World Letter Writing day, we request all our little friends and grand friends to write a letter to your playgroup friend. Don’t forget to share it with us!

10.01.2022 Today our story time is with Michelle Obama! https://www.facebook.com/michelleobama/videos/246013320068148/?vh=e

10.01.2022 Jane is reading a beautiful story again. She loves reading books to her little friends at our Intergenerational Playgroups and she still wants to do that for her little friends on our digital platform

08.01.2022 Join the ‘Drive-through Hello’ to St.Andrew’s grand friends tomorrow; Wednesday, 5th Aug 2020 at 11am! ‘Buddy’ The Intergen bear will guide you the way. Your grand friends are very excited to see you all

08.01.2022 Here’s few more photos from our last Friday Drive-through art show and Hello. Some families joined the event via FaceTime. Everyone had a great time for sure!!! This term(term 4) we are looking forward to more drive-through events. Keep sharing your love, messages, arts and greeting cards via email: [email protected]

08.01.2022 We all love Elephant craft activities in our playgroups. On 12th August, we celebrate ‘World Elephant day ‘ which dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants. Have you seen an elephant up close?

07.01.2022 #throwback Who misses the ‘Singing circle’ in our Intergenerational Playgroups? Isn’t it great to hear the older and newer versions of nursery rhymes

05.01.2022 Such a delight to see these letters. For more information or template please contact Chandani via [email protected] #actplaygroups #play #canberra #intergenerational

04.01.2022 We request all our Intergenerational Playgroups friends to email your art for our drive-through art show by this Friday,2 Oct 2020. Looking forward to seeing your masterpieces!!! [email protected]

04.01.2022 Have a great holiday and we will see you all again in 2 weeks time!

04.01.2022 It’s the very hungry Caterpillar week on our Intergenerational playgroups! Here’s an craft activity for you all to try at home on this cold Monday! Share your Caterpillars with us.

02.01.2022 Due to COVID restrictions in aged care facilities and respecting the health and wellbeing of our grand friends, we will not resume face to face Intergenerational Playgroups in term 3. But we will continue our Digital Intergenerational playgroup activities via this Facebook page. This invitation is to our Weston Intergenerational Playgroup families to join our ‘Drive through Hello’ with our Miranjani hostel grand friends on Monday, 20th July 2020, 10am! Please drive to the f...ront of Miranjani hostel with your children and Buddy the Intergen bear will guide you from there! You can wave and show your drawings to your grand friends while you’re seated in your car. Your grand friends are looking forward to seeing you all

02.01.2022 Calling all budding artists under the age of 5: Entries are now open for our young Intergenerational drive through art show. Email all artwork by 2nd October, [email protected] #intergenerational #actplaygroup #playgroup #artwork #under5 #artwork #drivethrough #playgroup #act #canberra #art #painting

02.01.2022 Today our story time is with grand friend Peter Scott. He misses his little friends in Weston Intergenerational Playgroup and hope everyone get to listen to his story reading!

02.01.2022 Happy National Grandparents Day to all our Grandfriends!!!

01.01.2022 Get ready to laugh and cry all over again! #Agelessplay