On Sunday, 27 July 2025, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, in Perth, Plast members once again held a meeting, where a sincere family atmosphere prevailed, despite the heavy rain outside. When it is cold, one wants to feel cosiness and the warmth of home. And how can we do without the wise words that our ancestors have put into folk art for centuries, part of which is fairy tales. Ukrainian folk tales have fantastic, magical or everyday content and are used for entertainment and education and reflect the beliefs, spiritual values and everyday life of the Ukrainian people. Thanks to the fact that the novatstvo love fairy tales so much, the children received a new vmilist’ merit badge: ‘Liubytel’ kazok (Fairy Tale Lover.)’ They also couldn’t miss the craft workshop: the beautifully painted gloves enchanted everyone present! Congratulations to the novices on their new achievement!
Meanwhile, the youngest ptashata travelled through an imaginary camp and created their own recreation area. They also repeated what Plast is and who ptashata are.
They talked about how they imagine a real Plast member.
Each ptasha made their own camp, complete with a lawn, tent, tree, and fire.
In the process, they discussed what a camp is, what it is for, what you can do in a camp, and what you need to have.
At the end, there was a little trick with a rubber band and a bottle.
Beautiful trees and tents decorated our gathering; it seemed that this beauty was created not by little hands, but by experienced architects. And our vykhovnytsia, Natalia, was always there to help the little explorers.
Yunatstvo learned to apply the principles of the Plast law in everyday life. Yunaky made posters with the Plast song and Plast laws.
One of the Plast laws, ‘a Plast member is precise/punctual,’ was highlighted in a parable about a father and three sons and the importance of doing everything accurately and on time. Together with their podruha Nataliya, yunaky discussed the philosophy and understanding of this law. In practice, the participants set up targets made of coloured balls and competed to see who could hit the target most accurately. Yunaky made the tools for this out of tape, blue tack, buttons, pencils and toothpicks. In the process, it was discovered that many components are important in achieving the goal, so it was necessary to take an active break and improve their models. Podruha Natalia helped the children understand how important cooperation, support, understanding each other, and accuracy in everything are.
We would like to thank everyone who, through their work, helps to develop and preserve Ukrainian culture far away on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Perth!
See you soon!
SKOB!
Hotuis’!
Tsip-tsip!
