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Saturday was one of my Favourite days so far. We took the kids in a hike from camp to the refuge in the mountains. The scenery was spectacular and the weather was perfect! We left around 10:30 in the morning and started leading  the campers up to the first rest area. You could see the mountains and cities all around and it was truly incredible. We finally made it to the refuge which was a small cabin at the top...

Antes de las excursiones, nuestros acampados reciben explicaciones de la asistencia a los sitios que se va a visitar. En algunos casos se les da un papel informativo con actividades que ellos deben ir haciendo. También los blogs que entregamos al inicio del campamento son un soporte para que ellos puedan dejar escrito en inglés las vivencias y lo aprendido. El profesor de inglés correspondiente leerá sus...

Wednesday we had our trip to Léon. We started the morning off with breakfast and then got on the bus. When we arrived we went to San Marcos it was beautiful. I can't believe it is a hotel now. The campers walked around and answered questions from their Léon scavenger hunt and saw the incredible facade. After that we got back on the bus and went to the animal museum. As always the best part was the room with the...

Tuesday we started the day off with a dual of the day! We played t-Rex ball. It was the yellow team vs the orange team. Unfortunately the orange team lost but it was lots of fun. Then we did stretches and separated the kids in two groups to reviews some vocabulary and history of Leon to prepare for the excursion tomorrow. We also played games and had the campers write their first diaries. Then we split the kids into...

Este sábado dijimos adiós a la tercera quincena de campamento de verano en GMR summercamps. Ha sido estupendo poder conocer a unos chicos y chicas con tantas ganas de divertirse y aprender inglés.  Monitores y profesores os echarán de menos. La fiesta de despedida celebrada el viernes puso punto y final a este campamento que para muchos será un recuerdo grato que esperamos que perdure en el tiempo. La disco...

Monday we started the first full day with our wonderful new kids. We started the morning off with stretching and dancing ! We did the wobble and cha cha slide. Then we broke the kids into their color teams. My team was orange and our team name was the amazing oranges. Then we created a mascot and shield. After that we chose a team captain, ours was Dani. We also created a chant and started making a poster to present....

Desde GMR summer camps, damos la enhorabuena al riosellano y pontevedrés Walter Bouzán y Álvaro Fernández Fiuza ganadores de la 80º edición del descenso del río Sella celebrada el pasado 6 de agosto. El origen del descenso se remonta a 1929 cuando Dionisio de la Huerta quiso hacer una travesía en piragua por el río junto a unos amigos. Ya en 1951 toma carácter internacional al haber inscritos piragüistas...

Sunday was the first day of camp with the new kids. They arrived in the afternoon and we gave all of them level tests. They are great kids! After the level tests the kids all made name tags and moved into their cabins. Then we played introductory games in the games room. We did "Bang!" to help the kids learn each other's name.  It's a great ice breaker and the kids seemed to really like it. After that the kids...

Today was our last full day at camp. We did stretches in the morning and then we all did the wobble and nae nae it was great! After that we had our last English class. The children finished their diaries and then we voted for the mr and Mrs camp awards. After that we had snack and did activities I did arts and crafts again with the children. We got them to draw something that represents them or the camp. Then we did...

Thursday we went to Asturias for the descenso de sella. We woke up very early and got on the bus around 8:00 AM. When we arrived we all got into our boats and started down the river. It was very cold in the morning but it warmed up quickly. We stopped a few times and then eventually stopped at the side of the river for lunch and had sandwiches. Then we continued down the river, it was a beautiful day. After that...