Last day of class arts and crafts and dance!

Friday was the last full day at camp. We started the day off with English classes. My class did their diaries and then we played games and reviewed vocabulary. After that we had snack time than we did activities. We had basketball and arts and crafts I did arts and crafts for arts and crafts we how'd the children design a poster that represented them they were to put their name in the middle of the poster and then [...]

Trip to the river!

Thursday we went on an excursion to the river in montuerto. We started the day off with a short bus trip and then walked into the little town and towards the river. The walk was beautiful with green ferns and lush fields surrounded by serine mountains. As we walked in I couldn't help but notice the green grass and cows nearby. Then when we eventually got to the river it was spectacular, there wee caves surrounding [...]

Hiking and horses!

This Tuesday we had another excursion day. We started the day off with a hike to the refuge in the mountains near camp. It was a beautiful day and the birds were singing as we started our ascent up the mountain. It was warm in the morning but not too hot for the hike. We had to go rather slow as many of the children are quite young, but we were able to make good time and arrive to the top just after noon. We took the [...]

English class! And ships and sailors !

Monday was our first full day with the new kids. We started the morning with stretches and activities. We brought the kids up to the football pitch and played bang again to help them to learn each others names. After that we played bomb. Then we played ships and sailers which was a lot of fun. After that we had snack, when we finished we had our first English classes. In my class we did more introduction games. Then [...]

New arrivals for the last week!

Sunday was the first day for the new arrivals. The kids started arriving around 4:00 pm and did their level tests and then were allowed to explore the camp. It is a slightly smaller group but I am excited to see some new faces. After everyone had arrived we did name tags in the games room. Then we did some introductory games like "bang!" To help the kids learn each others names then when we finished we separated the [...]