Summer Camp England

It's Exciting to Get To Know You!

Our very first day at Village Camp York was amazing. The sun is shining for the campers who for the first time joined their morning programs. Golfers and riders left before the other groups even arrived to the "secret" meeting place in the Secret Garden to explore their offsite facilities while the other benefited from the wonderful campus facilities of Queen Ethelburgas College.

Today was about to get to know each other! One of the main goals of Village Camps is to help the kids to make new friends from all over the world and help them cooperate and work together as one team. All the programs started with ice breakers games thus the atmosphere in each group was filled with laughter and fun.

And what is the best way to learn how to become a team then play together! Our Footballers and Basketballers know this very well. During the first games our coaches Neil (Football) and Ratko (Basketball) assessed the level of the campers' skills to be able to design a program fitted to their abilities. Similar assessment took place for Golf, Horse-riding, Performing Arts and English. We like to pay attention to personal abilities and skill levels of each camper to help them develop their proficiency.

Performing Arts started to work on their final session show with the help of our amazing Performing Arts Coordinator Jono, who can play music, dance and act at the same time. Creative Arts started to make beautiful Pinatas with Marianna and finally Leadership and Activity and Adventure programs played ice breakers and team building games before going off the campus tomorrow.

The afternoon was dedicated to colour group activities run by our wonderful Colour Leaders Hannah (Blue House), Fiona (Yellow Girls), Kerrie (Yellow Boys), Angela (Red Girls) and Panda (Red Boys). By the end of the afternoon the atmosphere was getting more and more cheerful as the kids got to know each other better and started to make new friends.

At 3PM, it was time for Kangaroo Court!Wondering what that is? Well, let me explain this to you. Every day at our 3PM All Camp Meeting we hold the Kangaroo Court when 3 counsellors put on some fancy dresses and call four or five campers/ counsellors who did something silly during last day. First counsellor is the Prosecutor, second one is the Defender and the last one is the Judge (with the help of the rest of the camp of course). Then if the camp decides that the accused people are guilty they get punished. This is how two blue boys got their faces painted with blue face paint for going into the red girls corridor ;). Kangaroo Court quickly became a favourite part of the day for all the campers and counsellors as well. At the 3PM All Camp Meeting we also read the Secret Friends Messages. This is an opportunity for the campers to send each other anonymous messages saying things they like about each other, about their counsellors or about the camp.

After dinner campers spent their evening night with their colour groups. The Blue House counsellors organised a race for the campers while Reds and Yellows some played fun group games.

Finally after the first full busy day the campers had a long night sleep to keep their energy levels high for the next morning.

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