Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!
Hello Friends and welcome to another amazing session of Camp Amicus!
We were so happy to meet you all this morning and welcome you to (or back to) camp! Your counsellors have been waiting to meet you all for a while now and are super excited for the next two weeks ahead!
We started our morning my getting to know each other and learning some camp rules. Can anyone remember our camp rules? Our camp rules are respect ourselves, respect others, and respect the property! Campers, what are some examples of each that you can tell your parents? One of our big ones here at camp is to listen to our friends when they are speaking. What are some ways we can show that we are listening? Facing them, not talking to others, looking in their direction.
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This morning we introduced our campers to choice and clubs at camp. Each day at camp, campers have an opportunity to pick two out of three choices for each afternoon. Each choice is either a high, medium, or low choice, but more about this later.
For clubs, campers can choose from either STEM, Music/Arts, or Sports clubs. At Sport Club, campers learn a new sport every day. At Music/Art club, we are learning how to play ukulele’s, guitars and will also be learning some art techniques.
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After camp introductions, we got into our 2:6 groups and worked on our camp contracts. Above is an example of a camp contract. On the inside of the circle, we have things we have decided that we want to see at camp. For instance, we want to make friends, and we can do so by helping people, being kind and checking in on each other. On the outside of the circle, we have things we don’t want to see at camp.
After lunch, we had choice! Today for choice, we had Temple of Doom water games with Monarch, stealth skills with Phoenix and guitar with Atlas. As mentioned above, campers chose two options and to engage with and we switched part way through the afternoon. After choice, we had Steps in the Right Direction. Steps is special here at camp, because it is a time where we reward campers for all the hard work they’ve done.
That’s it for today, but we are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! It’s going to be another hot day so some things that might be in your backpack are:
Sunscreen
Water
Hat
Snacks
Sunglasses
Change of clothes for water games!
See you tomorrow!