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What a Blast! It was our first day with the new kids, and I got to do level tests. I love giving the level tests because I get to meet the new students, spend time with them, and learn a little about their personalities. I learn what they do and don't like, and it's just a fun way to talk with everyone before classes start. The youngest ones are always the most interesting. It's usually their first day at camp. and...

Good afternoon!! Official day 1 of camp. Started off a pleasure. After breakfast we had the Duel of the Day, Mark vs K's class, they did a wheel barrow race and Mark's team won!! Yay!  My class is an awesome class, we're going to have a great time. We're 12 in total, 7 boys and 4 girls (we'll see how that goes) but lots of fun.  In the morning we went up to the football field for games and activities and we...

Today we spent the whole day preparing for the new kids to arrive. We set up the English Level test section, planned games to play, got the registration area set up and much more. When everyone arrived I was lucky enough to meet everyone and their parents and direct the parents to the registration and the kids to the English Level Test area. 150 kids is a lot but everything went so smooth. All the parents were...

Hoy comenzamos nuestro campamento en GMR summercamps y queremos dar la bienvenida a todos los niños que han venido. La mayoría de los campers están expectantes al ser su primer campamento e incluso para algunos la primera vez que pernoctan fuera. Los hay que al estar acompañados por un hermano o amigo mitigan su inquietud. Al llegar también les inquieta la realización del test de nivel, pero enseguida se han...

Last day of camp :(  We spent all day setting up for the carnival. Our class's game was Ball in the Hole. You had 3 balls which you had to throw in the ball through different holes on the poster. Each hole was worth different points, 25, 50, 75 and 100. It was actually much harder than it sounds but some people were really good. Raúl was the only one to get 100 points.  It was lovely to meet all the...

Today was the last day of camp. :( the kids spent the morning packing their suitcases and cleaning their cabins. Next we all gathered in our classes to prepare our carnival game for the afternoon: "impossible throw" Next we wrote our final diary entries. I think all the kids have improved since day 1. Then we broke for lunch. After lunch the kids had free time where they had some serious water fights.  Finally...

Today we had some great excursions.  First, my class went Laura, Tess, and Billy's to Rancho Canada.  There, we rode horses!  There was a white one named Bonbon and a brown one named Brisa.  The kids really liked it.  After they were done, Tess and I got to ride them as well! We all came back for lunch in the afternoon.  We have paella which was really good.  It's one of my favorite...

Today we woke up extra early and went to Rancho, it was fantastic.  For many of us it was the first time to ride a horse. I loved it so much!   Each one of us was able to go around the loop about five times on the horse. While the rest of us were waiting we played games with a parachute. One of the games was find the shoe behind you. To play this game someone leaves a shoe behind one of the...

Yesterday was a day where I'm sure many campers tried something they had never done before. We started our activties at Rancho Canada where the kids rode around a horse in a ring. Some of the kids were nervous to get on the horse but with a little words of encouragement they quickly got on and faced their fears. But that wasn't the only activity of the day that got the kids nervous. On our next excurison to...

Triple excursion and horseriding day!! Today was a super exciting day! First my group did climbing, caving and archery in Vegacervera. my team were the 1st to claim everyone put on their harnesses and helmets and waited for the exciting adventure. All of the campers were very brave and tried their best to climb the rock face - for lots of the kids this was their first time climbing. Next we tried...