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Another beautiful sunny day at camp! Today was a relaxing day with lots of preparation for the carnival on Saturday. Our class is doing a ball toss so we spent the class putting the final touches on our game. We've got lots of little artists! Great drawings of girls, boys, cats, rabbits, grandmas and even aliens!  We also learned some vocabular related to tomorrow's busy sports day. We're going to Vegacevera to...

Today we took advantage of the great weather by playing games outside in the morning. Then we all had English class. My class used the time to prepare our dart toss game. We drew the background and coloured it in. Then we answered some questions about the trip to Astorga. In the afternoon we had more English class. We reviewed vocabulary about rock climbing, caving and archery. I also had the students complete a text...

Today was another great day at camp! In English class my students wrote about our exciting day in Astorga in their diaries, then played some games to learn some useful verbs and the simple past tense. After English class and snack we went up to the football field to play Musical Statues, Musical Chairs and Freeze Tag followed by some relaxing Yoga and Meditiation. The afternoon's English class was mostly preparation...

Today was a lovely day back at the camp.  Breakfast woke us up properly and we started off with the DUEL OF THE DAY.  This is when two classes go head to head in a battle devised by the English teachers.  On Tuesday it was a race to see which class could carry a Ping Pong ball on a piece of paper held flat between two people back and forth.  Today it was wheelbarrow races, and it was very...

Our trip to Astorga was so much fun! It was certainly a long day, but it was definitely worth it! We were able to visit 3 different spots in the city and each one was unique and special.  Our first stop was the chocolate museum. This stop was perhaps our favorite =) We were able to learn about how chocolate is made through a short video. It is actually quite a complaicted process! We also looked at some exhibits...

Today during our game session we played a really fun new game. It's called Foxes and Chickens! Here's how it works: First 4 campers are selected to be foxes and the rest of the group are chickens. The chickens walk around the field until one of the teachers asks the foxes: "What time is it?!" The foxes must reply with an hour time such as five o'clock. In that case all the chickens must try to form groups of five....

After starting the day with breakfast, the happy campers got their money and a fruit snack before getting on the coach for the excursion to Astorga. The coach trip of singing came to an end when we reached the outskirts of Astorga, where we walked 3km along the Camino de Santiago towards the city. There was a sigh of relief every time we reached and seeked refuge in the shade from the heat. As we got near the city,...

Today my class went on a scavenger hunt! It was a great way to learn some new vocabulary and immediately put it into practical use. We learned some new words like pinecone, berries, sand, bark, moss and many more. Once we had the words down pat, the hard part began: actually finding the things! We are so lucky that right by our campsite there are some really beautiful trails. My entire class set off on an uphill hike...

Day 3 was amazing!! We went to Astorga for a day trip and had the greatest time. We started of on the bus were we sang songs and chants, I learnt a lot of new songs. When we arrived we started the day by doing part of the Camino de Santiago. We walked along the road, across bridges and through the town. It was very nice and we met some other people who were doing the Camino as well. When we arrived we split in to 3...

Day two started off well with a dual game between two teams, my class won the game - yay!! For the morning English Class we pre-taught the students some nature vocabulary (leaf, moss, bark etc) then went on a nature walk and scavenger hunt. Campers had to find various items on the worksheet, some bark, a flower, sand, a stick and some moss for example. It was great to get the kids out into the countryside to energise...