RomanaSUMMER CAMP FOR REMIGRANT CHILDREN
- The camp and its surrounding were presented and at the same time the spaces in which the activities will take place, the sites in the camp the children have access to, respectively the sites they are not allowed to.
- The rules of the camp were established with the children. All these rules were written on a flip chart and exposed.
13.30 - 15.00- Lunch break
15.00 - 17.00 – Interknowledge activities
The participants took place at interknowledge activities. Custom made nametags for both students and teachers were manufactured.
- During the presentation activities, the students were arranged in a circle, on groups saying: five words that characterize them, one common element identified in the pairs and miming this element for the rest of the group, so that the other could guess the mimed element.
17.00 - 17.30- Break
17.30 - 19.30- Interknowledge and bonding activities
- Bingo: the children talked, on groups, in order to associate each participant with a set of specific traits, facilitating reciprocal knowledge and direct bonding between them.
- Group arms: the children drew the team’s arms and they presented it in the group, describing the common traits of the group members identified on the arms.
19.30 - 20.00- Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 – Recreational activities
Day 2
08.30 - 09.30- Breakfast
10.00 – 13.00- Experiential education by means of open air activities
- A trek was organized in the mountain area of the camp. During the trek some touristic orientation activities were organized. The rules on the mountain paths were established, information concerning flora and fauna specific to the area were discussed and analyzed.
- When they returned from the trek, in the camp space, a treasure hunt activity was organized: on groups, the children seek “the treasures” hidden inside the camp, according to the rules presented by the teachers. At the end, the involvement and efforts of all the participants in the “hunting” will be rewarded.
13.30 - 15.00 – Lunch break
15.00 - 16.30 – Storytelling - multiculturalism
- In every group, the children split in more sub-groups according to the country they migrated to. Each sub-group presented cultural elements they remember from the country they lived in (clothing, specific dishes, lifestyle etc.) Common elements were then established, but at the same time, the elements that are different from the Romanian culture were discussed.
- The activity ended in discussing and underlining the cultural advantage children with life experiences in another country have.
16.30 - 17.00 - break
17.00 - 18.30 – Self-knowledge workshop
- On groups, children build “the conversational circle”: they were arranged in a circle, filling in the given statements: What I prefer is…, I would like to be…., My favourite game is…, I’m happy when…, I would like to be more…, One day, I hope…
18.30 - 19.30 – Recreational activities
19.30 - 20.00 – Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 – Recreational activities: dancing contest
Day 3
08.30 - 09.30- Breakfast
10.00 – 11.30– Sport team activities
- It was organized a circle relay race with range poles and balls; then there were some activities of throwing the ball into the basket, skipping rope, badminton, ping pong.
- At the end of the sport activities, the importance of team cooperation and collaboration was analyzed and underlined in order to ensure success in an activity.
- The winning team received prizes.
11.30 - 12.00- Break
12.00 - 13.30–Watching educational films
- A series of educational films were watched; after that, the educational valences from some sequences of the films were analyzed and discussed.
13.30 - 15.00- Lunch break
15.00 - 16.30- Storytelling – multilingualism
- Sub-groups were made in each group of children according to the country they migrated in; each sub-group taught the other children some words in the language they lived in. The words were repeated until all the group members memorized them.
- The activity ended in underlining the linguistic advantage the children have due to the life experience in another country; the importance of knowing a foreign language for subsequent child development and evolution was also underlined.
16.30 - 17.00- Break
17.00 - 18.30–Creation workshop
- They manufactured masks for the activities around the fire; under the guidance of the teachers, the children manufactured a mask / costume that represented them.
- The most original and suggestive masks and costumes received prizes in order to encourage children’s creativity and involvement.
18.30 - 19.30 – Recreational activities
19.30 - 20.00 – Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 – Recreational activities: talent show.
Day 4
08.30 - 09.30- Breakfast
- 09.30– 11.00–Asphalt drawings
- Organised in groups, the children drew aspects considered representative for them or for the group, for Romania or for the different countries they lived in. To encourage the children’s originality and involvement, the most creative and suggestive drawings received prizes.
- The children painted, individually, on stone, the most beautiful moment from the camp.
11.00 - 11.30- Break
11.30 - 13.00– Communication and inter-relation workshop
- It was organized a game to identify the similarities between participant: in a circle, children were invited to step forward if….they made friends in the camp, if they feel well in Romania, if they know two languages, if they changed something in their families, if they miss their friends from abroad etc.)
- The coordinator of the activity concluded on the similarities and differences between the group members, underlining acceptance of diversity.
13.00 - 15.00- Lunch break
15.00 - 16.30- Storytelling: school experience abroad
- Individually, the children presented to other group members, the aspects they remember after their school experience abroad: how school was abroad, how teachers were, how colleagues and homework were etc. Common and different elements of the Romanian school system and the system presented by the children were established in the group.
- The activity coordinator underlined the advantage presented by studying abroad.
16.30 - 17.00- Break
17.00 - 18.30– Experiential education through open-air activities
- A trek was organized in the mountain area of the camp, a trek which served as a mean to present the rules of protecting the environment (for instance, gathering wood for campfires), rules to organize the camp fire (choosing a location, extinction of the fire etc.)
18.30 - 19.30 – Recreational activities
19.30 - 20.00 – Dinner
20.00 - 21.30 – Recreational activities – camp fire
Day 5
08.30 - 09.00- Breakfast
09.00 – 11.00– Communication breakfast
- In groups, the children established one of the most important things they learnt during the camp activities and they presented it to all participants at the summer camp.
- Specific elements of each group were also presented according to the type of group formed during the activities in that week.
11.00 - 13.00–Conclusions
- The children were invited to stipulate the elements of success in the activities they took part in, offering feedback to the organizers, offering suggestions for subsequent activities.
13.00 - 15.00- Prize awarding
- Each child receives a compensations / prize / diploma for the activity he had in the summer camp.
15.00 –The participant leave
