We are excited to share our plans for our Summer Camps this year, running throughout July. Registration is now open and you may either order online via our Isle Help App or in the school office.
We are also happy to announce that Okeanos Juice and Smoothie Bar will be offering $5 lunches for all campers, freshly prepared on the school site daily. See the menu here.
3rd – 28th July: Creative Construction Camp for 2-6 years olds
“for Little Kids with Big Ideas”
Onsite fun, games and environmental themed activities including:
- a creative obstacle course, on our green field, in our shaded playground and in our soft play area
- Arts, crafts and creative construction using the environment as inspiration
- Computing, Music, rhymes and singing games
- Becoming an Okeanos chef’s assistant and help create a healthy lunch
3rd – 14th July: BirdSleuth for 7-13 year olds
BirdSleuth is perfect for the adventurous, environmentally conscious and scientifically minded! Off site trips will include Pirate Cove, Northwest Point National Park, Wheeland Pond, Provo Golf Club lakes and a boat tour of the mangroves or Chalk Sound*. Onsite activities will focus on the creation of bird houses (that can be fitted with cameras for future observations), bird baths and a range of practical games and challenges. To combat the summer heat, we also intend to mix in the usual opportunities to swim and work inside our air-conditioned classrooms.
We look forward to seeing you at camp!
BirdSleuth is an educational module designed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and brought to the TCI by Amy Avenant of DEMA. Mr Toby undertook training this spring and is excited to run a fun and practical exploration of the birdlife of our beautiful islands. With the focus on practical experiences, the summer camp will focus around 6 off-site field trips coupled with practical on-site sessions. We plan to capture the imagination of interested students through real interactions with a variety of the island’s bird species.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes the programme as “an inquiry-based science curriculum that engages kids in scientific study and real data collection through the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s citizen science projects. Each BirdSleuth module encourages students do what “real” scientists do: ask questions, collect data, look for patterns and evidence, test ideas, draw conclusions, and share results.”
BirdSleuth is offered at $300 per week. The programme is progressive and will build on skills across the entire two weeks.