Pine Grove is our last school of the spring, and they're really helping us end the season with a bang!
The grade six students braved the rain to canoe, go orienteering, climb the climbing wall and go down the zipline. We've also had some great performances at campfire and many dance parties!
Camp was a busy place this weekend! Forty-five young people from five different youth groups came up to learn, play and worship together.
We also hosted Circle of Song, a day-long gathering of church choirs. The choirs learned new pieces together and performed for each other. It was lovely to hear our beloved camp songs performed with such expertise!
The students of Flamborough Centre have done some pretty cool stuff during their stay at camp! They've managed to cram all the fun of camp into three short days. On top of all our progamme areas, they tried the throwing blanket, dressed up for dinner theatre and performed at campfire.
See you next year!
Our second school of the season is here! The grade 8 students of Flamborough Centre School have arrived, and they've been busy all afternoon with the zipline and the climbing wall, as well as canoeing, kayaking, dance and orienteering. As I'm typing this, they're on a camp-wide mission with Indiana Jones, and judging from the dance sessions with Refleckta, I expect great things at campfire.
More pictures to come!
This week, we're doing staff training and working on the Glen Mhor and Iona sites to get ready for our next two schools and the summer ahead.
We're painting cabins, clearing new trails, pulling out stumps and setting up the Aquajump!
We had a blast with Aurora High School's Grade 11 Geography class last week! Led by Kandice "Iggy" Cross, one of Cairn's alumni, 25 students stayed for 4 days to study the site in depth and try out our programme areas. We hope to see Aurora H.S. again next spring!
We are taking a look a solar cooker or two for each of the Glen Mhor and Iona programmes for this summer. There are tons of excellent options (including plans to make them yourself) from $50 to $400.
There is even a Canadian company from somewhere close (519 area code): http://www.solarsizzler.com/index.html
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Balaclava School in Freelton (near Hamilton). Their Grade 8s are coming to visit us at the Glen Mhor Outdoor Centre this Spring.
The
visit was great. I had an opportunity to show a quick slide show about
Cairn and the Outdoor Centre and then I was able to answer questions
ranging from "what are the meals like?" (from a parent) to "so, will the night
patrol people be awake ALL night?" (from a student). Ah, Grade 8s...gotta
love them.
Thanks to the parents and staff from Balaclava for inviting me to visit. It was fun!
