We arrived at 11:15. Then we had a succinct introduction by the director. Afterwards, we got a tour of the antique, vintage, unique house and the first task. We ate on the sunny picnic terrace. Afterwards, the tasks were explained. We went into our groups and started with the tasks. We came back and are hangrily awaiting dinner! Bergün is very cute, picturesque, straight out of a postcard and every house has its own special detailing! We are happy that the group is not all that big - it's cozy! Like this we can better get to know one another and we like mingling with different people.
Translating the text on the house was hysterical!!! We actually translated the text from the wrong house and we still won!! We also liked making the videos, especially acting like animals and having snowball fights!
Using GooseChase is something we'd definitely like to try out in class and you can do it without the computer by having a "scavenger hunt". Mingling is also fun to do with kids - you can call it speed dating and you can adapt it very well to different topics.
At other camps, we mostly experienced that we only had to clean at the end and often meals were cooked for us! Camping camps are another experience, more rustic, with more tasks - more group cooking or outdoor cooking, more latrine cleaning!! For class camps it's important that each group does everything, so that the chores rotate and each group has to get up early once, clean up once, etc....We think it's a good idea as well if there's a fun end to camp, with some sort of show, whereby every group has to plan something! With younger kids, it's important that safety come first. Planning is also of utmost importance - in class the weeks before, menus can be planned out precisely with the quantity of ingredients and the utensils listed and the cost calculated. Perhaps the sleeping situation can be sketched out in advance - perhaps kids can choose or perhaps the teacher has to do this.
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