Pear Tree Spring Camp Vancouver
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 03/30/2018
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Spring Camp Vancouver – Course Options
Week 1: March 19th – 23rd
Painter’s Pallet (Ages 5-6)
As painters, we will have lots of time to try different paints and painting techniques! We’ll work with water colour, acrylic and tempera paints.
Our paintings will be inspired by nature, animals, literature, our friends and family, and even the summer weather!
The young artists of this course will have a small portfolio of art pieces to share with you at the end of this week.
Reptiles (Ages 7-9)
Turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodiles, and alligators are all interesting reptiles. At Pear Tree, students will feel like real biologists as they take part in hands-on activities, research, experiments, and art
projects related to reptiles.
Additionally, Pear Tree is the home to a corn snake! Don’t worry, she is completely harmless to humans, and is extremely sweet! Students will have opportunities to care for and handle her daily.
Kids Can Cook! (Ages 10-14)
Do you want to learn how to make healthy and delicious snacks and meals? Join us in another week of more cooking and baking! In this hands on course, you’ll learn how to read recipes and measure ingredients, learn about nutrition and healthy living, as well as the importance of kitchen safety. You’ll visit a local restaurant, too! Each day you’ll cook two dishes, and will take home your own recipe book at the end of the course.
PLEASE NOTE: Pear Tree’s Hot Lunch Program is mandatory for this course, as food is provided throughout the week. Therefore, an additional $66 must be added to the camp price.
Week 2: March 26th – 30th
Salmon Project (Ages 5-6)
Do you want to feel like a biologist and study the life cycle of an animal up-close? Pear Tree is raising 55 Coho salmon!
In this course, we’ll learn about the salmon life cycle, and do lots of hands-on activities, art, and experiments to develop your science skills.
Students participating in this course are invited to join us with their parents in releasing the salmon at Beaver Creek in Stanley Park at the beginning of April!
Ancient Olympians (Ages 7-9)
In this course, students will learn about Ancient Greek myths and legends, and make connections to how Ancient Greece influenced today’s society.
We’ll cook food and feast like the Ancient Greeks, create some Greek mosaic art, build a Greek-inspired building and perform Greek Reader’s Theater.
Our course will be concluded with “Mini Olympics”, where students in the course design the activities for all Pear Tree students to participate in! This is a great leadership and community building
opportunity.
Film Noir (Ages 10-14)
Pear Tree is bringing the old with this homage to film noir cinema. We have one week to create, film, and edit a neo-noir movie, and we need your help!
With movies requiring a massive team, there is guaranteed to be a role for you: live acting, voice-overs, directing, filming, editing, music, or writing.
Come and find out if you can make it in the movie industry.
Outdoor Time!
As educational experts, Pear Tree’s spring camps have a balance of indoor and outdoor time. As part of both our course and recreation time, we ensure that our students go outside every day.
For outdoor time, Pear Tree has a 1:5 staff/student ratio.
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