FRENCH SUMMER CAMPS
Our ambition is to give everyone a love for the French language and the French culture.
Our creative summer camps aim at teaching French through activities such as cooking, crafts, music and outdoor games. The idea is to recreate a small corner of France for Irish children.
SUMMER 2023:
Residential camps: (from Sunday evening to Saturday afternoon) €550
| 18 June - 24 June 2023 | 12 / 14 yr | |
| 25 June - 1 July 2023 | 12 / 14 yr | |
| 2 July - 8 July 2023 | 11 / 13 yr |
Day camps (Monday to Friday 10am-4pm) €160
| 19 June - 23 June 2023 | 12 / 14 yr | |
| 26 June - 30 June 2023 | 12 / 14 yr | |
| 3 July - 7 July 2023 | 11 / 13 yr |
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Size of the group: 14 residential children and 4 day children.
Supervision: The children are under my supervision with the assistance of 3 adult French and francophone assistants.
Venue: Solenn's School, Bealady Farm, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, R32P2T8
Accommodation : There are 3 bedrooms for the children in the house. The boys sleep in the attic (5 beds). The girls are accommodated in 2 bedrooms downstairs (4 girls and 5 girls per bedroom). The house is spacious.
Allergy or fear of animals: We live on a farm and we are surrounded by animals (sheep, cows, horses, hens) including two dogs who live in the house. Please be aware of this if your child is allergic or is afraid of dogs. The livestock are in the fields around the house. The house and the garden are separated from the farm and the children are supervised at all time. They are not allowed to go to the farmyard on their own and they are under the supervision of an adult when they go to a field.
Meals: All the meals are prepared here with fresh food. The children have breakfast at 9.30am, a snack at 11am, a light lunch at 1pm, a snack at 4pm and a good dinner at 7/7.30pm. Coeliac and lactose intolerant children are welcome.
Use of mobile phone, tablet and computer: The children have access to their mobile phone or tablet only for half an hour in the evening to ring their parents. The phones or tablets are not allowed otherwise and will be held by me the rest of the time. The children who don’t have a phone can ring their parents at any time on my mobile phone. The use of computer, tablets or video games is forbidden during the whole stay at Solenn’s School.
A typical day:
Weekly day camp
| 10am-11am | Fun activities for learning new vocabulary . We use card games and activities specially designed for teaching French as a foreign language and for developing communication skills while having fun. |
| 11am | Cooking (the children cook a French dish) |
| 11:30am | Small breakfast |
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12-1pm 1-2pm |
Outdoor games Songs, music Lunch |
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2- 4pm |
– Craft activities under the hay shed – Games in the garden |
Residential Camp
| 9am | Wake up call |
| 9.30-10am | Breakfast |
| 10am-4pm | Same as above |
| 4pm | Snacks and drinks |
| 4:20-5:30pm | Free time to go for a walk with the assistants in the fields and either kick a ball or have a rest on a rug. |
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5:30- 5:45 |
House chores (the children have to do one small task every day in order to help with the everyday house chores such as helping in the kitchen, feeding animals...) |
| 5:45-7pm | -Work in groups with the assistants -Scrapbook about France and French culture/ Recipe book |
| 7-7:30pm | Shower / Ring home |
| 7:30-8:15pm | Dinner |
| 8:15-9:45pm | Movie time ! Selected French children movies with subtitles. |
| 9:45pm | Bed time |
| 10/10:30pm | Turn off lights |
During the week, the children will become familiar with French culture by singing French songs, playing French games, cooking and tasting French food, filling a scrapbook about France and watching French movies.
They won’t have time to be bored or homesick!
