The Estevan Family Resource Centre has been offering activities for local youths this summer.
Mackenzie Holman and Kelsey Pastachak are the family centre’s summer students this year, and are in charge of the summer camps. Each camp runs from Monday to Thursday, and has a different theme.
“Our first week was Carnival Week, so it was mostly just games with the kids,” said Holman. “It was also a younger age group this week; it was for Grades 1 to 3.”
The remaining camps are for Grades 3 to 6.
The children who attended the Carnival Camp enjoyed the activities.
“The first day we had games, like basketball shooting, a ring toss and a bean bag toss,” said Holman.
They also enjoyed Minute to Win It games, water activities such as a water balloon fight and an obstacle course with water challenges, and then the camp wrapped up with crafts and games.
Snacks were served every day.
The remaining camps are for students in Grades 3 to 6.
The Girls Week camp is now underway, and next week it will be Culture Week.
“It is learning about different countries and food and things like that,” said Pastachak.
Remaining camps will be Sweet Shop, which will teach youths about candy and sweets; Kids in the Kitchen, which will offer cooking lessons, Art Week and Science Week.
The camps run from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. Young people can attend the morning or the afternoon.
The registration numbers are pretty good, they said. The morning class for the Carnival Week was full and the afternoon camp had a few openings, but then for Girls Week, the afternoon class was full and the morning class had a couple of openings.
Each session can have 10 to 15 young people, except for cooking-related camps, which can accommodate seven to 10, since they said it can get busy in the kitchen.
“The kids get to meet new friends,” said Holman. “For some of our baking classes they get to learn how to bake, and they can take the recipe home and they can bake for themselves and cook for themselves. For Girls Week, we are talking about themselves and who they are.”
“For science Week, they get to do experiments,” added Pastachak later.
This year marks the first time that both Holman and Pastachak have been involved with the camp, and they have enjoyed the experience, so it’s not just the kids who are having fun.
