School Age SUMMER CAMPS

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS

Minecraft: Travelling into the Future

8-12 Years

Test your ingenuity and problem-solving skills as you navigate through our unique virtual Minecraft worlds using our laptops. With your team, learn how to manage your resources like real-life engineers as you build a colony on the moon and try to survive in drought-like conditions. Even if you’ve been to this camp before, you’ll still find the daily missions fun and challenging! Time spent off-screen will include hands-on activities, outdoor fun, games, and for some locations, a trip to the lake, the waterpark or swimming pool, PHO policies permitting.

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS

Jr. Minecraft: Amusement Park

6-8 Years

Love amusement parks? Love Minecraft? This camp is for you! Each day will bring its share of real-world engineering and teamwork challenges as you build your very own amusement park from scratch! From designing the rides with pen and paper to turning them into live ones using Redstone as well as mechanical and electrical engineering principles within our Minecraft world, this is going to be a wild ride! We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science, and engineering projects and playing fun outdoor games! NOTE: We will be playing using our secure local server and won’t have access to external ones.

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS

Engineering For Kids: Minecraft Mini Games

8-12 Years

What makes games fun? In this camp, students will learn fundamentals of game design while playing minigames in Minecraft. Time permitting, students may even have the opportunity to build their own Minecraft minigame as a team. We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science and engineering projects, and playing fun outdoor games! NOTE: We will be playing using our secure local server and won’t have access to external ones, such as hypixel.

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS

Jr. Minecraft

6-8 Years

A special camp for our youngest Minecrafters. No experience necessary; some keyboard and mouse skills are ideal. Using our laptops, you’ll first learn the basics of Minecraft and will then work together to solve engineering-related challenges in our unique worlds. We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science, and engineering projects and playing fun outdoor games!

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS

Minecraft - Medieval Redstone

8-12 Years

Using Redstone, Minecraft's version of electrical circuitry, test your ingenuity and problem-solving skills as you navigate through challenges in our virtual Minecraft worlds using our laptops. Learn teamwork and how to manage resources like real-life engineers. Even if you’ve been to this camp before, you’ll still find the daily missions fun and challenging! We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science, hands-on engineering projects, and playing fun outdoor games!

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ENGINEERING FOR KIDS Space Camp

6-10 Years

Ready for some galactic adventures?! From satellites to rockets and landers, come build your own version of the machines that make space exploration possible! This week of camp is all about understanding the science, technology, and engineering we use to further our knowledge of our universe. We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science and engineering projects, and playing fun outdoor games!

ENGINEERING FOR KIDS: Star Wars Camp

6-10 Years

Report to Star Wars training camp and learn about the science and engineering that go on behind the scene. In this camp, we will build lightsabers, explore space travel, program robotic droids, and so much more. We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science and engineering projects, and playing fun outdoor games and using the Force in games like Death Star Dodge Ball and Light Saber Tag. Arrive as Padawans and leave as Masters! We’ll also spend part of the day doing art, science and engineering projects, and playing fun outdoor.

Engineering For Kids

Jr Wreck It Week - Half day or full day

5.5-7.5 Years

Smash! Crash! BOOM! Students in this camp will join Wrecking Companies for the week and compete against other wrecking companies in various engineering-related challenges, such as building a bridge from balsa wood and constructing safety mechanisms to protect a raw egg from impact. Put on your hard hats and safety goggles and join the fun!

Engineering For Kids

Maker Space - Half day PM

5.5-7.5 Years

Come and join our Maker Space! Each day, a different engineering challenge will be set, and you and your team will try to find your own solution using an array of everyday items, some unusual materials, and the engineering design process. Let’s see what you can come up with! Part of the afternoon will include outdoor games and activities.

Film Camp In A Box

Sr Claymation and Lego

7-9 Years

Fill your week with action, adventure and a lot of comedy with Film Camp in A Box Senior Claymation and Lego animation camp. Mentored by master filmmakers, campers will engage in hands-on exploration of the stop motion animation process, including pre production, production and post production. Working in small crews, they will learn about stop motion animation, set design, script writing and editing. Campers will then create their own stop motion animation and edit a short film and movie trailer, complete with sound effects, music, voice, sound effects and special effects. Movies will be presented at our red carpet, popcorn film festival and archived on our digital theater.

FILM CAMP IN A BOX

Music Video

9-14 Years

Rock and Roll all night and every day at our Music Video Production in a Box workshop. Mentored by master filmmakers, campers will engage in hands-on exploration of the music video production process, including pre production, production and post production. Working collaboratively in small crews, they will learn about cinematography specific to music videos and advanced editing techniques. Using an existing pop culture song, campers will listen to the lyrics, learn them and create a story, encapsulating the theme of the lyrics. They will then act in and edit their full music video. Each film crew will use a Macbook, Final Cut Pro, an HD camera, tripod, and green screen under the guidance of their own filmmaker. Family and friends will join us at the Film Camp in a Box Red Carpet Film Festival at the end of the week to enjoy blockbusters and, of course, some popcorn. CONTENT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR THEATER PAGE

FILM CAMP IN A BOX

Film making 101

9-14 Years

Fill your week with action, adventure and a lot of comedy with Film Camp in A Box movie making camp. Mentored by master filmmakers, campers will engage in hands-on exploration of the filmmaking process, including pre production, production and post production. Working in small crews, they will learn about cinematography, script writing and editing. Campers will then create, act in and edit a short film and movie trailer. Participants will have the opportunity to use our latest technology, including Macbooks, 4K cameras, tripods, boom microphones, green screens and the use of an aerial drone. Movies will be presented at our red carpet, popcorn film festival and archived on our digital theater.

Come outside and experience a nature walk along a beautiful trail while stopping to enjoy pages of your favourite children’s books.

FREE fun for all ages.

July 5-August 23

Wednesdays

6:00 – 7:30 PM

A new story each week.

JULY 5 The Gruffalo

JULY 12 Owl Babies

CRD Witty’s Lagoon Regional Park (to the Teaching Shelter, not wheelchair or stroller accessible)

JULY 19 Island in the Salish Sea

JULY 26 The Most Magnificent thing

AUG 2 Dragons Love Tacos

AUG 9 (No Story Walk)

AUG 16

Those Darn Squirls

CRD at Francis/King Regional Park (wheelchair and stroller accessible)

AUG 23 Julian is a Mermaid