ENGLISH CAMP, WHIZ KIDZ! 2015

Dear blog, 

Around 135 students had the opportunity to attend a one day English camp held at SK Clifford, in Kuala Kangsar Perak on March 28, 2015. The English language camp was sponsored by Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Ipoh and the camp was made possible due to support from SK Clifford, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Kuala Kangsar (PPD) as well as other schools in Kuala Kangsar. The goals of the camp were to attract the students to learn English language, to enable to students to participate in language activities which also provide leadership training for students.  They get the chance to learn how to lead a team. They learn organisational skills such as planning and problem solving, all of which the classroom situation may be unable to provide. Additionally, the camp was aimed to promote a meaningful interaction and provide platform for students to use English language in communication effectively.

                

The camp’s activities were varied throughout the one whole day with check points stations, action songs competition, gallery walk, telematch, and amazing race. Fun icebreaking session with creative English language building challenge which one of it was creating group cheers. The amazing race was fun as the students enjoyed the tasks and tricky clues which kept them stimulated until the end of the game.  Other check points stations which encompassed with interesting activities such as ‘broken-telephone’, ‘junior master-chef’, ‘spell it right challenge’, ‘talentime’, ‘puppet show’ and many others. Camp participants included 135 students, ages ranging from 11-12 years old, from 19 primary schools around the Kuala Kangsar district. The English camp committee members enjoyed tremendous support among the school teachers and has attracted many students to join. Apart from that, the camp also was giving out prizes for all the participants. Many teachers and lecturers from IPG Kampus Ipoh came to support the program that day. Each participant was given two certificates of appreciation from IPG Kampus Ipoh and PPD for their participation.

Based on the positive feedback from participants and the begging and pleading for more time at camp, the president of the language camp concluded that their goals were successfully met.   A big thank to the program adviser Puan Lizarose Abdullah for her dedication and for all the trainee teachers as well as the school teachers for their hard work and dedication towards the achievement of the English camp. It is hope that more English camp like this to be held and more students to join it for an exciting time next year. 

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