March Break – March 16 to 20, 2020
Availability
The number of spaces available for each camp can be viewed by clicking on the Register Online button at the bottom of the page.
Location
Streetsville United Church – 274 Queen St. South. Parking available at the rear of the church. Enter by the back of the church by the sliding glass doors at the end of the pathway.
Our camps are aimed at 4 – 13 year old kids and will run between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday, with extended hours available for a small extra cost. Kids can come for the full week or for a few days.
Cost
Extended Hours
We offer early drop off and late pick up for your children from 7:30 – 9:00 am and in the afternoons from 4:00 – 6:00 pm at an extra charge of $5 (+HST) per child per day for each session.
Field Trips
Wednesday – Bronte Creek Maple Syrop Festival (Includes pancakes for lunch)
Thursday Afternoon – Movie Theater (Choice between 2 or 3 movies)
Lunches/Snacks (Pizza Lunch on Friday)
Kids should bring 2 snacks each day.
Monday: Bring a lunch
Tuesday: Optional Subway lunch (Order at time of registration)
Wednesday: Pancake lunch at Bronte Creek included for all campers (Bring a drink)
Thursday: Bring a lunch
Friday: Pizza & juice lunch included for all campers
Optional Subway Lunch on Tuesday
You may order a subway lunch during the registration process at an extra cost starting from $5.69 for a Kids’ Pak. You may also order 6 inch & footlong subs.
Camp Descriptions
Camp 1: Ceramics & Crafts (Ages 4 to 7) (Ages 8 to 13)
Camp 2: All About STEM (Ages 4-7) (Ages 8 to 13)
What is STEM? STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM is everywhere today and in everything we do. It builds and teaches creativity, problem solving, life skills, ingenuity, resourcefulness, patience and curiosity. STEM is what shapes the future as our world grows and changes.
Ages 4 to 7 – For this age group, some of the projects include making a kaleidoscope, creating & launching a straw rocket, making a catapult and building a paddle boat that floats. Kids will also be introduced to coding using Blue-Bot, a bluetooth programmable floor robot.
Ages 8 to 13 – In this group, kids will be introduced to many STEM concepts thru hands on projects such as creating a wigglebot (homemade motorized robot), a solar oven that will cook s’mores, building a ferris wheel with popsicle sticks and awesome science experiments such as making hot ice and elephant toothpaste.
Camp 3: Lego Robotics (Ages 5 to 8)
Campers will use the new Lego WeDo Bluetooth version and tablets to build their models and then to program them with simple drag & drop software.
Camp 4: Lego Robotics and Coding with Scratch (Ages 9 to 13)
Using Mindstorms EV3, campers will gain basic understanding of the Lego EV3 Brick, its motors and sensors. They will build different robots and thru various challenges will learn to program their robots. Kids will learn to program games using the Scratch programming platform.