JOIN THE ICSA SPRING BREAK CAMP 2024
Find more information below. You can also download the ICSA brochure 2024 spring and the registration form.
WHEN: MARCH 25-29, from 9am-3pm
STUDENT AGE: 7-13 years old (NON-ICSA english-speaking students are also welcome)
Price: 135.000 CFA
(whole week, incl. all take-home handicraft projects, T-shirt, at least 5 invited workshops and more)
Registration has to be done at the ICSA business office. You can go to the business office and ask to register. They will give you a registration form to fill out. You can also print and fill out the form at home, and then submit it at the business office.
The curriculum includes, amongst others, Taekwondo (by a former world champion), Tibetan Gong Meditation, PIG-casso painting, your own mysterious Spiderweb, Mask-making, scrapbooking, photostories, joining a secret society, FUN outdoor games like capture the flag, obstacle course, dodgeball and finding the Griffon's egg.
The theme of Border Busting runs throughout this camp, creating a fun way to think about topics like our identity, our inside and outside, the challenges of living in groups, the role of art, expressing yourself, and how you can bring about social and personal change; in other words, how to transform yourself! Are you ready to BUST some borders?!
Do you want your child to have the ‘thinking tools’ to solve problems, make good decisions, confidently self-express, be open to exploring different ideas, and transform imagination into innovation?
Then THE THINKING PLAYGROUND camp is just what you have been looking for!
Our team combines scholarly expertise, a commitment to thinking and community-building with our love of working with children. Our integrated curriculums combine artistic activities with philosophical inquiries to cultivate critical, creative, caring, and collaborative thinking.
To ensure the quality of the inquiries, activities the sense of community and of the camp we accept a maximum of twelve students per camp.
Read more about this new camp at ICSA below.
Camp Theme BORDER BUSTERS Ages 7-13
Because this is the first camp, we will focus on students aged 10 to 13 years old. In the future we will expand but for now: Welcome to the Border Busters Thinking Playground Camp. This camp combines invited workshops, including artistic activities like pottery, photography, Tibetan gong meditation, taekwondo (by a world champion), handicrafts, IN/OUTDOOR GAMES, philosophical inquiries, and a lot of FUN (see also the beautiful DAILIES on the website)! Will you be able to bust the border between humans and robots, between extraterrestrials and intra-terrestrial, or between your true self and fake self? Will you join the secret society of philosopher-alchemists? Will you be able to capture the flag and complete the obstacle course? And…will you be able to find the Griffon’s egg?
The theme of Border Busting runs throughout this camp, creating a fun way to think about topics like our identity, our inside and outside, the challenges of living in groups, the role of art, and how you can bring about social and personal change; in other words, how to transform yourself! Are you ready to BUST some borders?!
WHY
Because the camps are FUN—yeah! And, in the process, kids will learn how to THINK!
Thinking is essential:
- for constructive communication
- for healthy mental and emotional development
- for dealing with the pressures of life
- for good judgment & for self-growth
Thinking is learning:
- to listen to each other
- to ask interesting questions
- how to make connections between ideas
- how to build on each other’s ideas
- what reasons are and how to express them
- to think before you act
WHO
Arthur Wolf (Dr. Wolf), graduate of the University of British Columbia and Associate Director of The Vancouver Institute of Philosophy for Children (www.vip4c.ca), together with Susan Gardner (Dr. Sue), graduate of Oxford University, Philosophy Professor at Capilano University and Director of VIP4C will supervise the construction of the philosophically-based programs, as well as the implementation. In addition, Dr. Wolf will be present throughout the camp experience and facilitate our ‘Community of Philosophical Inquiries’ or CPIs. The camp team will include at least two additional counsellors, invited workshop instructors and we will ensure that the ratio of counsellor/camper never falls below 1/6 campers.
WHEN
Full week camp : 2024, March 25-29, Monday to Friday (09:00 – 15:00). Please bring lunch, snacks, waterbottle, sunscreen, and a hat.
Drop off from 8:30 – 9:00
Pick up from 15:00 – 15:30
WHERE
ICSA: International Community School of Abidjan. The activities will all take place on campus, including those with invited workshops.
