Focus Learning Summer Camp 2022 Full-Day

Click on this link for all of our information on our half-day and full-day programs we have to offer during our 2022 Summer Camp!  

For this week's full-day session, enjoy our Leadership program for the morning session.   Then, choose either our Tech OR Language Arts program for the afternoon session. 

Leadership Program

Winning Respect with People

This summer, we will take your child’s worst stumbling blocks and make them their building blocks where they can transition from surviving to thriving.  Your children will leave the summer camp with a renewed confidence and a honed skill level that will stretch out into every area of their life, such as: in their school presentations, theatre, political debates, or even perhaps stand-up comedy one day.  This camp experience will be nothing short of transformational and will leave your child with the building blocks to be a REAL Success.

Areas of Focus:

• Focused practices on major leadership skills
• Memorization techniques, human relation practices and acting out real world situations
• A taste of leadership training with Dale Carnegie and John Maxwell techniques
• Ability to engage with an audience with high empathy
• Public speaking and debating with comfort & confidence

Winning Respect with People

• importance of socializing and play in relationship-building
• practical ways to win with people face to face
• impromptu speeches, prepared speeches, and debating

Tech Program

BizKids Academy: 3D Printing & Model Design

BizKids Academy is a fully integrated STEM program that puts each student in the driver’s seat for the development of their own invention, product, or service.  

Fundamental skills in graphic and 3D design for prototyping and marketing their ideas, in addition to the introduction of company structure, principles of accounting and financial planning are delivered throughout the program at age-appropriate levels.  

At the conclusion of the week, students will present their ideas as works in progress with the option of sending some of their creations for 3D printing.

Areas of Focus: 

• The theme is to create their own 3D printing company for home and online business
• Creation of a product line choosing from a variety of 3D prints
• Cost of Materials, Pricing Strategies, and Profit & Loss Statement
• Alternatives for production - print-on-demand or produce at home
• eCommerce alternatives - Shopify, Etsy or Amazon

Main Skills to be taught and practiced: 

• Graphic Design
• Research
• Financial literacy for an entrepreneur
• Financial Analysis for an entrepreneur

Language Arts Program

Potterheads Fiesta 1: Friendship

The Potterhead Fiesta is a chance for Harry Potter enthusiasts to work on their reading and writing skills while engaging in fun, creative activities and discussing their favourite characters, locations, and spells!  

Areas of Focus | Students will get to:

• Design their own Hogwarts House from top to bottom
• Read and discuss various story elements
• Submit written responses to reading comprehension questions
• Work on their creative skills by rewriting sections of the story

Main Skills to be taught and practiced:

• Creative Writing
• Wand-making
• Critical Thinking
• Literary Analysis
• Discussion

End-of-Week Project:  

The Untold Story - a section of the story rewritten from a chosen character’s perspective

Part 1 - Any human character

Materials:

Part 1 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone