Camps
Winter 2024
This next holidays we offer a week full of camps! We have five types of camps, each running for a different age range. We have three 2-day-long programs running on the 1st and 2nd of July, 2024 and three 2-day-long programs running on the 3rd and 4th July, 2024. All camps will run at the University of Western Australia (UWA).
Registrations are only $170 (early bird price until May 31st! – $190 after), with Eurekamp Oz! Scholarships available for families who could not otherwise afford them.
Maximum of 25 campers per camp per week. Grade/age ranges are recommendations.
Play On! explores all aspects of the notion of play through play-building activities. Your camper’s creative spark is sure to ignite as they write, produce, direct and act, in a play, premiered on the last afternoon for family and fellow campers. Your child will explore the magic of storytelling, making and sharing and can expect to experience theatre, dance, and music, playing in some of UWA’s theatres and on the stages. In addition to these great activities, campers will be challenged by important questions such as, “What is play?” “Can anybody be an actor?” “What is the difference between acting and real life?” This camp is a definite must-do for anyone who loves to play, create, and explore the world.
July 1st/2nd (2-day camps)
6-8 years old
Game On! discovers the intricacies of games and gaming through game-building activities that culminate in the creation of their very own board game! Mysteries, board games, cards, and tricks will get your kid’s brain buzzing, teach them the value of teamwork, and show them how to be a good loser! By exploring the roles of collaboration, competition, thought, and emotion in different games, campers will ask questions around optimal strategy, the permissibility of lying, and convincing bluffing. They will also tackle more general questions like “What makes a game worth playing?” “What’s wrong with cheating?” “What makes some things fun but other things boring?”.
July 1st/2nd (2-day camps)
8-10 years old
July 3rd/4th (2-day camps)
10-12 years old
Invisible World! will open your child’s eyes to the worlds of living things that cannot be seen. From bacteria to viruses, fruit to tabletops, this camp will investigate the micro worlds within our world, and ourselves, allowing us to see invisible lifeforms. Cheek scrapings of saliva will help us to work out who we are. Through observation of growth, metabolism, and chemical exchanges in vortexes, we question what life is. The micro world is brought to life, chromosomes and DNA are made visible. Our invisible worlds and the ecosystems they are a part of are brought into plain sight. Fuelled by questions such as: What is life? Are things always what they look like? What is the point of diversity? This camp is for any child that wants to see more of the world that they are a part of.
July 1st/2nd (2-day camps)
10-12 years old
Rock On! explores music and musicality through two days of band-building activities. The end result will be a musical performance for family, friends, and fellow campers. Our musically talented staff and volunteers of undergraduate students will conduct your child toward discovering their inner rock wiz. They will make their own instruments and create their own bands, all the while, trying to come up with answers to some challenging questions such as, “What is the difference between music and noise?” “Is talent or performance more important?” and “What is an instrument?” No need for previous musical experience, just need a rocking attitude!
July 3rd/4th (2-day camps)
6-8 years old
