Town hall of La Pobla Llarga. The main aim of the “Urban Summer Camp” in La Pobla Llarga is to provide an intensive experience of enjoying free time and learning English language for kids and teenagers during two weeks in summer. The camp program includes games, activities, workshops, sports, excursions, a swimming pool, etc. Simultaneously, the workshops will try to teach other values such as intercultural, tolerance, the respect for the environment and promote the culture of peace. The language of the camp is English.
İş Tanımı
Volunteers will help to co-create the workshops in English for local children and teenagers. Activating kids and teenagers, providing a cross-cultural learning experience for them as well as English language environment. It will be done through games, workshops, sports activities, excursions, discussions, etc.
The age of kids is 10-16 y/o. There will be a local monitor who is responsible to propose and organize activities. Each day, approx. four to six hours workshop/activities will be given in the mornings.
The aim is that volunteers communicate with children in English, to encourage them to overcome the fear of speaking in a foreign language through non-formal educational methods and setting. In the first two days of the workcamp participants will spend time together to know the program and prepared and propose some owns workshops in relation to their capacity, interest or ability.
We want that the volunteers can be involved and take part in the all project. If you like dancing, you can propose to teach a dance; if you practice handball, organize a competition, etc.
It would be a bonus if volunteers could speak a little Spanish but it’s is not essential.
Konaklama ve Yemek
Accommodation will be a cultural house in La Pobla Llarga, where workcamp is taking place. There is a space for sleep (during the year is a psychometric space for the kindergarten), a common space with a kitchen and bathroom and a terrace. For lunch and dinner, the cook of the summer school will cook for the volunteers. For breakfast, the town hall gives volunteers the meal or money to buy food in the supermarket. Volunteers will sleep on mats. Please bring a sleeping bag!
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
La Pobla Llarga a town and municipality located in the province of Valencia Spain, 50 km from Valencia and 20 min by car to reach the beach. There is a very good connection by train with Valencia. In summertime the city hall organises cultural activities at night.