SUMMER CAMP. (Limited availability)
Parents are becoming increasingly aware of how much young people can gain from a broader experience in a foreign country.

They expect junior programmes to be fun, interactive, delivered in a safe environment, and they also look for content, not just sending children on an overseas trip.

This Summer Camp Programme is an excellent opportunity for youngsters to discover another place and another culture, as well as make friends and develop their Spanish language competence, sports and social skills that will be useful for the rest of their lives.
 
The summer vacation course is a balanced programme of Spanish language and Culture combined with carefully supervised sports, creative leisure activities and excursions. The programme is held all year round, as we have excellent weather, with flexible starting dates, in a fully equipped and modern Youth Hostel ten minutes walk from the Mediterranean sea, in the Tiñoso Cape Nature Reserve.
 
Our Junior Camp Programme is suitable for young children aged 7-14 years. They follow a general Spanish course designed specifically for young learners and taught by experts. It aims at teaching children to think spontaneously and creatively in Spanish. We want kids to get excited about using the language and develop habits that foster fluency. Junior learners enjoy things that are "hands-on", consequently all the language content of the programme has a practical application.

Students will get full-board campus-based accommodation in multi-bedded rooms, with specialist supervision 24 hours a day. Accommodation is closely linked to the issue of children's safety and well-being. An important advantage of campus-based courses is that children do not have to worry about travelling to and from accommodation; this means that students can enjoy a wide range of on-site evening entertainment.

The youth hostel has 165 beds, a swimming-pool, a disco-bar, karaoke and daily medical assistance, a building of 1,000 square metres and gardens of 45,000 square metres, open air sports facilities and a farm, with 250 animals of different breeds and races.
 
Our team is made up from specialists (language teachers, biologists and qualified activity supervisors). They are selected on their ability to listen, their friendliness, enthusiasm and patience, but, most of all, for their love of teaching children. They have all been with us for several years monitoring and developing our educational activities.

Safety is a genuine concern for parents, therefore we allay fears by explaining that our activities are always supervised and closely monitored. Our activity programme is as follows:
 
NATURE AND ADVENTURE (Trekking)

- Trekking in La Sierra de la Muela with camping sites in the mountain.
- Educational excursions: Tiñoso Cape Natural Park in the Sierra de la Muela (El Portús beach).
- Excursions to the Mar Menor, with a boat trip to the Perdiguera Island.
- Sailing course.
- Nature workshop in Calblanque Nature Reserve.
- Endangered species: the purple turtle and the monk seal.
- Archery and climbing walls.

FARM SCHOOL

- Stable and farm animals.
- Horticultural workshop.
- Baking bread and making cakes.
- Milk processing (yoghurt, cheese, ...)
- Fruit and vegetable processing (tinned food, marmalade, ...)
- Juice and soft drinks elaboration (juices, tiger nut milk, lemonade, ...).

RECYCLING AND THE ENVIRONMENT

- Paper recycling.
- Folder and paper elaboration.
- Cloth recycling.
- Rubbish recycling (compost).

ARTS AND CRAFTS

- Essences and perfumes.
- Creams.

EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

- Games.
- Discotheque and karaoke.
- Campfires.
- Fancy dress parties.

EXPRESSION ACTIVITIES

- Press & radio workshop.
- Plastic workshops.
- Puppet workshop.
 
Fees include three Spanish language and culture classes per day, lodging and four meals a day, activity programme, medical assistance and insurance cover.