Sweden 2007
Concepts
Personal Development
The Administrators view personal development of each and every participant as being of paramount importance. It works through shared experiences and mutual co-operation between all involved: Admin, Lectures, Campers and Mentors. However, the focus is mainly on the campers – the primary beneficiaries of the camp. All camp activities, from sports, lessons to lunch time are geared specifically to continually enhance their personal development. Indeed, campers are seen as individuals, and thus Mentors, Administrators and Lecturers spend time individually with campers, in order to bring the best out of all of them.
What does the Sweden Camp aim to develop?
How does the Camp implement this Philosophy?
Use of small classes size, to increase the teacher-student ratio. Each camper can thus gain more time with the teacher, greater attention and thus a better opportunity to develop.
Each camper has two personal mentors. They are responsible for his well being and his development throughout the camp: from arrival in Sweden, all the way back to Stanmore.
Sports is coached by the mentors and it allows for all the campers to play new sports and the develop and enhance their skills at the ones they have already taken part in.
Specifically encouraging the trial of new sports, such as canoeing.
Using lateral thinking exercises, to heighten the camper’s mental activity. The aim of these quizzes, delivered during the Personal Development Time in the evenings, is to encourage campers to ‘think outside the box’ and to arrive at solutions efficiently.
Appreciation of advantages of team work in activities, sports, intellectual discourses, and communal advancement.
This importance on personal development is only the first step to ensuring that the camper reaches his potential after the Camp, and establishes himself as a servant of our community.