NOVAS DESCOBERTAS RESIDENTIAL SUMMER CAMPS 2024
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Association Novas Descobertas – Summer Camp Organizer Register No. 12-2013-DRAlgarve
During the school holidays the association provides the community with residential summer camps for youngsters to experience days in group, developing competences of inclusion and community learning, while having fun, creating healthy bonds with themselves, with the group and with nature, at the same time benefiting from the farms space and the surrounding environment.
We cultivate friendships in fun and challenging days, taking care of the earth and society through activities such as: wild camping, scavenger hunts, outings, rock climbing, water games, nocturnal exploration games, caring for the garden, harvesting, teambuilding and community building games, rope games, practical application of permaculture principles, decision making in group, story circles, ecological constructions, arts and crafts, sport and health, adventure and wilderness games and dynamics…
Dates:
Shift I: June 29 to July 7 (9 days) | 12 – 17 years old
Shift II: July 13 to 19 (7 days) | 8 – 12 years old
Shift III: July 26 to August 6 (12 days) | 12 – 17 years old
Shift IV*: August 12 to 20 (9 days) | 8 – 17 years | 10 registrations through PND and 20 registrations through IPDJ*
Shift V: August 26 to September 1 (7 days) | 8 – 17 years old
Shift VI: September 7 to 13 (7 days) | 8 – 17 years old
* The Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (Instituto Português do Desporto e da Juventude), through the program “Vacation in movement – “Férias em Movimento” finances places in this SHIFT of PND summer camp for children (August 12 to 20) with reduced prices, for children from 10 to 17 years old, however to occupy these places you must do the registrations directly with this institution (FROM MAY, 2024) in the NEW platform of the PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH, registrate your children or child and then choose the program “FÉRIAS EM MOVIMENTO” option – FARO – and choosing Campo de férias Novas Descobertas IV and following the steps there indicated.
If you have any questions, please contact IPDJ directly, from May on – FARO: 289 861 820.
PRICES 2024
GENERAL PUBLIC
Shift I and IV (9 days) – 320,00 € or 305,00 € (for siblings)
Shift II, V and VI (7 days) – 300,00€ or 285,00€ (for siblings)
Shift III (12 days) – 430,00€ or 415,00€ (for siblings)
PND MEMBERS* (WITH UP-TO-DATE MEMBERSHIP FEES)
Shift I and IV (9 days) – 295,00€ or 280,00€ (for siblings)
Shift II, V and VI (7 days) – 275,00€ or 260,00€ (for siblings)
Shift III (12 days) – 405,00€ or 390,00€ (for siblings)
*Become a PND Member – see how HERE.
Important information: Participants should arrive on the first day of the camp between 3pm and 4pm. On the last day, they must leave by 12 noon. – Arrival and departure times may change. WILL BE SCHEDULED VIA EMAIL.
THE PRICE INCLUDES:
– Accommodation and food ( camping mode and 5 daily meals );
– Personal accident insurance;
– Counsellors with PND’s Counsellors Training and professional competence ( in a ratio of 1 for every 5 children ), present 24/hours per day on the summer camp;
– Activities, travel (within the scope of the summer camp) and fast-wearing materials;
– Trips ( within the summer camp ) and rapid wear materials;
– A PND coordinator is present in the camp 24 hours a day.
WHAT TO BRING:
Download the “WHAT TO BRING TO THE 2024 Summer Camps”.
WHERE
At Quinta Vale da Lama – in our educational Campus Campo do Vale. Accommodation is in camping mode, with activities all over Vale da Lama farm (Odiáxere Lagos) and eventual outings around Lagos and Portimão area (beach, visits and walks).
FOR WHOM
Children and youngsters from 8 to 17 years old.
Important Info:
Participants must arrive at PND facilities on the first day of camp between 3PM and 4PM, and depart on the last day of camp by 12PM.
Contacts
Coordination
Andreia Rodrigues
967 620 397**
Patrícia Pereira
926 681 773**
Rachel Marsden
926 681 773** ou 960 387 350**
PND Office: 282 697 862*
Summer Camps Facilities
Campo do Vale: 960 387 350**
*(Call to national fixed network)
**(Call to national mobile network)
(Print here the info contacts for parents during the summer camps.)
How to participate?
Step 1: Fill out the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM;
Step 2: Wait for an email from the Novas Descobertas association confirming your online registration and indicating the amount of the deposit. Do not make any payment without receiving this email.
Step 3: Read the following documents:
WHAT TO BRING to Summer Camps 2024
Contact sheet for parents to fill out
Rules of Procedure
Pedagogical Plan
Activities
Adventure and exploration:
Climbing, hiking and scavenger hunts through nature, treasure hunts, guidance and night exploration games.
Group and community:
Trust and team building games, cooperative games, group decision making, reflection circles, team games and traditional Portuguese games;
Creativity and Innovation:
Crafts, theater, music, dance, use of natural materials, creative writing and story circles;
Sustainability and Regeneration:
Taking care of gardens, crops, composting, jam making, soap making, introduction to Permaculture design and transformation of learning spaces, natural building.
See here a model of PND summer camp schedule.
Why to participate?
1. To enable the participants to come into contact and to coexist harmoniously with the environment and the surrounding countryside.
2. To provide a range of activities that reflect and respond to the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of children and young people by providing them with individual and collective activities that are appropriate to different age groups and levels of development.
3. To promote increased self-esteem and behavioral changes associated with healthy living habits and respect for the environment.
4. To promote the practice of physical activity and a dynamic and positive lifestyle.
5. Develop autonomy, responsibility and respect for others.
6. Develop inter-relational and social skills in living together with other young people and adults.
7. To encourage the discovery of new cultures and values, initiatives and creativity;
8. Learning from experience / practical experience
9. Study and seek sustainable dynamics in the three spheres of life (social, ecological and economic)
10. Provide a recreational and creative experience based on cooperation and mutual values.