On August 21st-23rd, SK Seri Buloh held an English Camp for all of the students. Years 1 and 2 came just for the Water Day activities, and the rest stayed for the whole camp. The English activities started on the Friday morning, when we went to the river to play 8 water games, all involving English. The school was broken up into 8 teams, and they rotated around to the different stations to play each one. The parents also came to watch, have a picnic, and enjoy the outdoors. A big thank you to all of the teachers who helped to run the games stations. The students all had a great time and the enthusiasm was incredible from everyone involved!
After our activities at the river, we shared some food with the staff, students and parents, and then headed over to my house (Teacher Andrea's house) for a Treasure Hunt. For this, the students had to search around the yard for puzzle pieces to the map of the property. Then, they had to complete the puzzle. When it was complete, I marked the map with the location of the treasure and gave them the clue to follow. The blue team was the first to locate the treasure, so they were given the shovel and dug up the box to find pencils, erasers, sharpeners and rulers for everyone!After the treasure hunt, the students went back to the school. In the evening, we had a camp fire where we sang songs, both in English and traditional Malay. Then the students did their English performances that they rehearsed in the afternoon. Some did short skits, some did chants, others sang songs! It was very entertaining to see what they came up with!
We all went to sleep and the next morning, we held an informal class for the year 6 students, where they could practice their UPSR exam questions in a relaxed setting. All in all, the camp was a great way to release the tension of the exam, and to have the students enjoy English more!
It was a great success!
