Explorer International Kids' and Teens' Camps
International Winter and Summer Kids' and Teens' Camps in Slovenia and Austria for 6-17 year olds
MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL CAMP
- A HOME AWAY FROM HOME -
Where your students can build real-life skills
to help them in the present AND future.
METHODOLOGY OF SCHOOL CAMPS
JOINING A COMMUNITY
Explorer School Camps is a close and caring community built on the strong Explorer 5 Finger family values Safety, Respect, Honesty, Adventure, and Care. Schools benefit from our family approach as it is centred around creating a child-centred environment where students are empowered, through the close and individual guidance of experienced instructors, to challenge themselves to grow through our various custom-made school camp experiences.
CUSTOM-MADE PROGRAMS
Explorer School Camps programs are specifically designed to link to curriculum outcomes, tie in with personal development outcomes, connect students with their inner selves, and provide alternatives curriculums that are specifically created for individual school’s needs. Therefore, we can guarantee fun and engaging activities that directly match the outcomes your group is seeking ensuring schools enjoy a wide range of curricular experiences designed specifically for them.
KEY COMPONENTS OF EXPLORER APPROACH
LIFE SKILL PROGRAM
In the current climate, it is difficult for schools to include sessions focused on building important life skills such a critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication so the 21st Century Skills based Life Skills Program is the perfect antidote.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Students’ develop and grow new skills through a hands-on learning approach that encourages them to learn from their mistakes. It acts as important support to schools which struggle to incorporate an experiential approach to the standard curriculum.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
EI competencies can be learned and built upon through life experience and Explorer Camps is able to provide schools with the perfect environment where students can further develop suck skills as stress managment, problem solving and self-awareness.
SPECIAL APPROACHES BY EXPLORER STAFF
SUCCESS COUNSELING
People use behaviors to help them get what they want. Effective discipline on camp combines both stopping the behaviour PLUS starting another that conforms to the rules and gets the student’s need.
SCAFFOLDING
An Explorer teaching method where instructors offer a particular kind of support to students as they learn and develop a new concept or skill which builds confidence, and independence.
TRAUMA INFORMED
Two-thirds of children experience at least one traumatic event by 16, which is why Explorer Camps sets up a trauma informed environment that offers non-judgemental, safe and understanding interaction.
TASK-BASED LEARNING
Explorer TBL is an approach in which learning revolves around the completion of meaningful tasks. In the TBL approach, the sequence of pre-task, task, post-task is followed and builds better personal growth.
VALIDATION
An important tool of Explorer staff is validating students’ feelings which show that we are listening nonjudgmentally and can help build stronger relationships, especially in while on camp.
I-STATEMENTS
Explorer staff use “I Statement” to empower kids with choices over their emotions by giving them choices about their words. New words lead to new thoughts, new behaviors, and new emotions.
REFLECTION
Explorer Camps uses refelction to help students think critically about and analyze emotional responses to activities in the context of course content and the learning objectives of a camp session.
MINDFULNESS
Students are actively encouraged through many practical situations to train their attention to the present moment without dwelling on what has happened in the past or worrying about the future.
BRIEFING & DEBRIEFING
Briefings and Debriefings work together to provide an experience that enables students to connect activities and lessons they learn in a session on camp to the outside world thus building their readiness for life.
