Dear Parents,

Hereby we would like to give you some more information about the Plum Pudding Summer Camp. It will be organized between 30th June-30th July and 16th August – 31st August. Children can take part in the activities throughout the whole summer, not necessarily on a regular basis, but occasionally as well. One day of the week will be organized as a NATIONALITY DAY. On these special days the children will be acquainted with the costumes and habits of certain nations.

SWEDISH DAY

• Celebrating Santa Lucia and the Swedish Christmas (the most important Swedish holidays)
• Making a Dala Horse, a typical Swedish decoration
• Talking about the Vikings, „putting together” a little Viking
• Learning a Swedish song: Sol ute, Sol inne (Sun out, Sun in)
• ABBA disco!
• Swedish food all day long
• Swedish coloring pages

JAMAICAN DAY

• Saying greetings in Jamaican English (Creol - slangs)
• Athletic games: running with or without objects in hands „Daddy Shandy” (ball game)
• Listening to reggeeton and funky music
• American, English and African custumes
• Rhyme: „Fraid fi go a Jam Down”

MADAGASCAR DAY

• Few words about the unique fauna and flora
• Playing a game called „catch the lemur”
• Making a „Boabab tree” which is unique in Madagascar
• Story about the „Mixed-up chameleon”
• Colouring pages from the movie „Madagascar”
• Lunch: tasting a typical malagasy meal made of rice, chicken and coconut „Akoho sy voanio”

ARGENTIN DAY

• Information about Argentina
• Learning an Argentinian song in Spanish
• Story about the sunflower, then making one
• Typical Argentine food, including apple soup and grape juice
• Treasure hunting: looking for silver in the garden
• Playing a horse game
• Dancing tango

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DAY

• Showing pictures and photos about the country and the nice Arabic letters
• Tasting real Arabic food: Kebab, Kabsash (meat and rice)
• Playing memory games with Arabic buildings
• Learning and singing an Arabian song called „Tic, tic, tic seeiman’s Mother” (in English) with a special Arabic shawl ont he head

POLISH DAY

• Learning a few easy steps of Polish folk dance
• A story of Lolek and Bolek
• Making a salt picture about a salt-mine
• Singing the song „I’m a man from Krakow”
• Eating „Bigos” for lunch, then „Krówka” for dessert
• Listening to piano music by Chopin

JORDANIAN DAY

• Greetings in Arabic language, showing how they make prayers
• Ball game in a circle, catcher game, called „Who is the strongest”
• Arabic/Jordanian custumes: the women’s face covered, dressed up in „gown”, men in trousers and shirt
• „Allah is the greatest” song

All the children are welcome for the rest of the week naturally, when the days will be spent with a big variety of fun-filled activities.

• swimming and fun games in the paddling-pool
• making plaster pictures
• claying
• papier-mâché
• baking cookies
• making ice cream
• finger-paint
• fun games, competitions
• singing summer songs together.