TeamCamp is an exciting new adventure and activity day camp for 8 to 14 year olds launching this summer in Hampstead Heath, London. Unlike other holiday schemes TeamCamp has been founded to focus on personal development, using the most powerful of learning tools: fun!

Activities at TeamCamp focus on action, drama, and ‘life skills’, where children will work together to complete tasks, take on leadership roles, and learn through fun games and workshops. Activities will range from laser tag to drama and bespoke action games such as ‘raid and trade’, which entails role-play, negotiation, and a lot of running around.  TeamCamp’s ethos is that personal development skills are best learnt by facing challenges whilst having fun.

TeamCamp goes the extra mile, for example, rather than simply acting in a play, teams can expect to work together on script development, direction and stage management of their own mini productions. TeamCamp group sizes are kept small to enable high quality interaction between children and staff team leaders.  Activities also include yoga, role-play and street dance with Della Bhujoo, who has worked with artists such as Justin Timberlake.

The TeamCamp programme harnesses best practice from a variety of sources including top international summer camps, drama schools, child psychologists, and business leadership programmes.  The programme includes specific workshops to help build leadership, presentation and negotiation skills, creative writing, acting and directing.  Most of all though, it is designed to be fun.

TeamCamp is perfect for parents who want to empower their kids and give them a great experience during the summer break.

Booking
In 2011, TeamCamp is taking place at Parliament Hill School on Hampstead Heath for the first three weeks of August.  The undiscounted price is £190 per week per child.  TeamCamp will be offering a select number of sponsored community places via local schools, and welcomes children with disabilities. Bookings can be made via the website: www.teamcamp.org.uk or by contacting TeamCamp on 020 7684 4442.

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