Day 1- United Kingdom

THE AMAZING RACE

May, Monday 28th
Activities

• Students take an oath not to speak Spanish throughout the whole camp)
• They go through Customs ( They get any material written in Spanish confiscated)

• They are divided into groups and are assigned a counsellor each to be responsible for them.
• They name their own groups Blueberries (blue team) , Red shark kingdom (red team), Orange ananas (orange team), Amazing grapes (violet team), Green Fish (green team), (yellow team)

Lunch
Menu
Potato jackets (Baked potatoes with minced meat,sour cream with parsley,cheddar cheese and tomato)
Banafi (Coffee based pastry with bananas,milk jam and cream)

• Some Warmers are played so that they get to know each other

• Students compete throughout three days to win The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race is a popular reality TV show in which contestants race around the world in competition with other teams. In this English Immersion Camp students race through 3 exciting countries ( The United Kingdom, The United States and Australia) while native speakers test their skills in various challenges based on diverse aspects of culture in each country such as sports, traditions, famous people, food, dance, music,etc.
• They run a Relay Race (Students in their teams strive to arrive first at "pit stops". They get to the first" pit stop" running as wheelbarrows, in the second " pit stop" they have to fill an empty glass with water by running with a cup that they fill in a bucket until the glass is full to the brim, Then they have to run with tied ankles to the third "pit stop", and in the fourth one they have to kick a ball and score a goal zigzaging among cones).

• They go through interviews. While some students are participating in the relay race, others are being interviewed for different jobs that they will be performing on the following days. They have to apply for one of these jobs: journalists for The Amazing Race Magazine, Hosts for the Amazing Race TV show, Sports Assistants, Shop  Assistants, Servers, Bankers and Entertainers. Students have to fill in an application form and face an interview to see if they are fit for the jobs they have selected.

Students completing application forms with Lola,the British Counsellor

Teams filling in application forms with Lance, one of the American counsellors

                              

Dinner
Menu 
Stew (meat cubes with carrots and sauce) with rice
Brownie with icecream 




Camp fire
After dinner a bonfire is made around which the different groups are made to guide the other participants into performing dances and singing typical campfire songs. 


Students are invited to eat Marshmallows ( they roast a sandwich made of cookies, marshmallows and a piece of chocolate in the fire)