Category: Summer School

At summer school everyone is put into groups of friends, called base groups. Here you get to make new friends, of all age groups, and find out more about each other. There good for discussing the week and how it is going, and how everyone is settling in.

Base groups come together after theme sessions and discuss the matters that were raised, and what we got out of it. We play lots of games, in our base groups mainly things like name games, so that we can get to know each other. Base groups are a nice way to get to know people in a small group, and it discover fun facts about each other.

Rebecca says ‘Base groups make things easier to discuss, as they are small groups.’

Rachel says ‘they are fun…fun times.’

Beth says ‘They are fun, and the base group leaders are very imaginative.’

Alice states ‘I think they are especially good because you can integrate with other people’

Amanda comments ‘I love them, because you get close with your group.’

So overall everyone enjoys the time they spend with their base groups were laughs and fun is shared amongst friends.

Summer School was able to take part in a UN Simulation that would decide the future of our planet. There had been evidence of extra-terrestrial life and each country had to argue whether Earth should send out nuclear weapons into space, send some but not nuclear weapons or no weapons at all. We were divided into groups of varying sizes to represent the different countries: Great Britain, United States of America, China, Brazil, India, Bahrain, Togo, Suriname, Haiti, Greece, Bolivia, Japan and Azerbaijan.  We were given information about our countries and envelopes which stated our countries’ opinions on the matter. To earn points for our countries each group had to participate in fun challenges which included picking up objects with our teeth, carrying water with teaspoons, memorising objects on a tray, something to do with marshmallows and of course making our countries’ flag and designing a national anthem. Each country had certain amounts of resources to trade with to buy materials, depending on the prosperity of their countries. Bahrain surprised everyone by coming 5^th.  Beth, a Bahraini, said that “It was fun pretending to be other people”. The discussions were exciting with many different opinions voiced convincingly. It was an incredible evening and enjoyed thoroughly by all of the young people.

By Rachel Liu

All through summer school, a legend has risen; Imran. Master of tai-chi, Imran can often be found doing his martial hobby on the front lawn.  Everyone loves Imran, and Imran loves everyone. Here at Summer School Scoop we’ve got an exclusive article on Imran’s latest love interest: Margret, former Chorus girl and General babe. She just goes mad for his ninja moves and charming smile. They can often be found sitting in the shade of the trees and telling stories of their days of burlesque and martial arts films. Celebrity couple name? Magman. The full extent of Maggie’s passion is yet to be revealed, but the big kiss is surely coming soon.

By Christopher Childs