Summer & Holiday Camps | Cousteau School

Bilingual multi-activity camps

Our weeklong camps during school breaks and summer provide a fun and stimulating environment for your kids!

Our school calendar includes breaks approximately every six weeks for a total of six weeks during the school year and eight weeks in the summer.

Weeklong camps are offered for each school break (except in December) and over summer vacation. These camps offer a convenient solution to your childcare needs. Your child will love these camps! Run by school staff and external partners, in French and in English, they address a variety of themes. The camps include artistic, physical and recreational activities.

The activities vary depending on the age of your child. Two camps are offered: for the 3-4 year old age group, and for the 5 to 11-year-olds.

2022-2023 Break weeks are:
October 24 to 28, 2022
December 19 to 30, 2022 – no camps
February 13 to 17, 2023
March 20 to 24, 2023
May, 23 to 26, 2023

For more information: [email protected] or call 604-924-2457

SUMMER CAMPS
JULY 4 – AUGUST 25, 2023

Summer camps at Cousteau School are a great way to learn and have fun in French during the summer season. Some activities are offered in English by partners in the region. Each week has a different program of activities. The offer is varied: sporting, creative, scientific and technical activities. Many weeks include day trips to must see sites in Greater Vancouver, with school bus transportation. In 2023, we will be offering 8 weeklong camps.

SCHEDULE
9am-4:30pm

LOCATION
Cousteau School, North Vancouver

RATES per week
-Pre-K Camps
4 days : $260 without day trip / $300 with day trip in bus
5 days : $325 without day trip / $375 with day trip in bus
-Elementary Camps
4 days : 340 without day trip / $360 with day trip in bus
5 days : $425 without day trip / $ 450 with day trip in bus or for Circus camp

For children not enrolled at Cousteau for 2023-24 school year: $30 registration fee per camp

STAFF
–Cousteau School Educators: they hold the ECE or ECEA certificate and work with the students of the school throughout the school year. They offer artistic, sporting and recreational activities, and they supervise the whole camp.

–External providers :
Sports: Faly Academy, Sportball, Ball Lab Basketball , Les Transporteurs de Rêves, French Combatives
Art: Young Rembrandts, JOJY Music for children
STEM: Zen Maker Lab, BrainSTEM Learning

PRE-K CAMPS (3-5 y.o.):
-children enrolled in Pre-K in 2022-23
-children entering Pre-K or Kindergarten in September 2023

Week 1 (July 4-7):
_1 day trip to the Greater Vancouver Zoo, Aldergrove
_Moringue art, martial art/dance from La Réunion (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 2 (July 10-14):
_1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
_Music with JOJY Music (EN)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 3 (July 17-21):
_1 day trip to a farm for fruit picking, Langley
_Sportball with Sportball Vancouver (EN)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 4 (July 24-28):
_1 day trip to The World of Kidtropolis, Richmond
_Moringue art, martial art/dance from La Réunion (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 5 (July 31-Aug 4):
_1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
_Sportball with Sportball Vancouver (EN)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 6 (August 8-11):
_Forest trip
_Moringue art, martial art/dance from La Réunion (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 7 (August 14-18):
_Forest trip
_Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 8 (August 21-25):
_Forest trip
_Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

ELEMENTARY CAMPS (6-11 y.o.)
-children enrolled in a grade level between KG & G.5 in 2022-23
-children entering G.1-6 in September 2023

Week 1 (July 4-7):
_1 day trip to the Greater Vancouver Zoo, Aldergrove
_Moringue art, martial art/dance from La Réunion (FR)
_Computer Coding and Robotics with Zen Maker Lab (EN)-Introducing coding concepts from sequencing and loops to variables and conditionals. Challenges tailored to the students.
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 2 (July 10-14):
_1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
_Challenging Physics with BrainSTEM (EN)-Construction of roller coaster catapult crazy slime dragster
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 3 (July 17-21):
_1 day trip to a farm for fruit picking, Langley
_Basketball with Ball Lab Basketball (EN)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 4 (July 24-28):
_Circus Arts with Les Transporteurs de Rêves, Benoit Ranger (FR)
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 5 (July 31-Aug 4):
_1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
_Challenging construction with BrainSTEM (EN)-Construction of machines, solar bike, bridge, tower maze, Zipline sail
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 6 (August 8-11):
_Forest and Water Park trip
_Moringue art, martial art/dance from La Réunion (FR)
_Computer Coding and Robotics with Zen Maker Lab (EN)-Introducing coding concepts from sequencing and loops to variables and conditionals. Challenges tailored to the students.
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 7 (August 14-18):
_Forest and Water Park trip
_Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
_Drawing of Anime/Mangas characters with Young Rembrandts (EN)-Creation of customized faces, animals, sugoi action in Manga style
_Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 8 (August 21-25):
_Forest and Water Park trip
_Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
_Computer Coding and Robotics with Zen Maker Lab (EN)-Introducing coding concepts from sequencing and loops to variables and conditionals. Challenges tailored to the students.
_Artistic physical and recreational activities