Holiday Camps

SUMMER CAMPS
JULY 2 – AUGUST 23, 2024

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 2024, we will be offering 8 weeklong camps. 

Registration opens to Cousteau students on May 22, 2024, and to external children from June 3, 2024.

Requirement for external participants: campers must have turned 4 years old by June 30, 2024.

SCHEDULE: 9am-4:30pm
LOCATION: École Cousteau, North Vancouver
RATES FOR NON COUSTEAU STUDENTS, per week
Camps age 3-5:
4-day weeks: $380
5-day weeks: $440
Camps age 6-11:
4-day weeks: $420
5-day weeks: $490

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 offering daily sessions:
Sports: Faly Academy, Sportball, Ball Lab Basketball, North Shore Taekwondo, Les Transporteurs de Rêves
Art: JOJY Music for children, DJ Artist Chloé Morgan
STEM: EduCaption Studio, Zen Maker Lab, STEM Camp BC

CAMPS FOR AGE 3-5

Week 1: July 2-5

*1 day trip to the The World of Kidtropolis, Richmond
*Sportball with Sportball Vancouver (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 2: July 8-12

*1 day trip to Grouse Mountain North Vancouver
*Music with JOJY Music (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 3: July 15-19

*1 day trip to a farm for fruit picking, Krause Berry Farm in Langley
(1 fruit basket per child included in the camp fee)
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 4: July 22-26

*1 day trip to Vancouver Aquarium
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 5: July 29-August 2

*1 day trip to Grouse Mountain North Vancouver
*Music with JOJY Music (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 6: August 6-9

*Half-day forest trip, North Vancouver
*Taekwondo with North Shore Taekwondo (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 7: August 12-16

*Half-day forest trip, North Vancouver
*Sportball with Sportball Vancouver (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 8: August 19-23

*1 day trip to Ambleside Beach, North Vancouver
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

CAMPS FOR AGE 6-11

Week 1: July 2-5

*Circus Arts with Les Transporteurs de Rêves, Benoit Ranger & Pascal Schram (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 2: July 8-12

*1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
*Basketball with Ball Lab Basketball (EN)
*Music with JOJY Music (EN) for K-1
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 3: July 15-19

*1 day trip to a farm for fruit picking, Krause Berry Farm in Langley
(1 fruit basket per child included in the camp fee)
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 4: July 22-26

*1 day trip to Vancouver Aquarium
*DJ Masterclass with DJ Chloé Morgan (EN) for G2-5: Unleash your musical talent and learn to DJ with an international DJ!
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 5: July 29-August 2

*1 day trip to Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
*Basketball with Ball Lab Basketball (EN)
*STEM Amusement parks & Simple machines with STEM Camp BC (EN) for K-3 , in rotation with
*Music with JOJY Music (EN) for K-1
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 6: August 6-9

*Half-day trip to the Shipyards District, North Vancouver
*STEM: Tiny Inventors (K-1) & Aurora Light (G2-5) with Zen Maker Lab (EN)
*Taekwondo with North Shore Taekwondo (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 7: August 12-16

*Half-day trip to the Shipyards District, North Vancouver
*STEM: Tiny Ecologist (K-1) & Time Machine (G2-5) with Zen Maker Lab (EN)
*Taekwondo with North Shore Taekwondo (EN)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities

Week 8: August 19-23

*1 day trip to Ambleside Beach, North Vancouver
*Cinema & Video Workshops with EduCaption Studio (FR):
Kamishibaï (K-1): creation of tales with images that scroll in a wooden theater using the ancestral Japanese technique
Stop Motion (G2-5): story creation and stop-motion animation
*Soccer with Faly Academy (FR)
*Artistic physical and recreational activities