English Camp

In 2008 it was the fifth year of the English Camp in Policka. In fact it is an American Camp as it is organized by a group of Americans from Oklahoma.
The theme of this year was “door”- opening, closing… we talked about how we feel when we come to a foreign country, what makes us feel welcome and what makes it difficult to overcome the cultural differences.

Every day started with an opening ceremony in the church. We danced to the energizing music played by Ann Salmons – the music lady and watched sketches prepared by the camp volunteers with stories about Moses and other biblical characters. Then we had program in small groups, we went to five different stations where the Americans prepared some program for us, like: Recreation, Craft, Drama or Door Experience.

This year came to Polička 24 Americans. And we had some special guests at the Door Experience, e.g. a blind man or a social worker talking about their lives.
The camp was every day from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and after that we went on some trips to special places in our region to show the Americans a bit of our country. On Friday we had a barbecue party.

The English Camp is a great way how to practice our English and make new friends.