As the school holiday approaches, you might wonder how you can keep your child occupied while ensuring they spend their time wisely. Well, wonder no more! By enrolling your child in a holiday camp, you can provide them with a supportive space to flourish while having fun.

In fact, holiday camps for children are fast gaining popularity in Singapore for their opportunities to provide children with a break from classroom pressures while nurturing their creativity. Whatever your child’s interest, they can develop lifelong skills at camp and make special memories along the way. 

Let us share the top five benefits our holiday camps offer your child.

Being away from home can initially seem intimidating, especially if this is your child’s first experience with a holiday camp. However, this occasion also provides your child with the opportunity to realise their autonomy and confront uncomfortable situations under the watchful eye of our camp facilitators.  

While our holiday programmes include well-planned learning outcomes and activities, we provide children with full autonomy in how they choose to approach these ventures. Within the provided guidelines, they learn to make their own decision and work with others to navigate set obstacles to achieve their goals. Through this experience, they develop better skills in handling decisions and conflicts independently or with the support of their peers.

Teamwork is an essential aspect of school or work, and this is a vital lesson that your child can learn by signing up for our holiday camps. Our programmes are designed to promote teamwork through team-based challenges, incorporating various activities that require children to communicate, strategise, and rely on each other’s strengths to succeed.

Often, success depends on each team member contributing their unique skills and ideas, fostering a sense of unity and shared accomplishment. Through this experience, your child can learn to work well with others, respect others’ differences, and understand that it is okay to have different opinions.

It can be challenging to find time for fun extracurricular activities during the busy academic year. Holidays are the ideal time for your children to try new things and explore subjects they are curious about in an environment designed to help them discover their capabilities and develop passions that bring them joy.

Our holiday programmes are designed to provide a sandbox for exploration, with each activity carefully crafted to enable children to learn something valuable. The aim is to provide a fun experience that empowers them to reflect and learn naturally, without feeling like they are being taught.

Exploration is a significant part of our camp experiences, and for a good reason. We want children to have the freedom to explore and have fun while enhancing their cognitive and physical skills in the relaxed atmosphere of our holiday camps. As such, our activities are designed to complement academic learning by broadening children’s understanding of concepts beyond the traditional classroom.

For instance, children may learn about the water cycle in Primary Science. That knowledge is expanded upon through our Water Trekkers™ programme, where participants get to discover the interrelationships between water, wildlife, and other living things on Earth. They also learn good water habits to ensure water sustainability.

As you can see, there are various advantages to enrolling your child in our holiday camps. These camps expose your child to unique situations they might not experience elsewhere, while also teaching valuable life lessons that will benefit them in the future.

At NTUC First Campus Outdoor School, we offer an extensive range of excellent holiday programmes to immerse children in the ideal holiday camp for their school break.

Explore Outdoor School Singapore’s range of camps and activities today!