A Woodcraft Camp

A Woodcraft Camp- a guide for newbies (and a reminder to everyone else!)

We’ll be going on our nextdistrict camp in August -booking forms will becirculated shortly.But some of you who havenever camped with us have beenasking what happens at camp.The following pages tell yousomething abouthow the camp is organised andwhat we do.However, pictures and text cantell only part of the story.

At camp, adults and children areorganised into clans – your camp family. Clans are reposnsible for the clan chores – cooking, washing up etc. We share thechores so that we get to spend asmuch time as possible having fun.

A typical day at camp beginswith the cooking clan getting up before everyone else and making breakfast.Then, to get everyone up, they recite (quite loudly!) the Rising Cry. Awake! Arise! All ye who dwell within this camp Give ear! For the earth has cast off the black cloak of night And is arrayed in the bright sunshine of the day Awake! Arise!

During the the day we’ll either go off site and take a packed lunch with us, or stay on the site for activities. Our main meal is in the evening.

We have a programme of activities for the weekthat might include climbing on a climbing wall,

or a pole,

or crates,

or a rock face.

We might go caving,

or raft building,

or sailing,

or kayaking,

or canoeing.

Older children will do a droop,

and we'llall go fora ramble

where you mightencounter somewildlife,

or play ina park,

or slide downmuddy hills,

or hunt forgeocaches,

or climba tree,

or eatan icecream,

or flya kite.

During freetime on siteyou mightplay with thegiant ball,

or build a denin the woods,

or makemusic,

or play chess,

or read a book,

or dosomecrafts,

or dance?

You might goon the waterslide.(adults too!)

We usuallyhave acampfire inthe evening.

Sometimes we wear fancy dress for a camp ‘theme’!

And on the last night we have the Camp Show!

But, as I said at the start, words and pictures cannot do justice tothe real thing. You have to be there! Perhaps the following film clip, made a few years ago by the Pioneers, tells it better.



And if you’d like to see moreabout Woodcraft camps, there’s a video on our Vimeo site. Click this link ������