TickiKids' Guide to the Top Summer 2023 Camps in Singapore. Part 1

Published 25 April 2023 at 20:34

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Summer is around the corner! It is about time to make plans on how your children will spend their holidays. And luckily for us parents, Singapore has so many options to choose from that it is easy to get stuck in the process of selecting the best one. 

We at TickiKids have prepared some great variants to choose from - without a doubt, these camps are worthy of your attention!  

And, here is a list of other great options for summer camps - TickiKids' Guide to the Top Summer 2023 Camps in Singapore. Part 2

Summer Camps @Kids Play Sports

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Summer is the time when kids have a lot of free time and energy. And if left untapped, children can become unruly balls of energy with unpredictable consequences.

Kids Play Sports knows how to channel kids’ energy in the right direction! This organization is known for the fact that you won’t find so many unusual kinds of sports anywhere else - and some you haven't even heard of! The instructors here know how to turn an ordinary summer day into a real adventure with challenges, competitions, team-building activities and so much more. 

You will not find two same camps there as every program is unique with its own set of activities. Kids will be able to try their hand at new kinds of sports - and the instructors of the Kids Play Sports know how to encourage children to take part in such activities so no one will be left out and get bored.

The list of the sports that your kid can get acquainted with at this camp is extensive, including sports like dodgeball, tchoukball, kinball and games like petanque, feint games, dodgeball, disc golf, crocodile, brooms and brushes, and so on.

The groups are age-based to ensure the fairness of the competitions. 

To make attendance at the camp even more convenient, Kids Play Sports has its own transportation team. Upon registering with transportation, the team will take down the address and take the kids to the park from their homes.

When: 

• 29 May - 2 June, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 5 June - 9 June, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 12 June - 16 June,timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 19 June - 23 June, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 26 June - 30 June, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 3 July - 7 July, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 10 July - 14 July, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 17 July - 21 July, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 24 July - 28 July, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 31 July - 4 August, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 7 August - 11 August, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 14 August - 18 August, timing: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm.
• 21 August - 25 August, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
• 28 August - 1 September, timing: 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.

Age: 4-6, 7-11.

Fees:

• Half Day: 375 SGD;
• Full Day: 525 SGD.

Contacts: tel/WhatsApp +6586608331, admin@kidsplaysports.sg.

Locations: 

• Bishan Park
• West Coast Park
• Serangoon Park

Summer 2023 Study Camps @British Council

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This summer promises to bring a lot of new knowledge, friends, and fun!

A new intensive holiday program is waiting for students this summer and kids will benefit from every minute of the class.

Every such program is a result of nearly 90 years of experience, the latest methodology, and the work of highly qualified teachers so every week of studies based on these programs is a great boost to the knowledge of English.

The programs are aimed at Early Years, Primary and Secondary students aged 4 to 16.

Each week of every program is a complete, stand-alone camp so it is possible to enroll your kid in different camps and they will learn something new and interesting.

Just take a look at the examples of the themes that are chosen for the weekly courses: Space: Discovering the Universe: An Imaginative Journey Through Space and Animals: Bug's Big Trip: An African Savannah Adventure, orJobs: Charlie the Firefighter: An Adventure in Language, Maths, and Career Exploration for Early Years group.

Lower Primary students will explore themes like Be Prepared/Our Future World, Water World/Solve it!, and Let’s be Fair/Toys for the Planet.

The program for the Upper Primary students prepares topics like Great Inventions/Future Leaders, The Environment/Travel the World, Shape Up/ Urban Renewal, or Time to Write: A Writing Skills Course.

Secondary students will master their writing and presentation skills with the help of the classes dedicated to Move into Writing Success: Writing and Comprehension Skills, Persuade Me: A Debating and Presentation Skills Course, and Making Headlines courses.

Here, everything is aimed at creating a safe and positive environment where students can express themselves and engage in collaborative tasks, make new friends, and have fun.

Due to the small student-teacher ratio, students will get more individual attention. Also, parents will be able to discuss the progress of their children through parent-teacher meetings.

Enroll your kids in several weekly camps to get tiered discounts:

• 1 week of camp: 10%
• 2 weeks of camp: 15%
• 3 weeks of camp: 20%
• 4 weeks of camp: 25%  

When: 29 May to 25 August 2023.

Timing: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm.

Age: 4–16.

Fees from: 594.3 SGD to 742.9 SGD/week. Uniform: 30.30 SGD/two shirts. All prices include materials, certificate, and 8% GST.

Locations:

• 30 Napier Rd, Singapore 258509; 
• 480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh #09-01 HDB Hub East Wing, Singapore 310480 (available from 29 May till 23 June).

Kids Holiday Camp @Visualize Art & Design

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If you're looking for a place in Singapore where you can improve your or your kids’ artistic skills and learn new painting, sculpting, and design techniques, Visualize is the place to go. 

This school is led by a highly experienced art director with an extensive experience in Art and Design and a team of thoughtful and knowledgeable instructors.

Every holiday camp here is a creative challenge for young artists and includes many different enriching and fun activities. And this summer camp is not an exception! 

Art and Design new subject: Large canvas camp sets a lot of interesting tasks and provides tons of useful information about new art styles, techniques, and designs. 

During the creative sessions, children will get to know the life of famous artists like Ernst Kirchner, Sally Allen, Henry Matisse, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Children will explore the style and techniques they used to create their masterpieces and kids will try to recreate the style of the artists in their creative projects.  

As the name of the camp suggests, the program will be focused on the creation of themed large canvas art. Thus, kids will create dream animals canvas art, acrylic canvas city paintings, Matisse-inspired art, night drawing and so much more! 

Kids will have access to the latest available materials and techniques to use in world-class lessons from an expert art teacher. 

When: 29 May - 25 August.

Timing: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm.

Age: 6–13.

Fees per week: 685 SGD.

Contacts: +65 8264 6655, +65 8784 2801.

Location: 278 River Valley Road at OMG building, Singapore 238319.

Summer Programs @Newton Show

Newton Show is the most established holiday camp in Singapore - thousands of happy students have already tried their hand in the roles of scientists, inventors, engineers, and even magicians! 

Every program here promises an unforgettable time and this summer is no exception. 

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Summer Camp

This season has new programs and everyone’s favorite camps:

‘Unbelievable science’ is all about hands-on activities. Does your kid know what Phenskitiscope is? What are the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci? What kind of science can be studied in the kitchen? How is dried ice made? Here the children will find all the answers and even more!

The “Space Explorer” program will take young astronauts to the Moon, Mars, and Sun. They will make a costume for the exploration of outer space, Mars soil, solar system slime, and star bath bombs. 

And Harry Potter science school is an absolute favorite of all young witches and wizards. Students will make their own Daily Prophet project, magic wand, Nimbus 2023 and create their own amulets. And, of course, the O.W.L. exam is waiting for the Hogwarts students after attending classes like Potions and Herbology.

When: from 29 May to 25 August 2023.

Timing: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm.

Age: 3-13.

Fees: 685 SGD, all materials, t-shirt, photos, certificate, water bottle and Newtonshow magazine included, bus - optional. 

Location: 

• Center: 9 Mohamed Sultan Road, 238959 Singapore;
• West: 887a Bukit Timah Road;
• East: 229 Joo Chiat Road;
• Novena: 175 Thompson Road (new).

Image Credit: Newton Show

Summer Lab 2023

Have your kids ever dreamt about visiting (and working in!) a real laboratory? Newton Show is the first edutainment organization in Singapore that offers such a possibility! Here kids will be able to conduct real experiments and explore various scientific phenomena using real lab equipment and science stations. 

For example, children will explore the properties of water and make water purifiers, learn acids and bases, examine things under a microscope, attend perfume and magic jar workshops, and take part in baking soda and artificial snow challenges.  

When: from 29 May to 25 August 2023.

Timing: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm or 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm, full day available.

Age: 6-12.

Fees: from 400 SGD, 3 healthy snacks included.

Location: 230 River Valley Road.

Image Credit: Newton Show

Summer Multi Activity Camp 2023

This camp includes activities in Science, Art, Robotics, Making, and Cooking where every day is dedicated to a specific activity. 

During Science Day, kids will try their hand at the chemical battle color competition, build the highest building from straws, do periscope projects, and so much more!

Art Day will unleash their creativity with various art projects like big canvas art or Picasso collage art.

During Cooking Day young chefs will learn to cook such delicacies as pizza, pasta, cupcakes, and lemonade - and will be able to treat their parents to the results of their work.

Robotics Day is all about robots - designing, building, and competing. 

Maker Day will challenge kids’ skills with the creation of the Graphite maze, popsicle wonder, and various competitions.

When: from 29 May to 25 August 2023.

Timing: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm or 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm, full day available.

Age: 6-12.

Fees: from 400 SGD, 3 healthy snacks included.

Location: 

• 278 River Valley; 
• 1 Goldhill Plaza;
• 121 Joo Chiat Road;
• Bukit Timah Road.

Summer Camp @Maker SG

Maker SG is the perfect place to develop skills like designing, constructing, programming, robotics, and hands-on activities like experiments.

With more than 10,000 students in Singapore, this organization knows all the ins and outs of edutainment and how to inspire young inventors to be creative and love to learn!

The program combines the knowledge and years of experience of the organizers and consists of exciting activities that will appeal to young scientists.

Every camp session provides a unique mixture of Robotics, Basic Programming, Circuit Modelling, Coding, Engineering, Lego EV3 and WeDo, and many other future-proof skills.  

Inventors Camp

This camp combines science, hands-on activities, and a lot of fun and is the perfect place where your little inventor can turn their ideas into reality. And, of course, they can meet many like-minded kids and make friends.

Here, kids will build transformers, windmills, excavators, spectroscopes, water purifying systems, conduct DNA projects and so on. They will learn more about lives of the great inventors such as Archimedes, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. Also, kids will take part in various competitions like Lego, keva plank and Domino competitions. 

Robotics Camp 

If your kid is fond of robots then this place is just for them!

Here every day is dedicated to one of the robotics technologies. Kids will learn Robotics, Coding, Lego EV3, Lego WeDo, Circuit Modelling, 3D Modelling, Engineering, Basic Programming, and Making.

The venue of the camp is fully equipped with cutting-edge tools, so kids will be involved in hands-on activities with tools like 3D pens, Chibitronics, Makey Makey, Squishy Circuit, 3D puzzles, Quibits and others.

There will be no more than 6 kids in a group to ensure that each and every student receives enough personal attention.  

When: 29 May to 25 August 2023.  

Timing: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm.  

Age: 5-14.  

Fees: 685 SGD (2 snacks, healthy lunch, t-shirt, all materials and certificate included). 

Early bird offer: first 150 registrations get 10% off.

Location: 

• West: 887A Bukit Timah Road;
• Novena: 175 Thompson Road;
• Center: 232A River Valley Road;
• East: 229 Joo Chiat Road.

Summer Camp @Tomato Cooking School

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Tomato Cooking School offers you the possibility to bring a little bit of Italian vibe to your kids’ summer holidays.

During the week-long camp, young chefs will learn to cook delicious restaurant-level Italian dishes under the attentive supervision of experienced chefs. Kids will learn how easy it is to make delicious, healthy food so they will be able to cook tasty dishes for themselves in the future. What’s important, every cooking session includes some theory about safety rules in the kitchen and the importance of healthy eating habits.

Knowledgeable and attentive chefs know how to ignite a passion for cooking - so, who knows, maybe this camp will become a motivation for your kid to start a career as a chef!

The school is professionally equipped for classes: each student has their own cooking station and a full set of utensils and ingredients.

The menu of the camp includes traditional Italian dishes like homemade pasta, pizza, minestrone soup, risotto, and spaghetti bolognese. And, of course, the menu won’t be completed without delicacies like canestrelly and Cheesecake Tiramisu dessert, homemade ice cream, and vanilla panna cotta, Italian Budino custard with bananas and chocolate, Bambolone donuts with pastry cream mini lemon and ricotta cakes, and cupcakes.

Parents will receive daily photo and video reports of the cooking sessions. And kids will take their tasty creations home to share their work's delicious results with parents!

When: 29 May - 25 August.

Timing: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm (with half-day option 9.00 am - 12.00 pm or 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm available).

Age: 6-14.

​Fees: from 400 SGD per week (lunch and two snacks included)

Location: 278 River Valley Road, 238319, Singapore.

Summer Camp @Crafty Whizz Studio

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Summer is the perfect time to start and dedicate enough time to a new hobby! And Crafty Whizz Studio is, probably, the best place to get creative and make beautiful fabric products with your own hands!

There are two summer programs to choose from:

Sewing Camp

Here, kids will be able to complete two projects and learn a lot about working with fabrics.

Rest assured, the well-known and beloved project Make A Stuffie is not spared! It is possible to choose one of ten stuffies or pillows like Penguin, Dolphin, Owl, Kitty Cat, Puppy, or other stuffies that Crafty Whizz Studio has in-house.

The second project is a tote bag with a twist - it is possible to turn a bag into your favorite animal or a fairy tale character like Kitty, Bunny, Emoji, or Mermaid. And, of course, you can make an ordinary tote bag or a bag with any other character you like.

Age: 6+.

Fees: 99.9 SD per person.

Sewing Fashion Camp

Here is a true gift for your little fashionista - a chance to make the clothes they dream of on their own! Every day here is dedicated to a certain piece of clothing - on Monday kids will learn to make an A-line or 2-tiered skirt. Tuesday is a shorts or PJ pants day. On Wednesday kids will make a messenger bag or a bucket bag. Thursday is all about the creation of bucket hats and scrunchies. And, on Friday young tailors will create a kimono jacket or a blouse.

Age: 8+.

Fees: 99.9 SGD per day, 250 SGD per 3 days, 420 SGD per 5 days.

When: 26 May - 31 August. 

Timing: 09.00 am - 1.00 pm, 2 pm - 6.00 pm.

Age: 6+.

Contacts: +65 9101 8203 (WhatsApp), hello@craftywhizz.com.

Location: 81 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427725