Javea 08'

The first trip that I have done this summer has been Javea.
Last year I went to Scotland with my English academy, Irene and Irene went with me. And the previous four years I went to a Camp in Javea, they came with me too. And this year we came back, but not like students, we came back like monitors.
So, our paper in the camp was helping the teachers at all.
First day, when we arrived to Javea we started preparing the beds and the bed-rooms for the pupils, cleaning them, making beds etc. We were very nervous the next day, because the students were ready to come.
All the mornings we got up at half past eight, we had breakfast at nine o’clock, and then, when the students were at their lessons we made revisions of their bedrooms. If the bedrooms were clean, tidy and with the beds made, they had a green point, if it was the opposite, they had a black point. Then we cleaned the bathrooms, prepare the sandwiches for the break, and corrected some exams. After the break, we helped the teachers teaching the students that were slower than the rest of the group. There were two groups, the group with more level, and the other one, with a low level. Normally we made the reading and comprehension with the first group, and with the other, we teach easy things like verb to be or to have, when they have to use am/are/is, or when they have to use have/has.
When the lessons were finished, the students went to the pool and we did some contests to win green points.
When they finished having lunch, they have a siesta time of two hours, to have a rest and study for their exams.
In the afternoons and evenings we prepared activities like going to the fair, going to the stalls of the beach, going to play to the beach (games like races, the highest mountain, the biggest hold… etc)
All the years the teachers give the students green and red points to win the camp, and if they win, they have a price.
Green points - Speaking English, wining games.
Red points - speaking in Spanish have a bad attitude.
This year we have had the power of giving points, and it has been very exciting.
It has been a very different point of view and I have had a great time I hope I will repeat next year.

Credits: http://www.cle.ied.edu.hk/elc.htm,