Summer Camp - Week 1 (Ages 5-7 years) FULL


Date: Jul 8 - Jul 12
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Everywhere
CAMP

Each week is full of exploration, creativity, and fun! Activities focus on creative expression through daily themes as campers find inspiration in exhibitions and collections. Outside play and short field trips within walking distance to The Rooms are also part of daily camp activities as weather permits.

REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 12, 2024 at 10:00 am and will be online only. 

TO REGISTER: 

1. Click the blue "Buy Tickets" button on this page (this button will go live at 10 am on March 12). If you are registering multiple children for the same camp week, you can select multiple tickets. 

2. Purchase that ticket, this is your camp registration fee.

3. After purchasing, please download this REGISTRATION FORM and send the completed form to roomsorders@therooms.ca to complete your registration.

 

Campers will:

  • Explore a variety of materials and media related to drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpting

  • Spend time engaging with objects, reproduction artifacts, and journaling

  • Visit art exhibitions, museum galleries, archives, and behind the scenes vaults

  • Participate in outdoor games and creative movement activities

  • Experience hands-on fun with history, music, and nature

  • Learn art and heritage skills from special guests


Camp Details:

  • Sessions run Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm (drop off between 8:45 am and 9 am and pick up between 4 pm and 4:30 pm. Cannot accommodate earlier drop-offs or later pick-ups).

  • Cost: $225 per week + HST 

  • 10% Discount for Rooms Members (Member Number Required)

  • Camp registration is non-refundable

  • REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 12, 2024 at 10:00 am.

Camp Schedule:

  • Camp 1: July 8-12 (Ages 5-7 years)*
  • Camp 2: July 15-19 (Ages 8-10 years)
  • Camp 3: July 22-26 (Ages 5-7 years)*
  • Camp 4: July 29 – August 2 (Ages 8-10 years)
  • No Camp Augst 5 - 9
  • Camp 5: August 12-16 (Ages 11-12 years)
  • Camp 6: August 19-23 (Ages 5-7 years)*

Note:  *children must have completed a full year of Kindergarten / suited for children going into grade 1 in September 2024. Camp will go ahead on holiday Mondays.

Today's Events & Programs

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Program

Celebrating biodiversity! Get Hands on with our Province’s plants, animals and wild spaces at The Rooms with Nature NL!

Nature Nook is a monthly hands-on session to interact with real specimens like seal pelts, skulls, whale baleen, antlers, moose fur, and a variety of rocks and minerals. Join us to learn more about nature and ask our volunteers all your questions about Newfoundland and Labrador’s wildlife!

Included with cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Program

Step into a world of family fun at The Rooms! Enjoy an afternoon of creativity and connection for the whole family. 

Take inspiration from the fantastical creatures, colours, and patterns in Toby Rabinowitz “A World Within A World”, and create your own magical creature! Decorate a cheerful horse to carry you through the winter with bright colours and imagination.

Cost: Included with admission to The Rooms (Free for Rooms Members).

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tour

Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador

Stroll across land and sea, and through time, to meet the peoples who have made Newfoundland and Labrador home for the past 9,000 years.

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.