CAMP SAIL
(Summer Adventures In Learning)

Camp SAIL returns for 2024, with in-person summer camp focused on building skills in literacy and numeracy to help bridge the gap between the end of the school year and the start of a new year. The fun, supportive environment will provide students with a jumpstart on learning.

• Grand Erie is offering a free summer camp for three weeks in July (July 2-19).
• The camp focus will be on further developing students’ numeracy and literacy skills. Grand Erie teachers will provide fun and engaging activities to help students practice and enhance their skills and strategies.
• Activities and materials to be used during the camp will be delivered to students. These items may be kept by the students upon completion of the program.
   

• Student who have just completed grades 1, 2, and 3 (going into grade 2, 3, and 4) who would benefit from support meeting curriculum benchmarks in literacy and math.
• Students who have been invited by their school, as described below. 
   

1. Space is limited, and right now, Camp Sail participation is by invitation only from your school. 
2. Schools will be in contact with families of students who have been offered an invitation to Camp SAIL. Schools will register students when caregivers give consent. 
3. Due to limited spaces, Students who meet criteria and have been registered by their home school, will be randomly selected. Families will be notified if their child has been selected to attend Camp SAIL. 

4. If there is still space once the initial invitations have gone out, we will open up Camp Sail to broader registration. Watch this page for more information. 
    

• The dates for the camp are Tuesday, July 2, 2024 until Friday, July 19, 2024. Attendance for the full 3 weeks is mandatory. 
• Camp will run from 9 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday to Friday (except the first week, which will run Tuesday to Friday to honour Canada Day long weekend).
• There is no camp on Saturdays or Sundays.
   

Camp SAIL locations:

• Thompson Creek (Dunnville)
• River Heights (Caledonia)
• Waterford (Waterford)
• Agnes Hodge (Brantford)
• Cobblestone (Paris)
   

• NOTHING! Camp SAIL is free! 

Program: Learen ün Spalen

Program Description: 

• Students will spend the morning participating in a variety of activities specifically related to building numeracy and literacy skills.

• Students engage in a multitude of STEM related activities in the afternoon in hands-on, exploratory manner.

   

• 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19 to Friday, Aug. 30 (excluding Tuesday, Aug. 27) at Houghton Public School.

Program: This is My School

Program Description: 

• The focus is to expose students to school routines and expectations, while allowing additional opportunities to practice school specific skills in context to support our understanding of their social, communication and self-regulation skills
• Students will receive direct instruction to support skill development in communication skills, friendship skills and social interactions
   

• 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19 to Friday, Aug. 23.

Program: It All Adds Up to Me

Program Description: 

• Students in Junior grades will spend the morning participating in mathematical learning, games and activities to develop a positive identity as a mathematics learner
• Students will receive direct instruction related to numeracy concepts with opportunities to apply learning to problem solving activities
   

• 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19 to Friday, Aug. 23.

Help Desk Technical Support for Grand Erie Families

Email: 
 parent.techsupport@granderie.ca

 Call: 519-756-6301, extension: 287080
 Toll-free: 1-888-548-8878, extension: 287080