Record summer bookings for Kilgraston’s minicamps
A record number of children have enjoyed a stunning summer here at our countryside campus for Kilgraston’s minicamps.
Around 70 children a day have been soaking up our various programmes which this year, for the first time, included a Multi-Arts camp and a Dance camp alongside our ever-popular Multi-Sports camps run by Billy McNeil, Kilgraston’s tennis coach.
With the sun splitting the skies and soaring temperatures, this really was the year of the staycation. In their activity group bubbles, boys and girls took part in daily programmes, which included tennis, hockey and swimming for Multi-Sports, with weekly changes of focus for our Multi-Arts camp attendees. Children who took part in our Dance camps even did an al fresco end-of-week performance.
Kilgraston’s Summer School Course Director, Donna Douglas, said: “The children have had a wonderful time and really thrown themselves into all the activities. It has been full of fun and laughter and we are delighted with how much the children have enjoyed it, particularly after the past 15 months they have experienced with lockdown. We are already looking forward to welcoming them back on campus for our October camps.”
A big thank you to all the families who attended our camps, our October Camps registration will be open very soon, and finally a huge thank you to all our dedicated staff.
Fun and smiles at Kilgraston Easter Camps 2021
Kilgraston was delighted to offer local children the chance to get outdoors and be active these Easter holidays, with our Easter Multi-Sports Camps and Equestrian Own a Pony Days. After a difficult term of online learning at home, the children came out with buckets of energy and enthusiasm and took part with gusto!
Grouped by age and ability, Multi-Sports participants took part in a range of sports: tennis, football, hockey, rounders, mini-Olympics, along with the ever-popular games of Capture the Flag and our coaches’ plentiful and dynamic variations of ‘tag’.
Over at the Equestrian Centre, our budding young riders were able to develop their horse-care skills as well as their riding skills, with trekking and games on horseback thrown in as well.
This was this our most successful holiday camp to date (550 student days booked over two and a half weeks!), and we’d like to take the opportunity to thank all our wonderful sports coaches, riding instructors, and helpers who made it such a success! Most of all – we’d like to thank all the children who participated with such positivity each day, who battled through the wind (and occasional snow!!) – they were the real heroes of our camps!
Easter camps will return again in 2022, but we’re now turning our attention to Summer 2021. Full Summer Camp information will be posted next week at www.kilgraston.com/mini-camps. You can also contact [email protected] to be added to our mailing list.
Thank you again, and see you in the Summer!