Summer Camp: BIBA's English Bridge & Uruguay's Football Getaway

We’re all looking forward to a little rest after the tumultuous year and a half that’s past. Some families treat summer like a lazy time, others as the fourth semester of school, but we all know that come July, some kind of break from the norm is in order. And that’s precisely where Jingkids comes in, ready to rock your scheduling world with these summer camp highlights. Each week we’ll go behind the scenes of a camp so you can make the right choice for your family.

And don’t forget to get your family’s tickets to the Jingkids Summer Fling on May 22!

Uruguay Football Club Summer Camp

This summer camp not only has an interesting origin story, but also a cool twist: Parents can choose from different options to stay in the Hilton Haikou for a vacation while their kid goes to camp. Project Director Mariano Fernandez recounts how the football summer camp was born: “The idea… came very naturally after reading about the phone talk that President Xi had with President Lacalle Pou. They emphasized the idea of promoting cultural exchange between the two countries, including in the education and sports sectors. Thanks to our personal friendship with the Uruguay Ambassador to China, we were able to follow up and discuss very thoroughly how to implement the wishes of our Presidents for the benefit of our peoples.”

Uruguay has a small population compared to most (about 3.5 million people), yet constantly produces world-class football players. Fernandez believes that success starts in youth, as most kids begin playing football very early. Skills they’ll learn in the camp include: Technical (dribbling, ball control, passing, receiving, finishing); Tactical (understand dynamics of play, 1v1, 2v2, and numeric superiority drills); Match Strategy; Position-specific; Physical; and Mental (emotional control and addressing adversity).

Other than learning football from highly experienced international coaches, Spanish, Latin dance, cuisine, Latin American films, and beach games will also be enjoyed.

Uruguay FC Summer Camp is a multidimensional program formed by a partnership between the Ministry of Sports of Uruguay – with support from the Uruguay Embassy in Beijing – and the Hainan Provincial Government.

Conclusion: Kids will receive a completion certificate indicating their participation in Uruguay FC Summer Camp signed by the head coach/project director during the Closing Ceremony.

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Project Director Mariano Fernandez is from Uruguay, and he had his first Summer Camp experience coaching alongside former Italian football stars like Massimo Ambrosini and Billy Costacurta. He is currently coaching at Borussia Monchengladbach Academy in Shanghai and is fluent in Chinese, English, and Spanish. As an amateur player, Fernandez was awarded the 2020 MVP of Shanghai International Football League (SIFL).

Beijing International Bilingual Academy (BIBA)’s English Summer Bridge Program

Sometimes the summer can be a great time to prepare for the school year ahead, however, you still want it to be fun. That’s where BIBA’s English Summer Bridge Program comes in, giving students fun ways to improve their English levels, especially academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking. According to BIBA, “Students will be completely immersed in an English-language learning and teaching environment. They will be given lots of opportunities to respond, and many different ways to participate. BIBA’s professional teachers will create engaging activities that promote active and collaborative learning.”

Students will have many opportunities to make new friends ahead of the school year while immersing themselves in activities and a total English environment through small-group work that focuses on vocabulary, reading, writing, and putting language learning into practice.

Conclusion:

Student performance at the end of the camp. For example, a song, play, speech, debate, reader’s theater, etc.

A published piece of writing to showcase each student’s learning.

BIBA English Summer Camp completion certificate

About: Foreign English-speaking BIBA teachers will employ BIBA’s English class models to help the students improve their English, step-by-step, over a two-week period.

Images: Courtesy of the camps