Language camp by Helsanna

Language camp

Monday (10.12)

The bus set off from the school car park at 8.30 and we arrived at Padise 
Manor around 10.00.

When we reached the Padise Manor we walked with the guide around the 
 manor and inside the house. (Guide was Heli Nuger)

At 11.00 we checked our rooms and unpacked our bags. 
My room was very beautiful and large. There was also a jacuzzi in the bathroom. 
The bedroom had a huge bed, a spacious closet and two large mirrors. Our room 
was on the second floor with two windows, one with a view to the abbey and the 
pond.

At 12.00 we ate lunch and after that Jukka Pietiläinen told us about the history 
of the manor, what it’s doing now and what customers mostly visit there.

We made a video about how room service shouldn't clean up rooms.  The 
video had to be 7 minutes long but ours was shorter. The best video was 
awarded a candy box and the winners were my classmates. We ate dinner and
after that we played Kahoot. We also played board games and group games. 
The winners had to put their hand in the bag and what they crabbed was their 
award. At 23.00 we all started to get ready for bed. The night was very scary 
because somebody had said that the mansion was haunted and every voice 
woke us up. We turned on the TV overnight to get a little better sleep.

Tuesday (11.12)

At 8.30 to 9.15 we had breakfast. We got to choose our food from the buffet. 
Breakfast was very delicious.

At 9.30 some famous actors from the Vat Theater came to do various activities 
with us. We communicated with a client on the phone, solved different problems 
and dealt with complaints. These activities were very cool and I got lots of new 
experiences.

At 11.00 - 11.30 we had a break. After that we switched the workrooms with 
another class.

At 13.00 to 14.00 we had lunch.

14.00 to 18.00 we watched the videos made on the first day and chose the 
best ones. The videos were very funny. And then we ate dinner.

After dinner we had a movie night. Others decided to watch horror films 
but I didn't watch them because I can’t sleep at night then. I was in my room 
for a while and then went to play card games with some friends. After that we 
all started to get ready for bed. Some of my classmates were also afraid to sleep 
in their room, so we decided to sleep all in one bed to have better sleep. At first 
we turned on the TV but turned it off because it wasn’t so scary to sleep with other
 people.

Wednesday (12.12)

At 8.30 to 9.15 we had breakfast.

The Game Club organized various games for us. The aim of the games was to 
develop our language skills, attentiveness and cooperation skills.

At the end of the camp we also did language tests. We packed our things and took
 a picture with all of the students and teachers.

We ate lunch.

At 13.00 we started driving back to the school.

The camp was very cool and instructive. I got a lot of new knowledge and 
developed my language skills.

I think they should do more them because it helps to develop the language and if 
there are problems with English these are very useful.

Thank you to the teacher and everyone who worked with us!