English camp 2018 (Padise)

English camp 2018

Bethany Pällo

Haapsalu Vocational Education And Training Centre hosted English camp for a second year row. It was hosted for students to learn English and to meet new friends. It took place at Padise Manor on 10-13.december.

Everyone could choose someone to be in a room with. I was with 3 of my classmates. Our room was devided to two small rooms, bathroom and sauna.


Food was made by Padise Manor restaurant. It was so delicious! I even gained 3 kg.


First day went really fast. We arrived at 10-11, I don't remember. After that we waited 1 hour for some woman who showed us and talked about Padise monastery. It was little bit boring but was fun to walk inside. We were really sleepy then, maybe that's why. At 13:00-14:00 we met with Jukka Pietiläinen, who spoke about the manor. After that we had to make 7 minutes long video with our group about our specialty. At 8 o'clock pm we ate dinner and at 7 o'clock pm we had a game night.

Second day we woke up, ate dinner and had two workshops. First was impro theatre and second forum theatre, both were made by Vat Teater. There we learned how to not lose our nerves and how to survive complications with clients. At 1 o'clock pm we ate lunch and after that we chose the best video from our first day task. 18:00 was dinner and later that night we had a movie night, we watched some horror movie in English. In our free time, we went to walk outside, relaxed in a sauna and played with ouija board.

 On the last day, we had brekfast and a workshop for 2 hours. It was hosted by The Game Club. It was really fun! Before leaving we took a test to see what level we are in English. I was C1. Then we packed our bags and went home.