Join Village Camps at its state-of-the-art campus in the amazing city-state of Singapore. Enjoy an amazing ‘Singapore
Discovery programme of visits and the chance to learn English or Mandarin!Just some 137 kilometres from the Equator, the multi-cultural Republic of Singapore is an international, ultra modern city-state and island lying just off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Since its split from Malaya almost 60 years ago, Singapore’s dramatic rise from a port to one of the world’s leading international economies is a phenomenon. The Village Camps ‘Discover Singapore’ programme will introduce our youngsters into the sights, sounds and stunning facilities of Singapore, illustrating why the city is rated one of the best places in the world to live and visit.
Amongst the highlights is the sci-fi architecture, the converted military barracks from its colonial past, fascinating museums, colourful tropical gardens, the cable-car to Sentosa Island and the iconic Singapore Zoo. Our accommodation base for our ‘Discovery’ option and for the English and Mandarin language courses is the quite outstanding UWCSEA campus with its impressive choice of great on-site facilities.
Singapore is a sovereign city-state on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.This is a dynamic trading centre, which although only with a population of just over five million, is the 4th largest financial centre in the world and one of the five busiest ports.
The Village Camps home base is at the prestigious United World College South East Asia Campus (UWCSEA) ideally situated just a 30-minute drive from the bustling city centre. Changi airport is a mere 25 minutes away.
The spacious, modern bedrooms are for 2-3 campers, which share bathroom facilities. There are separate areas for boys and girls. The school has an amazing range of state-of-the-art facilities starting with the spacious common rooms for relaxation and chilling out with new-found friends from around the world. There are on-site entertainment areas, perfect as a base for many of the activities in the busy evening programme.
The complex has a dazzling range of stunning leisure and entertainment alternatives including multiple indoor gyms with full air-conditioning, dance studios, purpose built art rooms, drama studios, a full-size soccer field, climbing walls and an outdoor but sun-covered Olympic-sized swimming pool.
At Village Camps campers are assigned to groups according to age and/or skill levels. The morning period of 3 hours is devoted to the campers specialty programme (Mandarin Language, English Language or Singapore Discovery). After lunch and the ever popular “All Camp Meeting”, campers from all programmes join an array of exciting activities.
Certain afternoons the children can “sign-up” for an activity of their choice while other days, age group and all-camp activities are organised. The evening programmes offer a variety of fun and challenging events that help build team spirit.
The food at the college is special with daily choices of healthy, varied meals served in generous quantities by the college catering team. All diets can be accommodated wtih advance notice. The programme includes 3 meals per day.
At Village Camps, there’s always something happening and that includes the evenings. Here are some of the interesting activities or special events planned:
Indoor Olympics
Team-building Challenges
Games and competitions
Pool party
Singapore City visits
International Night
Talent Night
Disco & Prom Nights
One full-day excursion is planned for the whole camp and several half-day excursions with programme/age groups are possible, depending upon the weather and schedule requirements. Always included are cultural and educational visits as well as time for walking around and shopping with friends. The following are some of the choices for exciting excursions around Singapore:
Singapore City Day – see the impressive sights of Singapore up close – take a boat ride up the river – try some famous local dishes – enjoy the world-famous shopping.
Universal Studios
Singapore Zoo
McRitchie Reservoir
East Coast Park
Science Center Museum
Ropes Course
Activities available to the programmes in Singapore
| Archery | Badminton | Basketball | |||
| Competitions and Special Events | Dance | Football | |||
| Gymnastics | Mini golf | Outdoor Living Skills | |||
| Rock Climbing | Ropes Course | Swimming | |||
| Team Building Challenges | Yoga |