Life at the Bay

Happy hello to all ! I hope the week has brought you all sorts of happiness and smiles! So last week the campers went all Australian on me, which was pretty epic since I love Australia and their accents! Being the camera lady is so entertaining sometimes.. I get to see the funniest things! So as you have probably already seen on our media pages, this week's theme is “Fire & Ice”, which is crazy wicked! I'm loving it! From songs and dance, to team challenges, to ice experiments, it's just been non-stop craziness! As always, the kids are just super stoked to being running around in the sunny sunshine on the beach, who could blame them? Guess how many campers we have?.... Approximately 180 ! So myself and my side-kick, Doodle, are running up, down, left, right, and even flying, to get some awesome action shots of all your beautiful children! Yes... We can do this! Here are some pictures to keep you in the lo...

From sunshine to rain, we have loved everyday! The kids at Sugar Bay have joined us for our Australian Week theme, where we have been putting on the most shameful Australian accents, but hey.... At least we're trying! My favourite word to say with an accent is “kangaroo”, you should try it!   We recently went on our camp out excursion, what a blast! The kids walked to our camp out spot, where we played stalk the lantern, sang camp songs around the fire, and roasted incredible marshmellows! Not only are we having epic evening activities, I've seen some kids in the ocean doing what they thought they could never do - stand on the surf board! With the help of their supporting counsellors, I've seen so many kids here this week achieve greatness in all aspects. Big ups to all of you :) Have a wonderful week ahead! Spread the love and light wherever you go.

This week, Sugar Bay was blessed to have the grade 9 students from Redhill join us here at camp! This school has given us some of the best Counsellors in Training (C.I.Ts) that have turned into amazing counsellors, such a Milkshake! Needless to say we were all very excited for these students to join us!, and we have definitely not been disappointed! From the first day, when we took all the campers down to the beach to explore our beautiful front, they showed us they were ready for an awesome week. Casino night on the first night was very exciting, as campers worked in teams to see who could win the most money! Throughout the rest of the activities for the week, we had campers achieving some pretty amazing goals here at camp! Whether they were conquering their fear of heights at high ropes, or bringing out their adventurous side by taking the leap of faith off the King Swing, everyone tried something fun and exciting this week. A big hit for the sen...

On Wednesday Sugar Bay was flooded with 100 campers all from Durban! We were lucky enough to host two local popular schools. First up we had Durban North Primary School and Durban Girls College. These Grade 6's and 7's were ready for action when they arrived, and they were excited to spend the next few days here just having fun!   A special request made by the teachers was that campers had to have Team Building this week. Both schools took this challenge by the horns! Basically how it works is that campers get mixed up into teams and then rotate to different stations where as a team they will have to successfully complete a task. We have five different stations : Trigger Happy, Obstacle Course, Skating on thin ice, Leaning tower and my favourite people machine. The reason people machine is my personal favourite is, because teams have to use their bodies to create as many things as they possibly can in a certain amount of time. The best I have seen is defi...

Legendary! There is no other word I could use to describe this week at the bay! If you have not seen the movie Despicable Me, none of what I am about to tell you is going to make any sense. For those of you who loves this movie as much as I do, you can only imagine what a magical week we have had here at Sugar Bay. Monday From the very first day the theme was here to stay. Counsellors were dressed up head to toe in yellow and purple just like our favourite little minions. BBM, Hakka and Marvel dressed up as our Margo, Edith and Agnes. There was yellow and blue everywhere we looked, from the material to the balloons, and even the punch! The first night started off with a bang where campers got to learn how to speak Minionese, and at this rate they are going to be fluent by the time they leave. Campers also learnt an awesome Flash Mob routine to the "Happy Song", and every time it played throughout this week they were on their feet rocking some crazy dance ...

I hope you have all had a beautiful week, and that our campers are enjoying their school holidays. But.... If you're not at Sugar Bay for this holiday camp, you're missing out!! “Despicable Me” Week has started with a bang! And is going to end with a boom! There are Minions everywhere!! We have been so blessed with such beautiful weather so far, sunny sunny sunshine! The kids have been layering themselves with sunblock while having the best beach day ever on Monday! Kayaking, body boarding, surfing, swimming in the ocean, and so much more! The energy here is fantastic, and all the kids have made so many new friends, I'm very excited for the week ahead! The best experience is watching how the kids grow and take on new challenges, with the help of their counsellors, only rooting them on, and teaching them as much as they can. These kids are professionals now :) May the res...