Life at the Bay

  One of the greatest issues parents are faced with these days are in fact, homesick kids. We've been having so many trust issues that most of us haven't even sent our kids away from home before the age of 12. This is becoming an issue, as the older our kids are growing only being exposed to their comfort zones, the greater their homesickness and the chances of them not being independent.    If you have decided that the time is right to send your kids away from home. Here are 5 effective strategies to help the little ones grow their wings and soar away from home. 5 Ways to deal with Homesickness: 1. Prepare your child Preparing your children before they leave for a vacation is the first step in dealing with homesickness. It needs to be established that missing home and finding it difficult to adjust to new situations is indeed a normality. The aim of this preparation helps kids to deal with and understand their emotions. Once they understand t

  We have three holiday camps lined up with the freshest and most sought after themes. The holidays may be a few weeks away, but space is running out quickly. Forget winter! One of the perks of being situated along the Dolphin Coast is that we get to enjoy summer all year round at Sugar Bay. Your kids can still have as much fun as they want to without frost bite and winter tingles dampening their school holiday mood. Angry Birds Week : 26 June – 3 July   This week the campers will witness the Angry Birds video game characters come alive while participating in lots of fun Angry Birds-inspired adventures. It's going to be clear skies, feathers and loads of angry birds all week long. Highlights: Real life Angry Birds Game Angry Birds-making classes Angry

She's Sugar Bay's Arts and Crafts PC (Pro Counselor) and, one of the most creative and gentle spirits around camp...She is Aurora!    And name well suited we must say... She's as kind, loving and caring as the Disney Princess Aurora herself. Aurora has been a counselor at Sugar Bay for only 5 months but has worked hard and earned her position as a PC.    Aurora's favourite activities are making friendship bracelets and kayaking. Aurora or “ Rori” as many call her has an obsession, she calls it “a healthy obsession with unicorns”. A unicorn-unicorn or a uni corn?    Not sure which one she was talking about. However, we have our reservations concerning how healthy this obsession is. Especially since she answered this way when we asked her this question: “If you could be any animal, what would you be?” Her reply: “I feel like you already know the answer...

  March 2016: Adventure Time Week: 20–27 March 2016   The first school holiday of 2016 commenced with an astounding Adventure Time themed holiday camp. Every day was turned into an adventure for our campers just as it were in the cartoon network series, Adventure Time, with Finn the human and Jake the dog. Our campers also went on a Beemo (the little blue gaming box) inspired excursion to the gaming arcade in the Gateway Theatre of shopping. Adventure Time week ended with a burst of colour, with a Rainicorn colour festival. The Maze Runner Week: 27 March–3 April 2016   Before campers realized it, they were waking up in the Glade. Suddenly, all our adventurers were transformed into Maze Runners and had to escape the gruesome Grievers all week long. The experience got real when our Maze Runners were taken on a camp-out and had to survive a night in the maze. They also had an exciting excursion to the Crocodile Creek in Ballito.

  Mother's day is this weekend! And with school ongoing, the hectic homework loads and all the other things we get up to in between, it could be that you forgot, or that you just didn't get enough time to get mom something special for Mother's Day yet. Sugar Bay knows that making mom feel appreciated and loved is what Mother's Day is all about. There's no need to go all out and get mom something expensive for it to be special. It's what you do for her that she finds special and priceless. Make mother's day memorable and show your appreciation to all your marvelous moms that keep sending you to Sugar Bay. Here are 5 simple and sweet Mother's Day treats that you can spoil mom with this Mother's Day: 1. Pick her some fresh flowers from your garden They don't need to be her favourite, they just need to look pretty and be picked with love. Pick mom some flowers and arrange them in a pre