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Summer Camps East Vancouver 2021
Pear Tree Education has become one of Vancouver’s most popular educational summer camp companies, both because of the quality and diversity of our courses. Our wide range of course types will engage your children in new and challenging activities, including cooking, sports, music and dance, drama/public speaking, technology, art/crafts, and academics.
Pear Tree Education is offering the ultimate East Vancouver summer camps for boys and girls aged 5-9.
We have summer camps at our East Van location for 7 weeks (starting 5th July and finishing 27th August), our Kitsilano location for 8 weeks (5th July – 27th August), our North Van location for 7 weeks (5th July – 20th August), and our White Rock location for 6 weeks (5th July – 13th August). Individual summer camps last 1 week.
*Note that the Vancouver location offers 8 weeks of summer camps.
All of our East Van summer camps are designed by Pear Tree.
Led by experienced Vancouver school teachers, our summer camps offer exceptional levels of safety, enjoyment and education!
Camps are from 9am – 3pm, with options to extend these times using our optional pre-camp and/or after-camp supervision services.
At $340 per 5-day camp, you won’t find a better value for money summer camp anywhere else in East Van!
We also offer pre-camp/after-camp care ($150/wk combo).
CAMPUS ADDRESS: St. Michael’s Multicultural Anglican Church, 409 E. Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1W8.
As always, our camps are not religious. We simply use church facilities as great location options for our summer camps.
Video Tutorial
Need help booking multiple weeks? Check out our short video tutorial!
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Week 1: July 5th - 9th
Interesting Insects (Ages 5-6)
Leave your bug spray at home! Find out how insects are important for our community and environment.
After making our insect sanctuaries, we will go on daily nature walks and collect insects to observe and research. Some of these insects include pill bugs, centipedes, and ladybugs!
Our students will also take part in learning about and raising butterflies. The butterflies will be released in the summer as part of an inclusive field trip.
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
Photography (7-9)
Vancouver is one of the most photogenic cities in the world, especially in the summer! Join us for a week of capturing this beauty by learning about composition and creating meaning behind photography.
You’ll learn all about basic digital photography techniques and use these to take some great photos. As well, you’ll have the opportunity to turn your photos into cards.
PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that students bring their own digital camera or iPad for this course.
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 2: July 12th - 16th
Go Green Eco Team (Ages 5-6)
Want to learn about how you can “go green”?
At Pear Tree, you’ll learn how to be better citizens, both locally and globally, through fun and practical ways. We’ll plant terrariums, create our own worm farm, and even make our own eco-friendly soap!
Some great outdoor activities we’ll be doing include participating in recycling relays, as well as storm drain marking to increase awareness about protecting our local salmon streams!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
Adventurous Athletes (Ages 7-9)
Whether you’re already sporty or an aspiring athlete, this week is a great way to get outside with new friends and get moving!
Each day, there will be skill-based activities related to specific sports, and many opportunities for collaborating with peers. We’ll be playing games like Capture the Flag and California Kick Ball, as well as more traditional sports like tennis and soccer. Not only that, but we will be doing different fitness-based activities to improve our strength and stamina! Each day, different students will have opportunities to model and explain these activities, which help public speaking and leadership skills.
This week will be held outdoors, rain or shine!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 3: July 19th - 23rd
Urban Gardening (Ages 5-6)
In this course, we’ll give you tips to be a successful gardener in the city.
We’ll learn about the plant life cycle, collect seeds, categorize plants, and do plant art.
We’ll also create our own compost to improve our plants’ growth, and plant seedlings of our own to take home at the end of the course!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
Connect to Nature (Ages 7-9)
We are so lucky to live as close as we do to parks and the coast! Connect to Nature is a great course for students who love to spend time outdoors.
During the course, we will do many Waldorf-inspired nature crafts, play nature games outside, and get some time on the waterfront.
Some activities include wood burning crafts, nature mobiles, exploring music and nature, and building mini gnome houses.
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 4: July 26th - 30th
It’s A Small World (5-6) – 3 x SPACES REMAINING!
We will travel the world in 5 days! Each day, students will focus on a different region of the world.
Our class will study songs, art, stories, dances and traditions from various countries. We’ll even make and try some food from other countries!
Some of the places we’ll study include Kenya, India, China, France and Mexico!
STEM Challenges (Ages 7-9)
Join us for a week of fun, daily STEM challenges!
Using a wide variety of team-based activities, students will work together to solve science, technology, engineering and math-related problems using a mixture of everyday and specialised materials.
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 5: August 3rd - 6th (4-day week)
O Canada (Ages 7-9) – 3 x SPACES REMAINING!
Let’s celebrate the amazing country we live in!
We’ll read different stories about Canada and Canadians, make some Canadian food, create some epic pictures and paintings in the style of Emily Carr, learn about some great Canadian inventors and inventions, be inspired by Canadian athletes, and look at Canadian wildlife and nature.
Phew! So much in 4 days!
Westcoast Creatures (Ages 5-6)
British Columbia is the home to many interesting animals. In this course, we will explore these creatures through science experiments, art activities, drama, songs and children’s literature.
Some of the creatures we will explore include local brown bats, grizzly bears, hummingbirds, orca whales, and owls.
Students are sure to leave this course excited about our local wildlife!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 6: August 9th - 13th
Drama 101 (Ages 5-6)
Let your imaginations run wild in this class!
Dramatic play is not only fun and engaging for young children, but it’s an important way for them to explore and make sense of the adult world.
Our drama specialist will engage students in a variety of drama-based games, and provide a safe environment for children to try out different roles.
Students will also have lots of opportunities for play-based learning in our dramatic play centers.
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
Ancient Egypt (Ages 7-9)
Pyramids, mummies, tomb raiders and hieroglyphics- what is Ancient Egypt really about?
Students will participate in a ceremony to mummify a chicken, make a mask like a pharaoh, focus on an Egyptian god and make a model of a pyramid. We’ll learn about some of the fascinating inventions created by Ancient Egyptians that we still use today!
We’ll also do a variety of Reader’s Theater activities to help understand what life was really like in Ancient Egypt!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
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Week 7: August 16th - 20th
Graphic Novels (Ages 5-6) – 1 x SPACE REMAINING!
Graphic novels are such a hit with emergent readers! Students can use visual clues to make sense of the stories.
Pear Tree’s Graphic Novels course is great for a huge range of kids: those whose reading and writing abilities are still developing, for reluctant readers, for ESL students, and for readers who simply love graphic novels!
We’ll read age and developmentally appropriate literature, like graphic fairy tales, Elephant and Piggie, Babymouse and Dog Man. Throughout the course, we’ll make some of our own graphic novels both by hand, and through performance art, photography, and with the help of iPads.
Animation Studios (7-9)
Calling all future movie directors!
Using computers, digital cameras and interactive Smartboards, your team will create and direct several of your own animations and short films.
You’ll make storyboards and scenery, and will create your own short animation and film. You’ll learn how to add voice overs, words, music and sound effects.
Each day, we will learn a different drama technique, and we’ll even do some of our own acting to film!
Please email us at info@pear-tree.ca to be added to our waitlist.
Summer Camp East Van Prices 2021
By booking 4 weeks or more of our East Van summer camps, you could save up to 20% off our regular price. We’re confident you won’t find a better value for money East Van summer camp! Prices are for 5-day weeks. On weeks with statutory holidays, the price will be calculated for the actual number of days.
All prices subject to Non-Refundable Deposit = $100 per course registration
Additional Options
Pear Tree Summer Camp Highlights
- 15 x kids per summer camp (maximum)
- 1 x school teacher per class
- Plus classroom assistant (for young classes)
- 1:5 ratio on field trips
- Very high quality summer camps
- Amazing value for money!
- Healthy balance of indoor/outdoor time
Pear Tree Education is about to change your idea of summer camps. With any Pear Tree summer course, your child will spend as much time as possible outside, experiencing education hands-on in the open air. Your child will learn and experience diverse skills and goals, such as multidisciplines (science, math, social studies, and language arts), creativity, teamwork, technology, public speaking, and critical thinking.
Furthermore, Pear Tree offers some of the most unique educational experiences, connecting education to the East Van community!
If your child has never taken a course with Pear Tree, we’re about to change your understanding of education, too, because Pear Tree Education is Vancouver’s one and only 21st century learning centre. All of our courses are taught by fully-qualified, experienced school teachers passionate about our system of learning. We’re confident you won’t find better a educational summer camp.
Our East camps are located at St. Michael’s Multicultural Anglican Church, 409 E. Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1W8.
Aside from being accessible to East Van residents, we are close to Vancouver’s Olympic Village area and are on the 99-B line.