Summer Camps
This Summer, Creative Minds has planned seven weeks of fun specially designed for children to learn new skills, develop their knowledge and have fun in a safe environment. Each week has a different theme and specialist teachers will be joining us to lead engaging and educative activities.
Week 1: Monday 20th to 24th July
Wave Runners
Specialist teacher: Margarida Olivier
Dive into a week of creative exploration inspired by the wonders of the ocean. This dynamic, hands-on workshop introduces young artists to high-quality art processes including drawing, painting, printmaking, and textile techniques.
Children will experiment with cyanotype printing using real seaweed, create textured gelli prints, explore ocean-inspired painting, develop observational drawing skills, and stitch into their own artwork. Alongside creative practice, the workshop explores ocean conservation, encouraging children to appreciate marine life, reflect on protecting our seas, and use art to express care for the natural world.
Through playful experimentation and thoughtful guidance, participants will build confidence, creativity, and artistic skills while discovering the beauty and importance of our oceans.
Week 2: Monday 27th to Friday 31st July
Space Squad
Specialist teacher: Grace Burnouf
Grace Burnouf is a Year 2 Teacher at JC Prep. She is excited to bring my creativity, energy, and enthusiasm to camp, where she will provide a fun, engaging, and supportive environment for every child. With experience working with young learners, she enjoys creating activities that encourage curiosity, teamwork, imagination, and hands-on learning. she looks forward to helping children build new skills and create wonderful memories.
A week-long space-themed children’s activity plan.
Day 1: Introduces space through rocket sketching, cutting out rockets, and creating Peter Thorpe–inspired galaxy backgrounds.
Art techniques: Children explore chalk pastel skies, marble painting, stippling, printing, and splatter effects.
Days 2–3: Focus on learning about planets, creating a shared solar system picture, then making solar system hats.
Day 4: Children create salt and watercolour stars for textured star effects.
Day 5: Ends with hands-on activities including 3D rocket making, astronaut boot camp circuits, and moon rover junk modelling.
Week 3: Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August
The Art Expedition
Specialist teacher: Grace Burnouf
Grace Burnouf is a Year 2 Teacher at JC Prep. She is excited to bring my creativity, energy, and enthusiasm to camp, where she will provide a fun, engaging, and supportive environment for every child. With experience working with young learners, she enjoys creating activities that encourage curiosity, teamwork, imagination, and hands-on learning. she looks forward to helping children build new skills and create wonderful memories.
The camp introduces children to art traditions from different cultures through hands-on creative activities. Each day focuses on a different country or region, combining cultural discussion, visual examples, and practical artmaking.
Day 1: Aboriginal Art, Australia – Children explore dot painting, symbols, storytelling, land, and community, with an emphasis on respectful inspiration rather than copying sacred designs. They create dot paintings using cotton buds, fingertips, and earth-toned paints.
Day 2: African Art – Children study African masks from different regions, looking at shape, pattern, colour, symbolism, and materials. They create 3D African-inspired masks using cardboard, paint, pastels, collage materials, raffia, wool, and beads.
Day 3: Chinese Art – Children explore ink painting and calligraphy, focusing on brush marks, landscapes, bamboo, animals, movement, and simplicity. They create ink-style paintings with black paint and brushes, adding a red seal stamp.
Day 4: Indian Art – Children learn about Rangoli designs, especially their use in festivals such as Diwali. They explore symmetry, repetition, geometry, colour, and temporary art, then create Rangoli-style designs on paper, rocks, or potentially in sand. Skills include patternmaking, colour theory, and collaboration.
Day 5: Mexican Art – Children explore Mexican folk art and Día de los Muertos, looking at sugar skulls, papel picado, bright colours, flowers, patterns, and symbols. They discuss celebrating life and remembering loved ones sensitively, then create decorated skull artwork using drawing or 3D card skulls, with a focus on personal meaning and joyful expression.
End of Week Idea: The week finishes with an “Art Around the World” exhibition, displaying work by country. Children can write labels for their artwork and parents/carers can be invited to a mini gallery walk.
Week 4: Monday 10th to Friday 14th August
French Fun Fest
Specialist teacher: Elodie Redoulès
Born and raised in France, Elodie is the Marketing and Communications Officer for the JCG Foundation and has been living in Jersey. From cooking workshops at JCG to crochet electives and more, she loves using her creativity to share the French culture and help others learn more about her home country.
A week to explore the French culture - from life in Paris to famous works like “The Little Prince” and “Astérix” to pastries, cafés and more, learn about French culture and develop your French skills
Week 5: Monday 17th to Friday 21st August
Global Groove
Specialist teacher: Eva Hsieh
Eva grew up in Taiwan where she was trained as a pianist and percussion player. After moving to the UK to study at Birmingham Conservatoire and then the Royal College of Music she achieved lots of success as a performer, notably winning competitions for her marimba playing.
Eva has been in Jersey for 12 years and has continued performing regularly, alongside a busy career as a teacher of piano and percussion for many island schools and organisations. Eva is also in demand as a piano accompanist for local choirs and events such as the Jersey Eisteddfod.
Eva is looking forward to sharing her passion for music and rhythm during the Creative Minds week.
The focus of the week will be 'World Music' with an emphasis on different rhythms and melodic patterns used in different parts of the world. There will be a variety of percussion instruments involved, and children will also learn by listening and responding to musical extracts from different cultures.
Week 6: Monday 24th to Friday 28th August
Fabric Fantastic
Specialist teacher: Bianca Padidar, Head of Textiles, JCG
Week 7: Tuesday 01st to Friday 04th September
Musical theme to be confirmed…
Specialist teacher: Julie Millow
Each day will start with warmups, before we start learning the day’s chosen song so we can all sing it together as well as learn how it is constructed.
