Geneva summer camp

Day care center

Art, sport & nature

from age 4

UNESCO ASSOCIATED SCHOOL

member AGEP & FSEP

certified Confidentia Quality

Welcome to
our summer camps

Through fun, artistic, sports and outdoor activities, our summer camps invite children to cultivate wonder, creativity, curiosity, well-being and... good humor!

For more information, please contact centreaere@ersge.ch.

October 23 to 27, 2023

4 to 6 years old

Woodland goblins

Come and help the little elf discover the wonders of autumn forests! You'll collect nature's treasures and create a herbarium to take home at the end of the week. You'll have lots of adventures, take a carriage ride, build huts, draw, cook and, above all, play lots of games with your new friends!

7 to 12 years old

The explorers

Discover, move and go on expeditions with your friends! A new adventure awaits you every day. You'll discover new sports, go treetop trekking, horseback riding and lots of other surprise activities! You'll also have time for creativity and free play, for fun and relaxation.

July 3 to 7, 2023

9am to 5pm

Price per week : 475CHF

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

6 to 8 years old

Nature on the run!

You like to explore and spend time in nature? This workshop is for you! Fruit picking, walks, observation of plants and insects, climbing lessons, outdoor watercolor, tree climbing ... a very varied program awaits you!

Pedagogical objective

Discover a variety of nature-related activities that are fun and educational. Your child will learn to identify different species of plants and insects and understand their role in the ecosystem. He will also develop his coordination, endurance and strength through outdoor sports activities.

Animator

Valentine Homere: Daycare teacher, supervised study assistant, event coordinator, Master's degree in Biology in Immunology, currently training to become a midwife.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

6 to 11 years

Art, Myths & Legends

Over the course of a week you will create a giant collective fresco on the theme of "Myths and Legends". You will play games with your friends, go for walks in nature and you will also have moments of relaxation by discovering the practice of yoga.

Pedagogical objective

Learn to work together, going through all the steps of a great project: research of ideas, sketches, preparation of the support and work by painting. Your child will be accompanied by a professional illustrator and graphic designer, who will pass on all her secrets!

Animator

Maud André : Illustrator, graphic designer, yoga teacher, summer camp leader. BAFA diploma.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

13 to 16 years old

FashionLab

During this creative week, you will learn how to design a fashion collection as well as how to make a personalized tote bag. On the program: discovery of collections that have marked history, fashion illustration classes, design of a collection, creation of a unique tote-bag or an introduction to embroidery!

Pedagogical objective

Creativity, design, technique, use of the sewing machine ... your child will discover a real job with a professional costume designer.

Animator

Romane Claivaz : Children's counsellor trained by CEMEA, CPV camp counsellor, professional artist, CFC clothing designer with a professional artistic maturity, training as a theater costume designer.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

July 10 to 14, 2023

9am to 5pm

Price per week : 475CHF

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

6 to 11 years

Let's hear the music!

The musician is you! You will learn to play many musical instruments, you will drum with your friends and you will be able to choose your instrument for a small final concert. Games and nature outings are also part of the program.

Pedagogical objective 

Allow the child to be initiated to different sounds, rhythms and musical instruments (stringed instruments, flutes, percussions, drums) He will discover while having fun!

Animator

Zdenko Urban: Professional music teacher, specialist in children's musical awakening. Diploma of Music Together in Bologna, Italy - music workshops for
children and parents, HEAD (Haute École d'Art et de Design) in Geneva

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

9 to 11 years old

Art & Sport

Do you like to create and move? In the morning Lovena will share her passion for painting, modeling and drawing and in the afternoon Sara will introduce you to many sports, such as acrosport, basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball and track and field!

Pedagogical objective

Create, concentrate, move, expend... your child will develop new artistic abilities and will be able to expend his energy through the discovery of new sports.

Animators

Sara Appasari: Primary School Teacher, Sports Activities Animator. (FPAS in progress)

Lovena Appasami: Day care center animator, Master of Sciences Environment, Culture & Society, CAS e-learning project design and development (FPAS in progress)

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

Ages 8 to 13

Linocut

Discover the world of linocut : create your drawing, engrave your image in the lino plate with different tools, choose your color, ink your plate and print on paper... you'll see, the result is magic !

A week of creation, rythmed by nature expeditions, exhibition visits and many other activities.

Pedagogical objective

Discover an artistic technique with a professional artist. Develop your child's imagination, concentration and creativity.

Animator

Wendy Gaze : Professional artist, animator for community centers and associations. Certificate of Advanced Studies Kick off,
Nominated for the Hans Wilsdorf Excellence Award 2013
HEAD, Haute Ecole d'Art et de Design, Geneva, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ENSAV), Brussels - BA Interior Design.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

August 14 to 18, 2023

9am to 5pm

Price per week : 475CHF

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

6 to 8 years old

Dance, move & have fun!

Discover the art of movement and energy! Come and dance, move, listen to music, stories, draw, do clay modeling and go for a walk with your friends. A zen and creative week.

Pedagogical objective

Your child will discover the movements that calm the emotions and strengthen the body's energy, through a method adapted to children, inspired by dance techniques, Qi-Gong, yoga, and Aikido.

Animator

Dorothée Reynaud: Painter and Art Mediator
Summer camps, art therapist

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

9 to 11 years old

Nature on the run!

You like to explore and spend time in nature? This workshop is for you! Fruit picking, walks, observation of plants and insects, climbing lessons, outdoor watercolor, tree climbing ... a very varied program awaits you!

Pedagogical objective

Discover a variety of nature-related activities that are fun and educational. Your child will learn to identify different species of plants and insects and understand their role in the ecosystem. He will also develop his coordination, endurance and strength through outdoor sports activities.

Animator

Valentine Homere: Daycare teacher, supervised study assistant, event coordinator, Master's degree in Biology in Immunology, currently training to become a midwife.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

10 to 14 years old

To the adventure companions!

Wizard at Hogwarts, shaman or spy in the service of Her Majesty? In a life-size role-playing game, you can play any character you want! Come and play the one you have created in a universe you have imagined! This theatrical activity, like a "book in which you are the hero", allows you to live extraordinary adventures while having fun.

Pedagogical objective 

Your child will experience a theatrical activity, like a "book in which you are the hero". Inventing and organizing a role-playing game, defining the rules and mechanics of the game, writing backgrounds, playing a character, creating a costume... multiple learning experiences while having fun!

Animator

Romane Claivaz : Children's counsellor trained by CEMEA, CPV camp counsellor, professional artist, CFC clothing designer with a professional artistic maturity, training as a theater costume designer.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

14 children

AUGUST 21 TO 25, 2023

9am to 5pm

Price per week : 475CHF

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

6 to 8 years old

Brico-Magie

Do you like to create and discover different materials? Each day we will go out into nature to find the material you will use for your creation and you will be able to make clay elves, a wooden sculpture, a paper origami, paint stones, use recycled materials... You can take each of your creations home with you!

Pedagogical objective

Your child will develop his or her creativity, learning to manipulate a new material from nature or from the recycling cycle every day, which will inspire him or her to create small or large objects.

Animator

Maya Harding: Maturité Spécialisée en Travail Social, after-school monitor, trainee educator at the Foyer éducatif Maison de Pierre Grise.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

9 to 11 years old

Create, juggle & play!

Great, you will make your own juggling equipment: balls, hoops, Chinese juggling sticks ... and you can take your creations home at the end of the workshop! You'll play lots of team games, learn to juggle and enjoy the summer with your friends!

Pedagogical objective

Learn to create and play with your own juggling equipment, create bonds with other children through team games led by a professional sports animator.

Animator

Sara Aparisi: Primary School Teacher. Sports Activities Animator (FPAS in progress)

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

Ages 8 to 16

On board, sailors!

You are the captain! Learn to sail on a small sailboat, cast off and set sail for adventure! A week on the water to learn how to sail, enjoy the lake and cool off with your friends!

Pedagogical objective

Children will be introduced to sailing on an Optimist (8-12 years) and a Topaz dinghy (13-16 years): sailing under different points of sail, basic adjustments, maneuvers and upwind sailing will no longer hold any secrets for them!

Monitor

Eric Duchamboux : Sailing instructor at the Bellevue Nautical Center. He has been teaching sailing for more than 30 years on Lake Geneva and holds a French State Sailing Diploma.

Meals & Snacks

Lunch at the restaurant is included in the price, please bring a snack. Trips are provided by minibus from Monday to Friday morning. On Fridays at 4:30 pm, parents are invited to join their children at Bellevue to share a snack together.

Limited places

10 children

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

12 to 14 years old

English is fun!

Do you want to do lots of fun activities and learn English while having fun? This course is for you! Travel through linguistic cultures, quiz, tree climbing, movies... You will discover and experiment sports and artistic worlds. You will be able to create your own works: writing, music, theater, why not your own little movie? All in english.

Pedagogical objective

A week of English immersion while having fun? It's possible! The youngsters will be supervised by a bilingual English teacher who will challenge them to perfect their English while discovering the cultures that speak it. "What we learn with pleasure we never forget". What we learn with pleasure we never forget!

Animator

Mathilde Schneider: English and French teacher, camp leader, - MA of Linguistics & Intercultural Communication (English & French) Utrecht University, Utrecht, in Ergotherapy training HETSL, Lausanne.

Meals & Snacks

Take a picnic for lunch, the 4pm snack is offered

Limited places

10 children

A NATURAL SETTING

In the heart of a natural setting, with green spaces and natural materials, the Rudolf Steiner school offers your children spaces and activities in the great outdoors (outings in the forest, gardening, games...).

 

A WARM SPACE

The school welcomes you in a wooded, natural and warm space.
Ceiling, floor, decoration, games, toys... wood is the main material of the school. As part of an eco-sustainable dynamic, you will also find materials from nature and recycled materials.

 

Awards

QUALITY LABELS

Founded in 1980, the Rudolf Steiner School is a UNESCO Associated School. It is a member of the Geneva Association of Private Schools (AGEP), the Swiss Federation of Private Schools (FSEP) and has been certified Confidentia Quality since 2006. In 2009, the Nature & Economy Foundation awarded it a quality label for its natural facilities.

In 2021, the second floor of the school was nominated for the Lignum Prize. The Lignum Award recognizes quality, originality and innovation in the use of wood in construction and interior design.

UNESCO ASSOCIATED SCHOOL

member of the AGEP

Swiss Federation of Private Schools FSEP

Nominated for the Lignum Award

Quality label for natural facilities

Certified Confidentia Quality

Learn

Within the framework of a global approach to the child, the Steiner-Waldorf pedagogy aims to develop intellectual, social, creative and manual faculties.

"Pedagogy must be an art and not only a science" Rudolf Steiner

CREATE

Because creative activities promote learning, sociability, memory, concentration, imagination, skill and well-being, the school offers numerous manual, artistic and recreational workshops as part of the curriculum.

Dreaming

In order to encourage development, living together and a "joyful sociability", the school organizes events throughout the year: Christmas market, school outings, spring festival, shows, carnival...

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PRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOL

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Rudolf Steiner School of Geneva
Chemin de Narly 2
CH-1232 Confignon
Tel: +41 (0)22 727 04 44
info@ersge.ch

The secretariat is open:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8am to 3:45pm
Wednesday 8am to 1pm

ACCESS

Come easily to the school

15 minutes from the center of Geneva
300 m from the Bernex exit of the A1 freeway (Geneva bypass)
1 min from the tram/bus stop : Croisée Confignon

Easy access from Switzerland and neighbouring France

TRAM

Line 14
Stop : Croisée Confignon

BUS

Bus 42, 47, K, L and S
Stop : Croisée Confignon

Parking

The school has a drop-off point

School parking
7:30am to 9am - 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Other parking lots
Chemin de Chaumont (7 min walk - 4h parking time), Chemin de Carabot (3 min walk - 1h), Chemin de Cressy (5 min walk - 1h)
Long-term parking
P+R Bernex (5 min walk): Paying from Monday to Friday 7am-5pm - Free on weekends, evenings & nights (5pm-7am) and public holidays

 

BIKE & MOTORCYCLE

Parking lots are available for motorcycles and bicycles

Itinerary

GPS coordinates
46.1776
6.0887