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
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
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