Kicking off Second Session

We’ve had an exciting first day of second session! Today all of the campers (chanichim) were split into their work groups (anafim) for the session and were taught by the counselors (madrichim) the different responsibilities they have for their specific anaf. One of the anafim had a special treat today. The chanichim that work in the garden (gan) had the opportunity to also walk the sheep today! At Galil, we have two sheep that we are taking care of for the summer and the gan anaf also takes care of our animals. 

In the morning, the amelim and chotrim had their first instructional swim of the session. Today, they were all tested in the water to see everyone’s swimming abilities and were then given a little bit of free swim. During their free swim all of the chanichim got together and formed a whirl pool in the shallow end! 

The tzophim also had an exciting morning. In the beginning of their activity (peula) the head of camp (rosh) Kali came to tell the tzophim that their bedtime was going to be at the same time as the Amelim. The tzophim were not happy because the amelim are 3 years younger than them, so they decided that they were going to protest against this decision.

They spent the morning making posters, writing chants and songs, and coming up with a strategy of how they were going to get their later bed time back. After everything was ready to go, the tzophim marched to where Kali works singing their songs and holding their posters. After a long conversation with Kali, the tzophim won! 

In the afternoon, the Amelim had a fun peula filled with team building activities. One of their favorite challenges was the human knot! All of the Amelim stood in a circle together and held hands with someone across the circle. Eventually they created a large human knot and had to work together to become untangled. After 10 minutes of talking to each other and forming a strategy, they successfully untangled the knot. 

During workshops (sadnaot) the Bonim went to the arts and crafts building (beit omanut). After they all went on a tour of the beit omanut and were taught all the rules, they made candles with wax today! Some made different shapes, while others created traditional candle sticks.

Check back tomorrow!