Summer Camps
Registration for 2025 Summer Camps available in February 2025
Circus & Aerial Camps
Farm Camp
Trapeze Camp
Program-specific questions: email Circus Camp Director (Rose MacDonald) at circus@summerfieldwaldorf.org
Farm Camp:
Registration-specific questions: email Farm Camp Coordinator, Acacia Brisbois
Program-specific questions: email Farm Camp Director, Saree Heydenfeldt
Circus & Aerial Camps
Circus Camp is offered as three age-specific programs: ages 6-8 years, ages 9-14 years, ages 10-16 years for aerial camp. Please be sure to select the correct age group when registering.
Run away and join the circus this summer! Circus Waldissima is excited to announce that we will be offering a Summer Camp program. Dust off your juggling balls, shake out your leotards and get ready for 5 weeks of acrobatic fun, led by experienced circus arts instructor, Rose MacDonald, and a talented team of circus instructors. All classes are taught in and around our big blue and red circus tent.
Circus Camp 1: Ages 6-8
Circus Camp for ages 6-8 years offers a fun and supportive way to experience lots of different circus arts and related crafts. Each Friday there will be a showcase performance at the end of the day so everyone has a chance to see what we have been working on throughout the week.
Cost and Details:
Cost: Pricing available in February 2025
Details: Please pack a sun hat, sunscreen, a water bottle and lunch (a morning snack is provided). Please send your student in clothes that are comfortable to move in, without metal zippers or rivets and with shoes that are easy to take on and off.
Aftercare Option–$200 additional per session: Extend the fun with our aftercare program running from 1pm to 3:30pm!
Circus Camp 2: Ages 9-14 years
Circus Camp for ages 9-14 years is offered as a two week session to allow our older students to build a more in depth show over the course of two weeks. Students will have the opportunity to try all sorts of circus techniques and build acts together.
Cost and Details:
Cost: Pricing available in February 2025
Details: Please pack a sun hat, sunscreen, a water bottle and lunch (a morning snack is provided). Please send your student in clothes that are comfortable to move in, without metal zippers or rivets and with shoes that are easy to take on and off.
Aerial Camp: Ages 10-16 years
Aerial Camp is new to Circus Waldissima this year and is being offered for students who would like to focus only on aerial arts. Students will have the opportunity to work on Silks, Lyra, Spanish Web, and Trapeze.
Cost and Details:
Cost: Pricing available February 2025
Details: Please a water bottle (a snack is provided). Please send your student in clothes that are comfortable to move in, without metal zippers or rivets and with shoes that are easy to take on and off.
Aftercare: not offered for the Aerial Class.
Farm Camp
Farm Camp at Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm is an opportunity for children to connect with the natural world while living into the rhythms and experience of a working farm. The day is designed to inspire a connection with and love of nature and the outdoors. Activities include gathering eggs, planting in the garden, picking berries and vegetables, and cooking delicious organic snacks, crafts, games, songs and stories.
Farm Camp is offered as three age-specific programs: age 4 years, age 5 years, and ages 6-10 years. Please be sure to select the correct age group when registering.
Farm Camp: age 4 years & 5 years, 2 separate groups
Commencing in the Kindergarten Village, both the 4-year-old and 5-year-old groups will separately embark on journeys to the Farm and Permaculture Garden to visit with the animals, pick berries, gather eggs and harvest vegetables. They gain a reverence for the natural world and learn about caring for animals and the earth. The children will also do crafts, sing, play games, hear stories, and enjoy much outdoor play time!
Farm Camp: ages 6-10 years
The start of each day involves circle time on hay bales, setting the tone for farm chores ahead. From gathering eggs to planting in the garden, drying herbs, picking berries, and harvesting vegetables, the activities unfold. Children actively participate, assisting farmers in field work and contributing to the preparation of delicious organic snacks in the outdoor kitchen. Crafting and games are in the afternoon and their day ends with lunch and a story. Led by our very own Ms. Acacia & Ms. Saree, supported by two beloved assistant teachers and provided guidance from SWSF’s talented Farmers.
Aftercare
Our aftercare begins right after camp ends at 1pm and runs until 3:30pm. Registration is for the full week and hours thus we are not able to accommodate exceptions or drop ins. Refunds are not available for aftercare.
Cost & Details:
Cost: Pricing available February 2025
Details: Please pack a sun hat, sunscreen (if needed), a water bottle and lunch (an organic morning snack is provided).
Trapeze Camp
Open to ages 7 to adult. Drop-in’s welcome by request. Email circuscamp@summerfieldwaldorf.org
Flying Trapeze is the closest you can get to flying! Come and experience a week of thrilling skill building and individualized lessons to help all participants progress and experience this amazing circus art. Join us for a week of Flying Trapeze on a full sized trapeze rig right here on Summerfield’s campus.
Cost per session: Pricing available February 2025
Details: Please bring water canteen, hat, sunscreen, and wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing you can easily move in.
