WEEK 4

Its our last week here at the summer camp and we are ending it with a BANG!

On Monday we had a hot lunch of pasta made by a couple of the camper's parents.

We spent a good chunk of Monday rehearsing for Friday's end of camp presentation and completing our Islamic studies skit. Our Islamic studies skit, written by one of our youth counselors Ibrahim Balde, was about the time period of the first Khalifa Abu Bakr.

We are working to get a video of the skit on the blog so hang tight!

FIELD TRIPS
We had TWO field trips this week:
On Wednesday we went to Pump it Up in Oakland.



While everyone was at Pump It Up some students had the opportunity to go to Google's 2011 science fair. To check out the web site and see what creative projects students from around the world are working on click here!

For our second field trip we went to the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland.

PROJECTS

This week our topic was on water. We made a collage of the water systems, focusing on evaporation and transpiration. We all cut out trees, water, aquatic animals, land animals, clouds to contribute to the collage. From there we added the different stages of the water cycle. Here is our finished project:

THE LAST DAY

We concluded our 4 weeks of camp with presentations,  awards and a potluck with the campers families.

Presentations:
The campers recited the surahs they were memorizing for their parents. The younger class demonstrated how to do wuduh and the begining of salat. We also had a display table of all the projects we had done throughout camp.

Awards:
Every one received a participation award and a report card. The students above 5th grade also recieved a community service award.

Lastly, we finished of our day with a Potluck with families. The campers got to show off their projects to their parents and we all had a chance to enjoy each others company for one last meal until summer camp starts again next summer.