How to Register:
All but 6 of our camps register directly through our website – and you can see the Register Now link that will take you to the specific camp to register. On April 2nd, the Register Now link will be live. Payment is made through Square. No customer credit card information is kept by our website. If you would like to pay via etransfer, please contact Christine programs@wvlcentre.ca and a customized invoice will be sent identifying you are registered along with the etransfer information.
6 of our camps register through the Cowichan Community Centre’s RecCowichan site. These camps will begin registration early in April. Look at the camp number and click on this RecCowichan link to go to their website to register.
JUNE 30 – JULY 4, 2025 (4 days)
CODING CAMP #1: Ages 8-12 Register Now
Cost: $240 Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 30, July 2-4 (No Camp Tuesday, July 1st – Canada Day)
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS #1: Ages 6-8 Register Now
Cost: $240 Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
VEX IQ / Lego Robotics: Ages 9-14 Register Now
Cost: $300 Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 5 kids
At this robotics camp you will be able to use the VEX IQ kits to design and build your own highly functional robots! You will discover your own creativity along with team building and problem-solving skills. A fantastic opportunity to enhance your STEM learning skills.
WINGFEATHER – Novel/Craft Camp ages 7-10 Register Now
Cost: $240 Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
This camp draws kids into the world of the Igiby Family’s The Wingfeather Saga through literacy, crafts, drama, and visual arts activities. The Wingfeather Saga is….“A series of four fantasy-adventure novels written by Andrew Peterson about the three Igiby children, Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli. They live in a world called Aerwiar (which is exactly like our world, except they don’t have electricity or gunpowder), and there are all sorts of creepy animals (like sea dragons and toothy cows). The children are about to discover that the ordinary little town where they live is anything but ordinary. In fact, the family is at the center of a great mystery that will change their lives—and their world—forever.” (https://www.wingfeathersaga.com/)
JULY 7-11 2025
CREATIVE LEGO AND STOP MOTION- ages 9-12 register with RecCowichan
Cost: $350. Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 4 kids
The week’s theme is Creative Lego and Stop Motion. Participants will show their creativity building different Lego ideas and then have an opportunity to create their own video story with Stop Motion, using the pieces they have created. Always a hugely popular camp for Lego enthusiasts!
WINGS OF FIRE- Ages 9-14 Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
If your child is an avid fan of the Wings of Fire series, then this is the day camp for their imagination. Books 1-5 will be the focus of the camp with unique events each day to relive, act out, create artistic connections, and ‘write on’ about the characters and plot twists that are foremost in their reader’s experience.
KITCHEN CAPERS #2 : Ages 6-8 Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
MAD MATH MUNCHERS! Ages 10-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Math can be fun – truly! Join a mad cap camp of games and challenges to further develop campers math skills and passions. This camp is designed for those students who are entering grades 5 and 6 in the fall – or grade 4 students who love a good math activity!
JULY 14-18 (5 days)
JUNIOR ENGINEERS/STRAWBEES/MAKEDO: Ages 7-9 register with RecCowichan
Cost: $325 + $50 Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 14-18
Does your child inspire to be one of the next generation of inventors? With the strawbees building and coding systems, it’s an ideal tool for developing creative confidence and problem-solving skills. Using Microbit coding, participants will dream, create, learn, repeat!
CODING CAMP #2 Ages 6-8 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 14-18
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS #3: Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 14-18
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: Ages 10-14
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 14-18
******To register your child, please contact Christine at programs@wvlcentre.ca
Embark on wondrous quests and mythical journeys! This club is for the imaginative adventurer who is curious about the world of Dungeons & Dragons. No experience required! Our adventures are custom designed and age appropriate for young audiences. Participants will learn about D&D and how to create and run their own adventures for their friends.
JULY 21-25 (5 days)
“CHRISTMAS IN JULY” – FABRIC AND CREATIVE CRAFT CAMP – Ages 7-11
Cost: $325 + $50 Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 21-25
Come and celebrate Christmas in July and let’s get into the spirit of the season. Participants will enjoy making a variety of creative seasonal crafts, learn how to use a sewing machine, produce some wonderful hand sewn crafts and other craft projects using their creative skills to enjoy this magical camp! 5 days $325.00 plus $50 supply fee payable on arrival for camp CCC #******** register with RecCowichan.
CODING CAMP #3: Ages 6-8 yrs – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 21-25
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS # 4: Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 21-25
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
WRITERS’ RETREAT – Ages 10-16 Register Now
Cost: $300 Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 21-25
This retreat provides plenty of opportunity for participants to explore their writing voice in a variety of genres, on a variety of topics. Vocabulary activities, exploration of literary device, sampling of different prose to identify the power of the author’s voice in creating a scenario in words that comes to life for others. Campers will be encourage to workshop new and vintage pieces with retreat participants.
JULY 28 -AUG 1 (5 days)
JUNIOR ENGINEERS/STRAWBEES/MAKEDO: Ages 9-12
Register with RecCowichan
Cost: $325 + $50 Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 8 kids
Dates: July 28 – Aug 1
Does your child inspire to be one of the next generation of inventors? With the strawbees building and coding systems, it’s an ideal tool for developing creative confidence and problem-solving skills. Using Microbit coding, participants will dream, create, learn, repeat!
KITCHEN CAPERS #5: Ages 6-8 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 28 – Aug 1
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: Ages 10-14
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: July 28 – Aug 1
Embark on wondrous quests and mythical journeys! This club is for the imaginative adventurer who is curious about the world of Dungeons & Dragons. No experience required! Our adventures are custom designed and age appropriate for young audiences. Participants will learn about D&D and how to create and run their own adventures for their friends.
******To register your child, please contact Christine at programs@wvlcentre.ca
AUG 5-8 (4 days)
CREATIVE LEGO BUILD AND STOP MOTION: Ages 6-9
Register with RecCowichan
Cost: $350. Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 5-8
The week’s theme is Creative Lego and Stop Motion. Participants will show their creativity building different Lego ideas and then have an opportunity to create their own video story with Stop Motion, using the pieces they have created. Always a hugely popular camp for Lego enthusiasts!
CODING CAMP #4: Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $240 Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 5-8
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS – Food Safe #6 : Ages 10-14 yrs – Register Now
Cost: $240 (+ $99 for certification test) Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 5-8
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home. Participants will have the opportunity to prepare for their Food Safe Certification – to take the test, students must have a government issued Photo ID ( BCID card) and an additional charge of $99.50. Certification is valid for 5 years. Students have 30 days to take the test successfully.
‘FILL YOUR BOOTS’ MATH BOOTCAMP for students entering Grades 7 and 8
Register Now
Cost: $240 Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 5-8
This quirky camp will help you review the math world of the middle school years. Prepare to review or learn a few new skills while you work to “Fill Your Boots” to escape by week’s end! Math is a great tool – and the world of patterns, probability and possibilities await the campers!
AUG 11-15 (5 days)
CODING CAMP #5 – Ages 6-8 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 11-15
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS #7- Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 11-15
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
VEX IQ/Lego Robots register with RecCowichan
Cost: $450 Maximum 12 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 11-15
At this robotics camp you will be able to use the VEX IQ kits to design and build your own highly functional robots! You will discover your own creativity along with team building and problem-solving skills. A fantastic opportunity to enhance your STEM learning skills.
PERCY JACKSON – Novel/Literacy/Fine Arts Camp – Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 11-15
Enter the world of the Olympians through the lens of Percy Jackson’s adventures. Join in the the ‘cos play’ and help co-create a Friday afternoon experience for all campers on site.
AUG 18-22 (5 days)
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: Ages 8-12
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 18-22
Embark on wondrous quests and mythical journeys! This club is for the imaginative adventurer who is curious about the world of Dungeons & Dragons. No experience required! Our adventures are custom designed and age appropriate for young audiences. Participants will learn about D&D and how to create and run their own adventures for their friends. ******To register your child, please contact Christiine at programs@wvlcentre.ca
CODING CAMP #6 : Ages 8-12 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 18-22
This camp will include an introduction to Scratch, Minecraft Education, Java and Python. Participants will learn the basics of block coding, create their own games, and participate in various challenges with fellow participants. Movement breaks will include outdoor activities and games.
KITCHEN CAPERS # 8: Ages 6-8 – Register Now
Cost: $300. Maximum 8 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 18-22
Campers will enjoy creating healthy snacks, lunches, and a few treats during the week as well as picking produce from our garden, learning to work with others and make delicious items to take home.
BACK TO SCHOOL CRAFTS – Ages 10-16 – Register Now
Cost: $325 Maximum 10 kids, Minimum 4 kids
Dates: Aug 18-22
Create your own ‘look’ for your back to school materials in this fun filled sewing, crafting camp. Create binder covers, book marks, pencil bags and other small custom crafts.