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A Brief Overview Of The Camp
This camp was themed around theHarry Potter universe, and was
set up so that it would last two weeks. The first week was for the first
years, or for kids who had never attended the camp before. These kids
were ages 8-11. The second week was for second years and on, or
for kids who had been to the camp before. (For these kids, the camphas a different story every year.) These children were from ages 9-14.
I worked both weeks for a total of 82 hours.
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The First Year
This weeks story was very interesting. Time was continuously stopping
and restarting, and because of it, new and old characters were showing
up at the same time. (At one point, Harry Potter met his own children
because of the issues with time.) The goal of the week was for the
students to help Harry, Ron, and Hermione find a way to fix the
timeline and ultimately save Hogwarts. Many fun characters showed up
during the week: the main three, Luna Lovegood, Professor Lockhart,
High Inquisitor Umbridge. Of course, at the end of the week,
everything was worked out, and Hogwarts was saved.
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This is a photo of the morning of the very first day of the camp. Thisphoto shows part of Diagon Alley the entrance to the camp. On that
morning, the kids were able to walk to this specific part of Diagon Alley, a
small shop called Madam Malkins, to receive their cloaks. Every student
and counselor wore a black cloak during the week. Here, we can see
volunteers helping to set up, and a Ravenclaw prefect (counselor) waiting
for children to come. I, myself, was a Hufflepuff prefect.
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After entering through Diagon Alley, the students would go to the Great
Hall, and their would be a small section where several actors would come
out and portray the story. (Unfortunately, it was always dark, so I dont
have any good pictures of this.) Afterwards, the students would go to their
classes. Here we can see a teacher (Gilderoy Lockhart, specifically)
teaching a class.
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Just like at the real Hogwarts, the students had classes such as Herbology,
Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, etc. However,
the camp had some other classes to teach the students about real world
magic. Here, Professor Sprout teaches the students about the magic of
our environment specifically, shes talking about dirt. (The kids found this
mildly entertaining. Mostly because they got to play with the dirt.)
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One of my favorite classes to watch at the camp was Potions, taught by
Professor Bumblyfrump. Potions was similar to a normal chemistry class, only
everything was made magical. The students had wands, so whenever they
performed the scientific tasks they were told to say a spell. Also, names for
common things became magical for example, a type of acid was called
Basilisk venom. In this particular picture, we see students using spells to create
crystal balls. (In reality, they were just combining soap, dry ice, and water.)
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Transfiguration, taught by Professor Marmota Monax (the Latin name for
groundhog), was another fun class because it was also related to science. It
was similar to Potions in the way that it was related to chemistry, but as
opposed to being simple chemistry it was about turning one thing into another.
It was also related to the magical properties of items. For example, in this
photo, we see some Hufflepuffs preparing to make good luck crystals.
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There was also a class called Magical Artifacts that taught the students
about important relics from the past. For example, the students learned
about Native American artifacts, or even Chinese artifacts, as you can see
here. I believe this artifact was a necklace that showed a persons social
status. The students were allowed to look, but no one was allowed to touch,
because only the teachers had their wizarding licenses.
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In Care of Magical Creatures, the students
learned about different animals relating to
theHarry Potteruniverse, such as bats and
owls. Here, we can see a student examining
an owl pellet to learn about what owls eat.
Students were also given an identifyingsheet to help determine what bones they
found belonged to what animal. Not all
students had to do this if a student
thought it was too gross, they were allowed
to do another activity. This particular
Hufflepuff found the activity to be a lot of
fun.
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Just like in theHarry Potter universe, one of the most important rules during
the camp was not to go into the Forbidden Forest. However, unlike theHarry
Potteruniverse, you were allowed to enter with a teacher and/or a prefect.
These particular students were guided through a section of the forest with a
teacher, so they were very safe. Had a teacher not been there, they probably
wouldve been attacked by unicorns or centaurs.
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At the end of the first week, the Hufflepuffs received a very
good surprise they had won the House Cup! In
celebration, the great hall was filled with the color yellow (as
you can see to the right.) There was so much of it that I
couldnt get it all. All of the rafters turned yellow, and each
houses crest became the Hufflepuff crest. Along with
winning the House Cup, the Hufflepuffs were rewarded with
the most galleons, which they used to go shopping in
Diagon Alley on the last day. (To make it fair, though, they
shoppedafterthe other three houses.) You can see an
image of the Hufflepuffs shopping below.
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The Second Year
This weeks story was much different. This time, dark magic was
becoming very powerful, so the staff at Hogwarts wanted to stop it. To
do so, the students had to discover why dark magic existed in the first
place: by participating in the Doomspell Tournament. Hopefully, by
repeating the reason dark magic existed, they could put an end to it. All
the classes this week were focused on preparing the students for this
tournament, because in the end, it didnt matter which house had won.
What mattered was that the dark magic would be gone. (Of course, atthe end of the camp, the students had saved Hogwarts from dark magic
and had ultimately expelled it from the world.)
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One of the new classes this week was Honeydukes Cooking Class, with
two new characters: Chef Luigi and Chef Roberto. (The kids loved Chef
Luigi so much that he got his own talk show.) In this class, the kids learned
about food, and got to eat it, too. But mostly it was just about the eating
part. The prefects got to eat too, which was a lot of fun.
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Potions was back this week! The activities were suited for older kids this
week. Here, we see students testing pH balances. Each cup contained water
and an indicator (bromothymol blue), When the students blew air into it,
the liquid turned yellow. It was interesting to see the students learning about
chemistry!
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Transfiguration was also back this week, and the students got to create crystals
by making shapes with pipe cleaners and then putting them in cups of
chemicals. (Dont ask me what the chemicals were.) The crystals grew around
the shape, which was really interesting. Here, we see a shape one student made
according to him, he didnt know what it was. He just thought it was cool.
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Another new class was Logic, which was quite obviously about logical
tactics. This class was designed to prepare the students for the Doomspell
Tournament by teaching them how to make logical decisions. Here, we see
the students playing a game that would help them learn about what
moves to make during the tournament, and hopefully in life.
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The students also had outdoor activities. For example, one activity was the
Dueling Club less of a club and more of a class, the students learned
how to play a magical rock-paper-scissors game. In this photo we see a
prefect demonstrating how to duel with Ron Weasley. A volunteer holds up
the sign that shows which spell beats which.
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Another outdoor activity was Muggle Quidditch, which I really cant explainunless youve played it. Its exactly like real quidditch without the brooms
and flying. There are quaffles and bludgers, and each student gets to play a
role: chaser, beater, seeker, or keeper. After a while the snitch is released
and the seekers go after whoever is playing as the snitch. In this particular
photo we see the coach teaching the students about Muggle Quidditch.
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At the end of the second week , the students had a huge
party! All kinds of games and treats were there. There was
a whole section where you could play games of logic (like
chess), Chef Luigi had prepared tasty treats for the
chillems (children), you were able to sign up for S.P.E.W.
(Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare), and there was
even a band! (Known as Wand Direction. The kids loved it.)
You could dance or eat or play games and just have a lot of
fun. It was a really good time, and everyone put a lot of
effort into making sure the kids had fun. (The prefects had
fun too.)
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All in All
I actually had a really fun time during my internship experience. Thechildren were great, my coworkers (covolunteers?) were great, and the
whole thing was a lot of fun. It certainly was a magical experience for
everyone, and I know Ill be back next year. I almost wish every kid
could have this experience who wouldnt want to have a truly magical
time?
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Works Cited
All photographs taken by me unless otherwise specified:
Hogwarts Emblem Icon. Digital image.DeviantArt. mahesh69a,
2011. Web. 22 July 2014.
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone. Digital image.DeviantArt.
"robokoboto", 2013. Web. 22 July 2014.
Music:
Williams, John.Hedwig's Theme. 1997. MP3.