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Wynchemna TimesJuly 27th - August 23rd, 2012

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontologyby Pietro Mazza

This is the biggest and the most spectacularexposition of dinosaurs remains and fossils in theworld, and the most popular museum in the WestCanada. Enjoy a tour in the prehistoric garden and,after watching a video, listen to an audio-guide.Observe and learn from the engineers of themuseum who create fossils, and participate in anexploration program. The Burgess Shale collectioncan give you a three-dimensional vision of thestrangest creatures that used to populate prehistoricwaters. The Royal Tyrell Museum is a studydestination for all those scientists who are interestedin improving their knowledge of prehistoric species.

Swimming at Wynchemna Kayaking By the Bow River

By Sharon Lo

August 9

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after we finished lessonswent to the wave pool. It was verybig. It even had water aqueducts,slides, and a diving board. But I onlyliked one of the pools. Because Ithink that other one was too deep toswim. I was afraid because Alicecouldnt swim, but she wanted to

play in the pool too. So she almostdrowned. Then the lifeguards used arod to save Alice then called her to

use a lifejacket unless she only couldstay in the childrens pool. She shetook one. Then, although I couldswim I am afraid, so I took one too.Then we stared playing dangerousgames. We were happy. Although Iused a life jacket I drank muchswimming water too.

By Theresa Henkel

Wynchemna is a greatlanguage camp in Calgary,Canada. You dont have tolearn only, you can also trylots of different specialactivities every day. Myfavorite activity waskayaking.

The teachers divided thestudents in two groups.

The first group started withkayaking while the othergroup were playingCanadian football.Every student got a boat

from two kayaking teachers. Then we started kayaking onthe Bow River. It was really funny because a lot of thestudents fell in the river. It was a really great day!


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Wynchemna In Reviewby Kristina Wende

I arrived in Calgary on August 3rd. I was very tired becauseof the long flight. At the airport I met some other peoplewho were going to Wynchemna. But the man who shouldhave picked us up was too late and we all got nervous.When we finally got picked up and arrived at the SAITResidence I met my roommate and the three weeks full ofactivities, fun, and making new friends began.

The next day we did many sports like frisbee, hockey,soccer, and skating. The skating was quite fun because itwas like skating in a disco and you felt like being in the1980s.

The next day we went to Drumheller. Where we did hiking.We spent lots of our time going on the mountain. On thenext day we made the Amazing Race. It think it was verygood because we walked through Downtown while we hadto do some exercises for example dance with a stranger.

The next two days we did some sports like baseball,canoeing, ice skating, kayaking, and football. Besides therewas as casino night where we could play Black Jack, Poker,UNO, and Bingo.

The next days we played golf, went climbing and went tothe wave park which was really good. On the next day wedid climbing and volleyball. The next day was veryexciting because it was the international supper day. Wecooked other countries food. For example, I was at thegroup which cooked Taiwan food. After all groups wasfinished we made a big supper with food from manydifferent countries. After that we did karaoke. On the nextday, we went in our tent groups for camping and put ourtents up. The next day we played many fun games in ourtent groups. In the evening the most of us students went to

Peters Drive-in. A restaurant with burgers and manydifferent and big milkshakes. The next day was theshopping day. Everyone was very excited and spent lots ofmoney in the different stores. After that we watchedmovies. I went to Batman. Going to be very good. Imalso sure that I will never forget these holidays.


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Ice SkatingBy Clement Hugonet

August 7th Wynchemna went to the OlympicOval in Calgary for Ice Skating!!! I was wet

because of canoeing. I was cold in thebeginning but after it was better because it wasreally physical. A lot of students were reallygood and I was really bad. After a quarter of anhour I gained confidence. I beat Sandrine threetimes! After only one hour, we returned to thecamp.

Chinook Mall vs Polish Brandsby Oliwia Ukleja

14th of August was the shopping day forWynchemnas students. We got 2.5h for about300 brands. For me, as a girl from Poland itwasnt enough, because I didnt know any ofthese shops. I was trying to find something I canmeet in my country but It wasnt as easy as Ithought. I found only a few places like ZARA,Victorias Secret or fast food points. I was a little

bit confused but it was better for me. I could buywhatever I wanted and be sure I will haveoriginal clothes.

Banffby Lou Corler

On July 29th when we went to Banff to do a hike.I think it was one of my favorite memories

because I liked the good view point and this wason a high altitude. We almost had a 360 degreeview. And we were tired because we hikedduring two hours and thirty minutes. It was a

really good day.

Waterproofby Alexis Deville

It was fun in the wavepool at Village SquareLeisure Centre in Northeast Calgary. I swamlike a turtle. I went on the slide. I was in thewater most of the time with Elie, Clement, Lou,and Sandrine. After the wavepool I felt tired.


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WavepoolBy Adrien Lequertier

We went to the wave pool on August 9th afterdinner. The wavepool was very cool. There

were 3 slides, one wave pool and one divingboard. It was very fun but at the end we were alltired.

Golfing and Wynchemna Chinook

by Victor Radovanovic

August 9th The day when

Wynchemna got to do golf,rock climbing, and the wave

pool. Everyone had fun.About the whole camp;The rooms are big andawesome, the cafeteria foodwas horrible but in the fridge allthe food was good. You canmeet people from all the world.Its one of the best summercamps for English.

by Luca Zehner

The day started like the other

days. Normally with threelessons and lunch, but afterlunch we went with the train tothe big Chinook Mall. There wecould walk around with smalldifferent groups and goshopping. I was with Lou,Adrien, Francesco, Alexis, andClement in a group. It wasreally fun. The first shop wasthe Levis shop because Lou

wanted to buy a jean jacket andAlexis a new pair of jeans.Lou bought his jean jacket and Idont know why but Francesco

bought the same jacket as Lou.

Next to the Levis Store was a

sick cap shop. I had never seenthat before. A shop with onlycaps! Very nice! In this shopEllie bought a nice red cap fromMiami. The mall was very bigwith many different stores. Myfavorite store was theAbercrombie Shop. There I

bought a nice grey hoodie for$40. But then it was time fordinner! We each bought some

KFC chicekn wings and chips.After dinner we went to thenice movie, Batman: TheDark Knight Rises. It was anice movie and after the moviewe chilled at home! Nice day!

Shopaholicby Caterina Cremonese

If you are a shopaholic the best thing to do is shop. Yesterday, August 14th the Wynchemna campwent to Chinook mall. Everybody was very happy and excited about doing shopping. For most of

the people this was the first time in a big Canadian mall and they enjoyed it very much.The guys had two hours to do their shopping and walk around the mall. We can say that Chinookmall is one of the biggest in Calgary. Most everybody went to Abercrombie and Hollister that arethe foremost brands for teenagers but everything was a bit rushed because 2 hours of time was notvery much.

Everyone was running to a shop and to the other trying to buy them. In every shop the peoplewere very friendly and gentle.

People like me were frustrated because they wish they had more time. But anyway after thateverybody enjoyed. Most of the people went to see Batman and they really enjoyed it. Other

people went to see Batman and Ice Age. After a really long day everyone was so tired that on thetrain back everyone was sleeping.


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The WavepoolBy Elie Daverio

On August 10, the entire group went to the wavepool in the evening. It is a big place with a lot ofslides and other attractions including a park for children and a rope system to jump in the water.After having listened to the security rules (that very few people would follow), we all ran (it wasforbidden) into the pool and jumped in it.After having drowned a few people we decided to go on the biggest slide (we were 9). This wasso much fun. 9 people going down the slide at one time (strictly forbidden!) going on top of eachother, kicking, pushing. Several times the security people yelled at us because of this but wedidnt care. We were here to have fun.After having done at least five times each slide, we decided to stay five minutes in the jacuzzi

before going back home.

Climbing and Theater

by Nils Leo

On the 20th of August we went to the Stronghold Climbing Center. We were split into two groups.One group climbed while the other group went playing volleyball. In the volleyball group therewere two games. The realgame and one just for fun game. On the climbing group we spent 20minutes for instructing then we were allowed to climb all walls we wanted to climb. After twohours we switched places so the volleyball team went climbing and climbing group went to playvolleyball.

We went to Loose Moose a very popular theater with improv actors. It was a little game aboutwho is the best improv actor. At the end an old man won. That was a great day.


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Ice Skating

By Andrew Tse

I have been to many Asian countries before, but itsthe first time I leave Asia. Joining the Wynchemna

summer camp to Canada. I arrived at Calgary withlots of expectations. Wow, I am happy to tell youthat I believe that these expectations are going to

be fulfilled as I already had countless awesomeactivities until now.

Among these group activities, my favorite one isthe ice skating for two times, and each time gaveme an unforgettable memory. Maybe youllassume Im a good ice skating player, but thats notthe truth. Actually, Im an ice skating beginner and

I just learned it in the camp. Its not about howwell you play the activity, what is important is the

process of how you learned and the happiness youhave gained after every little success.

I loved ice skating so much as it gave me a freefeeling. The free feeling calmed me down and

brought away the unhappiness. And heres a realexample, I had just lost my sunglasses before theice skating. I was so unhappy. However, I almostforgot all the unhappiness after it. That is the

magic of ice skating.

Other than ice skating I also love kayaking,canoeing, rollerskating, hiking, hockey and manyactivities. I really enjoyed the great time in the onemonth Wynchemna summer camp and Im lookingforward for the 5 day camp starting tomorrow.

Drumhellerby Aron Wussler

Yesterday, 5th Augus, the Wynchemna group went to Drumheller, a city in Alberta. The trip startedin the morning on a schoolbus to the canyon famous for fossils. Then they visited Drumhellerdowntown, looking for a pool which was, unfortunately, full. So the students chilled out a bit in the

public fountain. After eatingsome hot dogs they

journeyed to the DrumhellerDinosaur museum where lotsof dinosaur skeletons areexposed. Later on theyheaded home, eating a

refreshing ice cream with lotsof souvenirs. .


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The Slide 9th August, 2012by Sandrine Salvas

On this awesome day, the 9th of August wewent climbing and played a hard game ofvolleyball. We went to the wavepool. Wewere so happy to go there because it was sohot outside. We had so much fun there.The time past so fast.

The funniest activity was to go on the slide.It was even more funny when we went 10at a time rather than 1.

Arriving in Calgaryby Alice Briole

On the 3rd of August I arrived in Calgary. Iwas very tired after more than 10 hours onthe plane. In fact it was 3 hours from Paristo Montreal. Then we waited 2 hours inMontreal and then 4 hours from Montrealto Calgary. But during this time I met someFrench guys. Clement, Alexis, and Henri.We were picked up to Wynchemna. I thinkwe were the last arrival.

Everybody was so excited but I was so tired(it was 4 am in the morning in Paris) Thefirst teachers that I met were Adam and

Nicole. We had to sign the 25 cent contractand so we had to speak in ENGLISH. Evenif it was hard at the beginning, speaking inEnglish permitted me tomeet a lot of people fromall the world. And thefollowing days wereamazing. ThanksWynchemna!

The Amazing Hike: Sulphur Mountainby Astrid Chan

On July 29, the students who first arrived atWynchemna went to a hike in Banff, the mountain inBanff in is called The Sulphur Mountain , and came

down by Gondola.

We hiked up the mountain for two and a half hours,and we came down the mountain for just only 10minutes!

We walked up the mountain and took some veryamazing Photos, and saw a lot of beautiful views.When we were at the top of the mountain we couldsee the whole view of the town of Banff.

We really had a great time in Banff! I loveWynchemna!


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Chinook mall; movie.By Daniela Castillo

On August 14, we went to theChinook Mall. Before wearrived there we had to take thetrain. Everything was good butthen, on the way to the mall, wewere walking and a kind of

pouring rain unleashed on all ofus, and when we finally arrivedat the mall, we were so wet andfreaking.But all was good, we bought so

much clothes and for the supperwe ate Greek food. I loved it.Then, we went to the moviesand saw The AmazingSpiderman.

The Day When the

Canoe Stoppedby Simon Issac

The mosquitoes were biting mylegs. I was seeing the ballsthrown at my head. I rememberthat moment when we werestuck in the lake but I sat andstopped. We didnt move. In 30minutes we were eating spicyfood, the sugar from a Dr.Pepper was in my veins. Icouldnt hold any more I lost

my control. 15 to 20 minuteslater we were on the ice withskates and then we werewaiting for the lights out

because we were very tired.

July 28: Arrive,

Exams and Ice

Skatingby Florian Heyder

The first thing we did when mysister and I arrived was eatingdonuts. And then we weredriving to the Wynchemnahouse. My new roommate wasa Taiwanese boy called Oscar.After unpacking my suitcase wewent to take our exams. Not

fun. It took 2 hours. After thatwe went ice-skating. The firsttime after half a year. But itwas fun. After skating we went

back and everybody was tired.But I think it is going to be the

best holiday ever.

The First of August

By Francesco Bassanino

The first of August of 2012 we went to visit the mall in Calgary. In the early afternoon we took thetrain and we arrived at the mall at 15:00. We were divided in groups because we had to be at least

in 3 people going. I went with Louand Luca. The stuff in the mallwas really cheaper then in Europe.We went around in many shops ,inside and outside the mall tryingclothes, accessories and stuff. The

people that works at the shops arefar more friendly than the Italian

ones. It was really fun because wecould get to know each otherbetter and it was a good occasionto see Calgary from close and not

just from the bus windows. Thecity is really beautiful, there is alot of space and the buildings arenice and well built. It was reallynice being able to go around freewith some friends.


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