What is your summer camp trying to achieve?

Jonny Woodbridge  |  Features
Date posted:  20 Aug 2025
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What is your summer camp trying to achieve?

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It is the season of summer camps at the moment, and there are loads that you can choose from.

There are lots of ways that you could distinguish between them, but one way it is worth thinking about is: what is the main purpose of the camp?

I think if you take this question really broadly you can narrow it down to three different answers - I'm going to explore each of those and consider what the strengths and weaknesses of each one might be.

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