On Monday 6th August I set off feeling excited but slightly apprehensive of the week ahead-I was off to York on a NDCS Young leaders camp. Would I like the people? Would I make new friends?
When I arrived I signed in, handed in my money and phone. Then I was shown to my accomodation by a volunteer. It was lush! Mind you thats to be expected when your staying in a private school (Queen Ethelburga's College) for the week
It was time, time to meet everyone. I remember feeling so shy and thinking: have I made the right choice coming here? I saw people signing and talking around me. We all introduced ourselves and met the staff&volunteers. Then we had an Icebreaker, and that sure broke the ice: we all got talking and started to get to know each other. I knew then that I was going to love this week.
So what did we do this week? Signsong workshops, watching performances of both Handprint theatre and Signsong performer Rebecca Withey, leading workshops and creating portfolios. All of this leads to all of us gaining an Bronze Arts award. I'm proud of what I've acheived this week, I hope these residentials will help me to become more confident.
We had lots of free time and also did evening activites. One of my favourite memories of the week was when we played Do or Die and at the end we soaked the two superior people; they got DRENCHED, but it was worth it to see the look on their faces! But what did I love the most? I loved making new deaf friends, developing new sign language skills and just immersing myself into my deaf culture, which I rarely get to do as I live in the hearing world. I have learnt new things and I have had the time of my life this week. I'll never forget it and will keep in touch with all of my new found friends. We all didn't want to say goodbye and wanted it to last for longer!
We plan on doing a big reunion sometime and hope to go to the next young leaders camp next summer! But we can't wait that long to meet up again, so after one day of being home we are already talking about when we next going to meet up!
I just want to thank all the best group of staff, volunteers and young people of the residential for the BEST week ever!:D
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Kat, I love how you have brought a really long and fab week together in a short blog! I cant wait to meet up with everyone again and it was really good fun getting the bosses very wet!!!
that was lovely kat and i think you couldnt have described it any better
miss you
chloe lane
xx
sounds like you all had a good time and met new friends.. brill
these NDCS residentials are so so unique and so so worth it :) its great as a volunteer and friend to see how everyones confidence grew as the week went on :) very proud <3
It really sounds as though you had agreat time and you actually sound more confident.If that is what a 1 week course can do then I can't wait till Joseph is old enough to take part.Well done Kathryn.see you soon.Ian.
Lovely blog Kathryn. I'm so glad you had a good time and your portfolio was fab! Well done. I'm lucky I got away with not being soaked. :-) Sami
I know its a late review haha, well its true, we are gonna have to meet up again soon!!!!! x
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