Camp prep and paperwork

• Send a copy of your passport (pdf or photo) and send it back to me via and email. I need a nice scan or copy, clear, nor hands or fingers in it, clearly visible or it will be rejected by the council here. If I still have your current passport copy, don’t worry.
• teamer app: see blue box. Please fill out the application if this is your first time.
• Sign a letter of permission for my local council, in order to register you (to get your German tax ID) with a real signature on it. Print, Sign, Scan, sorry about German burocracy:-)
• EU form for residency (All EU passports) Please fill in the box at the top, I have already ticked the right boxes for the rest of it. 
• For our Webpage: Please send us and email with a nice portrait picture of you and a brief profile text for our team page, see example here: https://sprachcamp-allgaeu.de/team
• Read through the safety manual for the Grigri+, the belay device we use in all our climbing activities. In addition, review this video if you are unsure how to use the Grigri.

For UK passport holders only (work permit paperwork):

• Please fill in the Vorlage Erstantrag questions 1 – 13.  Sign the form in the box unterneath question 22 and fill in the date as well. You can print and sign it, and send it back or fill it in and I will send a signature request back. If you can’t fill it in, just send me the info and I fill it in for you. Thanks!
• A letter of permission so that I can pick up your work permit at the foreign office. I need your signature for this – again print, sign, scan.
• You also need something to proof that you are with the NHS – have a look at following response from a GP and see if you can get that as well.

Induction days  for our upcoming season

There will be an induction day this season before our june camp for all our new instructors. Please make sure you arrive on the Sunday before camp at 2pm at the lates at Immenstadt station.

Please come prepared. I expect you to have read the manual and please watch the links for the games. For our first day you will need a first draft of your first half day and be ready to test-play one of the games with our team.

Our Locations for our schoolcamps

The camps are located in the Allgäu mountains or in the Kleinwalsertal valley of Austria. The area is truly stunning.

We work from Bergengrün, Bergheimat and Schlössle, three houses that are quite close to each other, however, it’s different busses that you need to take to get to them.

We are right in the middle of the mountains and we can walk our groups almost everywhere straight from the hostel. There is lots of hiking paths, nice spots in the river to do landart or  shelter building or survival skills.

Accommodation before camp and Arrival

We will provide food and accommodation during the camp but also one extra night before our camp week. If you work two or more camps in a row then we also provide accommodation for the weekend in between camps. Schoolcamps finish on the Thursday night at around 9pm, for holiday camps it is the Saturday morning 11.30 pm.

Make sure that you filled in your food preference in the teamer app, so that I can order the right food. The hostel isn’t great with vegan food, so if you are vegan it’s helpful to bring your own favourite spreads (for sandwiches) and snacks.

Getting there

Memmingen Airport (Ryan Air) and Munich Airport are the closest airports – both airports are about 3 hours from our hostels by public transport. Just be aware that with some evening flights you might not get here  – the last train from Munich leaves at 8pm. (It’s one hour from the airport to the train station). Zurich airport might also be an option

Closest station for all our schoolcamps is Oberstdorf station  – for the Summercamps and the 3. – 6th of june, it is Immenstadt station. Check in with us if you are not sure.

Getting from Sprachcamp to the Airport

We usually try to give you a lift to the staion, but also camps in the Kleinwalsertal have a bus stops nearby, buses leaving for Oberstdorf every 10 minutes, plan for an extra 35 mins to get to the next train station (Oberstdorf) from the Kleinwalsertal Camps).

Games

Equipment, that we provide:

• loads of games ropes, pens, paper, lego bricks, smurfs, picture cards, feeling cards,
  For bushcraft: flint steel, knifes, pans, tarps, Vaseline, cotton wool

Games you should be looking at before camp, just follow the links. Enjoy watching.

Team Games (Problem solving) you might want to revsise:

• The marshmallow challenge, a really nice TED talk about the challenge.
• Tower of Power
• Pipeline

Word Games / Icebreaker Games with focus on Speaking English

• Emotion Cards
• Zoom (Prep for Photoralley)
• Werewolves (Card Game, very popular)
• pass the bomb,
• Sussed
• 5 second Rule
• Poetry for Neanderthals
• Snakessss
• Bumfuzzle
• Herd mentality

For your debriefs: Picture / Emotioncards 

Kit List

• Outdoor clothes,
• Your Climbing gear (Safety Gear)
• First Aid kit
• Waterproofs
• A daypack
• Water bottle, lunchbox
• Depending on the season: hat, gloves, a warm jumper,Sunglasses, swimming gear
• Toiletries (ex: shampoo, toothpaste/brush)

*For the hostel: slippers, a towel, PJs, earplugs  – we provide bed sheets for you! You don’t need a sleeping bag

Travel expenses

Please plan your travels on a tight budget, if possible. We strongly advice you to book your flights in advance or keep your eye on the prices. Expecially during holiday peak times i.e. the summer prices are bound to sky rocket.

You can claim flights, train tickets and other expenses as agreed in your contract.

You can include insurance to cover cancelled flights or tickets.

Please also get in touch if you need an advance payment on flights.