You are never too young to be an inventor, neither are you too old to learn new skills. And while you're busy inventing, it helps that you also learn how to sell your ideas too because no one just invents things for themselves right?
Anyone can gather lemons from a tree but what would you do with them? How many times would you make lemonade just to perfect your recipe? Where would be the best place to set up a lemonade stand and how much would a glass of that refreshing drink sell for?
So why not start grooming our kids to be entrepreneurs by equipping them with skills that will take them from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond! We'll expand their minds to the world around them and help them acquire the skills to be a creative thinker.
This June, we're joined by the student leaders from Victoria Junior College (VJC) who will no doubt inject new levels of energy, as well as youthful perspectives, into our camp activities. 
JLPC will be working together with VJC's Student Leadership Programme to provide these students with leadership training, team facilitation know-how as well as a workshop on financial literacy prior to our camp. Thereby ensuring that our student leaders are prepared to navigate through the different invention challenges as well as handle the rigours of preparing our young entrepreneurs for the Investors Fair, which is the main highlight of our camp.
Here are the camp details:
Dates: 4th to 7th June 2013 (Tuesday to Friday, non-residential)
Timing: 9.30am to 5.30pm (we will allocate an hour before and after camp for working parents to drop off and pick up their kids. Any other arrangements, if necessary, will need to be highlighted to JLPC prior to camp.)
Venue: Victoria Junior College Campus, 20 Marine Vista, Singapore 449035
(Camp will be held at the covered concourse just behind the General Office.)
(Camp will be held at the covered concourse just behind the General Office.)
Meals: Lunch and breaks will be provided daily. Please advise us if your child has allergies or special meal requirements.
Fees: $450 per child ($400 per child for group sign ups of 3 or more kids in a group)
Early Bird Offer $410 per child is valid till 30th April 2013.
Registration for camp closes on 24th May 2013. Email lapaul232@gmail.com for a registration form now!
Here's the program line up for our camp. Please note that the number of activities may vary according to how fast (or how slow) the kids are able to complete the various challenges within a day.
Weather is also a consideration as some of the activities need to be done and measured outdoors.
Day 1 – Things that zoom or fly
- Gravity cars
- Wind powered cars
- Rocket Cars
- Propeller Cars
- Paper Flyers
- Handocopters
- Aluminium Gliders
- Circuit game (optional)
- Wind powered cars
- Rocket Cars
- Propeller Cars
- Paper Flyers
- Handocopters
- Aluminium Gliders
- Circuit game (optional)
Day 2 – Things that float or blast into space
- Tallest Tower
- Gravity Boats
- Propeller Boats
- Aluminium Ferries
- Cartesian Divers
- Straw shooters
- Straw Rockets
- Paper Canons
- Pneumatic Rockets
- Water Rockets
Day 3 – Invention Day – Developing the BIG Idea
- Teams will spend the early part of the day being introduced to building a simple business/action plan, brainstorming and deciding what type of game they want to invent.
- Second part of the day will be spent building their prototypes.
Day 4 – Investor Fair – Selling the BIG Idea
- Most of the day will be spent finishing up their prototype, followed by ‘quality testing’, evaluation and revision of prototypes. After which, teams will prepare for their presentations and develop promotional POS materials to ‘sell’ their inventions at the Investors Fair.
- Most of the day will be spent finishing up their prototype, followed by ‘quality testing’, evaluation and revision of prototypes. After which, teams will prepare for their presentations and develop promotional POS materials to ‘sell’ their inventions at the Investors Fair.
- There will be an Investors Fair at 5pm where parents and guests will turn investor for the day, sit through their kids’ presentations, proceed to try out and sample the merchandise on offer and provide the kids with objective feedback on the feasibility of their idea to venture.
More details will be provided to all camp participants and their parents prior to the start of camp.
For more information about the camp or to register your child, please email your contact details to lapaul232@gmail.com.
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