From 1985 the farm school CAN PAU has been planning summer stays with the aims of to develop the habits of living together and to introduce the children and the youngster to the life in the country, and to discover the nature and the way we can respect and have fun with it.

Actually the summer stays take part in the months of July and consist of two shifts of thirteen days.

ORGANISATION:

• In the same shift there are children from 6 to 14 years, and we divide them in groups depending on the age, with a maximum of 10 people for each group.
• Each group has a monitor- responsible during the 24 hours of the day. The task of the monitor is reinforced with specialized staff for doing specific tasks ( horse riding teacher, a guide for the excursions , a farmer , etc...)
• Globally the task of the monitor is always supervised and directed by a general coordinator.
  

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES:

The activities during the stay are:

• NORMAL DAY: All the activities take place in the farm school or the surrounding area: farm Workshops, making a vegetable garden, making food goods (cakes, tinned goods, bread, spaguettis...), wood workshops, wool workshops, soap, natural cosmetics, and other workshops.
• HORSE RIDING: It takes place every day, except on the days spent on the beach, and on the arrival and departure day.
• SPORTS DAY: A whole day sports journey, that takes place in a friendly way more than a competitive one. All the people in Can Pau takes part in that event.
• DISCOVERING THE COUNTRY SIDE: We make visits on foot to the nearest villages and one day is spent to visit the country on bicycle. Each child has to bring his/her own bicycle . The trips allways follow rural tracks. We include discovering the country at night sleeping in the open air to promote the friendliness of the forest.
• GAMES AND SOIRÉES: Each night we prepare some games and soirées that take place after dinner. A group of reporters inform us about the whole day news at Can Pau.
• PARTY- FAIR: It pretends to be an approach to the market where the children sell and expose ( in fiction ) the products and the hand made things that they have learn to do during their stay , we use the "PAUING" , which is the official coin in Can Pau.