Kids / All children in Years 3 - 6 are welcome on Square One. Get your kids to invite their friends from church, SRE, Kids Club and your local community. Whether children attend church or not, they are welcome on Square One.

Part of a group / No camper comes on Square One alone. Every child is part of a church group. On the registration form, you’ll see there is a place to indicate which church group your child is coming with.

Leaders / Churches send their own leaders, with a 1:7 leader to child ratio. Each church group has a Square One coordinator who is over 21. All leaders are required to have a valid Working with Children Check.

Rooms / Your children will be with their friends. Children will be allocated rooms according to church groups. Leaders will be in separate rooms close by. Square One Winter uses Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking — Deer Park and Chaldercot — and Square One Spring uses all four sites at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking — Deer Park, Chaldercot, Rathane and Telford — but church groups are kept together as much as possible.

Bible teaching / There are four Big Gatherings over the weekend with everyone from all four sites coming together to hear our speaker teach from the Bible. There’s also time in small groups for discussion and questions. These small groups are led by the leaders from each church group.

Activities / Day and night activities include swimming, waterslide, craft, messy games, board games, a movie on the big screen and more.

Cost / For campers the cost is $240 and leaders $230. You can make a voluntary contribution towards the cost of sending another child on camp when you register. Because of the generosity of people like you, Youthworks is able to subsidise the cost of camp for families who can’t afford to attend Square One. All campers and leaders get a camp t-shirt too!

Special needs / Square One caters for those with special needs—diet, medication or allergy management. There is a place on the registration form to include this information or any other information you’d like to share that will help make the weekend a success for your child.

Partnering with churches / Youthworks Ministry Support team runs Square One to partner with local church and parents in their ministry to children. Youthworks takes care of all the admin, planning and preparation of the camp, freeing up church leaders to invest in discipling their kids.

There is plenty of time for friendships to be strengthened, memories made and discussion to flow from the Bible talks. As well as getting to know the kids better, your church leaders have the opportunity to learn from others in children’s ministry and gain new ideas and insight for their own service.

Square One is especially encouraging for kids and leaders from small churches. Some groups are only one leader with two or three kids.

Parents / The coordinator for your church group is your first person to contact with questions about Square One. However, if you have further questions after speaking with them you can contact our camp director - Annemarie Rivers (annemarie.rivers@youthworks.net)

Two to three weeks before camp, Youthworks will send you a list of things for your child to pack. We will also send you resources to help you talk with your child about camp and their learning from the Bible.

Square One Spring #1 is on 1 - 3 November 2024 at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking.
You can sign in your children from 6pm on Friday 1 November. The session starts at 7.30pm. There is no dinner on Friday night. Pick up is from 2.00pm on Sunday 3 November.

Square One Spring #2 is on 8 - 10 November 2024 at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking.
You can sign in your children from 6pm on Friday 8 November. The session starts at 7.30pm. There is no dinner on Friday night. Pick up is from 2.00pm on Sunday 10 November.

Square One Winter 2025 is on 30 May - 1 June 2025 at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking.
You can sign in your children from 6pm on Friday 30 May. The session starts at 7.30pm. There is no dinner on Friday night. Pick up is from 2.00pm on Sunday 1 June.

Square One Winter uses all four sites at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking — Deer Park, Chaldercot, Rathane and Telford — but church groups are kept together as much as possible.

Square One Spring #1 uses all four sites at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking — Deer Park, Chaldercot, Rathane and Telford — but church groups are kept together as much as possible.

Square One Spring #2 uses all four sites at Youthworks Conference Centres Port Hacking — Deer Park, Chaldercot, Rathane and Telford — but church groups are kept together as much as possible.

This information is available in our booking terms and conditions that are agreed to when tickets are purchased. You can view these via yw.training/booking-Ts-and-Cs

Speak to your church leaders about bringing a group of kids and leaders to Square One.