SUMMER 2021

21st Century English Language Learning for International Students aged 6 -18

PROSPECTUS Our aim: future ready

British Summer School is a unique reinvention of the whole summer school concept and approach. We aim to inspire and help our students to develop the knowledge, abilities and qualities needed to fulfil their potential in both their personal and professional lives. This will help them become happy, confident and successful individuals in a global, competitive and fast-changing world.

We improve our students’ ability and comfort zone and to overcome barriers. confidence to communicate and operate They learn how to achieve positive in the 21st century. As well as providing change for themselves, their friends, English tuition, we help our students their families, their colleagues and, to discover their True Me. This enables ultimately, for society as a whole. them to gain the learning skills, insight 2 Our aim: future ready ...... 3 Each student leaves British Summer 3 and self-motivation that will help them Our courses ...... 4 School with new confidence in get ready for their future, adult life. Our locations ...... 6 themselves, improved English language Throughout our series of summer abilities, a deeper understanding of Creatives of the future (6-10 yrs) ...... 10 school courses, students learn to different cultures and friendships, skills Explorers of the future (8-12 yrs) ...... 16 tackle new challenges; to explore new and memories to last a lifetime. experiences; to step outside their Adventurers of the future (10-14 yrs) ...... 22 Academics of the future (12-17 yrs) ...... 28 Leaders of the future (15-18 yrs) ...... 33 Academic programme ...... 40 Leisure programme ...... 42 We improve our students’ Pro Options...... 43 ability and confidence to True Me programme ...... 44 communicate and operate Cultural programme ...... 45 in the 21st century. Care of our students ...... 46 At a glance ...... 47 Online courses...... 48 Alumni ...... 49 The small print ...... 50 Our passion ...... 51 Our courses All our English Language Learning courses - at every age group - are based on the ‘Framework for 21st Century Learning’ and are designed to develop students’ Life and Career Skills, Learning and Innovation Skills and Information, Media and Technology Skills; as well as to be complementary to their regular schooling. Every course is academically challenging, innovative, market-leading and inspiring. future ready Each course forms part of an overall developed to suit its particular bespoke three-stage learning syllabus age group and to be an enjoyable covering Foundation, Progression and experience in its own right. OUR PURPOSE: Completion personal growth stages. Students, however, who attend more To improve students’ English skills, accuracy and fluency Students can attend one or multiple than one of our courses, will recognise courses over a number of summers and benefit from the compounded and develop their knowledge, life skills and individual but they are only permitted to attend learning and the personal development qualities to prepare them for success in their future each course once. It is not necessary to structure that is built in across the full have attended any previous courses for British Summer School syllabus. personal, social, academic and professional lives in a students to enjoy their chosen course Student numbers and nationalities are global, competitive and fast-changing world. as each one has been specially strictly controlled so as to ensure an

unforgettable and carefully-managed

experience for every student on every LEARNING FOUNDATION >> PROGRESSION >> COMPLETION >> 4 course. STAGE 5

COURSE Creatives Explorers Adventurers Academics Leaders NAME of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future

ENGLISH Creating Exploring Adventuring Studying Leading THROUGH™

LEARNING 21st Century Learning curriculum Each course forms part of FRAMEWORK an overall bespoke three-stage learning syllabus covering CENTRE Cumnor Brambletye Clayesmore Worth Oundle

Foundation, Progression and 6-10 years 8-12 years 10-14 years 12-17 year 15-18 years Completion personal growth stages. AGES TRUE ME √ √ √ √ √

Creatives Explorers Adventurers Academics Leaders PLACES 60 60 80 150 80 of the of the of the of the of the Our courses combine to form a bespoke, progressive learning strategy. ATTENDANCE future future future future future They are truly unique and students are only permitted to attend each course once. Hosted at some of England’s finest private Clayesmore School Our locations boarding schools We have selected some of England’s finest private boarding schools to host our Each centre has British Summer School courses, been carefully all of which are within easy chosen to reach of London’s Heathrow, match the Gatwick and Stansted airports. course content All of our centres have and structure. excellent teaching, leisure and accommodation facilities and have been carefully chosen to complement the content and structure of each course.

6 7

1. CUMNOR HOUSE SUSSEX Haywards Heath RH17 7HT STANSTED 2. AIRPORT BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL 5. East Grinstead RH19 3PD HEATHROW 3. AIRPORT 4. CLAYESMORE SCHOOL Blandford Forum DT11 8LL 2. GATWICK 4. AIRPORT WORTH SCHOOL Crawley RH10 4SD 1. 5. 3. OUNDLE SCHOOL “Children learn best when they Peterborough PE8 4GH are doing things that they enjoy - so make learning fun.”

BRAM VAN ASSELT CHIEF EXECUTIVE 3. Clayesmore School Locations overview Adventurers of the future

Clayesmore School is 1. Cumnor House Sussex School situated in the beautiful Dorset countryside Creatives in the South West of of the future England, close to the traditional seaside Cumnor House Sussex resort of Poole and the is situated at the vibrant university town heart of the Ashdown of Bournemouth. Forest in Sussex, in the South East of England, close to the traditional seaside town of Eastbourne and the vibrant city of 4. Worth School Brighton. Academics of the future

Worth School is situated in the 2. Brambletye School beautiful West Sussex countryside 8 Explorers in the South East of 9 of the future England, close to the town of Crawley and within easy reach of Brambletye School the beautiful seaside is centred on a and vibrant city of large country estate Brighton. overlooking the Ashdown Forest in the South East of England, close to the ancient market town of East 5. Oundle School Grinstead. Leaders of the future

Oundle School is situated in a charming market town in the heart of Northamptonshire, a beautiful rural county in central England with “We have over 50 years’ experience of running premier excellent access to summer schools and sport and activity camps for Cambridge.

international and English students of all ages.” BRAM VAN ASSELT CHIEF EXECUTIVE AGES: 6-10 YEARS “It’s important to develop every child as an indivdual in their own right.” STEVE WOOD MANAGING DIRECTOR Creatives of the future This course, part of the Foundation stage of the British Summer School portfolio, includes 17½ hours of lessons per week. It takes place at Cumnor House Sussex School and welcomes students from 6-10 years old.

COURSE SUMMARY

Lessons take place from Monday to We develop students’ creative and Friday and consist of Core English learning skills through practical (1½ hours), Innovation and Learning lessons in a range of creative arts (1 hour) and Focus Creativity (1 hour). such as dance, drawing, drama, Four evenings per week, students join The objectives of the lessons are music, painting, photography, our innovative True Me sessions, which to improve students’ receptive and sculpture and storytelling. feature activities carefully-designed to productive English language skills and increase their confidence and happiness In the afternoons, students to develop their ability to communicate and develop healthy and sustainable take part in our Sport and and operate in the 21st century. relationships in order to help them Leisure activity programme reach their full potential in their Particular emphasis is placed upon where they can choose personal, school and social lives. the importance and impact of between a number of learning through creativity. different sports and On Friday evenings, students join activities. our Let’s Celebrate event which is 10 11 an awards ceremony and evening of celebration that students will never forget.

Every Saturday and Sunday we organise supervised excursions for students to visit places of cultural and historical interest, go to the seaside and have an opportunity for recreational activities, shopping and to spend time relaxing with their new friends away from the more structured school learning environment.

The objectives of the lessons are to improve students’ receptive and productive - Core English English language skills and - Learning & Innovation to develop their ability to - Focus Creativity - Leisure Programme communicate and operate - True Me

in the 21st century. INCLUDES COURSE - Cultural Excursions AGES: 6-10 YEARS Creatives of the future

CENTRE Cumnor House Sussex School

LOCATION This centre is situated at the heart of the Ashdown Forest in Sussex, in the South East of England, close to the traditional seaside town of Eastbourne (45 km) and the vibrant city of Brighton (32 km). London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports are easily accessible by road (26 km and 82 km respectively).

SCHOOL MEALS Cumnor House Sussex School, an The menu offers a mix of English and exclusive partner of British Summer international food. There are always School for residential summer courses, two hot choices available for lunch and is a co-educational preparatory dinner and a salad bar. Vegetarians and boarding and day school. The school special diets for medical or religious has modern classrooms; studios for needs are accommodated. art, ceramics, dance and music; and SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES excellent sports facilities - all designed This centre has extensive sports for the younger student. It is the facilities including numerous rugby, ideal venue for students to create, football and cricket pitches, an all- explore and learn in safe and secure weather astroturf pitch, a heated surroundings. indoor swimming pool, an outdoor 12 ACCOMMODATION pool, four netball and tennis courts, 13 Boys and girls are accommodated cricket nets, an athletics track, a nine- in separate boarding houses. Most hole golf course, an outdoor climbing bedrooms have 4-8 beds per room wall and a sports hall. There is vast and students share with children of a open countryside including a “school similar age and of different nationalities. in the woods”, an outdoor theatre, a Bathrooms are shared. playground and a boating lake.

OTHER FACILITIES This centre has many modern Ages: classrooms with interactive CLUBHOUSE whiteboards, a drama theatre, 6-10 years The Clubhouse is a social space, equipped with sofas, an IT suite and dining room. TV, recreational games, magazines and a tuck-shop where Capacity: students can relax, socialise and chat in an informal and 60 students comfortable setting. WI-FI Wi-Fi is available in some communal areas across the campus.

The school has modern - Cumnor House Sussex - South East England classrooms; studios for art, - 60 students maximum ceramics, dance and music; and - 6-10 years - 4-8 beds per room excellent sports facilities - all - Wi-Fi

designed for the younger student. VENUE OVERVIEW - Clubhouse www.cumnor.co.uk AGES: 6-10 YEARS Creatives of the future TIMETABLE Lessons A typical week

CORE ENGLISH: These more traditional English language lessons are designed SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY to improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, writing, speaking, 08:00 New students Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Departing students ARRIVAL DAY listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary in both formal and 08.45 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast DEPARTURE DAY 09:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting informal contexts and deepen their understanding of grammar in order to You can arrive at You can depart at 09:30 any time of the day CORE ENGLISH CORE CORE CORE CORE any time of the day but preferably in the ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH but preferably late improve spoken and written accuracy. afternoon. Describe your morning or early family. Talk about Describe your Make a list of REVISION afternoon. your home house. your hobbies, of all If you arrive at town. likes and vocabulary the school before dislikes. and grammar. Departing students LEARNING AND INNOVATION FOCUS CREATIVITY 09:00, you can go cannot go on the 10:15 on the excursion if Break Break Break Break Break excursion. These task-based projects, using These lessons are designed to you want. 10.30 CORE ENGLISH CORE CORE CORE CORE Technology, Digital Communication simultaneously improve students’ Create and ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH and Media, enable students to work English and develop their creative skills present your Create your Invent a Create a ASSESSMENT family tree ideal city and house for survey to collaboratively to research, discuss by offering practical lessons in a range Continuing students explain why your favourite find out the Continuing students famous singer most popular and create projects that reflect their of creative arts such as: ALL DAY ALL DAY EXCURSION hobbies of the EXCURSION knowledge, skills and personality while class • Dance developing strategies that are essential 11.15 Choose between: Break Break Break Break Break Choose between: • Drawing 11.30 LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & for success in the 21st century. The Walking Tour of • City Visit • Drama INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION projects have been specially created to London Visit the city of • Music • A full day of Create a Research Write a blog Find your Write and send Brighton: explore help develop the students’ capabilities sightseeing which 1-minute video and present about your favourite an email to the city centre, • Painting may include Big to introduce your favourite first day video clip on your parents in visit the Royal in each of the 4Cs that form the core of yourself. emoticon. at British YouTube for English. • Photography Ben, Houses Pavilion, browse the 21st Century Learning curriculum: of Parliament, Summer Kids and tell the boutiques in • Sculpture Buckingham School. your Teacher The Lanes and Collaboration, Communication, Palace, Trafalgar why. go shopping in • Storytelling Square, Leicester Churchill Square. 12.30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Creativity and Critical Thinking. Square and Covent Garden. 14 13.30 FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS or 15 CREATIVITY CREATIVITY CREATIVITY CREATIVITY CREATIVITY or Take photos Choose a Using common Draw a picture Create a • Seaside of the school picture and household of a famous comedy sketch Spend the day Fun / Adventure and create an colour it in as objects, make landmark from in groups of 3 in the traditional • Go on as many album. neatly as you some music. your country. and perform it seaside town rides as you can can. to the class. of Eastbourne, at Chessington walk along the 14.30 Break Break Break Break Break World of promenade with an ice-cream, dip your 15.00 Adventures. Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting toes in the water, 15.30 SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & have lunch on the LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE beach and visit Eastbourne Pier. Choose Choose Choose Choose Choose between: between: between: between: between: • Cricket • Football • Handball • Basketball • Football • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Capture the • Athletics • Dance • Table Tennis • Tennis Flag • Drama • Puppetry • Painting • Origami MISSION: • Cooking 17.00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time INTEGRATION! 18.00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner 18:45 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting

19.00 MISSION: TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME LET’S Dinner and This is an evening of carefully planned and INTEGRATION! Physical Mental Social Fun CELEBRATE Free Time Participate in Challenge: Challenge: Challenge: Challenge: Celebrate a number of to build trust to gain to determine to express friendship and supervised social activities that allows new Icebreaker Activities and facilitate confidence. your life yourself express your to get to know the communication. Escape Room. purpose. and live True Me. students to meet their peers and integrate group and make Assemble a Solve riddles, Create a authentically. Perform / friends. fabric camping puzzles and project to Create demonstrate themselves with the other students on the course, tent without challenges to present how something what you have instructions. beat a themed you will make visual to created. escape room the world a perform / boosting cohesion and promoting a nurturing, in under 60 better place. demonstrate minutes. tomorrow.

healthy and positive group dynamic from day one. 20:30 House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting

21:00 Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out AGES: 8-12 YEARS Explorers of the future This course, part of the Foundation stage of the British Summer School portfolio, includes 17½ hours of lessons per week. It takes place at Brambletye School and welcomes students from 8-12 years old.

COURSE SUMMARY

Lessons take place from Monday everyday animals and plants that cohabit to Friday and consist of Core English together in the local environment. (1½ hours), Innovation and Learning In the afternoons, students take part in (1 hour) and Focus Exploration our Leisure programme where they can (1 hour). The objectives of the lessons choose between a number of different are to improve students’ receptive and sports and activities. Alternatively, they productive language skills and to develop can participate in our Pro Options On Friday evenings, students join our their ability to communicate and operate programme which is designed to event which is an awards in the 21st century. Let’s Celebrate increase students’ skills, techniques ceremony and evening of celebration that We focus on developing and improving and knowledge in a particular sport or students will never forget. students’ instinctive curiosity and their creative art of their choice. Every Saturday and Sunday we organise growing desire to explore, understand Four evenings per week, students join supervised excursions for students to visit and learn. Together, we explore and 16 our innovative True Me sessions, which places of cultural and historical interest, 17 investigate the natural world, looking at feature activities carefully-designed to go to the seaside and have an opportunity

increase their confidence and happiness for recreational activities, shopping and to

and develop healthy and sustainable spend time relaxing with their new friends

relationships in order to help them reach away from the more structured school

their full potential in their personal, school learning environment.

and social lives.

The objectives of the lessons are to improve students’ receptive and productive English - Core English language skills and to - Learning & Innovation - Focus Exploration develop their ability to - Leisure Programme communicate and operate - Pro Options - True Me

in the 21st century. INCLUDES COURSE - Cultural Excursions AGES: 8-12 YEARS Explorers of the future

CENTRE Brambletye School

LOCATION: This centre is located on a large country estate overlooking the Ashdown Forest in the South East of England, close to the ancient market town of East Grinstead (1 km) and within easy reach of the beautiful seaside town of Eastbourne (52 km) and the vibrant city of Brighton (48 km). London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports are easily accessible by road (16 km and 71 km respectively).

SCHOOL MEALS Brambletye School, an exclusive partner The menu offers a mix of English and of British Summer School for residential international food. There are always summer courses, is a co-educational two hot choices available for lunch and preparatory boarding and day school. dinner and a salad bar. Vegetarians and The school has sporting, music, drama special diets for medical or religious and arts facilities and is situated in its needs are accommodated. own woodlands, giving students the SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES ideal opportunity to explore and learn This centre has excellent sports facilities from the natural world. including extensive playing fields, a ACCOMMODATION sports hall, tennis and netball courts, Boys and girls are accommodated squash courts, a golf course, an indoor in separate boarding houses. Most swimming pool, an assault course and 18 bedrooms have 4-8 beds per room a 220m zip wire. 19 and students share with children of a OTHER FACILITIES similar age and of different nationalities. This centre has many modern Bathrooms are shared. classrooms with interactive whiteboards, a drama theatre, music and arts facilities and dining room.

Ages: CLUBHOUSE 8-12 years The Clubhouse is a social space, equipped with sofas, Capacity: TV, recreational games, magazines and a tuck-shop where students can relax, socialise and chat in an informal and comfortable setting. 60 students WI-FI Wi-Fi is available in some communal areas across the campus.

The school has sporting, music, - Brambletye School - South East England drama and arts facilities and is - 60 students maximum situated in its own woodlands, - 8-12 years - 4-8 beds per room giving students the ideal - Wi-Fi

opportunity to explore and learn. VENUE OVERVIEW - Clubhouse www.brambletye.co.uk AGES: 8-12 YEARS Explorers of the future TIMETABLE Lessons A typical week SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

CORE ENGLISH: These more traditional English language lessons are 08:00 New students Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Departing ARRIVAL DAY students 08.45 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast designed to improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, DEPARTURE DAY 09:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary You can arrive at 09:30 any time of the CORE CORE CORE CORE CORE You can depart in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their understanding of day but preferably ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH at any time of the in the afternoon. day but preferably Think of a famous Make a list of Describe your Make a list of REVISION late morning or grammar in order to improve spoken and written accuracy. person and write different jobs / school at home: your 10 favourite of all vocabulary early afternoon. If you arrive at clues for your professions and buildings, facilities, foods / meals and and grammar the school before classmates to categorise them. lessons, timetable, compare with your seen during the 09:00, you can go guess. teachers. classmate. week. Departing on the excursion if students cannot 10:15 Break Break Break Break Break LEARNING AND INNOVATION FOCUS EXPLORATION you want. go on the excursion. 10.30 CORE CORE CORE CORE CORE These task-based projects, using These practical lessons are designed to ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH Technology, Digital Communication improve students’ English and develop Write a biography Choose your Create your Design a menu ASSESSMENT of your favourite favourite job and ideal school for one day at and Media, enable students to work their abilities to explore and understand Continuing famous person. make a list of timetable and British Summer collaboratively to research, discuss the natural world from everyday students the daily tasks / present it to School including ALL DAY duties. your friend. breakfast, lunch Continuing and create projects that reflect their animals and plants that cohabit local EXCURSION and dinner. students knowledge, skills and personality while habitats such as gardens, parks, forests, 11.15 Break Break Break Break Break ALL DAY Choose between: EXCURSION developing strategies that are essential rivers, beaches and towns, progressing 11.30 LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION for success in the 21st century. The to learning about environments further Walking Tour of Choose between: London Create a one Research Write a blog Find your favourite Write and send projects have been specially created to afield such as jungles, deserts, oceans minute video and present about your • A full day of video clip on an email to to introduce your favourite first day at • City Visit sightseeing YouTube for Kids your parents in help develop the students’ capabilities and even planets in the solar system. yourself. emoticon. British Summer Visit the city which may and tell your English. School. teacher why. of Brighton: in each of the 4Cs that form the core of include Big explore the city the 21st Century Learning curriculum: 12.30 Ben, Houses Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch centre, visit the of Parliament, Royal Pavilion, Collaboration, Communication, 13.30 Buckingham FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS browse the Palace, Trafalgar EXPLORATION EXPLORATION EXPLORATION EXPLORATION EXPLORATION boutiques in Square, Leicester Creativity and Critical Thinking. Go to the park and Draw a picture of Research and Explore the Draw a picture The Lanes and Square and 20 take photos of all the solar system make a list of differences of a plant or go shopping 21 Covent Garden. the animals you can and label the animals that live between a village, flower and in Churchill see and show your planets. in the jungle. town and city. label it. Square. or friends. or 14.30 Break Break Break Break Break Fun / Adventure 15.00 • Go on as many Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting • Seaside rides as you can Spend the day 15.30 at Chessington SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & in the traditional World of LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE seaside town Adventures. Choose Choose Choose Choose between: Choose of Eastbourne, between: between: between: • Basketball between: walk along the promenade with • Cricket • Football • Handball • Swimming • Football an ice-cream, • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Table Tennis dip your toes • Dodgeball • Athletics • Dance • Painting • Tennis in the water, • Cooking • Drama • Puppetry or Pro Options • Origami have lunch on or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options the beach and visit Eastbourne MISSION: 17.00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Pier. 18.00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner INTEGRATION! 18:45 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting 19.00 MISSION: TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME LET’S Dinner and INTEGRATION! Physical Mental Challenge: Social Fun CELEBRATE Free Time Participate Challenge: to gain Challenge: Challenge: Celebrate in a number to build trust confidence. to determine to express friendship and This is an evening of carefully planned and of Icebreaker and facilitate Escape Room. your life yourself and live express your Activities to get communication. Solve riddles, purpose. authentically. True Me. supervised social activities that allows new to know the group Assemble a puzzles and Create a project Create something Perform / and make friends. fabric camping challenges to to present how visual to perform demonstrate tent without beat a themed you will make / demonstrate what you have students to meet their peers and integrate instructions. escape room the world a tomorrow. created. in under 60 better place. themselves with the other students on the course, minutes. boosting cohesion and promoting a nurturing, 20:30 House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting healthy and positive group dynamic from day one. 21:00 Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out AGES: 10-14 YEARS “We encourage everyone to listen and talk to

each other, to laugh and to ask questions.” BRAM VAN ASSELT CHIEF EXECUTIVE Adventurers of the future This course, part of the Progression stage of the British Summer School portfolio, includes 20 hours of lessons per week. It takes place at Clayesmore School and welcomes students from 10-14 years old.

COURSE SUMMARY On Friday evenings, students join our Let’s Celebrate event Lessons are offered from Monday to In the afternoons, students take part in which is an awards ceremony Friday and consist of Core English our Leisure programme where they can and evening of celebration that (1½ hours), Innovation and Learning choose between a number of different students will never forget. (1 hour) and Focus Adventure sports and activities. Alternatively, they (1½ hours). The objectives of the lessons can participate in our Pro Options Every Saturday and Sunday we are to improve students’ receptive programme which is designed to organise supervised excursions and productive language skills and to increase students’ skills, techniques for students to visit places of develop their ability to communicate and knowledge in a particular sport or cultural and historical interest, and operate in the 21st century. creative art of their choice. go to the seaside and have an opportunity for recreational We focus on stimulating students’ Four evenings per week, students join activities, shopping and to appetite for, and sense of, adventure our innovative True Me sessions, which spend time relaxing with along with building their self- feature activities carefully-designed to their new friends away confidence through practical outdoor increase their confidence and happiness from the more structured 22 lessons including areas such as bush and develop healthy and sustainable 23 school learning craft, survival skills and orienteering. relationships in order to help them environment. reach their full potential in their personal, school and social lives.

We focus on stimulating students’ appetite for, - Core English - Learning & Innovation and sense of, adventure - Focus Adventure along with building their - Leisure Programme - Pro Options self-confidence through - True Me

practical outdoors lessons. INCLUDES COURSE - Cultural Excursions AGES: 10-14 YEARS Adventurers of the future

CENTRE Clayesmore School

LOCATION: This centre is situated in the beautiful Dorset countryside in the South West of England, close to the traditional seaside resort of Poole (35 km) and the vibrant university town of Bournemouth (42 km). London’s Heathrow airport is easily accessible by road (160 km).

SCHOOL MEALS Clayesmore, a long-term partner The menu offers a mix of English and of British Summer School, is a co- international food. There are always educational Senior Boarding and Day two hot choices available for lunch and School. This school provides a spacious, dinner and a salad bar. Vegetarians and relaxed and friendly atmosphere which special diets for medical or religious gives students the opportunity to needs are accommodated. explore, learn and think. SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES ACCOMMODATION This centre has excellent sports facilities Boys and girls are accommodated including extensive and superbly- in separate boarding houses. Most maintained playing fields and games bedrooms have 2-4 beds per room and courts. There is a full size, flood-lit, students share with children of a similar all-weather hockey pitch, 25m indoor age and of different nationalities. Some swimming pool and sports centre with 24 larger bedrooms may be available. cricket nets, badminton and squash 25 Bathrooms are shared. courts and a fitness suite.

OTHER FACILITIES This centre has many modern classrooms with interactive whiteboards, a drama theatre, an IT suite and dining room.

Ages: CLUBHOUSE 10-14 years The Clubhouse is a social space, equipped with sofas, Capacity: TV, recreational games, magazines and a tuck-shop where students can relax, socialise and chat in an informal and comfortable setting. 80 students WI-FI Wi-Fi is available in some communal areas across the campus.

- Clayesmore School - South West England This centre has excellent sports - 80 students maximum facilities including extensive and - 10-14 years - 2-4 beds per room superbly-maintained playing - Wi-Fi

fields and games courts. VENUE OVERVIEW - Clubhouse www.clayesmore.com AGES: 10-14 YEARS Adventurers of the future TIMETABLE Lessons A typical week SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

CORE ENGLISH: These more traditional English language lessons are 07:45 New students Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Departing ARRIVAL DAY students 08.30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast designed to improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, DEPARTURE DAY 09:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary You can arrive 09:30 at any time of CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH You can depart at in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their understanding of the day but any time of the day preferably in the Make a list of the Think of the best Research as Think of all the REVISION but preferably late afternoon. ideal qualities in holiday you have many different different gadgets of all vocabulary morning or early grammar in order to improve spoken and written accuracy. a best friend and ever had and tell adventure sports you have, what and grammar afternoon. compare with your classmate as possible in you use them for seen during the If you arrive at your classmates. about it. groups of two. and which are the week. the school before most important. Departing students LEARNING AND INNOVATION FOCUS ADVENTURE 09:00, you cannot go on the 10:15 can go on the Break Break Break Break Break excursion. These task-based projects, using These lessons are designed to improve excursion if you 10.30 CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH want. Technology, Digital Communication students’ English and at the same time, Choose a friend Write a Write a survey Write a personal ASSESSMENT and Media, enable students to work stimulate their appetite for adventure from your home description to to find out how diary entry of Continuing Continuing country (no promote your many classmates a day in the students collaboratively to research, discuss (and an appreciation of life without students names) and write a holiday for a have done the future without comparison using travel agent’s adventure sports any gadgets or ALL DAY ALL DAY EXCURSION and create projects that reflect their modern-day technology). Practical EXCURSION connectors of his/ prospectus. on your list and technology. What her attributes with which ones will you do? knowledge, skills and personality while outdoor lessons cover areas such as those of your ideal are the most Choose friend. popular. developing strategies that are essential bush craft, backpacking, fishing, hiking, Choose between: between: for success in the 21st century. The wilderness survival skills, orienteering 11.15 Break Break Break Break Break • City Visit projects have been specially created to and handling emergency situations. 11.30 Walking Tour of LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & Visit the city of London INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION help develop the students’ capabilities Learning about fire, shelter, signalling, Brighton: explore • A full day of Create a one Research Write a blog Find your favourite Write and send the city centre, in each of the 4Cs that form the core of food and water engages students with sightseeing minute video and present about your first video clip on an email to visit the Royal which may to introduce your favourite day at British YouTube for Kids your parents in Pavilion, browse the 21st Century Learning curriculum: the natural world and develops their include Big yourself. emoticon. Summer School. and tell your English. the boutiques in Ben, Houses teacher why. The Lanes and Collaboration, Communication, connection with our primal instincts of Parliament, go shopping in Creativity and Critical Thinking. and our innate sense of adventure. 12.30 Buckingham Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Churchill Square. Palace, 13.30 Trafalgar FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS 26 Square, ADVENTURE ADVENTURE ADVENTURE ADVENTURE ADVENTURE or 27 Leicester Learn how Navigate your Take a selfie with In teams, Design your Square and to survive by way from A things you find participate in own outdoor • Seaside Covent designing and to B using a in a forest. a number of adventure Spend the day Garden. building a shelter. detailed map and physical activities challenge for in the traditional compass. and challenges. your classmates. seaside town of Eastbourne, or 15.00 Break Break Break Break Break walk along the promenade with 15.50 Fun / Adventure Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting an ice-cream, dip • Discover the your toes in the 15.45 water park SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & SPORTS & water, have lunch and mud trail LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE LEISURE on the beach and obstacle course Choose Choose Choose Choose Choose visit Eastbourne at Dorset between: between: between: between: between: Pier. Adventure • Cricket • Football • Handball • Basketball • Football Park. • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Mountain Biking • Skateboarding • Roller Blading • Countryside Trek • Mountain Biking • Cooking • Drama • Puppetry • Painting • Origami MISSION: or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options 17.15 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time INTEGRATION! 18.00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner 19:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting

19.30 MISSION: TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME LET’S Dinner and Free Time INTEGRATION! Physical Mental Challenge: Social Challenge: Fun CELEBRATE This is an evening of carefully planned and Participate Challenge: to gain to determine Challenge: Celebrate in a number to build trust confidence. your life to express friendship and of Icebreaker and facilitate Escape Room. purpose. yourself and live express your supervised social activities that allows new Activities to get communication. Solve riddles, Create a project authentically. True Me. to know the Assemble a puzzles and to present how Create something Perform / students to meet their peers and integrate group and make fabric camping challenges to you will make visual to perform demonstrate friends tent without beat a themed the world a / demonstrate what you have instructions. escape room better place. tomorrow. created. themselves with the other students on the course, in under 60 boosting cohesion and promoting a nurturing, minutes. 21:00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time healthy and positive group dynamic from day one. 21:30 House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting 22:00 Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out AGES: 12-17 YEARS “We work hard together with our students to help them

develop their skills, knowledge and understanding.” STEVE WOOD MANAGING DIRECTOR Academics of the future This course, part of the Progression stage of the British Summer School portfolio, includes 22½ hours of lessons per week. It takes place at Worth School and welcomes students from 12-17 years old. Three evenings per week, students join our innovative True Me sessions, which feature activities carefully-designed to increase their confidence and happiness and develop healthy COURSE SUMMARY and sustainable relationships in order to help Lessons take place from Monday skills in English and expanding their them reach their full potential in their personal, to Friday and consist of Core English knowledge and understanding of some social, academic and professional lives. (2 hours), Innovation and Learning key topics from the following three On Friday evenings, students join our (1 hour) and Focus Academic occupational disciplines: STEM (Science, Let’s event which is an awards ceremony (1½ hours). The objectives of the lessons Technology, Engineering, Mathematics); Celebrate and evening of celebration that students will are to improve students’ receptive Business; and the Humanities. and productive language skills and to never forget. In the afternoons, students take part in develop their ability to communicate our Leisure programme where they can Every Saturday and Sunday we organise and operate in the 21st century. choose between a number of different supervised excursions for students to visit places of cultural and historical interest, go There is a stronger academic focus to sports and activities. Alternatively, they to the seaside and have an opportunity for this course and particular emphasis is can participate in our Pro Options placed on improving students’ writing programme which is designed to recreational activities, shopping and to spend time relaxing with their new friends 28 increase students’ skills, techniques 29 and knowledge in a particular away from the more structured school sport or creative art of learning environment. their choice.

There is a stronger academic focus on this course and particular emphasis is placed - Core English - Learning & Innovation on improving students’ writing - Focus Academic skills in English and their - Leisure Programme - Pro Options knowledge and understanding - True Me

of some key topics. INCLUDES COURSE - Cultural Excursions AGES: 12-17 YEARS Academics of the future

CENTRE Worth School

LOCATION: This centre is situated in the beautiful West Sussex countryside in the South East of England, close to the town of Crawley (11 km) and within easy reach of the beautiful seaside and vibrant city of Brighton (37 km). London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports are easily accessible by road (13 km and 71 km respectively).

SCHOOL MEALS Worth School, a loyal partner of British The menu offers a mix of English and Summer School for residential summer international food. There are always courses, is a co-educational Senior two hot choices available for lunch and Boarding and Day School. Its excellent dinner and a salad bar. Vegetarians and academic, leisure and boarding facilities special diets for medical or religious and its vast open spaces makes this needs are accommodated. school ideal for our Academics of the SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES future course. This centre has excellent sports facilities ACCOMMODATION including extensive playing fields, Boys and girls are accommodated a sports hall, tennis courts, cricket in separate boarding houses. Most wickets, a floodlit Astro pitch, a fencing bedrooms have 2-4 beds per room. salle, a hard-court area, a cardiovascular 30 Some single and larger rooms may be suite and horse-riding stables. 31 available. Bathrooms are shared. OTHER FACILITIES This centre has a good number of modern classrooms with interactive whiteboards, drama theatre, music and arts facilities and dining room.

Ages: CLUBHOUSE 12-17 years The Clubhouse is a social space, equipped with sofas, TV, recreational Capacity: games, magazines and tuck-shop where students can relax, socialise 150 students and chat in an informal and comfortable setting. WI-FI Wi-Fi is available in some communal areas across the campus.

Its excellent academic, leisure - Worth School - South East England and boarding facilities and its - 150 students maximum vast open spaces makes this - 12-17 years - 2-4 beds per room school ideal for our Academics - Wi-Fi

of the future course. VENUE OVERVIEW - Clubhouse www.worthschool.org.uk AGES: 12-17 YEARS Academics of the future TIMETABLE A typical week

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

07:15 New students Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Departing Lessons students ARRIVAL DAY 08.00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast DEPARTURE 08:45 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting DAY CORE ENGLISH: These more traditional English language lessons are You can arrive 09:00 at any time of CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH designed to further improve students’ receptive and productive skills the day but You can depart preferably in the What does true In twos, make a list What domestic and In twos, research REVISION at any time of (reading, writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of afternoon. friendship mean? of the advantages global social media some basic facts of all vocabulary the day but What attributes and disadvantages channels do you use, about BREXIT and grammar seen preferably late does an ideal friend of playing modern how often and what and present your during the week. morning or early their vocabulary in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their If you arrive have? How many true computer games. for? Discuss with findings to the afternoon. at the school friends do you have? your classmates. class. understanding of grammar in order to improve spoken and written accuracy. before 09:00, Discuss with your you can go on classmate. Departing the excursion if students cannot 10:00 you want. Break Break Break Break Break go on the excursion. LEARNING AND INNOVATION • Writing skills - students improve 10.15 CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH These task-based projects, using their written English in a range of Look at the list of online Design a survey to Prepare for a debate Write a short ASSESSMENT friends on one of your see how many of on the benefits and academic essay to Technology, Digital Communication different contexts such as essays, social media platforms. your classmates play drawbacks that present what you Decide some criteria to computer games, for constant online know about BREXIT and Media, enable students to work articles, reports, reviews and critical Continuing determine how many how long each day presence has on and the impact it collaboratively to research, discuss analyses. students of them are real friends and how they make young people and will have for the Continuing and share your findings them feel. Present how it affects the citizens of the UK ALL DAY students and conclusions with your findings to the development of more and the EU. and create projects that reflect their • STEM - students study one topic ALL DAY EXCURSION the class. class. traditional social and EXCURSION knowledge, skills and personality while per day in the subjects of Science, interpersonal skills. Choose developing strategies that are essential Technology, Engineering and Maths. 11.15 Break Break Break Break Break between: Choose between: for success in the 21st century. The • Business - students are introduced 11.30 LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & projects have been specially created to to a number of key topics to Walking Tour of INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION London Using your mobile Write a blog about Find a video clip Program a micro bit Write an email to • City Visit help develop the students’ capabilities prepare them to work in business or • A full day of phone, record a your first day at on YouTube that to achieve a task of your parents in Visit the city of Brighton: in each of the 4Cs that form the core of run their own company. sightseeing one-minute video to British Summer summarizes how you your choice such as English to tell them which may introduce yourself and School and post it feel about technology controlling a music about achievements explore the city the 21st Century Learning curriculum: • Humanities – students expand their include Big show your classmate. online. and explain the video play list or creating a so far at British centre, visit the Ben, Houses and your feelings to visual message for a Summer School. Royal Pavilion, Collaboration, Communication, knowledge in subjects such as of Parliament, the class. classmate. browse the boutiques in Creativity and Critical Thinking. Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy Buckingham 12.30 Palace, Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch The Lanes and and Citizenship. Trafalgar go shopping 32 13.30 Square, FOCUS ACADEMIC FOCUS ACADEMIC FOCUS ACADEMIC FOCUS ACADEMIC FOCUS ACADEMIC in Churchill 33 FOCUS ACADEMIC Leicester Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Square.

Square and • Writing skills • Writing skills • Writing skills • Writing skills • Writing skills These lessons are designed to further Covent or improve students’ writing skills or Garden. • STEM • STEM • STEM • STEM • STEM FOCUS ACADEMIC: • Business • Business • Business • Business • Business • Seaside extend their knowledge in a number or • Humanities • Humanities • Humanities • Humanities • Humanities Spend the day of disciplines (STEM / Business / in the traditional 15:00 Break Break Break Break Break You will study the same Fun / seaside town Humanities), all in an academic context, Adventure of Eastbourne, academic discipline for 15.30 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting walk along the to prepare them for a competitive • Discover the promenade with 15.45 water park SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE world where English is key to global the whole week an ice-cream, and mud Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: dip your toes trail obstacle • Football • Football • Football • Football • Football in the water, communication. course at • Cricket • Tennis • Volleyball • Basketball • Tennis have lunch on Dorset • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming the beach and Adventure visit Eastbourne • Aerobics • Circuits • Roller Blading • Countryside Trek • Mountain Biking Park. Pier. • Cooking • Improvisation • Board Games • Painting • Cooking MISSION: or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options INTEGRATION! 17.15 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time 18.30 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner This is an evening of carefully planned and 19:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting 19.00 MISSION: TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME LET’S CELEBRATE Dinner and Free Time INTEGRATION! Physical Challenge: Mental Challenge: Social Challenge: Fun Challenge: Celebrate supervised social activities that allows new Participate to build trust to gain confidence. to determine your to express friendship and in a number and facilitate Escape Room. Solve life purpose. yourself and live express your students to meet their peers and integrate of Icebreaker communication. riddles, puzzles and Create a project to authentically. True Me. Activities to get Assemble a fabric challenges to beat present how you will Create something Perform / themselves with the other students on the course, to know the camping tent without a themed escape make the world a visual to perform demonstrate what group and make instructions. room in under 60 better place. / demonstrate you have created. boosting cohesion and promoting a nurturing, friends minutes. tomorrow. 21:00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time

healthy and positive group dynamic from day one. 22:00 House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting House Meeting

23:00 Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out AGES: 15-18 YEARS AGES “Each student leaves British Summer School with new 10-14 YEAR OLDS confidence in themselves, ready for their future adult life.” BRAM VAN ASSELT CHIEF EXCECUTIVE Leaders of the future This course, which includes 22½ hours of lessons per week, represents the Completion stage of the British Summer School portfolio and has been developed to be a once in a lifetime experience. It takes place at Oundle School and welcomes students aged from 15-18 years old.

COURSE SUMMARY

Lessons are offered from Monday In the afternoons, students take part in More free time is given in the evenings on to Friday and consist of Core English our Leisure programme where they can this course to allow students to connect (2 hours), Innovation and Learning choose between a number of different with each other and discuss and explore (1 hour) and Focus Leadership (1½ hours). sports and activities. Alternatively, they their learning and insights from the course can participate in our Pro Options and each other. As well as refining and deepening the programme which is designed to students’ knowledge and application of On Friday evenings, students join our increase students’ skills, techniques the English language, this course looks Let’s Celebrate event which is an awards and knowledge in a particular sport or ahead to their adult life. It explores ceremony and evening of celebration that creative art of their choice. the leadership skills and characteristics students will never forget. which are consistently identified with For two evenings per week, students Every Saturday and Sunday we organise great leaders and successful individuals join our innovative True Me sessions supervised excursions for students to visit and the qualities and skills regarded which feature carefully-designed 34 places of cultural and historical interest, 35 as important for successful business workshops and activities to increase go to the seaside and have an opportunity executives, senior managers and their confidence and happiness and for recreational activities, shopping and to company owners. develop healthy and sustainable spend time relaxing with their new friends relationships that will help them reach away from the more structured school their full potential in their personal, learning environment. social, academic and professional lives.

This course explores the leadership skills and - Core English - Learning & Innovation characteristics which - Focus Leadership are consistently identified - Leisure Programme - Pro Options with great leaders and - True Me

successful individuals. INCLUDES COURSE - Cultural Excursions AGES: 15-18 AGESYEARS 10-14 YEAR OLDS Leaders of the future

CENTRE Oundle School

LOCATION: This centre is situated in a charming market town in the heart of Northamptonshire, a beautiful rural county in central England with excellent access to Cambridge (67 km). London’s Stansted, Luton and Heathrow airports are easily accessible by road (106 km, 111 km and 160 km respectively). Oundle lies just 23km west of Peterborough, a city which enjoys fast rail links to London, York and even Edinburgh in Scotland.

SCHOOL MEALS Oundle School is a loyal partner of The menu offers a mix of English and British Summer School for residential international food. There are always summer courses, is one of Britain’s two hot choices available for lunch and leading co-educational boarding dinner and a salad bar. Vegetarians and and day schools and offers a range special diets for medical or religious of excellent academic, leisure and needs are accommodated. boarding facilities. Located in the heart SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES of the town, students enjoy a sense This centre has excellent sports facilities of freedom and have easy access to including a sports hall, a fitness centre, shops, cafés, post office, banks and tennis courts, netball courts, squash even a local farmers’ market. courts, a floodlit, all-weather astroturf 36 37 ACCOMMODATION pitch, a 50m indoor swimming pool, Boys and girls are accommodated an athletics track and extensive in separate boarding houses. Most playing fields. bedrooms have 2-3 beds per room and OTHER FACILITIES students share with other students of This centre has a good number of a similar age and of different modern classrooms with interactive nationalities. Bathrooms are shared. whiteboards, drama theatre, music and arts facilities and dining room.

Ages: CLUBHOUSE 15-18 years The Clubhouse is a social space, equipped with sofas, TV, recreational Capacity: games, magazines and tuck-shop where students can relax, socialise and chat in an informal and comfortable setting. 80 students WI-FI Wi-Fi is available in some communal areas across the campus.

- Oundle School - Central England Located in the heart of the town, - 80 students maximum studets enjoy a sense of freedom - 15-18 years - 2-3 beds per room and have easy access to a range - Wi-Fi

of excellent facilities. VENUE OVERVIEW - Clubhouse www.oundleschool.org.uk AGES: 15-18 YEARS TIMETABLE Leaders of the future A typical week

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

07:15 New students Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up Departing ARRIVAL DAY students 08.00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast DEPARTURE Lessons 08:45 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting DAY You can arrive 09:00 at any time of CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH the day but You can depart CORE ENGLISH: These more traditional English language lessons are preferably in the What are influencers? What do you know What is fake news? Undertake some REVISION at any time of afternoon. What do they do and about COVID-19? Who coined this term? research about BREXIT, of all vocabulary the day but designed to deepen and refine students’ receptive and productive skills how do they earn money? Research the evolution, Research a current news focussing on the current and grammar seen preferably late How are they viewed in impact, infection topic and review the political and social during the week. morning or early If you arrive at your home country? In and mortality rates facts and conclusions landscape of the UK. afternoon. (reading, writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of the school before small groups, discuss how and current status of presented across How will the lives of UK 09:00, you can go influencers could affect the disease in your different media. and EU citizens change their vocabulary in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their on the excursion the development of young, own country and the after BREXIT? Departing if you want. impressionable children. effectiveness of your students cannot understanding of grammar in order to improve spoken and written accuracy. government’s response go on the and report back to the excursion. class. Continuing 10:00 Break Break Break Break Break students LEARNING AND INNOVATION FOCUS LEADERSHIP 10.15 ALL DAY CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH CORE ENGLISH Continuing students These task-based projects, using These lessons are designed to develop EXCURSION Prepare for an academic How will the world Write an article for Take the stance ASSESSMENT debate on the value or be different following online publication on of a LEAVER or a ALL DAY disservice that influencers COVID-19? Write the news topic you have REMAINER and EXCURSION Technology, Digital Communication the students’ understanding of Choose between: bring to children. Choose an academic essay researched. Choose to prepare to defend your and Media, enable students to work leadership qualities and skills. The course your stance and be ready presenting your views either portray the truth, or position during a group Choose between: collaboratively to research, discuss examines the characteristics which are Walking Tour of to argue your points and and the conclusions a fabrication of the story discussion. London be challenged by your you have drawn and present to the class and create projects that reflect their consistently identified with great leaders • A full day of teacher and peers. The from what you have which will decide whether • City Visit sightseeing debate will be recorded. personally witnessed you are reporting true or Visit the city knowledge, skills and personality while and are regarded as important for which may and experienced. fake news. of Cambridge: include Big stroll around developing strategies that are essential successful business executives, senior 11.15 Ben, Houses Break Break Break Break Break the historical for success in the 21st century. The managers and company owners as well of Parliament, city, visit one of 11.30 Buckingham LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & LEARNING & the University projects have been specially created to as leaders in other areas of life. These Palace, Trafalgar INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION INNOVATION Colleges, go Square, Using your mobile phone, Write a blog about Review your current or Carry out an individual Write an email to punting on the help develop the students’ capabilities include: Leicester record a two-minute video your expectations of create a new LinkedIn needs analysis of your your parents in river Cam and in each of the 4Cs that form the core of Square and to expose how you felt British Summer School page detailing your academic qualifications, English to tell them browse the • Awareness Covent Garden. on your first day at British and your experience of studies, skills and leadership skills and about achievements shops in the the 21st Century Learning curriculum: Summer School. the school so far and professional experiences professional experiences on the course so city centre. • Confidence post it online. to-date. to increase your future far. or Collaboration, Communication, employability. • Communication or Creativity and Critical Thinking. • Honesty and integrity 12.30 Fun / Adventure Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 38 • Go on as many • Seaside 39 • Innovation 13.30 rides as you FOCUS LEADERSHIP FOCUS LEADERSHIP FOCUS LEADERSHIP FOCUS LEADERSHIP FOCUS LEADERSHIP Spend the day can at Alton Prepare for an appraisal Research a news story This course, with its Think about what What attributes in the popular • Management Towers. with an under-performing which exposes a UK True Me element, positively and adversely make for a coastal town of Great Yarmouth, • Relationship building employee. Role play the Police Officer as having is considered to be affects your confidence successful leader? meeting in front of the acted dishonestly. innovative. Think of levels and research What have you walk along the • Resilience class. Present the story and other ways British ways to improve done in the past promenade with include your personal Summer School could your confidence that shows these an ice-cream, views. achieve innovation. in an academic or attributes? Reflect dip your toes professional setting. and present to the in the water, class. have lunch on the sandy 15:00 Break Break Break Break Break beach, take a donkey ride and 15.30 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting experience a British seaside 15.45 SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE SPORTS & LEISURE amusement Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: Choose between: arcade. • Football • Football • Football • Football • Football • Cricket • Tennis • Volleyball • Basketball • Table Tennis • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Swimming • Aerobics • Circuits • Roller Blading • Countryside Trek • Mountain Biking MISSION: • Cake Baking • Chess / Draughts • Monopoly • Street Dance • Cooking or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options or Pro Options

INTEGRATION! 17.15 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time

18.30 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner

This is an evening of carefully planned and 19:15 Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting supervised social activities that allows new 19.30 MISSION: TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME TRUE ME LET’S CELEBRATE Dinner and INTEGRATION! Physical Challenge: Mental Challenge: Social Challenge: Fun Challenge: Express Celebrate friendship Free Time Participate build trust and facilitate gain confidence. Solve determine your life yourself and live and express your students to meet their peers and integrate in a number communication. riddles, puzzles and purpose. Create a authentically. Create True Me Perform / of Icebreaker Assemble a fabric camping challenges to beat a project to present how something visual to demonstrate what themselves with the other students on the course, Activities to get tent without instructions. themed Escape Room you will make the world perform / demonstrate you have created. to know the in under 60 minutes. a better place. tomorrow. group and make boosting cohesion and promoting a nurturing, friends. healthy and positive group dynamic from day one. 21:00 Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time Free Time 22:30 In House In House In House In House In House In House In House

23:30 Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out Lights Out All of our teaching is Academic programme based on the principles and content set out in the We select our teachers, coaches and facilitators very carefully to make sure 21st Century Learning that all students feel happy, engaged and energised in the lessons, as this is 21st curriculum. how they learn best. And of course, we want them to come back for more! Century CLASS SIZE TEACHING STAFF Learning Classes generally have 10-12 students. Our academic staff are either native The maximum class size is 14. speakers or have a near-native level of English. All teachers, senior teachers PLACEMENT TEST and Directors of Studies are suitably Our placement test takes place on the META-LEARNING qualified for the role according to the KNOWLEDGE first Monday morning and enables the criteria of Accreditation UK. “HOW WE REFLECT “What we know & understand” Director of Studies to create the classes AND ADAPT” Interdisciplinarity according to students’ level and age. TEACHING METHODOLOGY Traditional (i.e. Mathematics) Our teachers teach in a communicative, Modern (i.e. Entrepreneurship) LEVELS OF ENGLISH open and friendly way. They plan and Themes (i.e. Global Literacy) Seven levels of English are deliver interesting lessons using relevant available from A1 (Beginners) to C2 and current topics that encourage active (Proficiency). This programme does not and authentic participation from all accommodate complete beginners who students. have no knowledge of English. 21ST EVALUATION CENTURY Students’ understanding and progress LEARNER 40 are monitored by the teachers during SKILLS CHARACTER 41 BRITISH SUMMER COMMON EUROPEAN the week and every Friday there is “How we use “How we behave & SCHOOL FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK what we know” engage in the world” a short assessment to make sure Creativity Mindfulness 1 Beginner A1 students are improving. The results of Critical Thinking Curiosity 2 Elementary A1-A2 this assessment are reviewed by the Communication Courage 3 Pre-Intermediate A2 academic management team in case Collaboration Leadership any adjustments are required for the Resilience 4 Intermediate B1 following week. Ethics 5 Upper Intermediate B2 CERTIFICATION 6 Advanced C1 Students will leave British Summer 7 Proficency C2 School with a course attendance FRAMEWORK FOR certificate, a certificate to confirm their 21ST CENTURY LEARNING current English level and an academic report from their Core English teacher. Productivity & Accountability, Leadership & Learning & Responsibility, Flexibilty & Adaptability, Social Innovation Skills & Cross Cultural Skills, Initiative & Self Direction Information, Media & Technology Skills

Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Core Subjects & Communication 21st Century Themes Each course forms part of Life & Career Skills

an overall bespoke three-stage Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Information Communication Technology Literacy Standards & learning syllabus covering Assessments Foundation, Progression and Curriculum & Instruction Environmental Literacy, Global Awareness, Professional Development Financial Literacy, Health Literacy, Civic Literacy Completion personal growth stages. Learning Environments Leisure Pro Options This programme involves 10 hours per week of professional tuition programme in a range of sports or activities and is designed to increase students’ skills, techniques and knowledge of their chosen option.

We know that learning happens most effectively when interactions are natural These sessions are delivered by a suitably qualified coach or teacher and are available to students and authentic and when students are actively involved. Not only do they learn of all levels of proficiency including advanced / semi-professional. from their teachers and coaches they also learn from each other - and fast. Below is an overview of all the Pro Options currently available at each of our centres: The time our students spend on their sporting and leisure activities is just as valuable as the time spent on the more academic aspects of our courses.

COURSE NAME Creatives Explorers Adventurers Academics Leaders SPORTS AND LEISURE Examples are: of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future Every afternoon after lessons, students Sports participate in a choice of different CENTRE Cumnor Brambletye Clayesmore Worth Oundle • Badminton sports and recreational activities. • Basketball Students choose one sport/activity ADVENTURE SPORTS Y • Cricket every day from Monday to Friday. • Football These sessions, which are organised ARSENAL FOOTBALL Y Y • Hockey and supervised by staff, enable • Rounders DANCE Y Y Y students to continue practising their • Squash listening and speaking skills while • Swimming GOLF Y Y 42 doing something they enjoy. 43 • Table Tennis • Tennis HORSE RIDING Y Y Y

MUSIC Y Recreational Activities SWIMMING Y • Art • Board games TENNIS Y Y Y Y • Cake Baking • Chess • Dance (Street / Hip-Hop) • Drama • Karaoke SAMPLE 2 HOUR SESSION: • Origami • Painting ARSENAL FOOTBALL • Yoga Performance testing: strength, reflexes, speed, agility and stamina (40 mins). These sessions enable Technical training: attacking - building confidence in the final third to beat a defender students to practice their in 1v1 scenario, creating overloads and finishing (60 mins). listening and speaking Injury Prevention Workshop: skills while doing useful tips on how to prevent common football injuries through something they enjoy. stretching, rolling and selecting the correct footwear (20 mins). “It is important that every child is allowed to develop as an individual in their own right.” True Me STEVE WOOD Cultural programme MANAGING DIRECTOR programme

Childhood is a time of rapid learning and complex and continuous change and development involving physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual growth. Excursions are an important and compulsory part of the programme and enable students to visit London and other places of cultural and historical interest, go to the seaside as well as provide an opportunity for recreational Our bespoke True Me programme Well-being and mindfulness best featured in every course aims to to practices are gently introduced to activities and shopping. help every student become “the best students throughout our bespoke version of me that I choose to be” True Me programme, adapted to the Following a busy week at school, weekend SUNDAYS and enables them to be happy and age of the students, to allow them to excursions allow students to enjoy their This excursion consists of a city visit or a successful on their life journey. live in an authentic way, recognising new friendships in a more informal, relaxing day at the seaside where students and appreciating their qualities and On all our courses, we encourage genuine and relaxed setting. get the chance to explore and experience their potential to navigate their life path students to step back from who authentic Britain. Examples are: to personal appreciation and success. On Saturdays and Sundays, students can they think they should be and begin choose between two options depending City Visit to consider who they actually are, Our programmes, which attract on their previous visits and individual • Bath discovering their True Me. We help children, teenagers and young adults preferences. While we do our best to • Brighton students grow their self- from all corners of the globe, also teach accommodate students’ preferences, • Bristol knowledge and their self- students to recognise and respect some options are subject to minimum and • Cambridge confidence, carefully diversity and differences in others. maximum numbers and therefore cannot • Southampton nurturing talent wherever 44 In short, our teachers, facilitators be guaranteed. 45 we see it. Seaside and coaches arrange activities and SATURDAYS • Bournemouth workshops to help our students: This excursion involves a walking tour • Eastbourne • Know themselves of London, where students are able to • Great Yarmouth • Programme their self-concept see a number of famous landmarks and • Hastings • Accept themselves national attractions, or have a day of fun / • Poole • Accept others adventure. Examples are: • Weymouth • Determine their life purpose Walking Tour of London • Live authentically • Big Ben • Buckingham Palace The broad range of activities and • Changing of the Guard experiences available on each British • Covent Garden Summer School course enables our • 10 Downing Street students to develop their knowledge • Houses of Parliament of who they truly are and grow their • Oxford Street understanding of how to develop • Piccadilly Circus authentic relationships with others, • Regents Street resulting in strong connections and • South Bank friendships for life . • Trafalgar Square Excursions

Fun / Adventure allow students “Be yourself: • Chessington World to enjoy their new of Adventures • Legoland friendships in a everyone else is taken.” • Thorpe Park relaxed setting. Care of our At a students glance

At British Summer School, we place huge importance on the level of care DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION>> PROGRESSION>> COMPLETION>> we provide to all our students while they are away from home. We also STAGE understand that different age groups require and benefit from different COURSE NAME Creatives Explorers Adventurers Academics Leaders levels of care and support. of the future of the future of the future of the future of the future

CENTRE Cumnor Brambletye Clayesmore Worth Oundle SAFETY Our overall staff to student ratio is 1:4. In addition to All students receive a safety induction, relevant to this we strictly follow industry standards to make sure CAPACITY 60 60 80 150 80 their age and needs, on arrival, which covers: that every different type of activity is well-supervised. Whenever possible or necessary, our ratios for AGE 6-10 8-12 10-14 12-17 15-18 • Pastoral care individual activities always aim to be higher than the • Personal safety and the care of valuables industry specified levels. BEDS/ROOM 4-8 4-8 2-4 2-4 2-3 • Accident reporting and First Aid • Medical and personal insurance MEDICAL TUITION HOURS 17½ 17½ 20 22½ 22½ • Compliance with the law Each centre has an on-site Medical Officer or Nurse

who is trained and authorised to administer basic and LESSON TYPES • Core English • Core English • Core English • Core English • Core English Most staff are residential and sleep in the same prescription medication to students. • Learning & • Learning & • Learning & • Learning & • Learning & boarding houses as the students. Every student is Innovation Innovation Innovation Innovation Innovation FIRST AID • Focus Creativity • Focus • Focus • Focus • Focus allocated to a House Parent who is responsible for Each centre has a number of First Aiders who Exploration Adventure Academic Leadership the wellbeing of each of their students not only in the are trained to deal with accidents and medical 46 house but at all times throughout the duration of the FOCUS LESSON These lessons These practical These lessons These lessons These lessons 47 emergencies in the first instance. Each centre is students’ stay. OBJECTIVES are designed to lessons are are designed to are designed to are designed within easy reach of a hospital. AND SUMMARY simultaneously designed to improve students’ further improve to develop improve students’ improve students’ English and at students’ writing leadership skills STAFF CHECKING AND TRAINING CONTACT English and English and the same time, skills or extend and characteristics All of our staff are police checked to make sure they develop their develop their stimulate their their knowledge which are Parents can contact a member of the centre creative skills by abilities to explore appetite for in a number of consistently are suitable to work with children. They also receive Management Team at any time. We have a 24-hour offering practical and understand adventure (and disciplines (STEM identified with Child Protection training before the Summer School lessons in a range the natural world appreciation of life / Business / great leaders and centre phone to facilitate this. of creative arts from everyday before modern-day Humanities), all therefore key for commences. such as: Dance; animals and plants technology) by in an academic successful business Drawing; Drama; that cohabit local offering practical context, to executives, SUPERVISION AND STAFFING RATIOS Music; Painting; habitats such as outdoor lessons in prepare them for a senior managers Photography; gardens, parks, areas such as bush competitive world and company Students are supervised during all lessons, sports Sculpture; forests, rivers, craft, backpacking, where English owners, such and activities and excursions. Staff are also available Storytelling beaches and fishing, hiking, is key to global as: Awareness; towns, progressing wilderness survival communication. Confidence; during students’ free time and when students are in to environments skills, orienteering Communication; the house. much further afield and handling Honesty & such as jungles, emergency Integrity; British Summer School offers one of the most British Summer deserts, oceans situations. Learning Innovation; and even planets in about fire, shelter, Relationship generous staff to student ratios available in order to School offers one of the solar system. signalling, food Building ensure the safety and happiness of our students. and water engages students with the the most generous natural world and develops a sense of staff to student ratios primal instinct and available to ensure the adventure. safety and happiness PRO OPTIONS • Swimming • Dance • Adventure • Arsenal Football • Dance • Horse Riding Sports • Golf • Horse Riding of our students. • Tennis • Arsenal Football • Horse Riding • Tennis • Dance • Music • Golf • Tennis • Tennis British Summer British School online Summer In addition to our residential programmes, British Summer School offers two online courses to help prepare students for their stay in England or for those School alumni students seeking purely an online solution without attending a residential course.

We value the relationships we build PRE-COURSE INDUCTION to do on arrival, where to go, what When taken after a residential course, to expect, how to ask for help and this programme allows students to with our students and we work We know that attending a summer which friendly faces to look out for. continue to improve their skills in school in the UK can be a worrying hard to keep everybody connected advance of going back to school in prospect, especially for younger This short but highly valuable and feeling part of the British their home country. children, for those travelling without induction is recommended to all Summer School “family”. their parents for the first time and students attending one of these two Students undertake 15 hours of for students who are not confident British Summer School courses for online study per week (three hours in their spoken English abilities. the first time. per day) in small groups of 4-8 We want all our students to continue students of a similar age and level to make progress with their English This bespoke induction consists ONLINE ENGLISH (10-18YRS) to facilitate a personalised learning language and life learning skills even after of a 4-hour online session held on This course is available as a purely experience and ensure maximum attending one of our residential courses Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday in online summer solution (for those active speaking time. and to facilitate this, we encourage them the week prior to students’ arrival students not wishing to travel to to build strong, connecting and long-lasting at British Summer School and is Lessons are delivered by British England) or a blended learning friendships with their fellow students available to students attending Summer School Online – a dedicated 48 option before and / or after a British and peers. 49 our Creatives of the future and team of qualified English language Summer School residential course. Explorers of the future courses only. teachers who are specially trained With this in mind, British Summer School Using current and contemporary by us to teach online and who enjoy runs an active alumni programme which Students will meet some of the topics, the course focuses on modern-day teaching using 21st includes automatic free registration with British Summer School staff and improving students’ active listening century tools and methods. British Summer School Online, giving other students on their course, and speaking skills, increasing their students easy access to our range of familiarise themselves with the Learning is more effective when fluency and building their confidence online teaching courses, services school map, buildings and facilities, it is dynamic, spontaneous and to interact naturally in English. and events. study the daily timetable, understand enjoyable and all online lessons are the school rules, learn some basic When taken before a residential prepared and delivered with this Details or our British Summer School instructions in English and more. course, this programme helps principle in mind, using a range alumni programme and British Summer students feel better prepared of teaching methods and media School Online can be found on our At the end of the session, students for their stay with us and their including video, music, podcasts website. will feel reassured, happy and improved listening and speaking and more. excited about their approaching abilities enable them to maximise stay with us. They will know what their learning when at British Summer School. • 10-18 years • 15 hours per week (three hours per day Monday to Friday) • Three time slots available (08:00- 11:30 / 12:00-15:30 / 16:00-19:30) All you need is a good internet • Online study from the student’s connection; access to interactive learning home COURSE OVERVIEW COURSE applications such as Skype, Zoom or Microsoft Teams; • Focus on listening and speaking and a laptop or PC with a suitable keyboard, webcam and • Builds fluency and confidence Friends for life audio headset/headphones/microphone functionality. • Course certificate on completion The small print Our passion As you would expect from a respected and responsible school like ours, we British Summer School was co-founded by Steve Wood and Bram have a significant number of policies in place to safeguard our students, staff Van Asselt as a progressive English Language Learning summer and our various other partners. Compliance with all the necessary standards school of the highest quality. and legal requirements is essential. They have over 50 years’ experience between them of running premier summer schools and sport and activity camps for international and English Many of our policies, procedures and forms, including CONTACT DETAILS students of all ages. They are united in their shared passion and belief that the following, are freely available on our website and We enjoy building strong relationships with all our children learn best when they enjoy what they are doing and on request from our Admissions Department: students, parents, agents and suppliers, with whom we the importance of developing every child as an individual encourage frequent dialogue. • Behaviour Policy in their own right. • Cancellation Form We have a multi-lingual Head Office team – comprising • Child Protection Policy Dutch, French, German and Spanish speakers and are • Complaints Procedure available across a number of different communication • Data Protection Policy channels including telephone, email, social media, • Health and Safety Policy website and WhatsApp. • Personal and Professional Liability Insurance We are happy to discuss any aspects of our summer • Refund Policy school courses and answer any questions you may have. • Registration Form • Terms and Conditions of Enrolment British Summer School is part of the Exsportise Group. • Transfer Service Policy A Limited Company established in the UK for over 30 • Travel Insurance Policy years. Company registration number: 02330930.

50 51

“After many years of studying one foreign “I’ve been teaching, coaching and working language, I ended up marrying someone with children of all ages and nationalities for who spoke a different language and this over 35 years. I’ve learned so much - and am gave me a real insight into the challenges still learning - but two of the most powerful and benefits of both learning a foreign truths for me are, firstly, that children learn language by studying and learning by best when they are doing things that they living in the country. enjoy - so make learning fun.

“Having dedicated my whole professional career to “Secondly, you need to teach, coach and work with studying and teaching foreign languages and managing each individual person in order to understand them language schools and summer schools - both in the UK and help them unlock who they are. As they come and abroad - for children, teenagers and young adults, I to know who they are they can interact happily and have a real appreciation of the value of quality language successfully with everyone else. It’s just as important learning and an understanding of how best to deliver it to discover who and what you are not, as well as who at different ages. and what you are. You can then become your own, healthy, reference point for the way you choose to “I believe passionately in helping children learn how to Compliance with all the lead your life. This results in much greater levels of grow themselves as young people and how to discover energy, enthusiasm, self-reliance and enjoyment in the neceessary standards their authentic or true self. My personal experiences way children go on to tackle their adult life.” and legal requirements have taught me that the earlier in life we start to find is essential. this out, the richer the life we can lead.” STEVE WOOD BRAM VAN ASSELT Co-founder and Managing Director Co-founder and Chief Executive of British Summer School of British Summer School Improving students’ ability and confidence to communicate and operate in the 21st century.

Phone: +44 (0)1444 444777 [email protected] www.britishsummerschool.co.uk

britishsummerschool @britishsummerschool