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2021 Dates

Junior Years General English Programme Arrival Departure Week 1: Sunday 4th July 2021 Sunday 11th July 2021 Ma Week 2: Sunday 11th July 2021 Sunday 18th July 2021 Ba Week 3: Sunday 18th July 2021 Sunday 25th July 2021 Week 4: Sunday 25th July 2021 Sunday 1st August 2021

Bu Youth Leadership Programme School Lawn Arrival Departure Programme 1: Sunday 4th July 2021 Sunday 18th July 2021 Sw Programme 2: Sunday 18th July 2021 Sunday 1st August 2021 Senior School (Main Building) Sports Field

Boarding Houses

Science Centre Ba Sw Ma

Barat Swinton Mater All-weather astroturf pitch Equestrian Facilities Centre Bu

Butterstone Parking Who we are

Kilgraston School is an independent day and boarding school, established in 1930, known for providing a high- quality level of education.

Located in the countryside of Our goal is to provide a safe and , at the gateway to the complete learning environment for our Scottish Highlands, Kilgraston is just students. Keeping our students safe a short distance from mountains, and supported is of highest rivers and beautiful coastlines. importance to us, and our Scotland’s capital, , as well as teachers, activity leaders, residential the cities of Glasgow, Dundee, Stirling staff and management team and Perth are also within an hour of the will be on-site 24-hours to make school, and the cultural sites in these sure all students’ needs are met, and locations are easy to reach. that they have fun while they are here with us. Kilgraston has been running an International Summer School since 2013, Our camps run over a 4-week which provides students with an period, and students can stay for a immersive English-language experience, minimum of 1-week, or a maximum of 4- with interesting language lessons, a weeks, depending on the course. range of afternoon activities that Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, also involve native-English we have had to make some changes speaking students, and to how we work, and to the excursions to locations across activities that we offer. Please note Scotland. We give students a that we will follow the advice of the chance to connect with Scottish Scottish government in summer culture and have fun at the same 2021, and any important changes time! 2021 sees the will be communicated to parents introduction of our new before the start of the Summer Youth Leadership Programme, School. We hope that this guide which is designed for teenagers clearly explains how our 2021 with a high-level of English, wanting Summer School will run, but please to develop life-skills in their second contact: language. [email protected] if you still have any questions. Where we are

Scotland’s main international airports, Edinburgh and Glasgow, are both easy to reach from Kilgraston School. These airports connect with most major European cities and international airports, as well as providing regular flights to London airports. Airport transfers are included on our arrival/departure day, and a staff member from Kilgraston Summer School will be at the airport to meet students on arrival, as well as on the return journey to the airport at the end of their stay. We will also provide a contact person for anyone traveling as an unaccompanied minor.

Airport Transfers

Dundee

Perth 30 10 mins mins Kilgraston Accommodation 80 School mins Our residential staff are housed in staff-rooms within the boarding 50 Accommodation at Kilgraston Summer mins house, and students are supervised at all times throughout School is both comfortable and secure. the night. Our residential staff will make sure that students are Students are housed in single-sex accommodation within healthy and happy, make sure that they know where they need Kilgraston’s school boarding houses, located within the to be and that they get there safely. main school buildings. Bedrooms are usually twin-rooms, each with a sink in the room, and a shared bathroom facility. A full laundry service is provided for students who are staying longer than a week and may need to wash their Edinburgh In order to encourage the use of English at all times throughout personal clothing. Kilgraston School will provide bed linen the Summer School, students will share their room and towels, although students can choose to bring their Glasgow with another student of the same sex and similar age, but a own if they wish. Wi-Fi is available throughout the boarding different nationality. houses, which allows students to easily stay in touch with their families. Sample Timetable

7.30 9.00 12.30 13.30 16.00 18.00 19.00 21.00 22.00

Team General English Programme Welcome Down Lights Arrivals / Departures building Sunday BBQ time out games Our General English Programme is designed for Junior and Senior students. Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights Lunch Academy Social time Dinner Students in our General English Juniors will have a 1-hour project-based Monday breakfast lessons Activities time out Programme will receive 15 hours of class per day, which will have classes per week, with our qualified students work together in English and experienced English on a creative project that will be Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights Language teachers. Teachers at presented to the whole Junior School at Tuesday Lunch Academy Social time Dinner Kilgraston Summer School are trained the end of the week. Examples of breakfast lessons Activities time out to create a student-centred projects could be creating a short environment, where the focus is on play, making a board game, or building learner confidence and inventing a crazy machine. Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights language fluency, at the same time Wednesday Lunch Off-site excursion Dinner Seniors will have a 1-hour life breakfast lessons Activities time out as developing accurate English. and communication skills class per day, In addition to classes being arranged which will have students work by age (Juniors: 8 to 12, Seniors: together in English on a task that will Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights Lunch Academy Social time Dinner 13 to 17), students will also be be presented to the whole Senior Thursday breakfast lessons Activities time out classed according to their level of School at the end of the week. English. To discover this, each Examples of these tasks could be student will do a placement test on delivering a group presentation, Down Lights Wake up/ English Evening Day 1 of the course. pitching an idea to a panel, or Lunch Academy Prizegiving Dinner time out Friday breakfast lessons Activities creating and presenting a poster (21.30) (22.30) Both Junior and Senior students will have project – skills that students can use 2 classes per day. Both age in their future studies and in their Down Lights groups will have a 2-hour General Wake up/ future careers. Off-site excursion Dinner Disco time out English class, which will Saturday breakfast focus on developing Class sizes are small, with a (21.30) (22.30) vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, maximum of 16 per class (but as well as the four skills: speaking, usually smaller), which means writing, reading and listening. increased teacher-student time, For the second class, Junior and lets the teacher develop a 2021 General English Programme Prices and Senior groups will be a little greater understanding of the students’ different. needs. One week - £1000 per person BUT – if you book in for more than one week, you pay £900 for each following week. Price includes all tuition, activities, excursions, accommodation and airport transfers on arrival/departure days. Sample Timetable

7.30 9.00 11.15 12.30 13.30 16.00 18.00 19.00 21.00 22.00

Team Welcome Down Lights Arrivals / Departures building Sunday BBQ time out games

Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights Lunch Academy Dinner Monday breakfast work work Planning Activities time out

Youth Leadership Programme Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights Tuesday Lunch Academy Dinner breakfast work work Planning Activities time out Our Youth Leadership Programme is designed for teenagers who want to develop essential leadership skills that they can Wake up/ Class Group Evening Down Lights use in the next steps on their education and career pathways. Lunch Off-site excursion Dinner Wednesday breakfast work work Activities time out A new course for 2021, this course is for the role of House Captains, which reflects the students aged 14 – 17 years old with a ‘prefect’ roles that senior students take in minimum of a B2 level of English (CEFR). Kilgraston’s main school each year, and put into practice the leadership skills that are Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights This course will develop students’ skills and Thursday Lunch Academy Dinner discussed in the classroom each morning. breakfast work work Planning Activities time out behaviour relating to self-leadership, team- leadership, problem solving to achieve This course will run twice during the summer objectives, working as a team, putting plans school, and each will have a maximum Down Lights Wake up/ Class Group Prize- Evening into action, building resilience when things capacity of 20 students. This course is also Lunch Academy Dinner time out Friday breakfast work work giving Activities don’t go to plan, and reflecting on self and open to local students, so international (21.30) (22.30) team performances. students will have the chance to communicate in English throughout the course with native This is a 2-week course, running over 40 English-speaking classmates. Down Lights hours. Twenty hours will be dedicated to Wake up/ Off-site excursion Dinner Disco time out classroom-based instruction, with the As the minimum level of English for enrolment Saturday breakfast (21.30) (22.30) remaining 20 hours consisting of project work on this course is B2, students will have a level- and planning. test interview that will be arranged after receipt of the application form. This will involve writing Under the supervision of our Youth Leadership a short essay, as well as a spoken interview 2021 Youth Leadership Programme Prices programme instructors, participants will take via video-link. the initiative in planning and leading the Two weeks - £2000 per person summer school’s House Championship events, which will run during the summer Price includes all tuition, activities, excursions, accommodation and airport transfers on arrival/departure days school’s evening social programme. The Youth Limited places available - we advise booking early Leadership programme participants will take Afternoon Activities Equestrian Academy Tennis Academy Dance Academy

Students can pre-book one of our Kilgraston is the only school in Scotland with Equestrian Taught by Kilgraston School’s year-round LTA Level 4 New for 2021, our Dance Academy is run by a qualified dance facilities on campus, and our Equestrian Academy is run by our Senior Performance coach, our Tennis Academy is instructor with years of experience dancing in shows and specialist Academies for their highly-qualified Equestrian team, who work at the school year- designed for players of all abilities, from beginners through productions both in the UK and overseas. afternoons at Kilgraston Summer round. to performance athletes. Dance sessions will cover ballet, jazz, contemporary and School, or can sign up for our Multi- Our Equestrian Centre is well-equipped and includes a 60m x This Academy consists of a variety of sessions to help hip-hop styles, and will be adapted to the level and Activity options on a daily basis. 40m arena, hacking track and jumping paddock. We have a improve tennis practice. Each session will consist of exercises experience of each student participating. good selection of horses and ponies and our teaching staff to improve basic skills and technique, agility and footwork, Each session will focus on the skills and techniques for are fully-qualified. Sessions are designed to consider the fitness and overall performance. If the student wants to and the different styles of dance, as well as choreography. abilities of each rider, and will include dressage, show- is able, there will also be a focus on competition. The main jumping, hacking and games. The focus is on progress, goal of Kilgraston's Tennis Academy is to allow students Students will learn how to create their own work, and will variety and fun, and each session will combine riding with to learn and play tennis in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. perform some incredible dances for the whole school at the stable management. end of the week. Kilgraston has 5 artificial grass courts and 3 hard courts, During Kilgraston Summer School's Equestrian newly resurfaced in summer 2020. The focus will be on improving dance skills, but having fun at Academy, students will learn how to ride, and also how to the same time. care for and prepare the horses. Local students also enrol in our Tennis Academy Local students also enrol in our Dance Academy. Equestrian supplement = £150 Limited places available - we advise booking early Multi-Activities Multi-Arts Multi-Sports

Our Multi-Activity courses are suitable Multi-Arts is the perfect choice for creative Multi-Sports is a mix of everything: for students who like more variety each students, and includes a variety of visual swimming, athletics, football, touch day, and would like to make their activity and performance arts:- drawing, rugby, rounders, badminton, basketball, choice when they get here. painting, crafts, music, drama, cooking, netball, volleyball, hockey, rock-climbing, These courses can be selected on a creative writing, dance, jewellery making, and many other sports. and motion capture animation. This programme is run by our experienced coaches, who will daily basis, allowing students who enjoy try to include your favourite sports. Sports-based games are both Sports and Arts to take part in Our Multi-Arts sessions make use of various also a big highlight of our Multi-Sports sessions, and include spaces in the Kilgraston School building, including both. such games as Capture the Flag, obstacle courses, cat and the stunning art department, our state-of-the-art theatre mouse, and the highlight of everyone’s week – the dodgeball Local students also enrol in our Multi-Activity courses and drama studio, and even the lawn and woodland tournament! grounds for outdoor sessions in the sunshine. With so many options, we guarantee that every day will be different. Multi-Sports uses the school’s high-standard sports fields: grass pitches, Olympic-sized astro-turf hockey pitch, full-sized indoor basketball court with viewing gallery, indoor climbing wall, yoga studio, as well as the woodland areas that surround the school. Students have lots of choice with Multi-Sports. Social Programme Excursions

Evenings at Kilgraston Summer Students will go on two excursions per School are filled with fun week to sites of interest around Scotland. activities, team-work, and time to Students will have a full-day excursion each Saturday, make new friends in English. and a half-day excursion each Wednesday afternoon. Excursions are heavily supervised, and will adhere to Our social programme starts on Sunday as soon as any government guidance in place at the time regarding students arrive. We have an arrival barbecue, visitor attractions. followed by team-building games and activities With Edinburgh and Glasgow both approximately 1-hour designed to break the ice and have students mixing away, we are close to many exciting and interesting and getting to know one another. locations that will provide a fun and culturally rich experience From Monday to Friday we run a range of for students. fun activities, including our House Excursions in previous years have taken students to: Championship. Students will be allocated a school Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Yacht Britannia, Dynamic Earth, ‘House’ on arrival and together with their house- Edinburgh’s Camera Obscura and World of Illusion, Glasgow mates, will compete to win the House Cup, which Science Centre, the Scottish Deer Centre, Auchingarrich will be awarded on the Friday of each week. Wildlife Park, the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle, the House competitions will run several evenings a Scottish Crannoch Centre at Loch Tay, South Queensferry week, and may include treasure hunts, team boat trip and Forth Bridge viewing, the Kelpies and the quizzes, sporting competitions, or various other Falkirk Wheel, Falkland Palace, Glasgow’s Tall Ship and activities. Our Youth Leadership participants will be Museum of Transport, RRS Discovery Dundee, Dundee actively involved in this area, under the supervision of Science Centre, and many more. our Activity Leaders and Activities Manager. Other evening events include a Scottish ceilidh dancing experience, student free-choice events, movie night, karaoke, and much more. Each week will have a different schedule of activities running. One regular event will be our Saturday evening disco, which will occur each week and will be our goodbye party for students leaving on the Sunday. For students staying longer than one-week, Sundays will be a relaxed day. We will run activities on site for students who want to remain on campus, but we will also arrange supervised trips into Perth to locations such as to the cinema, leisure pool, or the shopping centre, where students have the chance to buy some souvenirs to take home with them. We will also arrange short supervised nature walks on trails around the local area for some outdoor adventures. ‘The teachers are very ‘I made a lot of friends and I friendly. I like them. could visit nice places, and the The school is so natural. staff were really cool and kind. I like it so much.’ I love Kilgraston.’ Booking information Cancellation Policy Wilson, China, Summer 2019 Ana, Spain, Summer 2019

To reserve a place, students must complete a booking form We understand that current circumstances are difficult and can and pay a deposit of £200. change very quickly. If we have to cancel the summer school for any reason relating to COVID 19, we will offer a full refund, Booking forms are available through our website or by including deposit, or a credit transfer to any bookings made at contacting our Summer School Course Director. that time, no matter how close to the course start-date. ‘I liked the staff and the ‘Be sure that you have Prices If a student has to cancel due to any CO-VID restrictions put in place by either their or the UK government, we will offer a full teachers, the classes, marked my life with laughter refund including deposit. General English Programme the activities, the evening and excitement. I will General non-CO-VID related cancellations will be given a £1000 for one week, £900 for each subsequent week refund, minus the deposit, if made 4-weeks prior to the start of activities. I don’t have a remember Kilgraston and the course. Any cancellations made within 4-weeks of the start- Youth Leadership Programme date will be charged the full course fee. best thing because all love everyone there with all £2000 for two weeks was perfect.’ my heart.’ Horse-riding supplement Contact Valeriya, Russia, Summer 2019 Maria, Brazil, Summer 2019 £150 There may be additional costs for arriving out-with the Donna Douglas scheduled arrival date, or for arriving at a different airport to our Summer School Course Director two designated arrival airports: Edinburgh International Airport or Glasgow International Airport. [email protected] www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com ‘There were so many nice ‘I think the atmosphere was people, and always something very fun, the landscape is new every day. I was never nice, and it was cool to try bored.’ many different activities.’ Ioannis, Greece, Summer 2019 Ludric, France, Summer 2019 Kilgraston School, , Perthshire, PH2 5BQ 01738 812 257 | www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com | [email protected]