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International Summer School in Scotland www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com Indoor Swimming Sports Hall Pool 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 Perthshire, 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, Edinburgh, 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.