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Varsity International • Compass House ACTIVITY DAY CAMPS WITH ENGLISH LESSONS 1 Farmoor Court • Farmoor • Oxford • OX2 9LU • UK +44 (0)1865 582 639 • www.varsityinternational.co.uk • [email protected] FOR 4 TO 14 YEAR OLDS LEARN ENGLISH

LEARN ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH CHILDREN!

• A range of over 40 activities including art, sport and adventure

• Learn English – 10 hours of lessons each week

• Integrate with English children – 85% English!

• Camps hosted at some of the UK’s best schools

International students can learn English with English children whilst taking part in exciting activities and benefitting from 2 hours of English language lessons per day. This combination is perfect for international children coming on holiday to the UK with their parents* as it offers the opportunity for children to join in exciting camps, improving their English through integration and lessons.

*All children must be in the UK accompanied by a parent or guardian who will be responsible for delivering and collecting the child from camp every day.

IMPROVE ENGLISH SKILLS

Each day, the international children split off from the activity programme to do 2 hours of English tuition. This allows students to develop new skills as well as confidence in their own ability, communicating with qualified teachers inside the classroom, and with native speakers their own age for the rest of the day.

Delivered by qualified EFL teachers, lessons will reinforce the practice that the children get from the integration with English children, working on vocabulary, conversation, pronunciation and other aspects of English.

ABOUT OUR CAMPS

With over 25 years’ experience, we know how to make camps fun, exciting and a great way to learn new skills for children of all ages. With inspiring and friendly staff, exciting activities and fantastic facilities – we will deliver this every day, and in every activity.

• Monday to Friday

• Activities from 9:30 to 16:30

• 10 hours of English lessons per week

• Drop off from 8:00; Collect until 18:00

2 Learn English3 CHILDREN ARE GROUPED BY AGE

For activities, we group children by age to ensure that they get the appropriate level of care during our fun activity programme. During the English lessons we group primarily by age, but also take their ability into account to ensure the best level of tuition.

4-5 Years For children aged 4-5 years, there’s a specific Junior Activity Programme led by specially qualified staff to ensure children are well looked after and receive age-appropriate care – and of course, have lots of fun!

6-7 Years With an exciting mix of sports and art activities with games OVER 40 ACTIVITIES EVERY WEEK in between, children have the chance to learn new active and creative skills, and games in-between to burn off some After 2 hours of English tuition, children will enjoy an of their boundless energy! exciting and unrivalled programme of activities with the other international and English children. With different activities available each day, our outstanding programme has something for everyone from art and creative sessions, 8-9 Years to sport and adventure. With the addition of new activities such as archery and zorbs Archery 8+ Kwik Cricket Ultimate Inflatables for this age, children get some choice activities and we also get all children in this age together for our popular ‘Big Basketball Netball Pop Art Masterclass Game’ sessions.

Cookery Roller Racers Zorbing 8+

Drama Swimming Quad Bikes 8+

Football Trampolining Mini Olympics 10+ Years Older children want to be more in control which is why every Fencing 6+ Tennis And so much more… day they have ‘Choice’ activities to include more of what they Pedal Karts 6+ Outdoor Art like. Where numbers allow, we will also offer different boys and girls activity options.

4 5 SCHOOLS

Our camps run at some of the UK’s best schools which offer outstanding facilities that are ideal for running summer activity camps. Our camps are Ofsted registered which means our venues, programme of activities, policies and operating practices meet the requirements set out in Ofsted’s UK regulations so you know your child will receive the highest levels of care and welfare.

All our locations welcome boys and girls to attend.

London – Kingston Oxford – Headington Cheltenham Royal Borough of Windsor Holy Cross is an independent Headington School is one – Dean Close – Ascot girls prep school set on a of the leading independent Dean Close Preparatory School Only 25 minutes from London, stunning 8-acre site with girls’ schools in the UK with is a co-educational day and LVS Ascot offers first class sports, beautiful grounds and historic first class facilities right in boarding school set in 50 acres teaching and dance facilities and is listed buildings located on the heart of Oxford. of parkland in the centre of a secure school situated on a large, Kingston Hill in South West Cheltenham and offers an ideal green site in Ascot, in the heart of LONDON – KINGSTON London. OXFORD – HEADINGTON CHELTENHAM – DEAN CLOSE base for our Camps! WINDSOR – ASCOT the Royal Borough of Windsor. Oxford – Chandlings Chandlings School is an London – Sutton outstanding independent Bristol – Badminton Sutton High is a vibrant co-educational prep school One of the leading girls schools and friendly independent set within extensive grounds in the UK with great facilities girls school which offers an just west of Oxford. It’s and a perfect location in Bristol, BIRMINGHAM attractive, green site near the first class facilities make it Badminton School is a brilliant KING EDWARD VI heart of a perfect location for our location for our summer Sutton in South London summer programmes programmes.

LONDON – SUTTON OXFORD – CHANDLINGS BRISTOL – BADMINTON DEAN CLOSE SCHOOL OXFORD London – Surbiton Oxford – Abingdon Birmingham – King LONDON Surbiton High School is a Abingdon School offers first- Edward VI HEADINGTON SCHOOL leading independent school class and modern facilities KEHS is an independent school CHANDLINGS SCHOOL HEATHROW ABINGDON SCHOOL in Kingston-upon-Thames. for our camps, offering an for girls with spacious grounds BADMINTON SCHOOL HOLY CROSS PREP SCHOOL and superb facilities, including SUTTON HIGH SCHOOL With a sports hall, tennis indoor heated pool, sports LVS ASCOT and netball courts and it’s hall, tennis courts, netball an indoor swimming pool and SURBITON HIGH SCHOOL location just half an hour from courts and sports pitches. sports hall. KEHS is located in GATWICK Heathrow airport, Surbiton the educational heart of the High is a fantastic school in a city, opposite the University of LONDON – SURBITON perfect location. OXFORD – ABINGDON BIRMINGHAM – KING EDWARD VI Birmingham.

6 7 For 2018, we have teamed up with Ultimate Survival to offer an outdoor programme with English lessons. This day camp course is a fun and adventurous option for children aged 7 to 14 years, who will have the chance to be fully-immersed in the natural environment, trying new outdoor activities all delivered in English and making new friends!

English lessons take place for two hours each day, after which the children will be integrated with local English children to experience the real outdoors.

OUR PROGRAMMES

Safari Ranger Get ready for a wild adventure where children will become ‘ranger cadets’, working in teams to build shelters, make fires and enjoy wilderness cooking! Children will enjoy a wide range of bushcraft activities, challenges and team-building games and exotic animal encounters.

The Survival Games Young survivors are grouped into ‘tribes’ and take part in engaging Survival Games and fun team-based games. From base building, obstacle challenges to fire starting, wild cooking and team games, children will enjoy a brilliant mix of bushcraft activities and team challenges!

Survival Island Children will experience working together and putting teamwork into practice in an island escape scenario. Children will experience how to survive on a deserted island by constructing shelters, cooking & eating wilderness food, trying archery and working out how to escape the island!

For added excitement, during the summer we also offer an exciting optional overnight Camp-Out every Thursday for an additional cost of £35 per week. Children need to bring a packed lunch and drink bottle each day. For children attending the sleepover on Thursday night, they will be provided with a packed lunch and drink for Friday.

Get in touch with us to find out which programmes will be running for which week of Summer 2018.

We run Ultimate Survival with English at Chandlings School, Oxford. The school is situated just west of Oxford and offers first-class facilities and extensive grounds.

8 9 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME

Each day, the international children split off from the activity programme for 2 hours of English tuition. This will improve children’s abilities even if they have a very basic or no understanding of the English language.

Delivered by qualified EFL teachers, these lessons reinforce the practice that the children get from the integration with English children, working on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and fluency.

Children are placed into English classes based on their age and ability. We have a pre-placement test that children are able to complete before attending Varsity, this will ensure they are placed at the correct level. Each class has a maximum of 12 students, and a variety of native languages to ensure the only language spoken is English.

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