SUMMER PROGRAMS 2021 WELCOME TO TASIS - THE ULTIMATE SUMMER STUDENT EXPERIENCE! THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM: WHERE FUN, LEARNING, AND ADVENTURE MERGE! The TASIS England Summer Program is the place where students want to be! Why? We offer the perfect balance of highly academic courses and engaging, interactive activities all within our multicultural and community- centered boarding program. Students also experience England at its best through exciting weekend excursions. At TASIS, students embrace diversity and use their differences as the foundation for a rich experience and meaningful friendships. Join us! MISSION TASIS ENGLAND NURTURES INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND EMBOLDENS EACH LEARNER TO FLOURISH AS A PRINCIPLED, OPEN-MINDED, AND COMPASSIONATE MEMBER OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY. HEATHROW AIRPORT CENTRAL LONDON (APPROX 25 MINS) (APPROX 35 MINS) GATWICK AIRPORT (APPROX 55 MINS) 3 “I CHOSE TASIS TO IMPROVE MY FUTURE, IMPROVE MY ENGLISH, CONTENTS AND GO TO THE U.S. FOR COLLEGE.” YOUR SUMMER OF ADVENTURE 6 ENRICHMENT COURSES 9 ACADEMIC COURSES 17 ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES 19 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM PREPARATION 23 ELECTIVE COURSES 24 SPORTS 28 TRAVEL 31 LIVING IN A COMMUNITY 32 OVERVIEW OF COURSES 34 5 YOUR SUMMER. YOUR ADVENTURE. Located in the quiet village of Thorpe, CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE TO CAMPUS Surrey, our spacious and secure campus features a charming mixture of old and new • 46 acres of historic buildings • Horseback Riding buildings with modernized interiors. Best of and grounds • London and West End Theatres all, TASIS is close to international airports, • Wireless Internet access London and all its cultural highlights, • Windsor Castle adventure parks and sports arenas. • 3 Technology Centers • Innovation Center The TASIS England Summer Programs • Library are attended by a vibrant and varied • international body of students, each year 350-seat Theatre attracting young people from over 35 • Student Café nations. Our programs are designed to • 2 Gyms with Basketball Courts create a friendly, community-centered • Fully equipped Fitness Center atmosphere in which every student will learn, grow, and have fun. • 6 Athletic Fields • 4 Tennis Courts 6 7 “IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, I GET TO EXPRESS MYSELF.” YOUR SUMMER OF DISCOVERY – ENRICHMENT COURSES ARCHITECTURE & 3D DESIGN Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 We all experience architecture without space through this hands-on course that demonstrations. Each student will have the even thinking about it. The space that cultivates creativity, critical analysis, and chance to design their own liveable space surrounds us, our homes, our schools, ideas development. You will be introduced using a range of techniques including and our cities are shaped in some way by to the qualities of architectural space, form, sketching, collage, technical drawing, paper architectural design. Let’s challenge our function, and materiality through drawing, folding, and 3D modeling in a variety of ideas, explore, and design an inhabitable experimentation, and specialist workshop media and scales. FASHION & TEXTILE DESIGN Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 This combined study of fashion and textile techniques including printing, painting, 2- or 3-dimensional installations using design offers a unique opportunity to weaving, felting, and sewing. You will also different methods, materials, and hands-on learn and master various textile design learn how to create garments, patterns, and techniques. 8 9 CONTINUED “I WAS ABLE TO GO ENRICHMENT COURSES TO SOME MUSICALS IN LONDON.” LONDON THROUGH A LENS: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Discover London and the surrounding develop their ideas and refine techniques of each lesson. Lesson topics include countryside through a camera lens as you as they prepare three portfolios during the studio photography, outdoor action, and still capture images of life using the latest digital course. The study of photographers and photography. technologies. Students are encouraged to their own personal style is at the forefront ENTREPRENEUR INC. Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Do you dream of starting a successful better understand the important skills, culminate in a hands-on project where you business in the future? What are the secrets habits, and actions needed to be successful. will develop a unique concept and build of successful entrepreneurs? In this three- You will also learn the fundamentals of good your very own business proposal to “pitch” week course, we will look at some of the business, including strategy, marketing, to investors (your classmates). most famous entrepreneurs in history to management, and finances. Our study will STEM Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 The STEM (Science, Technology, examine different components that shape and 3D design. This course emphasizes Engineering, and Math) class integrates their past, present, and future lives in topics practical learning through project-based concepts that are usually taught as separate such as Electronics & Embedded Systems, lessons and units. subjects in different classes. Students will Coding & Programming, 3D Modeling, STEM JUNIOR Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 11-13 This STEM (Science, Technology, align them with everyday life. This is an engaged using simulations and hands-on Engineering, and Math) course is designed opportunity for younger students to gain activities. A major part of the course will be to introduce key concepts usually taught an insight into important topics related to allocated to a culminating project. as separate subjects for students, and STEM fields. The course will keep students PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATE Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Do you want to be more at ease when you will be taught techniques such as improve your oral skills and become more speaking in front of an audience? This clear organization of ideas and counter- effective debaters. course will give you confidence in your arguments, tone of speech, body language, ability to speak in public. During this course and eye contact which will enable you to 10 11 ENRICHMENT COURSES CONTINUED TV PRODUCTION: TIME TO SHINE Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Powerful and persuasive, television has using studio recording equipment as well television director, producer, or host for a the power to change the course of history as the programs iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and summer, and get a taste for the adventure by its influence on viewers and how it Quicktime. Television production is an that is live production! communicates information. In this course, exciting, fast-paced field. TV Production: you will learn to produce your own videos Time to Shine students live the life of a LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 JD Wilson with the Lead U Crew will be peers. Furthermore, they will be given the age-specific strategies focusing on public hosting a fully interactive, differentiated opportunity to connect, collaborate, and speaking, peer-to-peer communication, empowerment experience at TASIS over create together while building their own social-emotional learning, mindfulness, and a three-week leadership course. Students school community. This experiential learning the responsibility of embracing the leader will learn and live the elements of a will help the students foster skills necessary within themselves. strong team, as well as develop activities for becoming tomorrow’s leaders. The and initiatives on campus to lead their students will work together through various 12 13 ENRICHMENT COURSES CONTINUED IB MATH REVIEW Session 2, Ages 15-17 This course is aimed at students who will move into some topics that are part of the to the Mathematics Exploration, which is be entering their second year of the IB second year. Consideration will be given to the Internal Assessment component. Diploma Program. It will revisit and reinforce using the Graphics Display Calculator which some skills covered in the first year of the is an integral tool for the IB Mathematics IB Diploma Mathematics courses and also courses. Finally some time will be devoted VOYAGER’S QUEST: STORYTELLING FOR YOUNG LEARNERS Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 11-13 Voyager’s Quest: Storytelling for Young global awareness, self identity, and hope develop your storytelling skills through the Learners combines literature and geography while exploring the novel, Walk Two Moons use of physical and digital resources. to lead you to discover your place in the by author and former TASIS England world. You will gain an understanding of teacher, Sharon Creech. The course will THE AUTHOR’S WORKSHOP Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Do you dream of being a bestselling author ideas in writing. You will discuss and someday? This course will help you to practice different techniques, styles, and better understand how to clearly, creatively genres of writing, and have the opportunity and logically express your thoughts and to share your work. TAKE A BOW: PERFORMING ARTS ALIVE Sessions 1 & 2, Ages 13-17 Take a Bow is where theatre, dance, and technique and confidence on stage using creative process calling on the imaginative music converge to inspire and engage the tools of the acting process. You will be participation of each member of the cast. students to tap into their most creative self. encouraged to explore your expressive Come and join us for a fun summer on the This is a perfect way to express yourself abilities as you work on voice, body work, stage! and share your point of view to the world. character development, improvisation, and This course aims to develop your acting scene design. It’s a highly collaborative and SAT REVIEW Session 1, Ages 15-17 Learn special study methods and test- course will include a comprehensive review taking techniques that will help you to of the types of questions found on the achieve positive results on your verbal and exam and strategies for achieving success. mathematical College Board tests. The “I PRACTICED MY ENGLISH AND I MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS.” 14 15 YOUR SUMMER OF DEVELOPMENT – ACADEMIC COURSES GEOMETRY – A SIX-WEEK COURSE, AGES 14-17 This course provides a thorough foundation An introduction to trigonometry through in plane Euclidean geometry with an similar triangles and to analytic geometry emphasis on the formal nature of definition through the coordinate plane is included.