Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School
Description of Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School
Summer Camp Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School - Summer Camp Churchill House is an excellent place for students from around the world aged 10 to 17 who want to spend their summer holidays with benefit and with pleasure.
This is one of the largest centers of the famous network of schools Churchill House: the excellent infrastructure of Queen Ethelburga's College, one of the best private boarding schools in Great Britain (founded in 1912), offers students a wide range of opportunities for recreation, leisure, sports and creativity. A balanced English course will not only significantly improve knowledge and skills in a short time - it will leave enough time for communication with new friends all over the world, visits to the most famous cities, places and attractions of the UK, for active recreation and exciting entertainment, activities on campus.
The minimum duration is 1 week.
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School
Summer course of English for foreign students
- Age of students: 10-17 years.
Summer combined program will help to quickly improve all key, basic language skills:
- Grammar
- Reading
- Auditing (listening comprehension)
- Vocabulary (active expansion of vocabulary)
- Written speech
- Oral speech (spoken English)
- Phonetics (correct pronunciation, accent correction)
- Improve communication skills.
There are no minimum requirements for admission: before the beginning of the education, all students undergo an introductory distribution test, which determines them in a group from Elementary to Advanced. The intensity of the classes is 15 hours a week: 4 special classes can be added to this base, designed to prepare for Trinity Exam (those who wish can take the exam at the end of the course for an additional fee). Also, the basic course can be supplemented with tennis coaching programs or additional excursions and events (Explorer Program).
At the end of the course, all students receive a corporate certificate: all achievements, a new level of English language knowledge, recommendations of teachers for further education and development are given.
The summer camp works for students 10-14 and 15-17 years old. The cost of staying in the camp depends on the chosen program (the price is indicated for 1 person for 1 week):
- Explorer Program = 825 £
- Tennis Coaching Program = 850 £
- Intensive English language course = 835 £.
Accommodation, meals, prices
For students of the summer program provided comfortable, cozy residence Queen Ethelburga's College - and it is famous for it's reputation as a "five-star hotel for students." Each room is equipped with a bathroom and necessary appliances, fully furnished and designed for 1-4 people, there is access to WiFi, TV and telephone, a personal mini-safe for valuables. With the students in the residences are always teachers: they monitor the observance of cleanliness, order and discipline, help to solve any problems, provide comfort and safety of their wards in 24/7 mode. The boarding 3 meals a day are organized in the general spacious dining room of the boarding school: students are offered breakfast, lunch and dinner with fresh, healthy products. A healthy and balanced diet was specially developed to fully meet the needs of young students, taking into account the high workload, outdoor activities and regular excursions. Vegetarian dishes are also available, and individual dietary food can be ordered on request.
Activities Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School
Every day on the basis of the school fascinating entertaining and cognitive activities are held. It can be bright holidays, parties and discos, competitions and intellectual quizzes, table games, choreography or music lessons, arts and crafts studios, sports trainings, tournaments and competitions.
The excursion program developed for the students of the summer course is also diverse. Excursions and interesting trips will help foreign students to get acquainted with the culture and history of Great Britain, the mentality of its inhabitants, the peculiarities of local traditions, cult cultural and architectural monuments. Each week there is a minimum of 1 excursion for several hours and 1 trip for the whole day, usually for a weekend:
- York and City Council
- Viking Center Yorvik
- Whitby beaches
- Leeds
- Lake District
- Liverpool
- Manchester and visiting the football stadium, watching big matches (whenever possible).
Students can book other excursions and trips for an additional fee:
- Visit to London for the whole day: round trip, sightseeing tour, cruise on the Thames, time for shopping, visiting the most famous places and attractions of the city = 145 £
- The Valley of Light Water (Light Water Valley)
- Towers Alton (Alton Towers).
Facilities and equipment at Queen Ethelburga's College Summer School
On the campus of the Queen Ethelburga's College there is everything that students need for complete rest, entertainment, leisure, sports and creative electives. The school is famous for one of the most developed and saturated infrastructures in the country:
- indoor pool (length of the tracks - 25 meters) with heated water
- open tennis courts
- a spacious athletic track and treadmills
- large sports hall with several zones
- numerous playgrounds for individual lessons and team sports
- Drama Studio
- choreographic classes
- art studios and craft workshops
- computer-game center
- tables for billiards
- cricket ground
- platforms for basketball
- Internet cafe
- shop where you can buy drinks, sweets and snacks, household and office supplies
- Village Green Activity Park.
The total area of ​​the school campus reaches 100 acres: this is a well-groomed, green and tranquil countryside, literally a couple of minutes walk from the historic center of York. You can get to the center of London and Heathrow International Airport by car in just half an hour, and to Gatwick Airport in 50 minutes: this greatly facilitates the students' transfer and travel.
Admission dates and extra charges
The summer camp works for students 10-14 and 15-17 years old. The cost of staying in the camp depends on the chosen program (the price is indicated for 1 person for 1 week):
- Explorer Program = 825 £
- Tennis Coaching Program = 850 £
- Intensive English language course = 835 £.
It is paid additionally and not included in the price:
- Registration fee = 75 £
- Extra night stay (if necessary) = 75 £
- Examination Boards
- Additional academic and language classes (optional)
- Additional leisure activities and excursions (optional)
- Air tickets in both directions
- Transfer in both directions
- Mandatory medical insurance = from 5 £ / week
- Personal pocket expenses
- Visa fees and services, translation and certification of documents
- Consular fee (payable at the Embassy) = 136 £.
Extras:
- Deposit for a course/programme 250 GBP
- Application Fee 75 GBP
- Transfer (return)
- Study materials
- Visa fees
- Flight tickets
- Medical insurance
- Pocket money
Institution on the map
Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
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Recommendations on when to apply
| Language courses, schools and children's language camps | Primary and secondary education - private schools | Preparation programmes for entering universities - higher education | Higher education (after completing accredited programs A-level, IB, High School) - Bachelor, Master, MBA |
| - we recommend to apply 6-9 months before the start of the course (some camps and schools offer discounts for early booking or for lengthy study programs) - there are some very popular and high demand children's camps, where the applications need to be submitted 1 year in advance (in particular Switzerland , Great Britain , USA , Canada , Austria) | - we recommend to apply one year before the start of the training program, - some schools have a specific time frame (September-November - please specify an individual school) - some schools require tests in several stages (UKISET, internal tests of the school: English, mathematics, logics, subjects, interview, some require a personal visit) | - we recommend to apply one year before the start of the program, - for Foundation and Pathway programs, IELTS and TOEFL certificates are usually required, respectively | - recommended submission one year before the start of the program, - the deadline normally closes in January, for TOP HEIs and, as a rule, in March in other universities - for a bachelor, a Foundation or Pathway preparatory program a completed A-level, IB, High School + IELTS / TOEFL are required - for Masters you need a graduated higher education, in some cases you need a pre-Masters program - MBA requires completed higher education, work experience preferably at least 2-3 years, etc. |
