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Summer language courses for children Page 3

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Our English teaching

A college that's a family

A large family

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Lessons - The test - Stars

Our theatre

Results

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What's included

Payment etc.

Journey to England/Yorkshire


Afternoon and evening activities in Middlesmoor


  • children's pottery, then fired in our electric kiln
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  • use of a football field at Pateley Bridge
  • use of our games room
  • preparation and production of plays in English
  • productions for our puppet theatre
  • jogging on the moor
  • farm work experience helping our neighbour Alan with his haymaking or sheep shearing
  • preparation of drawings for etchings to print on our press
 
 
 
 

 

  • group games in the woods
  • orienteering
  • treasure hunt (with significant prizes)
  • freedom to use the farmers’ fields (after the harvest)
  • swimming in our indoor swimming pool
  • visits to Harrogate or York
  • visits to local events such as country fairs, dances orbarbecues 
  • swumming in nearby river
 
 
                    
 

           

  • oil paintings done by children

  • use of a well equipped sports centre in Pateley Bridge, 7 miles from us
  • Three-day camping trip, in groups of 10-14 students accompanied by 2 English helpers who are outdoor pursuits experts. The students like these excursions very much.
  • During the camping trips the students have further opportunities to see the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Dales, sometimes going as far as the North Sea at Scarborough and the Northumberland coast.

Other principal events of the course

1. Three-day visit to London, either at the beginning, or at the end of the holiday. The group visiting London consists of about 15 students with 2 English helpers. Our students stay in a Youth Hostel in the neighbourhood of London, which is safer than in the capital, and in the morning they make the short journey to London by train.

2.   It is necessary to bring a sleeping bag, suitable to the English summer weather; we provide the mats. 

3. The children like it very much when we sleep outside under the stars during fine weather. It is a special experience in the beginning of  August when the shooting stars of the Perciads are visible in the sky which is very dark because we are far from urban "light pollution".

Clothes/equipment for the course

We suggest the students bring: changes of T-shirts, underwear, sweaters, jeans/trousers, trainers, waterproof boots and jacket, sleeping bag. We recommend marking all the clothes with the students’ name or initials if the students wish to use our laundry service. Delicate/wool/non-fast coloured clothes are not recommended. It is possible to hire tennis rackets in Pateley Bridge for little cost.



 
 
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