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Group Language and Activity CoursesJo Farrington has been running English language and multi-activity courses for school groups for over 20 years. Providing professionally run courses, which incorporate English tuition, cultural excursions and outdoor activities is a winning combination. How Are The Courses Organised?On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, students will receive three hours of English tuition from qualified English teachers, who have been specially trained in teaching English to overseas students. Once the English classes are over, students spend the afternoons participating in a carefully chosen programme of outdoor activities. These are designed to develop qualities such as leadership, trust, stamina, teamwork and confidence. At the same time, the students are having to communicate in English at all times during these activities. We find that once out of the classroom situation, the students begin to relax and loose their inhibitions about speaking English. It is an ideal way to learn a language and every day they grow more confident. On Wednesday and at the weekend, excursions are organised to see some of the surrounding countryside and local attractions, as well as spending a little time visiting our nearby cities for shopping. Safety:Safety is our priority and our equipment is modern and well maintained. Fully qualified instructors always supervise all the activities, which include:
What Are Visiting Staff Expected To Do?Once the group arrives in England, we will organise all aspects of the day to day running of the course. We do ask visiting staff to provide supervision when the programme is not running, i.e. meal times, bed times and helping supervise the group on excursions. Many staff join in with the activities, although this is entirely up to the individual. What Are The Sleeping Arrangements?Guests live as part of the family, with visiting staff staying in the main house in comfortable en-suite rooms, or in the staff room in the attached coach house. Students sleep in large comfortable rooms in the coach house with between 6 and 12 children in any one room. What Are The Catering Arrangements?Meals are served in the main dining room. A full English breakfast, light lunch, afternoon tea and cakes and an evening meal are provided each day. The home-cooked food is both nourishing and plentiful and on the final day of the course we provide a typical Devonshire cream tea, which is always very popular! Special diets can be catered for, but please let us know in advance. Course Content:We understand that all schools have different aims when arranging trips abroad for their students and hence requirements may well alter from one school to another. We will tailor make a course to your exact requirements. If for example you require a longer stay in London, this can be arranged. Alternatively some groups prefer a more intense English course, incorporating project work which can be continued once the group has returned home. We will visit you to discuss all these requirements and can arrange to do a slide presentation to the class and parents if required. What Will The Students Need To Bring?A clothing list and medical forms will be sent to the group leader, once the booking is confirmed. We will provide all the specialist equipment for the activities and recommend that children don't bring too many personal possessions, and certainly nothing of great value. Students may wish to bring some spending money, this is purely for their own needs - there are no hidden extra's that they will be expected to pay for. 2008 Group Tariffs:Groups of 22 - 30 students - £300 week / £450 10 days Groups of 31 students and over £290 week / £435 10 days (1 Free staff place per 10 paying) This Includes:
Optional Extras:
For Further Information Please Contact:Jo Farrington tel: +44 (0) 1822 810466 |
