Tuesday 22 November 2016

Located close to the historic town of Battle and the seaside town of Hastings lies our beautiful campus, Vinehall. Welcoming up to 70 students per week from 8 – 12 years of age with all levels of English. A staff ratio of 1:3 students provides a comfortable and well manned centre to send your children.

At Vinehall we provide students with 20 hours of English tuition per week, which is made up of;

English Skills (10 hrs per week)

These lessons are based on Bede’s syllabus and are designed to improve students’ general language abilities, extend their vocabulary and pronunciation and enhance their understanding of grammar to improve their accuracy when producing spoken and written language.

Enrichment (5 hrs per week)

Using real life materials such as adverts, leaflets and television programmes, students will develop their receptive and productive English skills. Deepening their cultural knowledge of the UK, while enhancing their linguistic knowledge of the English language has proven to be a beneficial lesson.

Explorations (5 hrs per week)

These lessons, based on stimulating subjects such as science, environment, ecology, space, energy, geography, and technology use CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), methodology to enhance students’ general knowledge as well as their communication and language abilities, promoting their cultural sensitivity.

A placement test on arrival will place students into their English class. Each class will consist of students of similar age and English ability.

What is new for 2017 at Vinehall?

  • New course structure - Duplicating the New Horizons programme (Handcross) will give younger students the opportunity to participate in this popular course.
  • Outdoor learning - Applying the course timetable outside of the classroom and engaging the students whilst out in the open environment.
  • Overnight excursions will be available on selected weekends. Accommodation, activities and restaurant all included. The benefits of this being they will experience the culture of London day/night and eat in an English restaurant.
  • English Champions - Native English students of similar age will join us at Vinehall to participate in the programme alongside all our international students.
  • Cambridge Young Learners Exam - Students can return home with an internationally recognised Cambridge certificate, illustrating their English level. (Recommended to all looking to progress through the Cambridge certification ladder, KET, PET, FCE & CAE)
  • Trinity College - Stage & Screen, Fishing and Rookie Lifeguard Academies available at an additional cost.

Our programme, activities and excursions are all designed for the given age range, including time every day for students to use the Wi-Fi and contact home. A great centre for those first time abroad, or wish for a challenging programme whilst having plenty of fun outside in the open grounds that Vinehall has to offer.

Any questions you have with regards to Vinehall and the New Horizons programme please contact us and we will be happy to help you. summer.school@bedes.org

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