English Summer Courses for junior students
Junior Courses held every summer are perfect for you to improve your English, make friends and have fun. Junior English courses usually run from late June to the end of August every year.
- Introduction - On our Junior English Courses you will get a varied programme that includes grammar, vocabulary and useful phrases in fun memorable lessons.
- Queens Avenue summer courses, homestay accommodation, 12-15 years old (special arrangements can be made for 16 - 17 year old students) - The best combination for teenage learners: friendly enjoyable classes with mixed nationalities, varied topics, songs and games.
- Clifton College summer courses, residential accommodation, 13 -17 years old - You will study and practice English at our junior centre, Clifton College. You will stay in a residence of Clifton College.
- Fun social programme - Your afternoon and evening activities will include sports, swimming, creative activities, shopping, quizzes and games.
Introduction
On our Junior Summer Courses students study a varied programme of English lessons, which cover grammar, vocabulary, phrases and skills that are relevant to your level. There is a strong emphasis on making the lessons in English fun and covering lively relevant topics such as popular music and fashion. At all levels, you will learn real language that you can use in real conversation with other students and with English speakers outside the school.
You can join our Junior Summer Classes from late June to late August every year. As a Junior student, you will study in mixed-nationality, junior-only groups at one of our summer school centres. You can also join one of our Specialist English Courses in Video Making, Drama or Journalism in the afternoon.
Queens Avenue summer courses (homestay accommodation)
Our summer English classes for Juniors are held at Queen’s Avenue, Clifton, which is about 10 minutes’ walk from our main site in Oakfield Road. Students who study here will stay with host families in the nearby area.
There are nine classrooms in the school, each with comfortable seating, a whiteboard and movable furniture so class groups can be constantly varied. There will also be access to computers with Internet access so you can stay in touch with your family and friends. The school is located in a very pleasant area of Bristol with nearby access to sports facilities.
Our English Classes for Teens, held over the summer, offer the best possible combination for teenage learners: excellent classroom teaching, friendly enjoyable classes, a good mixture of nationalities and a fantastic social programme of afternoon and evening activities.
Your English classes are from 9.30 to 12.30 every morning. You will learn from our own specially written study booklets that are designed specifically for teenagers. Every lesson covers a different topic so you can be sure we will include many different areas in a two-week or three-week programme. Classes are normally limited to a maximum of 15 teenage students.
Your lessons will include games, songs and review of earlier English language lessons in the week. Our Project 100 poster in every classroom guarantees that every group will learn at least 100 new words and phrases every week.
Every two weeks, each group chooses an English song that they like, learns, studies and practises it and then performs the song in our Friday-afternoon talent show. This is a good way to find out more about your fellow teenage students' favourite music and artists.
Please go to our "Dates and prices" page for more information or contact us on+44 (0)117 909 0911.
Clifton College summer courses (residential accommodation)
You will have your classes, social programme and accommodation at Clifton College, one of the UK’s most prestigious independent schools. The beautiful school grounds are located in Clifton, a very safe and elegant suburb of Bristol. The College has excellent facilities, which include a swimming pool, sports centre, internet café and sports field. Students stay in twin, triple or multi-bedded rooms in boarding houses situated around the central school buildings.
Here we run Vacation Summer course and Academic Preparation course from early July to the middle of August.
On Vacation Summer course students (13-17 year-olds) have general English classes in the morning and social programme activities in the afternoon and evening. For more information about Vacational Summer course, sample timetable and social programme click here.
Academic Preparation course specially designed by IH Bristol to help prepare teenagers (14-17 year-olds) who want to study in a UK independent school. Students have general English classes in the morning and Academic Preparation classes in the afternoon, where they study three different academic subjects in order to develop their academic English and understanding of UK academic expectations. For more information about Academic Preparation course, sample timetable and social programme click here.
Please go to our "Dates and prices" page to find out about the prices and downlad an application form for these courses or contact us on +44 (0)117 909 0911.
Fun social programme
On our junior social programme you will get a varied selection of afternoon activities every day and evening events like discos, karaoke, skating, circus skills or bowling.
Every Wednesday at Queen's Avenue site and every Thursday at Clifton College site, we have an afternoon excursion to places of interest such as Weston Super-Mare Beach, Bristol Zoo or the City of Bath. On some afternoon excursions you get a quiz, which gives you a chance to use your knowledge of English together with other students in a friendly competitive atmosphere.
On Saturdays and some Sundays, there are whole-day trips to London, Cardiff, Oxford, Birmingham and exciting local destinations like Wells or Cheddar. Most excursions include a guided tour by the accompanying teachers and visits to places of interest in the city or town being visited.
All of these social opportunities will give you the chance to practise the English you will learn whilst you are with us on our summer course.