Studio Cambridge Sir Edward (Ages 8-16)
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For students aged 8-16, Studio Cambridge’s Sir Edward summer camp offers intensive English courses at all levels in a beautiful English setting in the Cambridgeshire countryside. The summer camp takes place at the King’s Ely School, a world-famous private boarding school with a wonderful medieval campus. The program features Harry Potter-themed lessons, activities and excursions ensuring an unforgettable experience for younger students.
Ely is a beautiful, peaceful city in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside: the ideal setting for children. Its magnificent cathedral, established in 1083, dominates the city and makes this one of the finest and most unspoilt medieval cities in Britain. The city center has a traditional English feeling, with shops and a market square. With a population of only 20,000 people, Ely feels more like a village than a city—everything is close-by—and the atmosphere is friendly.
Founded in the year 970, King’s is one of the oldest schools in the world. Students will live on-campus in one of the wonderful, old residences. The Sir Edward summer camp has been running at King’s Ely every year since 2008.
Ely is located 120 kilometers from London and 25 kilometers north of Cambridge.
SIR EDWARD AT A GLANCE
- Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Age Range: 9 – 13
- Maximum number of students: 200
- Number of lessons per week: 20 lessons = 15 hours
- Maximum number of students per class: 16
- Ratio of staff to students: 1 : 7
- Number of full day excursions per week: 2 full day and 1 half day excursion per week
Studio Cambridge Sir Edward: King’s School, Barton Rd, Ely CB7 4DB, United Kingdom
“Studio Cambridge added this junior program in Ely, near Cambridge, in 2008, and like all of their programs, has been a bestseller ever since. The younger age group on this program will enjoy the Harry Potter-themed activities and the traditional, medieval English campus setting, whose building interiors have been renovated to modern, comfortable standards (as is not always the case with “traditional” buildings in England). With Sir Edward’s 200 participants overall, the program is large enough even for students attending it by themselves to make many new friends, and to have a wide selection of afternoon activities. The King’s School campus is famous for being located in the shadow of one of the most magnificent cathedrals in the world, and in fact, the school was founded over 1000 years ago to educate the Ely cathedral choristers. Students will be able to see it, along with the medieval town center, on an accompanied visit with the staff. Then off-campus excursions, they will enjoy visits to the classic destinations of London and Cambridge aimed at younger students. Parents can also appreciate that like with all good junior programs, Studio Cambridge does not accept more than 25% of a single group of mother tongue speakers on its programs, allowing their children the opportunity to speak English with children of many different nationalities. This program fills up very early every year (even by mid-March the spaces are almost completely booked), attesting its desirability at the international level.”
Studio Cambridge Sir Edward
Why study English on the Studio Cambridge Sir Edward program?
- Sir Edward summer camp runs at King’s Ely school, a world famous private boarding school for British and International students.
- The Cambridgeshire countryside, where the King’s school is located, is an ideal setting for young children, offering a true English atmosphere for enhanced learning and exploring.
- With its fantastic nationality mix, students will have the opportunity to make many friends from many different countries in their English classes, on the social activities, and in the accommodation.
- The Sir Edward camp runs popular “Harry Potter” themed classes and activities throughout the program, ensuring students have a fun learning experience.
- The English courses and accommodation at Sir Edward are in beautiful medieval old residences, which the students will remember for the rest of their lives.
- The Sir Edward summer camp includes 2 full-day and 1 half-day excursion every week, allowing students to explore the many wonders Britain has to offer.
- Airport transfers are included in the fees on the scheduled dates—students can arrive and depart from London airports Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted without the timetable restraints imposed by most other schools.
- The price of this program also includes insurance, which is not the case with most other programs; for those programs, if insurance is desired, it has to be added on by the agency at an additional cost.
- The price of the Sir Edward program is of excellent value for everything that it offers.
The facilities
KING’S SCHOOL FACILITIES AT A GLANCE
- Town center campus with medieval architecture and modern facilities
- 15 classrooms halls for plays and social gatherings
- Student common rooms
- Dining room
- Computers with Internet access
- Free Wi-Fi
- Sports hall and gymnasium
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- Tennis courts
- Outside playing fields
- Arts and Crafts room
MORE ON THE SIR EDWARD SERVICES
Student Welfare
On the campus, there is a dedicated office and staff for student welfare, and an emergency 24-hour telephone number that will be provided to parents along with the enrolment confirmation. Residential staff will be living on site with them to provide 24-hour supervision. There is one staff member for every seven students.
Airport Transfers
Marshall Language Services will need to furnish the participant’s flight information to Studio Cambridge so that the airport transfers can be organized. Parents will received detailed instructions on what the student should do when their flight arrives. It is also possible for parents to accompany their children to the campus personally.
Transfers to and from Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted airport on Sundays are included in the price of the course. When the program is over, Studio Cambridge staff will accompany the participants back to the airport and check them into their flights. If they are traveling as unaccompanied minors, they will hand over the children to airline staff.
The courses
Course Content and Sample Timetables
The Sir Edward summer camp runs a popular “Harry Potter” theme and activities relating to the books and movies form part of the camp’s English lessons, its afternoon activity options and some evening activities. The program is available for learners of all levels and includes 20 lessons (15 hours) of English lessons every week. The program also includes 2 full day excursions and 1 half day excursion every week.
The programs provide
- An entry test on the first Monday of the course
- International classes
- Classes from 9:20 – 12:50
- 15 hours of lessons per week
- All educational materials
- Academic report and certificate of studies from teachers at the end of the student’s stay
A sample timetable:
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
The Sir Edward program includes comfortable residential accommodation on the King’s Ely campus. There are single or shared rooms by a maximum of 6 students of similar age, with separate areas for boys and girls. All bathrooms and showers are shared.
Meals
All meals are provided in the magnificent medieval beamed dining hall. There is a wide choice of hot and cold food and a vegetarian option for every meal. Vegetarian and non-pork options are always available. Packed lunches are offered on excursion days.
Laundry
King’s Ely staff will wash students’ clothes once a week. Bed linen is provided at the residence and will be changed and washed once each week.
Evenings
Each evening students on the Sir Edward program will have activities organized for them by our Studio staff. All students must be in their rooms by 21:00 at the latest.
Student Welfare
Studio staff live in the residences and provide 24-hour care.
Dates and Fees
Other Programs by this School
Studio Cambridge also offers the following programs:
- The summer program Sir Laurence in Cambridge for students aged 12-16
- The summer program Sir Michael Global Leaders and Creative Social Media in Cambridge for students aged 13-17
- The summer program Sir Christopher in Cambridge for students aged 16-19
- English language courses year round at the Studio Cambridge adult school in Cambridge
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