Irish College of English Homestay Summer Camps (Ages 11-17)
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The Irish College of English, established in 1992, is an award-winning school offering high quality homestay summer camps for international students aged 11 – 17. Set in a stunning Irish seaside town, the Irish College of English offers various summer camps catering to learners of all levels, combining excellent English language lessons with sport and cultural activities in and out of Dublin.
Malahide is a seaside town located on a beautiful part of Dublin’s coastline. The town is famous for being one of the most beautiful towns in Ireland, and has won prestigious the Irish Tidy Towns Award several times. Its most famous features include one of the largest marinas in Dublin, Malahide beach with its charming natural scenery, the famous Malahide Castle and Park and numerous sports, leisure and entertainment facilities. Malahide is within easy reach of Dublin airport ad there are excellent bus and train links to surrounding areas such as Dublin City Center, Swords, Portmarnock and Howth.
ICE HOMESTAY SUMMER CAMPS AT A GLANCE
- Location: Malahide, Dublin
- Age Range: 11 – 17
- Maximum number of students per session: 450
- Maximum class size: 15
- Accommodation: Homestay
- Number of full day excursions per week: 1 full day (Saturday)
Irish College of English: 6 Church Rd, Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Malahide Community School (Summer Center): Broomfield, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland
“I first became familiar with the Irish College of English (ICE) when I visited the year round school in Malahide in 2006. Since then the school has won many accolades at the international level for the quality of its junior programs. In addition to its membership in MEI and its recognition by ACELS (both of which are not uncommon for good language schools in Ireland) in 2015, ICE was the first school in Ireland ever to be shortlisted for the Study Travel Magazines Award for Best Junior School. It was shortlisted again in 2016, 2017, and 2019. The ICE adult school, open year round in Malahide, was also shortlisted in 2017 and 2019 for Best English Language School Europe (which includes schools in the UK, Ireland and Malta).
I list these honors here because as an agent who has been working for nearly 20 years, I have been able to appreciate just how many junior programs there for English learning in Europe—hundreds, if not thousands. The Study Travel Awards are nominated and voted upon by agents like me around the world, and even if a program just makes it to a short list of 5 nominees, especially more than once, it has to be really, really good. I have seen on my own in working with ICE that that is the case. The students I have sent there have been very happy with the quality of their programs, and as agent, it has been a delight to work with ICE staff.
I should also mention that since the beginning of my career, as much as I love Ireland and Irish people, I have resisted recommending programs there for children and teenagers. They tend to have very limited nationality mixes, and are usually frequented by large groups of Italians, Spanish, and to a slightly lesser extent, French students. Many of them end up with 70% Italian or Spanish students for the entire summer. After many years of searching, I found that the Irish College of English, while it does not place strict limits on the enrolment of students of a single nationality, makes much more of an effort than other schools in Ireland to internationalize its junior students. The programs themselves also have much variety to offer participants—they can stay with traditionally warm and welcoming host families in the village of Malahide outside Dublin, which is upscale, very safe and quiet, and on the sea, or they can stay in one of two prestigious boarding schools, Clongowes near Dublin or the more characteristic Irish Glenstal Abbey near Limerick. The course offerings also provide students with many of the options that they really want in summer programs: intensive courses, horseback riding, sailing, and Cambridge exam preparation to name a few. To top it off, ICE also involves Irish teenagers on their programs, giving students the opportunity to interact with native speakers their own age and make lasting friendships.”
Irish College of English Homestay Summer Camps
Why choose the Irish College of English Homestay Summer Camp programs?
- The Irish College of English in Malahide provides the benefits of an English language school in Dublin, as well as the benefits of staying in a beautiful seaside location.
- The Irish College of English is conveniently located in the town center of Malahide, which has excellent public transportation links.
- The Irish College of English was the first English language school in Ireland to be shortlisted for the “Top Junior Course” Award in 2015, 2016 and 2017 consecutively.
- The Irish College of English provides Classic, Intensive, English with Horse Riding or English with Sailing programs for juniors aged 11 to 17.
- The Irish College of English summer camps offer quality homestay accommodation in Malahide and Portmarnock, both of which are upper-class areas, within walking distance of the school building.
- All summer camp programs include daily half-day afternoon activities, optional evening activities and one full-day excursion to places of interest outside Dublin every week.
- The Irish College of English provides excellent standards of welfare and supervision.
The facilities
ICE MALAHIDE FACILITIES AT A GLANCE
- Well-equipped 10 bright classrooms
- Spacious common room
- Computer area with supervised internet access
- Private beach and garden
- Dining room
- Attractive grounds for a variety of on-site activities
MORE ON THE ICE SUMMER CAMP SERVICES
Intercultural Irish Teenage Program
The Irish College of English offers weekly lessons called the Intercultural Teenage program in order to enhance students’ intercultural experience. Irish teenage students will join lessons alongside teachers, allowing summer camp students the opportunity to connect with Irish teenagers.
Student Welfare
The Irish College of English has a dedicated office and staff for student welfare, and an emergency 24-hour telephone number that will be provided to parents.
Airport Transfers
Airport transfers to and from Dublin airport can be arranged at an additional cost. To organize the transfers, Marshall Language Services will need to furnish the participant’s flight information to Irish College of English. If children are travelling as unaccompanied minors, Irish College of English staff will receive them from the airline personnel, and when the program is over, accompany the participants back to the airport and hand over the children to airline staff.
The courses
COURSE CONTENT AND SAMPLE TIMETABLE
Classic Junior Program
The Classic Junior summer camp program for students aged 11 – 17 is suitable for those who want to develop their core language skills as well as enjoy a summer vacation with a varied multi-activity program. The Classic Junior Program can be booked for 2 – 4 weeks.
Each week the program includes:
- 15 hours of English language lessons
- Weekly in-class interaction with Irish teenagers
- Five half-day activities including Dublin city trips
- Two optional evening activities
- One full-day excursion
- Dublin Travel Pass
A sample timetable:
Intensive English and Cambridge Exam Preparation Program
The Intensive English and Cambridge Exam Preparation Program for students aged 11 – 17 is suitable for those who wish to accelerate their progress with more hours of lessons or those who are preparing for Cambridge PET, FCE and CAE examinations. The program includes English lessons, Cambridge examination preparation lessons and a varied activity program outside the classroom. The Cambridge Exam Preparation Program can be booked for 2 – 4 weeks.
Each week the program includes:
- 15 hours of intensive English and 5 hours of Cambridge exam preparation lessons
- Weekly in-class interaction with Irish teenagers
- Five half-day activities including Dublin city trips
- Two optional evening activities
- One full-day excursion
A sample timetable:
English and Horse Riding camp
The English and Horse Riding camp for students aged 11 – 17 combines English language lessons in the morning with horse riding in the afternoons. The horse riding camp caters for all abilities and students will have 3 hours in the stables on 4 afternoons per week, which is divided into 2 hours of stable management and 1 hour of horse riding instruction. The horse riding will take place in a large, new equestrian center. The English and Horse Riding camp can be booked for 2 – 4 weeks.
Each week the program includes:
- 15 hours of English language lessons
- 12 hours of horse riding and stable management
- Weekly in-class interaction with Irish teenagers
- One half-day cultural activity
- Two optional evening activities
- One full-day excursion
A sample timetable:
English and Sailing camp
The English and Sailing camp for students aged 11 – 17 combines English language lessons in the morning with sailing in the afternoons. The camp caters to learners of all levels and sailing activities take places 4 afternoons a week under careful instruction. The English and Sailing camp can be booked for 2 – 4 weeks.
Each week the program includes:
- 15 hours of English language lessons
- 12 hours of Sailing
- Weekly in-class interaction with Irish teenagers
- One half-day cultural activity
- Two optional evening activities
- One full-day excursion
A sample timetable:
HOMESTAY ACCOMMODATION
One of the best ways to experience the Irish way of life is homestay accommodation. Irish College of English summer camps house students in homestay accommodations within walking distance of the school that are carefully selected and visited regularly to ensure consistently high standards. The school and Marshall Language Services recommend this form of accommodation the most for language learning. Family life is informal and the people are welcoming, friendly and talkative, so students will have plenty of opportunities to practice their English with native speakers.
Meals
Homestay accommodation includes a full board meal plan with breakfast, packed lunch and dinner.
Laundry
Bed linens and towels are provided.
Curfew
Students have a strict curfew of 21:30, which applies when all students must be home.
Student Welfare
Students and host families have 24-hour access to an emergency phone number.
Insurance
Insurance covering medical and travel assistance, personal liability and trip cancellation is not included in the price of the program. Marshall Language Services has a policy available through Guard.Me that covers these elements, as well as an additional policy through CareMed that covers cancellation under a wider range of circumstances, including the need to repeat school exams. A summary of these policies may be downloaded below.
Dates and Fees
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