Queen's College Summer School, Taunton Holiday Courses

• Location: Taunton, England,
• Established: 1843,
• Language of instruction: English,
• Type of training: mixed.

Queen's College, Taunton is a co-educational day school in Taunton, providing programs for children from birth to 18 years of age during the academic year. During the holidays, short-term courses of interest are organized on its campus: from creative directions to robotics and food technology.

Students aged 7 to 17 years are offered an exciting curriculum, including specialized classes with qualified teachers who will unobtrusively and interestingly explain new material for children. As with many camp programs in the UK, all courses include educational excursions to the sights of England.

Participants of vacation courses are accommodated in modern rooms of two or three people per room. In each room, personal beds, workplaces and storage areas are prepared for them. In common use there are bathrooms and toilets located in the corridors, cozy living rooms, kitchen areas.

Often, students live in the neighborhood with representatives of other countries or native English speakers in order to practice their knowledge outside the classroom, learn a foreign culture and make new friends. Employees can settle several students who are already familiar with each other together if an entire room is free for them.

Students are provided with a balanced meal, which is served in the dining room. Meal times are different for different age groups for the convenience of visiting the dining room.

A qualified team of chefs satisfies any needs of students: from dietary to religious. They also regularly organize themed evenings, which feature dishes from different parts of the world.

The main entertainment during the entire stay in the camp is field trips. No trip to the UK is complete without a visit to London, and students of Queen's College have the opportunity to spend a whole day among its architectural beauties - the trip will be organized with an overnight stay in central London. Accommodation in single rooms with bathrooms, proximity to world-famous museums, the National Gallery, attractions diversify the vacation life of foreign students.

During the school week, after academic classes, pupils go to Taunton to visit the cinema, play golf or bowling. As the natural beauty of North Somerset is truly exceptional, students are given the opportunity to hike in Dartmoor's Linford River Gorge. It was shaped by a combination of geology, water energy and climate change, so it is one of the amazing places in this area. 

The nearby county of Devon is home to some of the most scenic beaches in the UK, which are also of international importance in terms of wildlife. Students will visit Dawlish Warren and Exmouth, enjoy a beach holiday and explore many important conservation projects.  North Devon is famous as a great place for surfing and other sports in which children can try their hand.

A trip to the southwest would not be complete without a stop in the historic city of Bath. Exploring quaint streets, Roman ruins, the Temple of Sulis Minerva, and the infamous bath complex will give students the feeling of being in a Jane Austen novel.  The trip will last in Exeter  , a university city built before the arrival of the Romans in 50 AD.  Fantastic promenade and many shops where you can buy souvenirs. 

• Specialized courses,
• Full board format,
• Training during the autumn, winter, spring and summer holidays.

The college is located in Taunton, Somerset, England. In the summer months, it is quite hot here - the temperature reaches up to 30 ° C. During other holidays - spring, autumn and winter - you should count on changeable weather and stock up on warm, waterproof clothes.

The campus of Queen's College is located on an area of about 35 acres. Students of the courses have access to its entire infrastructure: classrooms with modern equipment, sports grounds and halls, a dining room, residential rooms in a boarding house. Also on the training territory are equipped:

• Theatre with 570 seats for events,
• 22 tennis courts,
• Six cricket fields with nets,
• Gym
• Indoor swimming pool,
• Four netball courts,
• Climbing wall. 

From Monday to Thursday, students are on campus, engaged in self-study and attending collective events: sports, creative, scientific. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday there are large-scale excursions for the whole day, and sometimes even for a day.

The cost of the course already includes many services: accommodation, meals, trips and activities. Additionally and if desired, you can pay for overnight stays in the boarding house, not included in the selected duration of the program - 125 £ per night. Also, financial costs are possible if the student wishes to use:

• Transfer outside the specified time of its movement,
• Letter with courier delivery - 75 £,
• Change in course booking (name, date) – £50.

Parents of the prospective student must register his application form in an online format. Candidates will be contacted by the admissions committee if the vacant seats for the selected course are not yet occupied.

Applicants will receive an invitation to study, with the help of which it is easier to obtain a student visa. Camp staff will wait for a booking confirmation and then give detailed instructions on arriving on campus.

In order to spend a vacation in a camp on the campus of Queen's College, applicants must meet the age restrictions of the course, as well as provide personal documents: passport, medical insurance, student visa or residence permit. You will also need the contact information of one of the parents of the future student.

In the camps , all adults speak English, so it will be easier for the child to adapt, having a conversational level, but ignorance of the language is not a limitation.

Before the start of almost every course, discounts and free participation in the vacation are raffled off.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision