This course is available to students aged between 10 and 16 and focuses stimulating students’ sense of adventure through practical outdoor lessons. The course includes a weekly visit to an outdoor activity centre.

Course format

The course takes place at Worth School, a well-equipped senior boarding school located in the beautiful West Sussex in the Southeast of England.

English Levels

The course welcomes students all English levels from A1 Beginner to C1 Advanced.

Lessons

There are 20 hours per week with 3 types of lessons: Core English, Learning & Innovation and Focus Adventure. The objectives of the lessons are to improve students’ receptive and productive language skills and to develop their ability to communicate and operate in the 21st century. Students stimulate their sense of adventure through practical outdoor activities.

Mission: Integration!

This takes place on Sunday evenings and consists of icebreaker and get-to-know-you activities to help new students integrate into school life and meet continuing students.

Housewarming!

On Monday evenings, students take part in a series of house-based games and activities to help them build new and consolidate existing friendships with other students from the same house.

Sports & Leisure

Students take part in our Leisure programme where they can choose between a selection of different sports and leisure activities.

Pro Options

The Pro Options programme is optional and allows students to specialise in one sport or other recreational activity for the whole week and is designed to increase their skills, techniques, and knowledge in their chosen option.

BSS Experience featuring True Me

This is our evening entertainment programme that consists of a series of fun challenges and events designed to develop students personal and social skills, self-confidence, and authenticity.

Cultural Programme

Saturday and Sunday excursions allow students to visit places of cultural or historical interest or take part in a recreational activity with their friends.

COURSE overview

Centre: Worth
10-16 years
20 hours of lessons per week
English Levels: from A1 to C1
Core English
Learning & Innovation
Focus Adventure
Sports & Leisure
Evening Entertainment
True Me

our programme

Dates & Fees 2024

Students can stay for any number of weeks. The recommended minimum stay is 2 weeks.

30 June-6 July
7-13 July
14-20 July
21-27 July
28 July-3 August
4-10 August

Residential course: £1,575 per week. Fee includes:

Accommodation
BSS Experience featuring True Me
Excursion Programme
Lessons
Meals (full board)
Sports & Leisure Programme
Transfers (standard days from selected airports / train stations)
Travel insurance

We focus on stimulating students’ appetite for adventure along with building their self-confidence through practical outdoors lessons.

Lessons

Core English

English language lessons are designed to improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their understanding of grammar to improve spoken and written accuracy.

Learning and Innovation

These task-based lessons enable students to work collaboratively to research, discuss and create projects that reflect their knowledge, skills, and personality while developing strategies that are essential for success in the 21st century. The projects have been specially created to help develop the students’ capabilities in each of the 4Cs that form the core of the 21st Century Learning curriculum: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical Thinking.

Focus adventure

These lessons are designed to improve students’ English and at the same time, stimulate their appetite for and sense of adventure, helping them to build their communication skills and self-confidence through a range of different practical outdoor activities. Lessons may include: