Splendid English Plus - Shrewsbury School

• Wide choice of afternoon activities including sports, fitness, arts & crafts, tech, drama
• Evening activities include fun team challenges, mystery nights, talent shows, traditional British games, relaxed nights in houses and discos
• 2 excursions per week e.g. Liverpool (Beatles and World museums), Birmingham (Art Gallery, canal walk, Bullring shopping), Chester Zoo, Drayton Manor Theme Park.

• Shrewsbury has both traditional and modern boarding houses with 1-5 bedded rooms, shared bathrooms

• Some girls' rooms have ensuite facilities

• A school nurse visits regularly

• Close supervision by our resident staff

• Full board. Varied menus to suit international students

• Restricted access to mobile phones. WiFi available (at specific times).

Meals

We provide 3 meals a day, plus evening snack. Meals are taken in the attractive dining room. Menus are chosen to appeal to international students.

Specific dietary requirements can be catered for with prior notice.

Pocket Money

We recommend **£60 per week **to cover personal expenses (phone/SIM cards, postcards, stamps, souvenirs, soft drinks, ice creams etc)

2 excursions per week e.g. Liverpool (Beatles and World museums), Birmingham (Art Gallery, canal walk, Bullring shopping), Chester Zoo, Drayton Manor Theme Park.

Airport transfers on published arrival/depart ure days for flights scheduled to arrive/depart between 09.00-16.00 from/to: Heathrow, Manchester or Birmingham airports

We offer a professional and friendly 'Meet and Greet' service.

Airport transfers by coach or taxi are included in the fees on published arrival and departure dates for flights scheduled to arrive/depart between 09.00 and 16.00 hours from/to specific airports (see below).

Once you have collected your luggage you will come out of the Customs Hall and see one of our airport representatives, holding the school sign with your name. Coaches/taxis leave at regular intervals to take you to your centre. On departure, we check you onto your flight and see you through to departures.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

• *21 hours' tuition per week (18.5 hours in your arrival week) including English Skills, English Workshops and end-of-week presentation
• Maximum class size: 12 international students**

**In exceptional circumstances, in order to place students at their correct level, maximum class size may be exceeeded

English Skills

On arrival, you'll be given a written and oral test and placed into an English Skills class appropriate for your age and level Improve core skills, technical accuracy and enhance spoken fluency through engaging and collaborative sessions e.g. Life in a British School - research famous British Schools and design your own!

English Workshops

In these fun, task based sessions, you'll explore new topic areas. Learn through researching, discussing, collaborating and creating Workshop topics vary week to week e.g. Book Design, Drama, Discovering Darwin, Engineering, Journalism, Video Blogs, Visual Poetry! Choose a Workshop (on arrival) that interests you!

Example English Workshop:

-Video Blogs:

• Understand what blogs are, how and why they are used
• Identify and use different genres and writing styles e.g. article, report
• Design a blog using blogger.com or wordpress.com

Active English

Takes you out of the classroom and teaches you new skills in English e.g. explore British history in Shrewsbury town, interview local residents

Example 'Active English':

-Library Visit:

• Visit Shrewsbury library and meet the people who work there
• Learn about the Dewey system used by libraries to arrange books
• Upon returning to school, write a short review of your favourite book

• Transfers for those arriving/departing outside our free scheduled times on arrival/departure dates at London Heathrow

• Courier fee (e.g. for visa invitation letter), if required, £50.