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International Summer School
in Scotland
www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com
Indoor
Swimming Sports Hall
Pool
2021 Dates
Junior Years
General English Programme
Arrival Departure
Week 1: Sunday 4th July 2021 Sunday 11th July 2021
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Week 2: Sunday 11th July 2021 Sunday 18th July 2021
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Week 3: Sunday 18th July 2021 Sunday 25th July 2021
Week 4: Sunday 25th July 2021 Sunday 1st August 2021
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Youth Leadership Programme
School
Lawn Arrival Departure
Programme 1: Sunday 4th July 2021 Sunday 18th July 2021
Sw Programme 2: Sunday 18th July 2021 Sunday 1st August 2021
Senior School
(Main Building)
Sports Field
Boarding Houses
Science
Centre Ba Sw Ma
Barat Swinton Mater
All-weather
astroturf pitch Equestrian
Facilities
Centre
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Butterstone Parking
Who we are
Kilgraston School is an independent day and boarding
school, established in 1930, known for providing a high-
quality level of education.
Located in the countryside of Our goal is to provide a safe and
Perthshire, at the gateway to the complete learning environment for our
Scottish Highlands, Kilgraston is just students. Keeping our students safe
a short distance from mountains, and supported is of highest
rivers and beautiful coastlines. importance to us, and our
Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, as well as teachers, activity leaders, residential
the cities of Glasgow, Dundee, Stirling staff and management team
and Perth are also within an hour of the will be on-site 24-hours to make
school, and the cultural sites in these sure all students’ needs are met, and
locations are easy to reach. that they have fun while they are here
with us.
Kilgraston has been running an
International Summer School since 2013, Our camps run over a 4-week
which provides students with an period, and students can stay for a
immersive English-language experience, minimum of 1-week, or a maximum of 4-
with interesting language lessons, a weeks, depending on the course.
range of afternoon activities that Because of the Coronavirus pandemic,
also involve native-English we have had to make some changes
speaking students, and to how we work, and to the
excursions to locations across activities that we offer. Please note
Scotland. We give students a that we will follow the advice of the
chance to connect with Scottish Scottish government in summer
culture and have fun at the same 2021, and any important changes
time! 2021 sees the will be communicated to parents
introduction of our new before the start of the Summer
Youth Leadership Programme, School. We hope that this guide
which is designed for teenagers clearly explains how our 2021
with a high-level of English, wanting Summer School will run, but please
to develop life-skills in their second contact:
language.
summerschool@kilgraston.com if you
still have any questions.
Where we are
Scotland’s main international airports, Edinburgh and Glasgow,
are both easy to reach from Kilgraston School. These airports
connect with most major European cities and international airports,
as well as providing regular flights to London airports.
Airport transfers are included on our arrival/departure day,
and a staff member from Kilgraston Summer School will be at
the airport to meet students on arrival, as well as on the return
journey to the airport at the end of their stay. We will also
provide a contact person for anyone traveling as
an unaccompanied minor.
Airport Transfers
Dundee
Perth
30
10 mins mins
80
Kilgraston
School
Accommodation
mins
50 Accommodation at Kilgraston Summer Our residential staff are housed in staff-rooms within the boarding
house, and students are supervised at all times throughout
mins School is both comfortable and secure. the night. Our residential staff will make sure that students are
Students are housed in single-sex accommodation within
healthy and happy, make sure that they know where they need
Kilgraston’s school boarding houses, located within the
to be and that they get there safely.
main school buildings. Bedrooms are usually twin-rooms, each
with a sink in the room, and a shared bathroom facility. A full laundry service is provided for students who are
Edinburgh staying longer than a week and may need to wash their
In order to encourage the use of English at all times throughout
personal clothing. Kilgraston School will provide bed linen
the Summer School, students will share their room
Glasgow and towels, although students can choose to bring their
with another student of the same sex and similar age, but a
own if they wish. Wi-Fi is available throughout the boarding
different nationality.
houses, which allows students to easily stay in touch with their
families.
Sample Timetable
7.30 9.00 12.30 13.30 16.00 18.00 19.00 21.00 22.00
General English Programme Sunday Arrivals / Departures
Welcome
Team
building
Down Lights
BBQ time out
games
Our General English Programme is designed for Junior
and Senior students.
Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights
Students in our General English Juniors will have a 1-hour project-based Monday Lunch Academy Social time Dinner
breakfast lessons Activities time out
Programme will receive 15 hours of class per day, which will have
classes per week, with our qualified students work together in English
and experienced English on a creative project that will be
Language teachers. Teachers at presented to the whole Junior School at Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights
Tuesday Lunch Academy Social time Dinner
Kilgraston Summer School are trained the end of the week. Examples of breakfast lessons Activities time out
to create a student-centred projects could be creating a short
environment, where the focus is on play, making a board game, or
building learner confidence and inventing a crazy machine. Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights
language fluency, at the same time Wednesday Lunch Off-site excursion Dinner
Seniors will have a 1-hour life breakfast lessons Activities time out
as developing accurate English.
and communication skills class per day,
In addition to classes being arranged which will have students work
by age (Juniors: 8 to 12, Seniors: together in English on a task that will Wake up/ English Evening Down Lights
Thursday Lunch Academy Social time Dinner
13 to 17), students will also be be presented to the whole Senior breakfast lessons Activities time out
classed according to their level of School at the end of the week.
English. To discover this, each Examples of these tasks could be
student will do a placement test on delivering a group presentation, Down Lights
Wake up/ English Evening
Day 1 of the course. pitching an idea to a panel, or Friday Lunch Academy Prizegiving Dinner time out
breakfast lessons Activities
creating and presenting a poster (21.30) (22.30)
Both Junior and Senior students will have
project – skills that students can use
2 classes per day. Both age
in their future studies and in their
groups will have a 2-hour General Down Lights
future careers. Wake up/
English class, which will Saturday Off-site excursion Dinner Disco time out
breakfast
focus on developing Class sizes are small, with a (21.30) (22.30)
vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, maximum of 16 per class (but
as well as the four skills: speaking, usually smaller), which means
writing,
For the
reading
second
and listening.
class, Junior
increased teacher-student
and lets the teacher develop a
time,
2021 General English Programme Prices
and Senior groups will be a little greater understanding of the students’
different. needs. One week - £1000 per person
BUT – if you book in for more than one week, you pay £900 for each following week. Price includes all tuition,
activities, excursions, accommodation and airport transfers on arrival/departure days.
Sample Timetable
7.30 9.00 11.15 12.30 13.30 16.00 18.00 19.00 21.00 22.00
Team
Welcome Down Lights
Sunday Arrivals / Departures building
BBQ time out
games
Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights
Monday Lunch Academy Dinner
breakfast work work Planning Activities time out
Youth Leadership Programme
Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights
Tuesday Lunch Academy Dinner
breakfast work work Planning Activities time out
Our Youth Leadership Programme is designed for teenagers
who want to develop essential leadership skills that they can
Wake up/ Class Group Evening Down Lights use in the next steps on their education and career pathways.
Wednesday Lunch Off-site excursion Dinner
breakfast work work Activities time out
A new course for 2021, this course is for the role of House Captains, which reflects the
students aged 14 – 17 years old with a ‘prefect’ roles that senior students take in
minimum of a B2 level of English (CEFR). Kilgraston’s main school each year, and put
Wake up/ Class Group Team Evening Down Lights into practice the leadership skills that are
Thursday Lunch Academy Dinner This course will develop students’ skills and
breakfast work work Planning Activities time out discussed in the classroom each morning.
behaviour relating to self-leadership, team-
leadership, problem solving to achieve This course will run twice during the summer
objectives, working as a team, putting plans school, and each will have a maximum
Down Lights into action, building resilience when things capacity of 20 students. This course is also
Wake up/ Class Group Prize- Evening
Friday Lunch Academy Dinner time out don’t go to plan, and reflecting on self and open to local students, so international
breakfast work work giving Activities
(21.30) (22.30) team performances. students will have the chance to communicate
in English throughout the course with native
This is a 2-week course, running over 40
English-speaking classmates.
Down Lights hours. Twenty hours will be dedicated to
Wake up/ classroom-based instruction, with the As the minimum level of English for enrolment
Saturday Off-site excursion Dinner Disco time out
breakfast remaining 20 hours consisting of project work on this course is B2, students will have a level-
(21.30) (22.30)
and planning. test interview that will be arranged after receipt
of the application form. This will involve writing
Under the supervision of our Youth Leadership
2021 Youth Leadership Programme Prices programme instructors, participants will take
a short essay, as well as a spoken interview
via video-link.
the initiative in planning and leading the
Two weeks - £2000 per person summer school’s House Championship
events, which will run during the summer
Price includes all tuition, activities, excursions, accommodation and airport transfers on arrival/departure days
school’s evening social programme. The Youth
Limited places available - we advise booking early
Leadership programme participants will take
Afternoon Activities Equestrian Academy Tennis Academy Dance Academy
Students can pre-book one of our Kilgraston is the only school in Scotland with Equestrian Taught by Kilgraston School’s year-round LTA Level 4 New for 2021, our Dance Academy is run by a qualified dance
facilities on campus, and our Equestrian Academy is run by our Senior Performance coach, our Tennis Academy is instructor with years of experience dancing in shows and
specialist Academies for their highly-qualified Equestrian team, who work at the school year- designed for players of all abilities, from beginners through productions both in the UK and overseas.
afternoons at Kilgraston Summer round. to performance athletes.
Dance sessions will cover ballet, jazz, contemporary and
School, or can sign up for our Multi- Our Equestrian Centre is well-equipped and includes a 60m x This Academy consists of a variety of sessions to help hip-hop styles, and will be adapted to the level and
Activity options on a daily basis. 40m arena, hacking track and jumping paddock. We have a improve tennis practice. Each session will consist of exercises experience of each student participating.
good selection of horses and ponies and our teaching staff to improve basic skills and technique, agility and footwork,
Each session will focus on the skills and techniques for
are fully-qualified. Sessions are designed to consider the fitness and overall performance. If the student wants to and
the different styles of dance, as well as choreography.
abilities of each rider, and will include dressage, show- is able, there will also be a focus on competition. The main
jumping, hacking and games. The focus is on progress, goal of Kilgraston's Tennis Academy is to allow students Students will learn how to create their own work, and will
variety and fun, and each session will combine riding with to learn and play tennis in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. perform some incredible dances for the whole school at the
stable management. end of the week.
Kilgraston has 5 artificial grass courts and 3 hard courts,
During Kilgraston Summer School's Equestrian n e w l y resurfaced in summer 2020. The focus will be on improving dance skills, but having fun at
Academy, students will learn how to ride, and also how to the same time.
Local students also enrol in our Tennis Academy
care for and prepare the horses.
Local students also enrol in our Dance Academy.
Equestrian supplement = £150
Limited places available - we advise booking early
Multi-Activities Multi-Arts Multi-Sports
Our Multi-Activity courses are suitable Multi-Arts is the perfect choice for creative Multi-Sports is a mix of everything:
for students who like more variety each students, and includes a variety of visual swimming, athletics, football, touch
day, and would like to make their activity and performance arts:- drawing, rugby, rounders, badminton, basketball,
choice when they get here. painting, crafts, music, drama, cooking, netball, volleyball, hockey, rock-climbing,
These courses can be selected on a creative writing, dance, jewellery making, and many other sports.
daily basis, allowing students who enjoy and motion capture animation. This programme is run by our experienced coaches, who will
try to include your favourite sports. Sports-based games are
both Sports and Arts to take part in Our Multi-Arts sessions make use of various also a big highlight of our Multi-Sports sessions, and include
spaces in the Kilgraston School building, including
both. the stunning art department, our state-of-the-art theatre
such games as Capture the Flag, obstacle courses, cat and
mouse, and the highlight of everyone’s week – the dodgeball
Local students also enrol in our Multi-Activity courses and drama studio, and even the lawn and woodland tournament!
grounds for outdoor sessions in the sunshine. With so
many options, we guarantee that every day will be different. Multi-Sports uses the school’s high-standard sports fields:
grass pitches, Olympic-sized astro-turf hockey pitch, full-sized
indoor basketball court with viewing gallery, indoor climbing wall,
yoga studio, as well as the woodland areas that surround the
school. Students have lots of choice with Multi-Sports.
Social Programme Excursions
Evenings at Kilgraston Summer Students will go on two excursions per
School are filled with fun week to sites of interest around Scotland.
activities, team-work, and time to Students will have a full-day excursion each Saturday,
make new friends in English. and a half-day excursion each Wednesday afternoon.
Excursions are heavily supervised, and will adhere to
Our social programme starts on Sunday as soon as any government guidance in place at the time regarding
students arrive. We have an arrival barbecue, visitor attractions.
followed by team-building games and activities With Edinburgh and Glasgow both approximately 1-hour
designed to break the ice and have students mixing away, we are close to many exciting and interesting
and getting to know one another. locations that will provide a fun and culturally rich experience
From Monday to Friday we run a range of for students.
fun activities, including our House Excursions in previous years have taken students to:
Championship. Students will be allocated a school Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Yacht Britannia, Dynamic Earth,
‘House’ on arrival and together with their house- Edinburgh’s Camera Obscura and World of Illusion, Glasgow
mates, will compete to win the House Cup, which Science Centre, the Scottish Deer Centre, Auchingarrich
will be awarded on the Friday of each week. Wildlife Park, the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle, the
House competitions will run several evenings a Scottish Crannoch Centre at Loch Tay, South Queensferry
week, and may include treasure hunts, team boat trip and Forth Bridge viewing, the Kelpies and the
quizzes, sporting competitions, or various other Falkirk Wheel, Falkland Palace, Glasgow’s Tall Ship and
activities. Our Youth Leadership participants will be Museum of Transport, RRS Discovery Dundee, Dundee
actively involved in this area, under the supervision of Science Centre, and many more.
our Activity Leaders and Activities Manager.
Other evening events include a Scottish
ceilidh dancing experience, student free-choice
events, movie night, karaoke, and much more. Each
week will have a different schedule of activities
running. One regular event will be our Saturday
evening disco, which will occur each week and will be
our goodbye party for students leaving on the
Sunday.
For students staying longer than one-week, Sundays
will be a relaxed day. We will run activities on site
for students who want to remain on campus, but we
will also arrange supervised trips into Perth to
locations such as to the cinema, leisure pool, or the
shopping centre, where students have the chance to
buy some souvenirs to take home with them.
We will also arrange short supervised nature
walks on trails around the local area for some
outdoor adventures.
‘The teachers are very ‘I made a lot of friends and I
friendly. I like them. could visit nice places, and the
The school is so natural. staff were really cool and kind.
I like it so much.’ I love Kilgraston.’
Booking information Cancellation Policy Wilson, China, Summer 2019 Ana, Spain, Summer 2019
To reserve a place, students must complete a booking form We understand that current circumstances are difficult and can
and pay a deposit of £200. change very quickly. If we have to cancel the summer school
for any reason relating to COVID 19, we will offer a full refund,
Booking forms are available through our website or by
including deposit, or a credit transfer to any bookings made at
contacting our Summer School Course Director.
that time, no matter how close to the course start-date. ‘I liked the staff and the ‘Be sure that you have
Prices If a student has to cancel due to any CO-VID restrictions put in
teachers, the classes, marked my life with laughter
place by either their or the UK government, we will offer a full
General English Programme
refund including deposit. the activities, the evening and excitement. I will
£1000 for one week, £900 for each subsequent week
General non-CO-VID related cancellations will be given a
refund, minus the deposit, if made 4-weeks prior to the start of
activities. I don’t have a remember Kilgraston and
Youth Leadership Programme the course. Any cancellations made within 4-weeks of the start-
date will be charged the full course fee.
best thing because all love everyone there with all
£2000 for two weeks was perfect.’ my heart.’
Horse-riding supplement Contact Valeriya, Russia, Summer 2019 Maria, Brazil, Summer 2019
£150
There may be additional costs for arriving out-with the Donna Douglas
scheduled arrival date, or for arriving at a different airport to our Summer School Course Director
two designated arrival airports: Edinburgh International Airport
or Glasgow International Airport. summerschool@kilgraston.com
www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com
‘There were so many nice ‘I think the atmosphere was
people, and always something very fun, the landscape is
new every day. I was never nice, and it was cool to try
bored.’ many different activities.’
Ioannis, Greece, Summer 2019 Ludric, France, Summer 2019Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, PH2 5BQ 01738 812 257 | www.kilgrastonsummerschool.com | summerschool@kilgraston.com
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