Summer Camps - Ekthana

St. George’s International School Nano Camp offers a variety of fun-filled activities adapted to the age of the children, allowing them to explore and experiment in a safe environment.

For ages 3-5
Monday-Friday
Supervised meals (1:4)

Our Mini Camp offers exciting weekly themed activities with special trips for children 6-8 years old. The camp provides safe and reliable care as your child learns and explores indoor and outdoor activities this summer.

Our themed activities include:

Art
Science
Swimming
Baking
Nature walk
Sport

Every Wednesday, we take our Mini campers to excursions around the region:

Labyrinthe Aventure
Picnic
Rope Course
Swiss Vapeur
Mini hike at Les Pleiades
Marmots Paradise in Rochers-de-Naye

LANGUAGE IN THE MORNING

Language tuition with a fun, challenging and rewarding activities programme. A mixture of focused, classroom based study and outdoor adventure provide students with both an intellectual and physical challenge. It’s a perfect way to spend a memorable summer!

Language classes offered:

English for beginner, intermediate or advanced levels
French for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
German for beginners
Mandarin for beginners

Standard language course offers 20 lessons in your chosen language.

Intensive language course offers an additional 5 lessons of conversation

MULTISPORT AND ADVENTURE IN THE AFTERNOON

Girls and boys just want to have fun! Our multi activity camps are great adventures packed with exhilarating activities that all go to make for an unforgettable time away from home this summer for 9- 17 year olds.

Young people experience a taste of freedom in the great outdoors, occasionally facing their fears on high adrenaline activities, or simply learning new skills and having fun with new friends. Summer camp activities range from paddle boarding to wake boarding and zip lines and circus skills as well as taking time to visit to places of interest in the area. We look forward to giving your child a taste of Switzerland!

MULTISPORT OPTIONS

Our Summer Camp Multisport options include the following, depending on the weather and how long the students have been at the camp. We try not to have repeats.

Sailing
Paddle board
Banana
Canyoning
Rafting
Ropes course
Circus
Football
Tennis
Badminton
Climbing
Swimming
Glacier 3000 (Snow walk)

LANGUAGE IN THE MORNING

Language classes offered:

English for beginner, intermediate or advanced levels
French for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
German for beginners
Mandarin for beginners

Standard language course offers 20 lessons in your chosen language.

Intensive language course offers an additional 5 lessons of conversation.

CLIMBING CAMP

This introduction to Climbing Course is great for students looking to start and develop their climbing skills and who would like to have a fun time climbing in complete safety whilst learning some valuable techniques this summer. Upon completion of this course, climbers have a basic understanding of outdoor climbing.

FILM CAMP

VIDEO RECORDING AND SOUND ENGINEERING

During the camp you will explore the growing market of videoing and sound engineering, learning the basic tricks of the trade.

BUILD A WEATHER BALLOON PROJECT

Be part of an exciting project to design, build, test and launch a weather balloon which will go into space! Conditions are harsh that high up and the scientific instruments that we want to send up need to be protected. Our balloon will need to be fitted with a parachute so the equipment and cameras can be recovered for analysis. We will also need GPS tracking so that wherever the balloon ends up we can find it! Do you think you have what it takes to be part of this exciting space project?

DIVING CAMP

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course- the world’s most popular and widely recognised scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.

Language & Elite Sport Camps has four blocks of 1 week. Options for the Elite Sport Camps include Football, Tennis and Basketball. Students will have Sport in the morning followed by Language lessons. There will be a second sports session in the afternoon.

LANGUAGE SESSIONS

Our summer camp offers language tuition with a fun, challenging and rewarding activities programme. A mixture of focused, classroom based study and outdoor adventure provide students with both an intellectual and physical challenge. It’s a perfect way to spend a memorable summer in Switzerland!

Language classes offered:

English for beginner, intermediate or advanced levels
French for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
German for beginners
Mandarin for beginners

Standard language course offers 20 lessons in your chosen language.

Intensive language course offers an additional 5 lessons of conversation.

BLUES AND ROCK CAMP

During the Blues and Rock camp you will get the opportunity to explore playing in bands focusing on blues and rock music. This is a great opportunity for exporting ensemble playing and for those students considering taking Trinity or Rock School exams.

The week will include:

Full and sectional rehearsals
Master classes on improvisation and blues / rock technique
Opportunities for students to create small bands
Final concert
Opportunity to watch live blues and bands at the world renown Montreux Jazz Festival which will be celebrating its 50th year

The camp is for students who sing and play guitar (lead/ rhythm), bass guitar or double bass, piano, drum kit, saxophone, trumpet and trombone.

Students need to be a minimum of ABRSM grade III or grade V for piano (intermediate to advanced level) and be able to read music. Suitable for students studying music at school, including IGCSE, BTECH, A Level and IB music.

IB ART PORTFOLIO CAMP

IB Art Portfolio camp is for IB Art students who are preparing for exams in art, developing art works or portfolio preparation for applications to colleges of art and design. This camp offers exciting ways to enjoy and progress in essential core studies, drawing from observation including life drawing and develop interpretative ideas in fine art, design and history.

BIG BAND CAMP

The week will include:

Full and sectional rehearsals
Master classes on improvisation and jazz technique
Opportunities for students to create small jazz combos
Final concert
Opportunity to watch live jazz at the world renown Montreux Jazz Festival which will be celebrating its 50th year

The camp is for:

Students who play trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, bass guitar or double bass, jazz guitar, piano, drum kit, vocalists.
Students need to be a minimum of ABRSM grade V (intermediate to advanced level) and be able to read music.
Suitable for students studying music at school, including IGCSE, A Level and IB music.

There is a new intake every Monday (summer camp boarders must arrive on the Sunday afternoon) over summer, between 27 June and 12 August 2016 inclusive.

Enrolment (for a possible duration of 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks, 6 weeks, etc.) to start classes on the:

27 June 2016
04 July 2016
11July 2016
18 July 2016
25 July 2016
01 August 2016
08 August 2016

All summer camp boarders must arrive on the Sunday afternoon the day before classes start and leave again on the Saturday morning.

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BUILD A WEATHER BALLOON PROJECT

DIVING CAMP

LANGUAGE & ELITE SPORT CAMPS

LANGUAGE SESSIONS

MUSIC AND ART CAMPS