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Even more opportunities to use English.

The Board Meetings that I introduced two years ago have enabled everyone to participate in a formal interview during the first week and to give a presentation in the third week. Last year, those who wished joined in a competition during the fourth week.

I shall build on this idea in 2012.

Vacational Studies is all about the development of young people. The theme of the Board Meetings this year will be ‘The Developing Me’ on the basis that the subject that everyone knows most about is themselves.

In week one, students will meet in the formal environment of the Boardroom, as before, to talk to the Board, chaired by me, about what they expect to gain from the Course experience and how they think it will develop them.

In the second week, students will again meet in the Boardroom to talk about they see themselves and whether their perception of themselves is changing as they relate to other cultures in a new environment.

In the third week, they will meet in the Boardroom to discuss how their perception of themselves has been modified by their experiences and how they feel they have used the Course experience to develop in this way.

In the fourth week, a selection of students will participate in one of three competitions. These will be (1) Elementary (2) Intermediate and (3) Advanced, depending on the command of the language. They will speak for three minutes in front of their peers on the subject of ‘The Developing Me’.

Trinity Certificates

It is some years since we offered them, but in these recessionary times, it is useful to consider what we can do to enhance eventual employment possibilities. Employers love qualification certificates. We are a Centre for the Trinity examining board and this summer will offer its range of spoken qualifications with a certificate given in each grade.

The examination will be a natural follow-on from the work we are doing on formal spoken English. It will require no additional preparation and place no stress on candidates.

Students will be entered at the correct level for their ability so their qualification will be in one of these bands:- Initial; Elementary; Intermediate; Advanced with a grade within each of these bands:- Initial (Grade 1, 2, 3 = *CEFR A0, A1, A2); Elementary (Grade 4, 5, 6 = *CEFR A2, B1, B1); Intermediate (Grade 7, 8, 9 = *CEFR B2, B2, B2); Advanced (Grade 10, 11, 12 = *CEFR C1, C1, C2.)

*This is an international certificate that is calibrated to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and which is accepted by employers, trainers and universities around the world.

Why we don’t offer many options

As I am proud of what we offer young people, I am curious to know why some parents decide not to choose us for their children. I learned from one parent that it was because another school offered a choice of extra-cost activities (horse-riding, golf, etc.) and a choice of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks stays. It took me back to our early years in the 1970s.

I’m sure I wrote about why we don’t offer these in our 1970-something brochure, but I thought it would be an idea to explain again here why we have ‘been there, done that’ and dropped the whole idea.

We used to offer golf and horse-riding – and archery and guitar lessons (and others), too. They looked good in the brochure and, in themselves, were a good idea. The more, the merrier. In practice, however, what happened was that all these activities took students away from the activities we organised and away from their new international friends. Those who had been booked for these extras did not want to take them and we had to oblige children to do what they did not want to do. In the end, we simply discontinued offering these extras.

We think we offer a super an action-packed programme in an international milieu without the need for extras.

As for offering a choice of lengths of Course, we used to do this, too. I discontinued this as I think the best way to create an international community is to have everyone arrive on Day 1 (knowing no one) and leave on Day 28 (knowing everyone and in tears). Between these days, friendships are made and a real community spirit is created.

So (apart from the few on the Lite programme) this is what we do.

Our Course is a structured learning experience. Events like the Board Meetings above are, I think, far more relevant to this developmental experience than distractions which fill up the time. I wonder if those courses offering a multiplicity of choices have Board Meetings and Public Speaking competitions as well as:-

Native English-speaking students
Sports staff who have all been student with us and know how the Course works
Nearly 40 years of experience
Teaching staff who have the chance to take DELTA qualifications at our expense and return year after year
Students from all over the world, many of whose parents were children with us.

I suspect not…

Vacational Studies in 2012 will remain as multinational as always. A major change for this year is that I have extended our age-range to include the full European secondary school age-range to 18. As schools do not exclude 18s because of their legal ‘adult’ status, nor shall I. Most 18 year-olds are still at school. I think Vacational Studies should not be an exception.

2012 Prefects

We shall make all students over 18 whom we already know ‘Prefects’. This means that they will meet with IGM and the Course Manager and discuss how they can benefit themselves and the Course by taking responsibility for aspects of the Course like the sports and social events, assisting the staff in a supervisory capacity and arranging events, if they wish. The normal rules will apply, but they will have certain privileges appropriate to their age such as increased internet access and mobile phone use. The 10.30 bedtime will not apply. We may look at access to the SSO room. Prefects will be given the opportunity to lead in a similar way to Staff Helpers while following the regular teaching programme. 18 year-olds who are new to us will be given the responsibilities of Prefects when we know them which – within the context of the Course – is likely to be after just a few days. Tanya from Spain tells me: ‘I like the conditions of the Prefectship because I think it has in itself both the social responsibility of a Staff Helper and the fun of still being a student.’

Now that the Sports/Social side is predominantly staffed by ex-UK Reps, the role of a Staff Helper is becoming supernumerary. Occasionally we have a brilliant SH, but too often we have someone who feels neither a student nor a member of staff and does not adjust to this quite subtle role. A Prefect is a student with responsibilities and privileges. Being a student is easy. Having responsibilities is up to the individual and we can add or subtract them according to that person’s abilities.

So it may that I shall not appoint Staff Helpers for a while.

It may also be that I shall decide to appoint a few prefects at 17 if we see leadership potential.

2012 Houses/Divisions

While students will have a competitive loyalty to their own House, they will integrate socially. Classes will be integrated as will the main evening activities. Each House will have its own table for certain special meals. At other times, the tables will be integrated. Sports Day will be a four-cornered event with competitive sports, and will showcase dancing and singing from each School. Aaron the UK Rep (who will be a Sports Assistant in 2012) and Hugh the 2011 SportsSocial Organiser can be seen here speaking about their roles.

There are more VacStuds videoclips. You can see and hear Bjarni, Harald and Ben talking about their student experiences; Veronica and Hedvig talking about being Staff Helpers; Lewis and Rachel talking about being Sports Assistants; Karen talking about being Senior Teacher; and Ayla and Vanessa talking about ‘the best four weeks of my life…’. The 2011 UK reps can also be seen and heard:- all the 2011 UK Reps: Tom, Joe, Lewis and Becky (all of whom have been invited back as Apprentices in 2012), Tom Dell the UK Rep (who will be back as an Apprentice in 2012) and Becky Cadman the UK Rep (who will be back as an Apprentice in 2012) talking with Gianni from Switzerland about the film project.

2012 English-speaking Treasure Hunt

…will resemble the Treasure Hunt in 2011. The idea is to involve every student meeting every other student and using English to elicit information. It will be a massive and ongoing ‘treasure hunt’ with every student being given given a cryptic clue on arrival. Combining all the clues will lead to a trail at the end of which will be the answer and a prize. All the clues will be answerable from the children’s own general knowledge or via the internet. In order for them to get access to the internet on our computers, they will have to ‘buy web time’. All such purchases will have to be made in the currency of the Course – the Vaccle.

Vaccles

Vaccles are he currency of the Course and are in several denominations. They are paid out for good work, using English, good behaviour, participation, etc. There are also Vaccle fines for lack of effort, not using English, poor behaviour, absence of participation, etc. To spend Vaccles, students will have to earn them. What the ‘treasure’ is will be announced during the Course. Vaccles can be used to buy other treats – such as jumping the queue….

2012 VacStuds ‘Lite’

The Course is structured around a four-week period. The task-based project takes this length of time to complete and I know from experience that it is in Week 2½ that the inhibitions and barriers break down and this is when rapid progress is made. Our students do not find four weeks too long. The tears at the end show this.

But four weeks is a big step for some teenagers – and their parents – so here is a the ‘Lite’ programme. Any two weeks can be chosen. It is ‘Lite’ because it is shorter, but also because whatever is in the programme during the two weeks not chosen will clearly not be available. A few former students are unavailable for the duration, but I feel their presence will add to the Course. For the uncertain newcomers, I suggest the first two weeks as the last two weeks can be added. I know that one client, whose son is afraid that he may spend two lonely weeks without friends, has bought two tickets – one for travel after two weeks; another for travel after four weeks.

What makes Vacational Studies so special?

I think what makes us special is the continuity. Not only are we well into the second generation of students with children from the ’70s and ’80s keen that their children have the same fantastic experiences they had as youngsters, but there is a huge continuity of staff. Our British students (UK reps) are an innovation that few organisations emulate. My belief is that a Course cannot be international unless the UK is represented in its student body. There is an added advantage, though. Our UK Reps are almost always excellent (they are on a one week probation when they come to weed out those who fall short of expectations) and most of them apply for jobs on the Sports/Social side of the Course two years after their time as a student. This means that they know exactly how the Course runs, what activities work (and don’t work) and what the students want. They have been there; they know. In the year after their stay with us as a student, they may apply to be an ‘Apprentice’ on the next year’s Course in preparation for their work as staff. For teaching staff, Vacational Studies is an attractive prospect. We have teacher development sessions during the Course headed by our Director of Studies. Each year, I develop one or two talented staff by funding a DELTA course for them. This is a top TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) qualification. It is expensive (which Vacational Studies covers) and demanding of time and energy (which the member of staff provides.) Several senior teachers with us this year are DELTA-qualified. And with most students coming on personal recommendation, we are also incredibly international. Vacational Studies has always been run by me. I started it as ‘Educational Holidays’ in 1971 which I ran with two others. In 1973, I formed ‘Vacational Studies’ without partners. The values established over generations are constant, but every year is different and every year is special. For all our students it is a developmental summer and, as I shall say to them many times, ‘you are creating at this moment memories that will stay with you for ever.’ I have trademarked our new strapline ‘Days I’ll remember all my life™’.

VacStuds Songs 2011

Here are the lyrics for the Cheam Song 2011 and for the Douai-Elstree Song 2011

Teaching English the VacStuds way

We try to make the learning part of the Course as different as possible from the student’s lessons at his or her own school. No one wants to come to England in the holidays to go straight back to school. When everyone has arrived, we assess their level of English. We do this partly with a written test we have used for some years. Written English is only one of the skills, though, so we also look at spoken English. In addition, we try to ensure that the class is made up of those of a similar age, of boys and girls and of different nationalities. When we have class composition right, we look at how everyone works together and may, in the first few days, move people up or down according to their ability. Because the level of ability in the ‘first’ class varies so much from year to year, a student may be in this class for two or three years even though he or she may have made great progress. It all depends on the relative abilities of the other students and the next highest level. It is the actual teaching that is so different from everything our students have experienced. Much of the Course is taught through the medium of video-creation. The teacher will present the class with a theme. This theme forms the basis of the most of the work done in class. From this theme, the students will, by working in groups, create a script under the aegis of the teacher. In this process various aspects of grammar and orthography will come up for analysis. When the script has been decided on, the class will choose who are to work on the editing and production side of the video and who are to be the actors. Using digital film cameras, the classes shoot their films. Using Windows MovieMaker or other software, the classes then edit the footage. By this time, each class will be working together in an international group using English as a working language. They will probably no longer be aware that they are using English as a subject. It will have become second-nature. The edited footage is then uploaded to Shutterfly so that everyone can see the result. Take a look at last year’s student videos by clicking here. To help our students use English colloquially and with facility, we have a number of English youngsters who join the Course at my invitation and are just like all the other students with the exception that their ‘job’ is to mix with everyone and to be ‘learning resources’. We also use them to give one-to-one help if we feel that one of the youngsters would benefit, socially or educationally, from the assistance of a peer.

Parents and our rules

Vacational Studies is a very structured experience. While a young person is with us, we aim to provide immersion in a new and engaging multicultural English-speaking environment; a life that is utterly different from life at home. We construct a teaching programme that bears no resemblance to traditional English lessons at school, an activity programme that is novel and exciting and English-speaking friends from all over the world. We ask that parents trust us to get on with the job and know that we will contact them if there is something they need to know. In this context, constant contact with the known and familiar detracts from this experience. For this reason, we ask that mobile phones are not brought and, if they are brought, that they are kept in the office for use only on trips. We have two telephone afternoons so that parents can talk to their children and they can make and receive calls on the payphone any day after activities end at 21.00. During the 2009 Courses, we found that a small number of children had second mobile phones hidden in their dorms at the request of parents. In our rules, which parents give signed agreement to, we state our policy on mobile phones. Just as parents have trusted us for 38 years to provide exactly what we describe, we trust parents to abide by the agreement they have signed. It is important for us to know that the children for whom we accept responsibility understand that their parents trust us. If a parent asks a chld to act against the rules, we are undermined. We cannot discipline children for the actions of parents who undermine us. By the same token we cannot accept responsibility for children who selectively break our rules at the request of parents. We consider this makes it impossible for us to exercise our duty of care and is thus a breach of contract.

Where are they now?

In the last 39 years, many of our students have achieved international success. I am featuring two of them here.

Vytas Paskunas came to us from Lithuania when in 1992 when his country was just emerging from years under Soviet control. He writes modestly of his achievements. He achieved five ‘A’ grades at ‘A Level’ and went on to achieve a First in Maths at Cambridge. He is now a Professor of Mathematics in Bielefeld, Germany. Here is his letter to me: [Letter from Vytas Paskunas] In Vytas’s case these most certainly are ‘Days I’ll remember all my life’.

Jesus Silva was with us for several summers in the 1970s as a student and the 1980s as a helper. He is now the Spanish Ambassador to Panama. Here is a link to a newspaper interview he gave when he was Ambassador to Jamaica.

[Article from Jamaican press about Jesus Silva]

My boys and I were his guests at his residence in Kingston a few years ago.

(Articles and information on

other VacStuds students gratefully received…)

Staff Helper information

We sometimes have Staff Helpers on the Courses. Staff Helpers are exceptional ex-students returning, usually at 19-22, to help us. [Click here for an Information Sheet for 2012] If you wish to go ahead, please apply before 1 March 2012. Allocations will be made on 31 March 2012.

Places Available

Vacational Studies limits the number of students from any particular country and tries to balance the number of boys and girls. This engineering is a clearly stated policy to create a Course on which English is the language used socially and boys and girls can make friends from many countries. In most areas of life nowadays, this would be simply impossible.

Finding Vacational Studies on the internet

Just what is Vacational Studies? Are we a Summer School for children, a Summer Course for teenagers, a residential English Course for young people, an English Summer Camp, a Summer Camp in England? A few years ago to find something you wanted, like a Summer School for children in England, you would ask people you knew and they would give recommendations. It was quite simple – people who did not have experience of something asked people who did. And if you found something really good, you would tell your friends and neighbours otherwise they would never find out about it. Now, there’s no need to ask people. You can ask a search engine. Just enter a few words of a question and you get millions of answers. No need to go to the trouble of a conversation to elicit information; there it all is without a word being spoken. Just another click or two and there are web sites to put flesh on this information. Once there were informed people. Now there’s just information. Raw knowledge of variable quality. Once there were people who knew. Now there’s Google. ‘We’ve found this great course in England for the summer. Let me give you the address.’ No longer. Anyone can find addresses – of the www. variety. Pre-internet, it was personal recommendation. Now there’s ‘search engine optimisation’. Just include enough information to cover all the words used in questions people might ask – and you can be up there in the first page of the answers they get. No point in being on the second page. No one looks at that. If the words that might crop up in questions don’t lend themselves to a natural inclusion on the pages of your web site, no matter. They can be invisibly placed on the site, embedded in the page, not for anyone to read, but just to be found by the spider-like search engine crawlers, trawling the web for references. Google, we’re told, doesn’t like these, but plenty of web sites have them and have had them for several years. Our SEOs (Search Engine Optimisers) asked me for several hundred words and phrases that they thought people looking for Courses such as ours might tap into a search engine. To understand what people might be looking for, I had first to clarify what we are. For those who know us, this is clear. We are more than a language Course in the summer; more than a summer camp in England; more than a Summer Course for Juniors. We are a complete growing-up experience; a step towards adulthood; a rite of passage. And for many, I am a contact in England for everything from a full-time school to how to find a UK manufacturer of toys made out of plush. I set my mind to it and came up with these (the list goes on and on, so there’s no need to read it…):-

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I add to these every so often as the

spiders need to see changed sites to know that they are not

moribund. No need for capital letters now either.

No need to spell properly, so I’ve included some spelling

mistakes like:-

engrish sumer cours

sumer cours for chidren

vocational studdes new bury

enland sumer curs

And I shall, no doubt, add to these when I have a completely empty moment.

Nevertheless, I may have been completely

wrong in all my searching assumptions so, when our students were with us, I asked them what

they and their parents might tap into their computers in their

own languages. This is what they told me:

In Dutch:-

vakantie kamp engeland

vakantiekamp engeland

engels taalkamp

vakantie studiekamp

vakantie studies

vakantie studie engels

activiteiten vakantie

activiteiten kamp engeland

mary hare vakantiekamp

mary hare engelskamp

mary hare talenkamp

kinderen engelse les

engelse les kamp

talenkamp engelend

engelse les kamp

kind engelse les

newbury engeland

berkshire engelse les kamp

cheam vakantiekamp

cheam engelskamp

cheam talenkamp

cheam engelse les

vakantie activiteiten programma

vakantie engelse les kamp

vakantie engelskamp

iol kamp

engelse les

engelse les kinderen

activiteiten kamp

activiteiten engelse les

activiteiten vakantie engeland

engelse les geven

leraar engelse les

leraar engelskamp

tiener engelse les

tiener engels kamp

zomerschool

zomer school

zomerschool engelse les

geregistreerd engels kamp

kind talen ervaring

kind engelse les

kind taalkamp

taalkamp engeland

kind taalkamp engeland

kind engels talenkamp

taalkamp voor tieners

studie vakantie

studiekamp

studie engelse les

tennis engelse les

engelse activiteiten school

engels tiener school

vakantie leren programm

lesgeven taalkamp engeland

verenigd koninkrijk talenkamp

sport lesgeven engels

landelijke school engeland

talen zonneschijn engeland

jeugd talenkamp

jeugd talenkamp engeland

lesgeven jeugd engeland

vakantie zomerkamp

juli engels kamp

engels programma

internationaal engelskamp

engelse lesgeven

internationale zomerlessen

internationaal engelse les

socialisatie kamp

sociaal jeugdkamp

sociaal jeugdkamp engeland

sociaal talenkamp

sociaal engelskamp

zomerkamp engeland

engelse kostschool

studie vakantie

jeugdkamp

sociaal engelskamp

engels tienertalenkamp

engelse les vakantie

mary hare school

mary hare

cheam

cheam school

cheam vakantie

mary hare vakantie

engelse les voor kinderen

kinderen engelse les

sport engelse les kamp

jongens meisjes kamp

jongens meisjes engelskamp

sociaal talenkamp

zomer lesgeven

talen jeugd kamp

In Portuguese:-

férias

ferias

verão

verao

desporto

diversão

diversao

mes

mês

inglês

aprender

11 anos

17 anos

onze anos

dezassete anos

12 anos

doze anos

13 anos

treze anos

14 anos

catorze anos

quatorze anos

15 anos

quinze anos

16 anos

dezasseis anos

piscina

piano

viagens

Cursos ingleses em Inglaterra

discoteca

aulas

crianças

criancas

estudar

estudo internacional

conhecer pessoas

adolescentes

adolescente

nacionaliades

diferentes nacionalidades

amigos

novos amigos

londres

inglaterra

jogos

ingles

cultura

curso

curso internacional

curso em inglaterra

campo de ferias

campo de férias

lingua inglesa

língua inglesa

aprender ingles

aprender inglês

escola em inglaterra

excursoes

excursões

excursão

excursao

convivio

convívio

melhorar o ingles

melhorar o inglês

encorajar a falar ingles

encorajar a falar inglês

tenis

ténis

natacao

natação

natacão

nataçao

softball

futebol

futball

basquetebol

basketball

volei

voleibol

ping-pong

pingpong

tenis de mesa

ténis de mesa

matraquilhos

campo

oxford

viagens a oxford

bicester

compras em bicester

teatros musicais

west end

musicais em west end

actividades

dancar

dançar

4 semanas

quatro semanas

monitores ingleses

viagens em inglaterra

viagem a inglaterra

ferias malucas em inglaterra

férias malucas em inglaterra

viagens em inglaterra

viagens para jovens

jovens

escola de verao

escola de verão

ocupacoes de verao

ocupaçðes de verão

ocupaçoes de verao

4 equipas

quatro equipas

pontos

pontuaçao

pontuação

prémios

premios

professores ingleses

escola inglesa

chocolate quente

jogos malucos

actividades malucas

jogos divertidos

actividades divertidas

horario

horário

aulas em ingles

aulas em inglaterra

aulas em inglês

competições

competiçoes

competição

competiçao

programas divertidos

programas malucos

programas divertidos para jovens

diferentes culturas

diferentes paises

diferentes nacionalidades

diferentes pessoas

diferentes países

In Hungarian:-

Angol nyelvtabor- English languagecourse

nyaralas Angliaban- holiday in England

nyelvtanfolyam-languagecourse

Angliai sporttabor- English sportcamp or course

intenziv nyelvtabor-intensive languagecourse

Angliai tanfolyamok- English courses

emeltszintu tanfolyamok- upper intermediate courses

kozepszintu tanfolyamok- pre-intermediate courses

nyari nyelvtanulas kulfoldon- summer languagecourse in a foreign

country

nyelvtanulas tiniknek- learning language for the teenagers

Anglia nyaron- England in summer

sportok Angliaban- sports in England

vizsgaelokeszites angliaban- pre-exam course in England

In Icelandic:-

Enskuskóli

Enskuskóli fyrir unglinga

Enskuskóli fyrir krakka

Sumarfrí í Englandi

Enska

Íþróttir í Englandi

Nýir vinir

Skemmtun

Ágúst

Júlí

Íþróttir

Reynsla

Fótbolti

Leikhúsferðir

Skemmtigarður

Verslunarferðir

Fræðsluferðir

Stutt frá London

Bættur orðaforði

Vinir frá öllum heimshornum

Heitt súkkulaði og kex

Góður matur

Sumar

Tennis

Unglingar

Krakkar

Bretland

England

Heimavist

Heimavistar Skóli

Sund

Vinir

Ensku námskeið

Námskeið

Enskukennsla

Ensku kennari í Englandi

Kennari

Gaman

Leikhúsferðir

Skemmtigarður

Verslunarferðir

Fræðsluferðir

Stutt frá London

Bættur orðaforði

Vinir frá öllum heimshornum

Heitt súkkulaði og kex

Góður matur

In Italian:-

vacanza studio

divertimento

insegnamento

sport ed amicizia

tutto questo e` Mery Hare

CORSO DI INGLESE ESTIVO

CORSO ESTIVO DI INGLESE

ragazzi di tutto il mondo

qui per un solo scopo

imparare e divertirsi

attivita` estive

studio estivo

sport estivo

riviste e film

college

campi da calcio,tennis,piscina,palla a volo,soft ball,basketball

!!!

studio inglese

posto perfetto per ragazzi ed adolescenti

posto perfetto per imparare l`inglese

posto perfetto per divertirsi

posto perfetto per passare un mese indimenticabile

posto migliore per i vostri figli

posto migliore per imparare l`inglese divertendosi

college che va da ragazzi dagli 11 ai 17 anni

college estivo per i vostri figli

1 mese di puro inglese

un mese di inglese per voi

inglese al 100%

inglese e divertimento

imparare divertendosi

divertendosi imparando

divertirsi ed imparare

conoscere e giocare

apprendere e divertirsi

sport e inglese

scuola estiva

giovani aprendisti di inglese

residenza estiva

giovani di tutto il mondo

vacanza studio

INGHILTERRA

i numeri uno per l`inglese

aprendere l`inglese

palla a volo

calcio

tennis

basketball

danza

piscina

nuoto

softball

volley

football

inglese

studio

sport e studio

giardino vedre

giardino all`italiana

giardino all`inglese

giardino con spanana

il college dei vincenti

fico

alla ricerca di nuove amicizie

giochi e divertimento

bellissimo

college fichissimo

fichissimo college

sud inghilterra

vicino londra

vicino oxford

tipica strutura inglese

nuovi amori

nuovi amici

nuove conoscenze

gite

nouve esperienze

teatro

uscite a teatro

gite nei dintorni(DEL COLLEGE)

insegnanti aperti

insegnanti disponibili

staff giovani

In Norwegian:-

Sommerskole,

språkskole,

Engelsk sommerskole,

Engelsk språkskole,

Ferieskole,

Gøy i England

Lære Engelsk

Internasjonal skole

England gøy

Storbritania gøy å lære

Storbritania sommerskole

Shopping for ungdom

Møt folk fra hele verden

Sport i England

Fotballskole

Tennisskole

Rugbyskole

Cricketskole

Bordtennis

Fritidsaktiviteter

Morro for alle fra 11-17

Møt folk fra Europa

Europa møt folk

Lær Engelsk i sommer

Lær Engelsk

Badbasseng England

Slapp av i ferien

Frihet for foreldre

Kom i form

aktivitetsskole

møt gamle venner

Få nye venner

In French:-

Camp

Cours

Anglettere

Activites de vacances

Activites de vacamces damglettere

Activite du camp

In German:-

Ferienlager

Kurs

Aktiviteten

Spaß

Englisch

Lernen

Schule

sprachreise sommerferien ausland

sprachreise sommerferien england

englisch international unterricht

unterricht ausfluege international

London camp international

4 wochen englisch spass

4 wochen sprachreise englisch

Internat vier wochen sport

Camp sport England

Unterricht sport spass

In Spanish:-

Cursos

Cursos de ingles

Cursos para adolecentes

Escuela de ingles en inglaterra

Actividades para el verano

Actividades para chicos y chicas en

inglaterra

Escuela en inglaterra para un mes

Un mes para aprender ingles

Un colegio en inglaterra para chicos y

chicas en verano

Inglaterra

Colegio de ingles

Escuela en verano para aprendere ingles

Chicos y chicas en un colegio un mes

para aprendere el ingles

Campo esculea para aprender ingles

Cursos para mejorar el ingles

divertiendose

Ingles y deporte

Un mes para hacer deporte y aprender

ingles

Ingles y deportes divirtiendose

Escuelas inglesas en Inglaterra

Cursos de verano para divertirse y

aprendere ingles

Un mes de deporte, amistades y cursos de

ingles

and, of course, ??????

- OK, I have no idea either, just cheating.

These words were

actually used by people who reached our site during a month in

late 2007:-

english summer school

english summer school international

children

cheam school england

school english summer

flüge england, sommer

learning english value

summer school+english courses

vacational residen

http//wwwvacstudscom/vacstuds_videohtm

english language school junior

summer english language learning school

boys summer school in england

british council summer kids

international teaching jobs summer

mary hare newbury summer school

wwwvacstudscom

international summer school england

mary hare newbury vacstuds

summer employment teaching london

summer english courses for students under years old

summer english junior courses

uk work permits for tefl

english language schools for under

Google Analytics

summer school english language

esl summer jobs

come to uk to learn english residential courses

english course parents and children

english language courses for children in uk

junior summer courses

learning english language in berkshire

newbury english school

summer schools for kids in uk

summers schools

summerschool, england

tefl summer jobs

usa english school parents children family course

vacancies at summer schools

young summer courses england

mary hare cheam

vacational studies

anneka beswick

english learning for children of summer

class sitecom or edu

summer uk jobs

summer school-england

vacational and studies

vacstudies

english langouge course

vacstuds

british council summer schools in britain

come to uk and learn english residential

courses

english language schools england

english residential language school for

children

english summer course for

english summer course for children

english summer courses in residences in uk

english summer courses young people

english summer language camp & england

english summer schools reading

Google Analytics

english vacation language course for children

learn english in junior summer camp in the uk

mary hare school

newbury [jobs]

studies in summer england

study english in england children

summer language for kids in the uk

summer residential english courses

summer school jobs

summers school for students

english courses children

mary hare school+cheam school

language summer school

“vacational studies”

compagnies avions locos pour londre

english language camp summer

english language courses+ summer

fun english courses for children

how to apply to eurovision

ian mucklejohn

junior residential summer courses years

mary hare vac

reading english school junior august

summer courses for young + in england

summer english for kids in england

summer schools ,europe

summer schools uk teaching jobs

wwwvacstudsno

summer english courses

vacstudiescom

mary hare

english summer school

“english summer schools”

“joe littenberg”

activity and language courses in england

boarding school english teacher

employment opportunities

british council summer courses for young

junior children

Google Analytics

british council summer school

british overseas teaching summer jobs

british schools vacancies

cheam mary hare

children english language school

children english summer students

children summer school england

efl vacancies summer

england internat sprachkurs

english and sports summer schools

english boarding schools summer school

english language beginners summer courses

english language courses

english language courses + children

english school video overview

english summer course for child

english summer courses for children

english summer courses in reading

english teacher job summer

free english writing and speaking course

internate england summer school

international learning english in england summer

international summer teaching job

learn english in a summer school+camp

learn english international students summer

learning english in summer schools

learning english summer course in berkshire

learning english+children

preisaussetzung english

residential summer school in england

scuola lingua ragazzi londra estate

summer jobs

summer language camps in england

summer residential courses + reading

summer school gb

summer schools england student

summer schools vacancies

teach english summer

tefl jobs summer

uk work permit

wwwenglishlanguagecoursecom

wwwvacstadscom

wwwvacstudcom

vacstuds forum

vacstudscom

(not set)

british council summer courses

junior,young, children

english studies during the summer-

english teaching uk summer

enskuskóli england

summer school children language england

english course

english language school

young student summer school in uk

application form for heathrow

boarding school job vacancies

british corse of english language with video

cef b

cheam vacational studs

children summer schools

course rationale for an english course

efl teachers summer

england ferienaufenthalt

english classes

english language england

english summer courses

esami di ammissione per medici di bordo

esempi “lettera di presentazione” inglese

good website for children to learn

importance of english language in our life

informazioni per i campi inglesi in estate

internat cheam england

internat england summer english

international english summer schools

job vacancy non-eu uk

jwa leverkusen “jörg weise”

language translations

learn english and children

learning english in england kids

mary hare school

mary hare summer

newbury indoor tennis lessons

school gratuit de longue english

school kids learn english in england

study holidays

summer + + paid + vacancy + student

summer job student uk

summer language

summer courses in residences in england

summer english courses in berkshire

summer language school for children

summer residential language camps

summer school england

summer school english years old

summer schools for international boys

summer schools for teenagers

teaching english summer

tefl jobs london uk summer

vacancies summer

vacational school

vacational studies england

vacstuds@*de

video for child kids learn english language

english language course

british council kids learning english

children english course

england children lauguage school

junior vacation course

summer school children

children learn english

english language summer courses

international job vacancies this week

junior english summer school

jwa scholarship application

learning english for children

tefl summer jobs

summer schools cheam school & mary hare school

vacational

“english language course”

“learning english for children”

“se ci dovesse essere” english

“summer ” job london

“use the following guest login”

‘language and social values’ english language

a good website for children to learn

a a activities for the european framework

english activities lesson

activities for children at summer school

all i need to know to learn english from

england

anmeldungsformular fahrt

application forms for children’s health insurance

approccio basato sui compiti

association of recognised english languageschool in the uk

b of the cef

basketball summer schools

benefit student list english learn

benefit study in english

best um services by airlines

better english lessons do or make revisited

better site to learn english for kids

boarding staff vacancies

borse studio corso lingua inglese estate

british council summer schools

british council uk summer programmes

british council well recognised language courses

british english kids language

british english summer schools

british school-england

cheam wochen england

cheam escuela

cheam school

children and learning english

children english england

children english learn site

children english learning course

children study english

children summer school

children summer school courses

children summer school in england

children’s english language course

children’s summer school jobs

children, english, camp

childrens english

christine tarr

colegios acreditados por british council

come arrivare a newbury england

comportement sociaux en angleterre

corsi di inglese a londra per bambini dai anni

corsi di lingua inglese a bruxelles

corsi non residenziali

corso de english

corso inglese ragazzi orologio in inglese

course english for kids

course fee insurance

course of english for children

dates of avialability

describe personality study english

descrivere nei dettagli una prima colazione all’inglese

desporto para todos+ingles

empfehlungsschreiben für schüler auf englisch

empfehlungsschreibens, kostenlos

england holiday and learning english

england internate kosten stipendium

england school summer

englisch test b- b- c

englische menuefolge

english beginers summer school

english charitable trusts

english children

english classes for children

english course activity for children

english course children

english course for children

english course for kids

english course for old people

english course in berkshire

english course summer

english courses

english courses summer

english for children

english for children in england

english for school children

english langauge course

english language children

english language corse

english language cource

english language course of one month

english language course uk

english language courses for children uk

english language courses residential

english language courses uk

english language for chidren

english language for child

english language for children

english language for children british council

english language for children with video

english language for kids

english language for school children

english language for small children

english language for teenagers

english language important to children

english language school children

english language school summer children

english language summer school old

english language summer schools

english language summer schools for children

english language vacation

english language websites

english language-course

english languagecourse

english languages in school that people have to now

english practice for pre-intermediates

english studies in england summer schools

english summer

english summer cause

english summer course + children

english summer course kids

english summer courses england junior

english summer courses for children in uk

english summer courses parents and children

english summer school england

english summer schools

english video language beginner forum

epipen aufbewahrung

erörterung die englische sprache als eine weltsprache

esempi di task di inglese per insegnanti

esempio di linguaggio medico

examples of non-sporting activities

exemple de lettre gratuit pour dispense

d’assiduité de cours

exemple iban angleterre

exemples de lettres de recommandation pour un élève

expectations for learning english

experience of using english as a language?

fees for cheam school

football internat england

formulaire ehic

gare de newbury en angleterre

gastronomia inglaterra cena de navidad

giotto parents

giotto’s parents

giotto’s perspective

good messages of english course students

greek language course for children

greek language courses, england

guest login facebook

haupthaus in english

how do children benefit from summer schools

how do we learn english language from our parents

how important is it to learn english language?

how long a student can be absent due to travel from school

in england

how we benefit from english in our study

how we can get benefit from learning english

how will languages benefit children

how will learn english children

http//wwwvacstudscom

humbers donnington playing field

importance of english in the children

importance of english language

importance of learning english kids

important inglish in the children for school

improtant of learn english language

indirizzi di casa di ragazzi inglesi

inglaterra verano años

insurance course

insurance courses

international employment “summer ”

international english courses oxford summer

international house school angleterre

international summer teaching jobs

james blair pillings

job month summer

job in summer english courses

job uk summer

job vacancies for

job vacancies performance studies

job vacancies universities for summer

jobs summer

jobs summer uk

jobs vacancy for non english speakers

jobs, courses

jours de desporto

jus d’orange collection summer

jwa scholarshp application

kids language english summer course

kids learn english language

kids learning english language

kurse zusätzlich eine zweite auswahl

la vie des enfants de à ans à l’école

en angleterre

language and social values (english language)

language courses for children

language courses+summer school

language schools in oslo

language summer school in england

learn english child

learn english feeling the same

learn english for boys

learn english from british council for kids

learn english in british council

learn english in england children

learn english international summer schools

learning english beginners children

learning english is important

learning english language

learning english language for children or juniors

learning english language in the respect of students’ parents

learning english language kids

learning english make a living

learning english,sports activities

les brochures de séjour linguistiques voir bulletin d’inscription

lettera di presentazione a uno studente in inglese

lettre de recommandation en +anglais pour etudiant gratuit

lettre de recommandation par un

enseignant à un étudiant gratuit

lettre de recommendation pour eleves exemples gratuits

lezioni di inglese non ha pagamento a westminster londra

lista de platos tipico de inglaterra

london paddington nach newbury

london schülerfahrten sommer

map of cheam school

menu tipico inglese

menù tipico inglese

menüfolge iinternational

newbury londres kilometros

newbury summer school engish

ordine grandezza english

origine del basketball in lingua english

oxford summer school stipendium schueler

parlare inglese all’aeroporto

pass merit distinction

passaporto europeo inglese b

photo body study english

piatto tipico inglese a natale

pie student

plat typique de l’angleterre

platos frio de irlanda

preisselbeer englisch

preoccupazione genitori discoteche

programme summer jam

quel est le plat ” typique ” en angleterre ?

quel train de londres jusqu a poole

quels vetements prendre en séjour

linguistique

rationale course

residential english kid summer

and this is a store for some copy and paste-type links (on the assumption that no one will have read this far…):-

Very few places remaining for Norwegian girls and boys*, Spanish girls and boys*, Portuguese-speaking girls and boys*. *For

these nationalities/Houses, please check with us at vacstuds@vacstuds.com

‘Vacational Studies 2008 All Over Again’ DVDs for Mary Hare and Cheam were air-mailed on 15 September. There are a few spare copies. Click for the memo.
All the 2008 class film projects are on our Facebook page.
Click Facebook for film clips ofthe 2008 Courses.
Although we are full, a place may become available suddenly. Please see Places Available or just e-mail vacstuds@vacstuds.com.

on with the searchterms…

seetec

sejours linguistiques anglais

social life in sports

social studies all you need to know

sport social activities

sport vacational

sports day

sports language of kids

studds gens

student jobs summer

student pie

student summer vacancies

student summer jobs

student vacancies summer

study english for children

study on children in school

summer english courses

summer job

summer jobs student

summer student jobs

summer english school children

great summer experience boys english school children

english lessons youngsters

summer job and and international

summer job application form

What do you think? If you have tapped in different search terms, let me know. Also, may I have some more French, Spanish and German, please?

Now that I have included all these terms,maybe those searching will find us. But the sad part of it all is that that search engines finding animated web sites are no indicator of quality. For
that, there is nothing to beat personal recommendation – and that’s what Vacational Studies relies on.