At Loxdale we run a popular, fun and academically rigorous pre-teen course for 8 to 12 year olds. This is an age group with enormous potential as learners, and our lessons harness that through a wide range of fun and educational classroom activities of shorter duration, supported by a clear daily routine of learning. Suitable for all younger students of English, whether as an introduction to the language or as extra study for those talented students who already have a good level. In class our teachers make use of specialised EFL learning material and also use realia so students make the most of their stay in the UK. We even teach our students about the places they will visit at weekends and various aspects of British culture and traditions so they learn more than just English.
As with our courses for older students, Loxdale attracts some highly-skilled pre-teen language students, and we have the experience to make sure all students fulfil their learning goals while having a fun and memorable experience.
We take welfare very seriously at Loxdale and pride ourselves on looking after your children. Our pre-teens are supervised by our teachers and staff at all times to ensure their safety and security whilst studying with us.
Students aged 12 year old can walk to and from school if they have their parent’s permission. They will not be allowed to walk around Brighton/Hove/Portslade at any other time without a member of staff.
If a pre-teen student is living with their parent, the parent is expected to bring their child to and from school each day. We will go through their programme with you so you know what times to meet him/her.
Students aged 8 to 11 are not allowed to walk anywhere off site without a member of staff, or with their parent if they are also here. This means that, if your child is living with one of our homestay providers, they must have a daily transfer (at extra cost). This transfer will pick them up in the mornings, take them home after the activities and then bring them back for the evening activity and back home.
All parents fill in a Safeguarding Form and e-mail this to the school before their child arrives at Loxdale. This gives us information about their health and well-being. If there is any other information about your child that would be useful for us, please either e-mail us direct or put it on their booking form. Click here to see our Safeguarding policies.
Apart from occasionally at bedtime, it is rare to get students who are homesick. We deliberately keep our students as busy as possible with a fully inclusive programme of lessons, activities every afternoon and evening (Mondays to Fridays) and trips on Saturdays and Sundays so they don’t have too much time to miss their homes.
At Loxdale English Centre we provide a safe, well-structured and lively environment where there is plenty of laughter and fun. We can guarantee that your child really will have a summer to remember!
Social Activities
After their morning classes, our students then continue to have fun on our afternoon and evening social programme.
We offer a mixture of interesting and enjoyable art, crafts, drama, team games, visits and sports activities. All are supervised by our lively and caring staff with a minimum of 1 staff for 10 students on site and 1 staff per 8 students for offsite activities. We keep the staff to student ratio low to ensure that we can pay individual attention to the students and make sure they are getting the most from the activity.
| 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | 5 weeks | 6 weeks | 7 weeks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Activities | £520 | £ 1,030 | £1,542 | £2,056 | £2,561 | £3,084 | £3,598 |
The Young Learner Course programme includes:
- Course materials and welcome pack with 3 emergency phone numbers.
- 20 lessons (15 hours) tuition each week. Tuition with maximum of 16 students in a class.
- End of course attendance certificate
- 5 afternoon activities each week. A selection of activities on many days.
- 5 evening activities each week e.g. Barbecues, karaoke, bowling, sports, talent show etc.
- Students taken home by taxi or minibus after evening activities if they live with Loxdale hosts.
- Weekend trips on Saturdays AND Sundays.
- Weekly city-wide bus pass allowing unlimited travel.
EXTRAS
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Return airport transfer: Heathrow (£350), Gatwick (£230), Stansted (£550)
(Up to 2 people can share transfer & costs): On the return all students are checked in/bags dropped and seen through to the security area by staff.)
- The fee for students travelling as unaccompanied minors is £65 extra in each direction.
- Reasonable transfer times are between 0730 and 2030. Outside these times, there is an extra £15 charge.
- Insurance (£7.36 per week)
We have both homestay and residential accommodation available for this age group during the summers.
Residential Accommodation:
We highly recommend that students aged 8 to 12 live at our on-site residential centre whilst it is open. Our experienced staff live there with the students to care for and supervise them. They look after them as if they were their children and make sure they are available to speak with them at any time. Living in this relaxed environment means that children have time and space to increase their confidence when speaking English.
Our residence is only small with a maximum of 18 students, so it feels more like a large homestay host and is welcoming, fun, and safe.
Staff have their bedrooms and then we have three rooms for the students. There are normally 4 to 8 students to a room and where we can, we try to have different nationalities so they will speak more English. The bedrooms are large, and each one has bedside tables/lights, chests of drawers, under bed storage, hanging space, a sofa and study space. In addition to the bedrooms, there are also 7 toilets and 6 showers and a kitchen/social area. The students also have access to the common room, garden, and sport hall in their free time.
Students at the residence have all their meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) in the school dining room, just a 30 second walk from their bedrooms! All lessons and most activities also take place at Loxdale.
We do the laundry once a week.
Homestay Accommodation
Our students are welcome to live with our selected homestay hosts. All our hosts live within a 28-minute walk from school and we do a number of checks to make sure that our students will be happy and safe there. These checks include taking references, police checks, gas safety checks, fire risk assessments and, of course, visiting them regularly.
Students aged 8 to 11 years old must have our daily transfer service (additional cost) to get to and from school each day. If they are living with a parent in one of our homestay hosts, their parents can bring them to and from school.
Students aged 12 years can walk to and from school if their parents allow it and show this on the Safeguarding Form.
Normally there are two students sharing a room with their hosts. The students will share their room with a student from a different country but similar age so that they have an ‘instant’ friend and will speak lots of English.
Pre-teen students have breakfast and dinner with their hosts and have lunch at school.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |
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| Homestay (13-17 year olds ) | £ 226 | £452 | £ 678 | £ 904 | £ 1,130 | £ 1,356 | £ 1,582 |
| Homestay (8 to 12 year olds) | £ 387 | £774 | £1,161 | £1,548 | |||
| Residential | £456 | £931 | £ 1,367 | £ 1,823 |
Example Social Programme
For students aged 13-17 please see our Summer Young learner teen course.
20 English and British Culture lessons
per week (15 hours p/w)
