Sir Michael, Cambridge – 13 to 17

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What can you expect from Sir Michael?

Ages 13 to 17 | Cambridge |Open June 30th – August 25th 2024

Each year, Studio Main school becomes a camp for teenagers, called Sir Michael.  Sir Michael has been running here since 1968!

Sir Michael has a capacity of up to 180 students at any one time.  There is a wide range of nationalities and the ratio of staff to students here is high.  The average number of students per class is 12 or 13 and the maximum class size is 16.

Residential accommodation is in nearby student residences, within easy walking distance from the school, in single en-suite bedrooms

What’s included?

  • 20 lessons (15 hours) of English language teaching per week (levels from elementary to advanced)
  • Residential accommodation,  in single en-suite rooms, within a short walk of the school
  • All meals (3 per day)
  • 13 sessions of activities per week
  • 1 full-day excursion per week
  • Transfers to and from London Heathrow or London Stansted on Sundays
  • Welfare supervision with high staff-to-student ratio
  • 24 hour emergency telephone line

2024 Course Dates

June 30 – July 14 (2 weeks)
June 30 – July 21 (3 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
June 30 – July 28 (4 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 14 – July 28 (2 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 14 – August 04 (3 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 14 – August 18 (4 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 21 – August 04 (2 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 21 – August 11 (3 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 21 – August 18 (4 weeks) – FULLY BOOKED
July 28 – August 11 (2 weeks)
July 28 – August 18 (3 weeks)
July 28 – August 25 (4 weeks)
August 04 – August 11 (1 week)
August 04 – August 18 (2 weeks)
August 04 – August 25 (3 weeks)
August 11 – August 18 (1 week)
August 11 – August 25 (2 weeks)
August 18 – August 25 (1 week)

 

 

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Where is Sir Michael based?

Address

Studio Cambridge Main School
5 Salisbury Villas, Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2JF

What is the course centre like?

  • City-centre site
  • Beautiful Victorian buildings
  • 13 classrooms
  • Studio Café for meals and social gatherings
  • Learning Centre with self-study library
  • Garden
  • Sports hall 10 minutes walk away
  • Indoor swimming pool 10 minutes’ walk away
  • Outdoor playing fields 10 minutes’ walk away

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The city of Cambridge

Cambridge is one of the most famous, and most instantly recognised, city names in the world. It has been a centre of learning for 800 years and is the international symbol of academic excellence. But it is also fun! With 20,000 university students, virtually the only “business” of Cambridge is education and, despite its age, the whole city is designed for young people.

It is the ideal place for the international English language student.

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What’s included?

English tuition:

  • 20 lessons (15 hours) per week
  • Mixed-nationality classes from Monday to Friday
  • Online test before your course starts
  • Course materials
  • Academic report from your teachers at the end of your stay
  • Certificate of studies at the end of your stay

Activities programme:

  • A full programme of activities
  • Sessions may be morning, afternoon or evening
  • Wide choice of sports, arts & crafts, cultural and language activities – please see our Social Activities information for example activities
  • Numerous activity choices in most sessions
  • Some unsupervised free time before or after English classes and each Sunday morning
  • Activities office & staff

Excursions:

  • 1 full-day excursion each week, on a Saturday

 Accommodation and meals:

  • Residential accommodation close to the school
  • 3 meals per day at the school
  • Vegetarian and non-pork option always available
  • Most special dietary requirements can be met (at no extra cost) if requested in advance

 Airport transfers:

Welfare:

  • Welfare office and staff
  • Emergency 24-hour telephone number
  • Residential staff living on site at the residences
  • High staff to student ratio
  • First aid trained staff

 

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Residential accommodation

Sir Michael course residences:

  • Central accommodation in comfortable and secure buildings
  • Studio staff living on-campus, providing 24-hour supervision
  • Single bedrooms
  • Private en-suite bathroom and shower
  • All meals included at school or the residences
  • Free laundry facilities – you must do your own washing, but at no extra cost
  • A change of bed linen once per week

All residences are all located 5 or 10 minutes’ walk from the school and 10 to 20 minutes’ walk from the centre of Cambridge.

Studio staff also live in the residences, providing 24-hour care. The staff-to-student ratio is high and they are never far away if you have any questions or need help. They will also organise activities for you every evening.

All the residences have modern facilities, with showers and bathrooms. Students live in comfortable, fully furnished, single rooms. All bedrooms are singles with private, en-suite bathrooms.

Meals:

All meals are provided at school or at the accommodation. There is a wide choice of hot and cold food and a vegetarian option for every meal. Please inform us if you have special dietary requirements. At weekends packed lunches are provided.

Check out the gallery below to see what our Sir Michael students get up to!

How do we keep you safe?

We are very conscious of our responsibility to our young students.  Our camps offer:

  • Pleasant and safe surroundings
  • High quality host schools and colleges
  • Rules and supervision appropriate to the camp’s age group
  • First aid trained staff at all camps
  • A high staff-to-student ratio
  • At least one Studio Cambridge Welfare Officer at every camp
  • Live-in Studio Cambridge staff at each centre
  • 24-hour emergency telephone number

At all of our camps, we have high levels of staff-to-student supervision. To ensure proper supervision is maintained students must attend all lessons, activities, meals and excursions, unless they are unwell. However, there are times at Sir Michael when students are allowed unsupervised free time. Please see below for details:

Sir Michael students:

  • have some periods of time each day where they are unsupervised, as accommodation is not on-campus
  • are allowed some unsupervised free time whilst on excursions
  • must be in the residence by 21:30
  • have a bedtime of 22:30

Welfare team at Sir Michael English summer camp smile and pose for camera against wall of Studio Cambridge main school garden

 

Check out the gallery below to see what our Sir Michael students get up to!

What will you do?

Zig-zag timetable

During the busiest weeks of the summer camp some students  will have activities in the morning and classes in the afternoon, while others will have morning classes and afternoon activities. This will change from week to week in a “zig-zag” format, so that students having morning classes one week, will have afternoon classes in the next week.

Classes are held from Monday to Friday, with an excursion once a week on Saturdays.

You can download the example timetable here: 2024 Sir Michael Example Timetable

A typical day at Sir Michael might look as follows:

Sir Michael

Morning lessons:

09:00-10:30

English topic and life skills lessons 1 & 2: Reality TV- reading & writing

11:00-12:30

English communication lesson 3 & 4: Films & speaking

Afternoon activities:

14:00-15:30

Walking tour of Cambridge city centre

Evening activities:

19:30-21:00

Quiz, games, and arts & crafts

Check out the gallery below to see what our Sir Michael students get up to!

What happens outside of lessons?

Activities include:

  • Drama games
  • Clay modelling
  • Cake decorating
  • Swimming
  • Charcoal sketching
  • T-shirt design
  • Football
  • Bowling
  • Origami
  • Glass painting
  • Movie evening
  • Basketball
  • Bag design
  • Mask making
  • Volleyball
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Language games
  • Friendship bracelet making
  • Bingo
  • Themed party
  • English club…and more!

Cambridge cultural activities include:

  • Punting on the River Cam
  • King’s College Chapel
  • Hidden Cambridge selfie challenge
  • Cambridge University college tour
  • Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Sedgwick Museum
  • Anthropology Museum
  • Botanic Gardens

 

Student pitches to student with rounders bat during sports activity at Sir Michael English summer camp

 

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Which parts of England will you get to see?

Sir Michael includes one full-day excursion per week, on a Saturday.

Windsor

6 July 2024

Entrance into Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. It has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. It is an official residence of His Majesty the King. Souvenir shopping time is included at the end of the day.

London

13 July 2024

Walking tour of some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben & Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping on Oxford Street.

Peterborough & Ely

20 July 2024

Students will visit Peterborough Cathedral, one of the finest Norman Cathedrals in Europe. After time for lunch and shopping in QueensgateShopping Centre, students will go on to Ely where they will have a walking tour around the ancient city of Ely.

London

27 July 2024

Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben & Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for shopping
on Oxford Street.

Students who have already visited London once on this course will visit the British Museum and Covent Garden.

Warwick Castle

03 August 2024

An impressive mediaeval castle where students can experience 1,000 years of history. Attractions within the castle include jousting and falconry as well as the castle’s impressive interiors, gardens and the opportunity to climb the battlements.

London

10 August 2024

Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs.  The tour  will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben & Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for
shopping on Oxford Street.

Students who have already visited London once on this course will visit the Science Museum, Hyde Park and have the chance to shop in South Kensington (including Harrods).

Group of students pose for picture in front of Trafalgar Square, London, on an excursion at Sir Richard residential English summer camp

Windsor

17 August 2024

Entrance into Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. It has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. It is an official residence of His Majesty the King. Souvenir shopping time is included at the end of the day.

London

24 August 2024

Students who have not already visited London on this course will walk past some famous sights of the city with time to take photographs. The tour will include St Paul’s Cathedral, the Millennium Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the London Eye, Big Ben & Horse Guards Parade, Trafalgar Square and St James’ Park. In the afternoon students will have time for
shopping on Oxford Street.

Students who have already visited London once on this course will visit the British Museum and Covent Garden.

Students who have visited the above locations on this course will have a special excursion organised for them.

Check out the gallery below to see what our Sir Michael students get up to!

Prices

2024 Camp Prices

Sir Michael Classic holiday course

1 week £1545.00
2 weeks £2470.00
3 weeks £3300.00
4 weeks £4130.00

Prices include

  • 15 hours/20 lessons of English language tuition per week
  • Residential accommodation in single en-suite bedrooms close to the school
  • All meals (3 per day)
  • Transfers from and to Heathrow or Stansted airports on Sundays
  • A full programme of activities and local visits
  • One full-day excursion per week
  • Welfare – a high staff-to-student supervision ratio
  • Registration
  • 24 hour emergency telephone number
  • End of course report and certificate

Sir Michael Basic course

1 week £425.00
2 weeks £850.00
3 weeks £1275.00
4+ weeks £425 per week

Prices include

  • 15 hours/20 lessons of English language tuition per week
  • Lunch at school Monday – Friday
  • Daytime activities and local visits
  • Welfare – a high staff-to-student supervision ratio
  • Registration
  • 24 hour emergency telephone number
  • End of course report and certificate

2024 Course Dates

June 30 – July 14 (2 weeks)
June 30 – July 21 (3 weeks)
June 30 – July 28 (4 weeks)
July 14 – July 28 (2 weeks)
July 14 – August 04 (3 weeks)
July 14 – August 18 (4 weeks)
July 21 – August 04 (2 weeks)
July 21 – August 11 (3 weeks)
July 21 – August 18 (4 weeks)
July 28 – August 11 (2 weeks)
July 28 – August 18 (3 weeks)
July 28 – August 25 (4 weeks)
August 04 – August 11 (1 week)
August 04 – August 18 (2 weeks)
August 04 – August 25 (3 weeks)
August 11 – August 18 (1 week)
August 11 – August 25 (2 weeks)
August 18 – August 25 (1 week)

 

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