EC Tavistock - Embassy Junior

Welcome to the EC family! Embassy Summer includes English language summer camps for young learners in the best destinations: the UK, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada. The company has grown from a single school to a global chain. Now it is a leader in international education. All the schools are accredited and have received numerous awards and prices such as the ST Star Award for juniors in 2015, the Silver Award for Best Educational Product in the British Youth Travel Awards in 2018. Besides, Embassy Summer was short-listed for the ST Star Award in 2019.
Embassy Summer offers high-quality English language courses combined with extended extracurricular programmes that contribute to developing new skills, discovering unknown cultures and pleasant acquaintances.
Embassy creates an ideal learning atmosphere in which everyone can develop their skills. Moreover, welfare and safety are of utmost importance for the company. Thus it provides high standards of care and supervision. To maintain full curation, the staff ensures care for students 24/7: after classes, activities and during excursions. Besides, there are Night Supervisors and House Parents in all centres.

LOCATION

The UK is one of the best destinations in the world to study the English language. Embassy Summer in the UK takes place in several cities: London, Gatton Park, Kingswood, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Oxford and Portsmouth. Since 2021 there is a new location – Tavistock.
Tavistock is an old English town with World Heritage Status located in Devon’s county in the South West of England. Students study and live at Mount Kelly, a traditional “Harry Potter” style British boarding school.

MAJOR SIGHTS NEARBY

Tavistock is a quiet small town with beautiful rural landscapes. It is a perfect place for children to spend their summer holidays. Students can combine their English lessons with admiring wonderful countryside nature and visiting nearby cities and their outstanding sights: Torquay, Bristol, Exeter or Plymouth. In Tavistock you can do the shopping in the Pannier Market or the Farmers Market, go to the Tavistock Canal and Trout Fishery or visit such fascinating museums as Tavistock Museum Picture Framing Gallery.

AVAILABLE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES

The highly qualified staff organises engaging cultural and leisure time activities to entertain students after classes and weekends. They are offered to take part in multiple excursions, a large number of school events where they can practice their language skills. Each programme is well organised. There is no time to be bored. A large number of entertainment and sports activities are provided for students. Everyday activities are aimed at making friends, practising the English language and developing essential life skills. The schedule may vary. During some weeks, groups will have morning lessons and afternoon activities, whereas other weeks’ groups may have afternoon lessons and morning activities.
The company creates an ideal learning environment to help students develop six essential life skills: creativity, teamwork, confidence, communication, problem solving and exploration. The activity programmes are designed to ensure the elaboration of these skills.

• Sport: football, mini Olympics, rounders, table tennis, volleyball, basketball
• Daytime activities: drama workshops
• Evening activities: Pop Idol karaoke, Kahoot quiz, team games, movie night, themed discos
• Local half-day trips: Exeter, Plymouth, Princetown National Visitor Centre Dartmoor, Morwellham Quay
• Full-day excursions: Torquay, Bristol

ACCOMMODATION

Students are accommodated in separate boarding houses located on the campus of Mount Kelly. The houses consist of twin, triple or multi-bedded rooms and a standard room with social space in each boarding house. Meals are served in a spacious school dining hall.
The accommodation has necessary facilities:

• Laundry
• Cleaning (3 times a week)
• Wi-Fi