Course format
This course runs in conjunction with Citizens of the future. Students from both programmes share the same Core English and Learning & Innovation lessons, BSS Experience and all recreational activities and cultural excursions.
Location
The course takes place at Worth School, a well-equipped senior boarding school located in the beautiful West Sussex in the Southeast of England.
English Levels
The course welcomes students all English levels from A1 Beginner to C1 Advanced.
Lessons
There are 20 hours per week with 3 types of lessons: Core English, Learning & Innovation and Focus Adventure. The objectives of the lessons are to improve students’ receptive and productive language skills and to develop their ability to communicate and operate in the 21st century. Students stimulate their sense of adventure through practical outdoor activities.
Mission: Integration!
This takes place on Sunday evenings and consists of icebreaker and get-to-know-you activities to help new students integrate into school life and meet continuing students.
Housewarming!
On Monday evenings, students take part in a series of house-based games and activities to help them build new and consolidate existing friendships with other students from the same house.
Sports & Leisure
Students take part in our Leisure programme where they can choose between a selection of different sports and leisure activities.
Pro Options
The Pro Options programme is optional and allows students to specialise in one sport or other recreational activity for the whole week and is designed to increase their skills, techniques, and knowledge in their chosen option.
BSS Experience featuring True Me
This is our evening entertainment programme that consists of a series of fun challenges and events designed to develop students personal and social skills, self-confidence, and authenticity.
Cultural Programme
Saturday and Sunday excursions allow students to visit places of cultural or historical interest or take part in a recreational activity with their friends.
COURSE overview
Centre: Worth
11-16 years
20 hours of lessons per week
English Levels: from A1 to C1
Core English
Learning & Innovation
Focus Adventure
Sports & Leisure
Evening Entertainment
True Me
Dates & Fees 2025
Students can stay for any number of weeks. The recommended minimum stay is 2 weeks.
29 June-5 July
6-12 July
13-19 July
20-26 July
27 July - 2 August
3-9 August
Residential course: £1,750 per week. Fee includes:
Accommodation
BSS Experience featuring True Me
Excursion Programme
Lessons
Meals (full board)
Sports & Leisure Programme
Transfers (standard days from selected airports / train stations)
Travel insurance
We focus on stimulating students’ appetite for adventure along with building their self-confidence through practical outdoors lessons.
Lessons
Core English
English language lessons are designed to improve students’ receptive and productive skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening), extend the scope and range of their vocabulary in both formal and informal contexts and deepen their understanding of grammar to improve spoken and written accuracy.
Learning and Innovation
These task-based lessons enable students to work collaboratively to research, discuss and create projects that reflect their knowledge, skills, and personality while developing strategies that are essential for success in the 21st century. The projects have been selected to help develop the students’ capabilities in each of the 4Cs that form the core of the 21st Century Learning curriculum: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical Thinking.
Focus adventure
These lessons are designed to improve students’ English and at the same time, stimulate their appetite for and sense of adventure, helping them to build their communication skills and self-confidence through a range of different practical outdoor activities. Lessons may include:
Bush craft activities
Erecting a tent
Nature walk
Orienteering
Outdoor activity centre visit
Survival skills
Tying knots
