Summer School | Building language and new skills
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Each summer we run a summer school, with language and skills sessions designed to minimise social isolation, improve English and help young people prepare for the new academic year.
The long summer break is often challenging for displaced young people, increasing their sense of isolation. We want to counter this; providing the opportunity to spend the holidays experiencing and learning new things, having fun and building relationships.
Last year we spent the first week at GASP Motor Project learning basic mechanics through hands-on workshops with their team. We split our days between formal English lessons in the classroom and practical sessions in the garage, where we applied the language we’d learnt.
The long summer break is often challenging for displaced young people, increasing their sense of isolation. We want to counter this; providing the opportunity to spend the holidays experiencing and learning new things, having fun and building relationships.
Last year we spent the first week at GASP Motor Project learning basic mechanics through hands-on workshops with their team. We split our days between formal English lessons in the classroom and practical sessions in the garage, where we applied the language we’d learnt.
"I have enjoyed this week, and today driving the car was my best day. I want to learn more about mechanics so I can become one."
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During the second week we focused on well-being and adapting to life in the UK. We took the group on
a scavenger hunt around London; spent two days with the Refugee Council discussing coping mechanisms for anxiety and insomnia (issues many of our young people experience); and joined forces with Surrey University, Surrey Police and Lawyers Against Poverty to explore law and legal rights in the UK.
Summer School ended with a day at Access Adventures where we canoed, paddle-boarded, danced and cooked together. It was a brilliant two weeks and we were blown away by the improvement in their language.
This year, we are thrilled to have grown our two week Summer School into a full month of activities. Each week during August will be spent focused on topics that the young people we support have requested. Starting with a week on exploring our surroundings, we will then spend subsequent weeks participating in activities about Work and Careers, Health and Wellbeing and Living Safely in the UK.
We are fully subscribed for this years Summer School.
a scavenger hunt around London; spent two days with the Refugee Council discussing coping mechanisms for anxiety and insomnia (issues many of our young people experience); and joined forces with Surrey University, Surrey Police and Lawyers Against Poverty to explore law and legal rights in the UK.
Summer School ended with a day at Access Adventures where we canoed, paddle-boarded, danced and cooked together. It was a brilliant two weeks and we were blown away by the improvement in their language.
This year, we are thrilled to have grown our two week Summer School into a full month of activities. Each week during August will be spent focused on topics that the young people we support have requested. Starting with a week on exploring our surroundings, we will then spend subsequent weeks participating in activities about Work and Careers, Health and Wellbeing and Living Safely in the UK.
We are fully subscribed for this years Summer School.
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Summer School 2022 |
We are offering a month long Summer School for displaced young people across East and West Surrey. Throughout the four weeks we will be focusing on topics including careers, wellbeing and living safely, and building English language skills throughout.
Summer School will be hosted at a variety of venues across the county, including the University of Surrey, Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development Centre and GASP Motor Project. This year, we're running sessions in partnership with Surrey Police and Surrey University School of Law. Registration is now closed for Summer School 2022. |
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COVID-19 ADVICE
Big Leaf has COVID-safe risk assessments in place for all of its activities and these are available upon request.
Big Leaf has COVID-safe risk assessments in place for all of its activities and these are available upon request.