English Student Hosts | 11-17 year olds

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STUDENT HOSTS

Discovery Summer awards 100% scholarships to British children and teenagers during the summer holidays

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What scholarships are available?
What is included?
What will you gain?
What do Student Hosts do?
Student Hosts should be
How do I apply?

WHAT SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE?

Residential scholarships

Experience life as a boarder at a top independent school following a full programme, seven days a week!

Residential Courses

Day (non-residential) scholarships

Experience the full daily programme arriving in time for the morning student meeting (normally 08.45h) staying until the end of afternoon activities (18.00h) or evening activities (21:00h). Student Hosts often attend 7 days a week so as not to miss out on the fun. Day scholarships are available at:

Marymount (8-13 years)

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

A two week 100% scholarship in a safe, fun and culturally enriching environment
Experience life as a boarder at a top independent school
Accommodation, meals, activity programme and excursions! Follow a full programme seven days a week
Develop new skills as you support international students
A huge variety of indoor and outdoor sports and activities including art & design, dance, circus skills, ceilidhs, discos, ukulele, steel drums
Excursions may include Harry Potter studios, a West End Musical, Theme Parks as well as many places of historical and cultural interest e.g. Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford
You will be supported by your House Parent who will make sure you understand your role and know what to do every day.

More information about English Student Hosts.

APPLICATION PROCESS

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM BEING A STUDENT HOST WITH DISCOVERY SUMMER

Develop you interview skills. The application process includes a telephone interview
Build on your leadership skills as you guide and support international students
Improve your social skills and confidence when meeting new people
Boost resilience as you realise what you have achieved
Gain new skills - maybe in an unexpected area - in classes, activities, sports, or in ways of helping people
Find out how well you are fulfilling your role. This feedback can be used as a basis of a reference for a Duke of Edinburgh Award or to support an application for a part-time job/gap year project/University etc
Discuss your future plans with experienced staff
Receive an English Student Host scholarship certificate as a record of your achievement.

WHAT DO STUDENT HOSTS DO?

Welcome new international students to the centre, show them around and find out all about them
Help students in classes (these may be English or subject-based classes depending on the programme)
Help students practise for spoken English exams
Participate in a wide range of sports, activities and evening entertainments
Share a bedroom or sleep in a single room on the same corridor as other students
Go on two excursions each week; sharing British culture and local know-how
Set an excellent example by always following Discovery Summer rules and by helping whenever you can
Mix with the international students at every possible opportunity
Attend daily feedback meetings with your House Parent
Wear a Discovery Summer blue T-shirt to be easily recognised

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Every year former English Student Hosts who are over 18 apply for highly competitive places to work with Discovery Summer as staff members.
When applying for a job after University, employers can be very impressed to learn how you spent your school holidays.
Student Hosts make lifelong international friends - many of whom they visit abroad for years to come!

STUDENT HOSTS SHOULD BE:

British (and living or been educated in the UK)
Available for a 2 week period in the summer, between late June - mid August 2019 (Please note residential scholarship places include weekends)
Confident - you will meet new people everyday
Independent - spend time away from family and friends as you experience life in a boarding school
Responsible - you should lead by example
Mature - the needs of the international students may come before your own
Enthusiastic and inquisitive - come with an open mind
Resilient - you may find something hard at first (e.g. spending time with people you do not know)
Friendly, kind and polite - always!

TESTIMONIAL

LOCATIONS

View the locations of our centres

HOW DO I APPLY?

Applications for the 2022 Scholarship programme will begin in October 2021.

If you have any questions or would like an informal conversation, please email Leo Child: [email protected] or call +44 207 937 1199

The Young Learner Specialists