The following information is designed to:

• Help you prepare your child for his / her course
• Inform you about travel arrangements and airport procedures
• Reassure you that good care will be taken of your child at all times

St. Clare's junior courses are based at our Summer Junior Campus in Headington, a 10-minute drive from the main St. Clare's campus and Oxford city centre. The school is enclosed within a perimeter wall with a secure gate, making it safe and welcoming for junior students. Residential accommodation, teaching facilities, catering and all sports and swimming activities are on site.

Contact details

The address for the school for all letters and correspondence during the course is:

St. Clare's, Oxford at
Rye St. Antony School
Franklin Road
Oxford OX3 8BY

Tel: +44 1865 742789
Fax: +44 1865 742789

Office hours: 0800-2230 every day

In case of an emergency out of hours a mobile telephone number will be available through the course office answer-phone.

Immigration

All overseas visitors arriving in the UK must go through Immigration. Students need to:

• Show their passport, with visa if required
• Show their St. Clare's letter of acceptance (and study certificate if we have sent you one). The study certificate is only essential for non-Europeans.

Arrival and departure

Arrival day is the first Sunday of the course; we cannot accept students before this day. Departure day is the last Saturday of each three-week course. There will be no classes on that day.

Airport transfers

We take the business of looking after your child very seriously. Please link through here to read all the detailed information about airport transfers.

Identity cards

We give all students a St. Clare's identity card which they must carry at all times. If you have not already sent them with the application form, please email or post a passport-sized photograph to the Short Courses Division before the course starts so that we can prepare the cards in good time. We need this as soon as possible. Please email a passport size photo now to summer.admissions@stclares.ac.uk.

Money and valuables

All activities are included in the course fees. Your child will only need pocket money for buying souvenirs, postcards, sweets etc. He/she must also bring £20 for a damage deposit. This money is returned at the end of the course if there is no damage to pay for. To keep money safe we operate an on-site bank. Passports and tickets are also locked in the school safe. Bedrooms are not lockable so students should not bring items of great value. St. Clare's cannot accept responsibility for the loss or theft of personal items.

Medical and travel insurance

The course fees include travel insurance including medical and personal possessions cover with an independent insurance company organised by St. Clare's brokers. These are the full details of the Travel Insurance Policy. If you need to make any claims on the policy you must contact the insurance company yourself.

Medical problems

If your child feels unwell he/she should tell a member of staff. There will be a first-aider at the school 24 hours a day. The welfare officer can arrange visits to the doctor or hospital. It is essential that tell us about any medical condition which you think we should know about.

Accommodation

Students will be accommodated in one of three main houses. Each house has a student telephone. We help all students to telephone their parents after they arrive to tell them which house they are in and which student telephone number they can use to contact them.

The Croft
+44 1865 767 535
+44 1865 229 239

The Cottage
+44 1865 765 161

King House
+44 1865 763 428

The best times to telephone students in their residences are: 0730–0800; 1730–1800; 2200–2230. Please do not call after 2230.

Rooms vary from singles to small dormitories. Where possible older students are given single or twin rooms but this cannot be guaranteed. Boys and girls are accommodated separately and may not enter each others' bedrooms.

Each house has members of our staff who look after and supervise the students. They will help with problems at any time, day or night. Students are expected to share with others usually of a different nationality but similar age. If you have a specific request regarding your child's accommodation please contact us at least three weeks before the s tart of the course. Please note that we cannot guarantee to satisfy all such requests.

Linen and laundry

Towels and bed linen are provided, and are changed every 7 days. Students can have 2 bags of personal clothes washed each week. Please ensure that your child brings a bag which can be used for laundry. Laundry bags and items of clothing must have their names on. Please remember that it may take more than 24 hours for clothes to be returned from the laundry. Students should bring sufficient clothing to last for at least 5 days.

Special requirements

If your child needs a special diet, or facilities/arrangements for religious observance, or if there is any other important information, such as medical conditions, please write on the personal and medical information form that you return to the Summer Courses office.

Sports

All students on the course are encouraged to take part in sports, including swimming. You must tell us in writing if you do not wish your child to take part in any particular activity. Students are welcome to bring tennis racquets. They should bring swimwear and swimming towel if they want to swim.

Supervision

Junior students aged between 10-12 are not allowed to leave the Summer Junior Campus without adult supervision. The 13-15 year old students may be allowed some independence for shopping on specified afternoons. This permission will only be given if they have demonstrated a mature attitude. They will be checked out and checked in. No student may go out unsupervised in the evenings.

Rules

In the UK it is illegal to:

• buy cigarettes if you are under 16 years old
• buy alcohol if you are under 18 years old
• use drugs, including Cannabis

Whilst on our courses junior students must follow these College Rules and, in addition:

• be respectful and tolerant of staff and fellow students
• comply with specified bedtimes
• must not smoke
• behave in a socially acceptable way at all times
• not cause any wilful damage to property which is not their own

Please note: Students will be required to sign a form when they arrive, to indicate their understanding of the course rules and their willingness to abide by them. We reserve the right to send students home at their own expense if they break any of these rules.

Classes

Our Junior students have 18 hours of tuition per week: 3½ hours on 4 weekday mornings and 2 hours on 2 weekday afternoons.

Sports

We offer a range of sports during the course. These include: tennis; football; swimming; badminton; volleyball; basketball; softball; table tennis; aerobics; punting.

Sample daily timetable

Daily schedule
08.00	Breakfast
09.00	Language lesson: getting to know each other / asking questions
10.00	Language lesson: writing a postcard to an English friend
11.00	Break with snack
11.20	Language lesson: 'Have fun with sport' learn and share new words
12.30	Lunch
14.00	Project lesson: design, write and make a class magazine
15.30	Activities: swimming, treasure hunt, laser quest, face painting
18.00	Dinner
19.00	International Quiz Night with prizes
21.00	Story-telling / sing-a-long
22.00	Bedtime

Sample activities programme

Programme for the week
	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Sunday	Arrivals and supervised activities e.g. table tennis, badminton, cards and board games		Welcome party, barbecue and ice-breaker games
Monday	Welcome talk and placement test	English classes / softball, swimming, friendship and bracelet making	Centre orientation, sports & fun games, film/video
Tuesday	English classes	English classes / softball, swimming, friendship and bracelet making	Walking tour of Oxford. Film night
Wednesday	English classes	Excursion to London, Madame Tussaud's plus West End musical show
Thursday	English classes	Excursion to Warwick Castle	Disco and Limbo dancing
Friday	English classes	English classes / nature trail, relay race, punting on the river	Water polo, softball, charades
Saturday	Excursion to Chessington World of Adventures theme park		Stars in Their Eyes talent competition