Blog: English summer school for kids in London

The New Year always brings a new focus to getting ready for the summer. We have 10 staff working through the winter on many aspects of a summer school. We divide our work into three categories, which follow our three rules: to be ready, kind and safe. Ready Process over 1000 summer registrations - we are already 35% full Update our Discoverers (5-9), Explorers (10-12) and Leaders (13-17) curricula Welcome back staff from previous summers and recruit new staff Develop our trai

This week our students learnt English by making volcanoes. Our teacher Rafina said 'our students love making things as part of their studies'. We promote focus in class by getting the students to think of a project in English. If they are working together, and talking through how they want to do an experiment, they are engaged in their work. SKOLA has a long history of teaching English through academic subjects in our English for Education course.

This Christmas we got a puppy. He is called Ronnie, named after my grandfather Ron, who was also a teacher. He is 10 weeks old and is a Cockapoo, a cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a Poodle. Ronnie has a lot to learn. Dog training books and AI tell owners to teach puppies three commands: 'sit', 'stay', and 'come'. If he can sit, he will be ready to cross a road and not jump up at people. If he can stay when asked, he will stay away from places he shouldn’t be. And if he can

Why SKOLA is London’s best place for students to learn English and discover other cultures I’m happy to report that SKOLA is once again a...

For the last 50 years, SKOLA has produced an English summer school brochure. I remember when we would print 10,000 copies and post them from London to families and agents around the world. We now only distribute a digital version, which I invite you to peruse here . If you like what you see, register at skola.co.uk/register . I look forward to meeting you next year. Ben Toettcher, Director SKOLA Summer School Brochure 2025

If you have a visa to enter the UK you do not need an ETA. If you do not need a visa to enter the UK then you do need an Electronic...

SKOLA Introduces the Callan Method this summer at SKOLA Gloucester Gate for 5-9 year olds.

Our 13-17-year-olds now have two hours each week of leadership lessons. Our 10-12-year-olds will develop their exploring skills and our 5-9-year-olds will look at discovery skills. Our students often have entrepreneurs as parents. Our parents want their children to take up positions of influence in their own country. We will therefore start teaching leadership skills in our summer schools for two hours per week. Leadership is important. The world around us was built by peopl

This article details how we test our students. We test our students in advance of the summer. Our testing process is based in science.

This is a short overview of neuroedcation. This blog is a part of a series called trends in education.