IST’s fifth Summer Programme is for children 3 – 9 years old, and runs Monday 7 June to Friday 23 July. Language programmes will be offered in Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish (depending on demand). Older students can enjoy drumming and juggling, baile folclorico, Chess, Creative Writing, Mathematics, Science, Yoga and more (depending on demand). Registrations for non-IST students open 1 April.

This page is regularly updated - perhaps even daily. Please check back. For specific information, please scroll down and click on the appropiate age-range. Please click here for the 26 May updates, including information on the "Blue Card".

Art - "Crafts and Coloring Across the Seven Continents"

This class is designed for students between the ages of 5 to 9 years. They will learn about the 7 continents through arts and crafts and each week we will “visit” a different continent, focusing on various countries, peoples, customs, etc.  As we tour the seven continents, the children craft their own passports and suitcases, and each week our content will shift as students build on the mechanical and artistic skills learned in previous weeks. The students will learn about world regions and individual countries, cultures, people, and customs. They can color/ craft souvenirs, pictures, stickers for their suitcases or even make a visitors guide for their parents.  In addition to arts, crafts, learning and community building, we will present and discuss ideas about global oneness and international citizenship to prepare students for the globalized, harmonized future.

Chinese

Chinese has been confirmed for ages 3 - 5 for the first six weeks of the Programme, possibly longer. Popular IST Chinese teacher Ms Natia Lien will be teaching the group.

Chess

Coaches Josh Leonard, Amanda Mateer and Andy Roth have confirmed their availability. Mixed-age Open-rated programmes will be offered by Coach Leonard in Weeks 1 and 2, Coach Roth in Week 3 and Coach Mateer in Week 7. In Week 4, Coach Leonard will run a mixed-age programme for players rated 200 - 650 and Coach Roth will offer a mixed-age programme for players rated beginner to 200.

Chess camps are half-day programmes and can be taken alone, or in combination with an AM language. Please check the Programme Information and Enrolment for ages 5 - 7 and 7 - 9 below for dates and other details.

Russian

Russian will be offered for the first four weeks of the Programme! Ms Veronika Williams is returning for a second year to take the 3 - 5 year-old group, and we have enough interest to offer a 5 - 9 year-old group. We only need enough confirmations to hire the teacher and open the second group, so please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested.

Table-top Science

Table-top Science has been confirmed! Ms Jessy Aceituno returns to IST to offer this popular and succesful programme. In this programme, students will conduct and observe short inquiry-based science experiments that will help them explore scientific concepts. Experiments will focus on Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Weather and the application of concepts found in these disciplines. Activities will focus on active learning where progress is assessed by how well students develop experimental and analytical skills. Students will work in small centres that will be differentiated according to the skill-level of the student.

Weekly Topics

• Week One - Astronomy: Gravity and the Moon
• Week Two - Astronomy: Solar System and Rockets
• Week Three - Biology: Plants
• Week Four - Biology: Birds
• Week Five - Chemistry
• Week Six - Weather: Prerequisite concepts
• Week Seven - Weather

Programme Information and Enrolment

Programme Information and Enrolment (including Fee information) for ages 3 - 4.

Programme Information and Enrolment (including Fee information) for ages 5 - 7.

Programme Information and Enrolment (including Fee information) for ages 7 - 9.

Employment

Our 2010 Summer Programme is fully staffed. Thank you for your interest.