Highlights

Language course and holiday fun

Every year at the Lyceum Alpinum, we come up with something exciting and kid-friendly for our youngest participants.

What the kids can expect:

Mornings – language courses

Here on the children’s holiday camp, we learn a language not according to a strict curriculum or with standardised worksheets. Our exercises are primarily intended to introduce the topic in a fun way and are always carefully selected for each individual. Vocabulary and grammar are always level-specific and thus much easier to memorise. Our experienced teaching and childcare staff lead the language courses and take care of your child during the entire time of the camp.

Afternoon – holiday offers

After lunch, we all do something together as a community – and every day, this is something new and different, but always exciting. For example, the following activities could take place on our holiday camp for ages 6 to 9:

  • Forest experience
  • Painting
  • Board games
  • Climbing indoor
  • River rafting
  • Handcrafts
  • Sports on campus
  • Tour of Zuoz
  • Visit playground
  • Visit Rega in Samedan
  • Bouncy castle in Samedan
  • Bowling
  • Minigolf
  • A visit to the National Park

Childcare during the holidays

Our camp counsellors and teaching staff are very well trained to help your child. Each participant is placed in a suitable group for language instruction in English or German according to their level of proficiency. The afternoon activities are, of course, dependent on the weather conditions. Childcare takes place with us just like with real families. The camp counsellors are contact persons for everything concerning the children and are there to help them around the clock. Overnight stays here at the boarding school are not included, but the children are brought back to their families.

Daily schedule
8:30 — 11:45
12:00 — 12:45
12:45 — 16:00
English or German Lessons
Lunch
Sports & Entertainment Programme
This is my first year as one of the staff of the Junior Day Camp. I was in charge of helping create the daily programmes, acting as a liaison between parents and the camp, supervising the campers during lunch and afternoon activities. I love working with the youngest members of the Summer Camp and watching them make new friends and improve their English together. The language barriers were sometimes difficult to overcome, but that was also an opportunity to engage the rest of the children who could help translate. The relationships that were formed between the supervisors and the children throughout the two or three weeks the children participated have left the most remarkable and unforgettable impression.
Rhiannon, Junior Day Camp Staff
This is my sixth year and eleventh Summer Camp. For me, every camp has such great energy, and it's incredibly rewarding to see children/students developing their language skills and confidence in such a short period of time. The students are an extremely diverse community of learners which means drawing on all my teaching and life experience to deliver classes which are fun, inclusive and communicative. This year on the first Junior Day Programme, I developed classes which drew on the wonderful location for inspiration. I was the senior teacher and supported a new team member. I led and assisted the afternoon activities, including an arts and craft project. My favourite memory of the first Junior Day Programme was two classes coming together to do a very lively and interactive performance of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen.
June, Junior Day Camp Staff

Language Course

Learn English or German for juniors

We offer 12 hours of English or German lessons per week – but 9 hours a day of voluntary practice. Those who are speaking a language for the first time should not do this under pressure or according to a dull curriculum in the typical classroom. Otherwise, the fun of experiencing foreign languages and cultures is completely lost. Instead, the desire to speak the language itself should be in the foreground.

Language courses with an educational concept!

Here in Zuoz, we learn languages the Junior Camp way – by listening and practising them daily. The courses for English or German lessons always take place in the morning from 08:30 to 11:45. All language levels are welcome and will be encouraged appropriately. Even if you have no previous knowledge, you are in good hands here at the camp.

English or German around the clock

Between 11:45 and 16:00, the new foreign language is also spoken during lunch and activities, thus ensuring that practice is continuous – even if you don’t realise it. When your child talks to you in English over the dinner table says, you will appreciate how fast language learning can be!

Friends from everywhere

England, Malta, Ireland, Italy, France, Canada, China – culture is important to us and participants come to us from all over the world. A common language is needed to communicate outside the language courses. Our International Spirit is also an excellent motivator for children to learn languages well. The children who come to us are enthusiastic about the full range of free-time activities on offer and quickly make new friends – including kids from different cultures.

When I was at Junior Day Camp, I always had breakfast with mom and dad in the morning first. Then I was picked up by a bus and taken to the campus. English was really funny because there was also a girl from Malta, and we played an English game together. Then there was lunch, and you could look at the mountains all the time. In the afternoon we went for a hike and then had a picnic outside. We had apples, orange juice, cake and sandwiches. Afterwards, the bus brought us back to our families. But Leah, that was the name of the girl came to play with us later.
Alex, 7 years old

Camp Activities

Painting, sports, bouncy castle – children's holidays with everything that they love

The fact that Switzerland is becoming increasingly popular as a travel destination is of course mainly due to the wonderful natural landscape and clean air out here, away from the hustle and bustle. Escape the hectic pace of everyday life and break out of the grey and noisy city. Above all, children love our holiday camps, because of the many exciting activities at the Lyceum Alpinum that any child would want to experience at least once.

Important Information

The well-being of our students is our top priority. Applicants therefore undergo an extensive check of their submitted application documents and references. The Junior Day Camp at the Lyceum Alpinum offers the right programme for all. You can book one week or two, with or without pick-up service, English for beginners or advanced learners. There are several options for participation, so that everyone can find the best offer for themselves. You can find an overview of the camp options in the grey box on the left.

Services included

All participants receive 12 lessons in English or German per week during the holidays and round-the-clock supervision during their stay here at the camp. Learning and teaching materials, meals, pick-up and drop-off service and supplies for the excursions and activities are of course included.

Insurance

Parents or guardians are responsible for providing sufficient health and accident insurance coverage. Liability insurance should also be taken out at least for the duration of the camp and for the entire round-trip journey.

Cancellation conditions

Registration can be withdrawn up to 30 days before the start of the camp without incurring any costs. In the event of later cancellation the following applies:

  • Cancellation 29 – 15 days prior to camp start: 50% of camp cost will be refunded, 50% of camp cost will NOT be refunded.
  • 14 or less days prior to camp start date (includes late arrival, early departure, no-show): NO camp costs will be refunded

Pick-up service

If required, we offer a pick-up service for all participants, for which you can sign up when you register. This ensures that the children arrive safely and return to their families at the end of the day. This service is available up to St. Moritz and Zernez.

If you need more information about our children’s holiday camps for school children, please do not hesitate to contact us. Otherwise, register quickly for the holiday camp.

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Costs

Price for 1 week: CHF 900

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