English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Courses in the UK

Learning English?

Come to Greenfields School

Summer Fun for three weeks between 25 July – 12 August.
Make learning English fun – whatever your level. Theory combined with practical application makes it fun to learn. Study in the mornings and practice English on trips and adventures in the afternoon. More activities in the evening.

Daytime activities and outings include: horse riding, quad biking, archery, trips to London, castles, Wakehurst Place, mountain biking, Pooh Bridge, Ashdown Forest... Evening activities: bowling, laser games, swimming, trips to Tunbridge Wells and sports. Weekend outings such as: Windsor Castle, Canterbury, Stonehenge, Oxford and Brighton.

Price includes EFL tuition, boarding, outings – the only extra cost is getting to the school! Fill out an online booking form.

School Term - Short Stays
During school term, join our English as a Foreign Language class, mix and stay with our full-time boarders in the boarding house (subject to availability). Two days of outings and four days of study.

Short stays between:

• 9 May – 27 May
• 6 June – 22 July

Contact us for more details by calling:
+44 (0)1342 822189

or emailing:
admissions@greenfieldsschool.com

Happy Easter to All

From everyone at Greenfields School,
we wish you a Happy Easter!

Here is a list of important dates for the Summer Term:

• Sat 29th Apr - Boarders Return
• Tue 3rd May - Start of Summer Term and New Students Registration
• Tue 3rd May to Thur 23rd June - G.C.S.E Exams
• Tue 3rd May to Thur 23rd June - A-Level Exams
• Mon 30th May - Half Term Holiday Begins
• Sun 5th June - Half Term Break Ends / Boarders Return
• Wed 8th June - Open Day
• Thur 9th June - PTA Meeting
  
• Fri 24th June - GTC (Greenfields Theatre Company) Starts
• Fri 8th July - Lower School Sports Day
• Wed 13th July to Sun 17th July - Gala Weekend (GTC School Play, Summer Fair, Graduation, Graduates Ball)
• Mon 18th July - Last Day of Term
• Tue 19th July - Boarders Leave
• Mon 25th July - Week One of Summer School
• Mon 1st August - Week Two of Summer School
• Mon 8th August - Week Three of Summer School

NB The dates given for the start of the Summer Term on the school website (due to the Royal Wedding Bank Holiday) are currently incorrect but will soon be updated.

Success in Teaching using The Barriers to Study

Teachers who use the Study Technology of L. Ron Hubbard have found its effectiveness both revolutionary and simple.

In its barest terms, there are three main barriers to study:

Firstly, study without any actual mass. By mass is meant the actual physical object or objects of study.

Obviously, one would not try to teach someone to drive merely by getting them to read a textbook about driving. One would have the learner driver actually drive a car, handle an actual car. This is applicable to all subjects.

Studying in the absence of mass can produce all kinds of physical symptoms: dizziness, sickness, headaches, to name but a few, and the remedy is to introduce more mass into the subject. In a subject like English Literature, this is just as vital. Going to see plays, dramatising parts of a novel in front of a class, pictures, sketches, diagrams, maps, clay models all supply mass.

The next barrier to study is too steep a gradient. If a student gets confused, it is likely that one is teaching too fast. For example, an able student doing well in a subject becomes very confused and says the subject is too complex. By going back to just before they became confused, they can be helped to understand what they did not grasp.

Using a lesser gradient helps students to regain interest and enthusiasm in the subject.

The third and most important barrier to study is the misunderstood or undefined word or definition. In teaching, if one sees a student going blank on what is being read, or reacting aggressively towards the subject, or wanting to give it up because they don’t like it or misbehaving, then an undefined or misdefined word has been passed. The answer is to find this word, handle the definitions thoroughly so that the word can be owned, check the derivation and idiomatic use and then continue.

An Advanced Level student overcame their severe spelling difficulties simply by looking up the definitions and derivations of words they did not understand. They went on to learn Business Studies at university.

When pupils look up the words using a good dictionary and pay particular attention to the derivations, spelling improves.

The importance of Study Technology cannot be stressed too strongly. It gives children and young people the chance to really learn and apply what they have learnt.

Based on the experiences of educator and teacher,
Lady Joan Hort

This article can also be found in the Results Newsletter (issue III)

Take the Free Study Skills Test...

...and find out exactly what barriers
your child may be encountering

Ever WONDER how much your child is really
learning at school?

In education today, children face well known obstacles:

• Getting ‘labelled’ (‘special needs’,‘ADD’ etc.).
• Feeling sad, angry or disinterested.
• Difficulty remembering items studied.
• Not having a purpose for learning or knowing how to revive interest in learning once it has gone.

Less well known is that underlying them there are only three barriers that keep children from reaching their full learning potential and cause actual emotional or physical phenomena when encountered.

Students fail to learn because no one has ever taught them how to learn – how to identify the barriers to learning and how to overcome them.

Study Skills Test
This is a FREE service offered by Greenfields Educational Trust. It is designed for those children
who may need help in their studies, as well as those who are doing well but would like to do even better.

Recommendations may be given but there is no obligation whatsoever for you to act on them. At
the very least this test will show you more about your child’s strengths/weaknesses as a student and how you, as a parent, can help them.

You can complete this test online at: www.greenfieldsschool.com/study-skills-test.htm or contact us and we can arrange getting a test to you.

Teenager praises hospital that rebuilt face after golf accident

A GCSE Greenfields student makes the local papers after creating a video tribute, to thank the hospital who treated him after a golfing accident.

East Grinstead Courier & Observer, 27th Jan '11

"What is so impressive is that Harry feels so genuinely in debt to those who rebuilt his face. If every child showed the same impeccable manners the world would be a better place. "

A boy who suffered horrific injuries in a golfing accident has publicly thanked the surgeons who rebuilt his face.

Harry Wood's cheekbone was shattered, his eye socket was cracked and he suffered a slight loss of vision after being struck full force in the face with a club.

The Greenfields schoolboy was caddying when the accident happend.

The 14-year-old had been holding back a branch for a friend whose ball had gone into the rough at Crawley's Tilgate Forest Golf Course when he was accidentally hit.

The schoolboy had to undergo specialist reconstructive surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

After this proved an overwhelming success, he recorded a video for website YouTube in which he thanks medics.

Recalling the accident, Harry said: "My friend hit the shot into the rough so I held a branch back for him. He swung, missed the ball and caught me in the face.

"The main reason I put the video together was to thank everybody and to bring an end to the whole thing.

"I also wanted to show people how bad it was, but that I'm fine now.

"The magnitude of people who have shown their support has been so big. This message is for them."

Harry believes he is stronger than ever, having made a speedy recovery from his injuries.

The video tribute was also sent to the hospital's chief executive Adrian Bull.

During the clip – which was published on the internet last week – Harry praises the "wonderful" hospital staff and says he would never have healed the way he has without them.

He tells them: "You were the ones that kept me going and I can't thank you enough. I love you all from the bottom of my heart and will always be grateful for the support you gave me."

Mr Bull is delighted that the youngster went to such an effort to thank his staff. He said: "It is always gratifying to read such comments and it is also pleasing to know that our hospital services have made such an impact."

Having suffered no trauma from the incident in June, Harry even joked that he will be more cautious during his next outing on a golf course. He said: "Maybe I'll wear a helmet next time."

Excerpted from the East Grinstead Courier and Observer website, read the full story here. And you can see the tribute video on Youtube.

East Grinstead Courier & Observer's comment:

Appreciation of teenager is impressive

Hospitals around the country will treat thousands of children every year, transforming their lives for the better. Most children will be grateful but few will go to the lengths that 14-year-old Harry Wood went to so they can show their appreciation.

Creating a heartfelt video tribute will have touched all those who treated him and many who have simply watched the clip.

Of course some people will argue that Harry should not have been standing so close to someone using a golf club.

But accidents happen and nobody deserves to end up with the kind of horrific injuries which he did. What is so impressive is that Harry feels so genuinely in debt to those who rebuilt his face. If every child showed the same impeccable manners the world would be a better place.

Harry's story was also covered in the Crawley News, 27th Jan '11 and The Argus, 28th Jan '11.

Open Day: Greenfields School, Sussex - Open for Tours

Discover a friendly, caring and safe environment for your children to learn and achieve their true potential.

Greenfields School Open Days, 23rd February and 8th June.

We recommend that all prospective parents and students come and have a tour of Greenfields School. There is nothing like experiencing the atmosphere and seeing the school in action! We have one of the friendliest and most beautiful environments you will ever see for a school and it is well worth making the effort to get here in person.

HOURS

We are open Monday – Friday, 9am to 4.30pm.

Telephone messages may be left for staff at other times, but private numbers of staff are not given out.

OPEN DAYS

We have Open Days throughout the year where you can drop by whenever you want without need of an appointment. You will receive a tour of the school, an interview with one of our administrative staff and a nice cup of tea!

The official Open Days are:

Wednesday 23rd February 2011

Wednesday 8th June 2011

Teaching staff may also be available to answer any questions, timetable permitting.

Please call 01342 822189 to speak to one of our Admissions staff. E-mail is also an excellent way of staying in communication with us: admissions@greenfieldsschool.com

If you wish to visit the school on another day, not listed here, we will do our best to service you and make your plans work. Please contact our Admissions staff and let us know what you need.

TRIAL DAYS

We also offer trial days for prospective students, this means that they can spend the day at Greenfields in the classroom and with the other students. This is a great way to experience Greenfields as it really encourages the student to find out if this is a place where they would like to come to school. Please call the Admissions department to arrange a time to have a trial day!

John Travolta - What I Think of Study Technology

John Travolta, Spokesman, Applied Scholastics

"Here in California, there’s been a lot of talk lately about research that L. Ron Hubbard did on the subject of study and books he wrote to help students do better in school – something called Study Technology.

Study Technology – an education approach which teaches one HOW TO LEARN – is something that I hold very dear to my heart, which is why I have supported it (and used it!) for many years. As a parent, I want my children, and all children, to leave school with a real chance to make it in the world. Anything that can contribute to that deserves a close look.

But the problem runs much deeper than that. Kids who don’t understand the world around them, how it works and how they can contribute to it, are easily overwhelmed. They make bad choices. The links between illiteracy, crime and drug abuse have been demonstrated again and again.

Study Technology has been in use all over the world for a quarter of a century. It was this exact method that enabled me, someone who never finished high school, to achieve one of my greatest goals – to be a jet pilot. And not just that but a jet pilot licensed to fly six different types of jet aircraft . I have also personally seen this miraculous mentoring tool bring hope and joy to the lives of many children whether in inner-city communities, schools or at home.

I think Study Technology is something worth getting excited about. It’s a tool, and it works. But it doesn’t work on its own. Parents, teachers and students have to do two things first: learn how to use it and then decide to use it. I hope you’ll take the time to find out more about Study Technology and Applied Scholastics. It might change your mind about the kind of future we can create for all our children."

John Travolta
Spokesman
Applied Scholastics

This article was taken from the Results! Newsletter (issue III) - The Applied Scholastics® Newsletter for the United Kingdom