School Experiences

Adventure camp and languages

For adventure and mountain sports lovers we propose a course where you can combine sports practice with an intensive language course. And what better setting than the French Alps, where you can do all kinds of activities and practice your chosen language with the different instructors who will accompany the students at every moment of the day. It is a unique opportunity to experience sports and activities in nature, such as rafting, canyoning, via ferrata, caving, … in a privileged setting and with specialised native French-speaking staff. We also propose visiting some of the most emblematic cities in the area in order to offer students the opportunity to get to know the natural and cultural environment of this French region.

School Experience

From 12 to 18 years of age

21 days

Spring – Summer

Who is it aimed at

Young people from 12 to 18 years of age.

Spring – summer season, from May to September.

Duration: 3 weeks.

Accommodation on the Les Alpes campus, a unique and privileged setting. Located in the French Savoy, in a small and quiet village called Saint Nicolas la Chapelle.

In a radius of an hour and a half we have an idyllic environment for nature and outdoor activities: lakes, rivers, mountains, caves, routes, trails, … they help us design the best and most complete range of adventure activities. From rafting on the Isère to via ferratas on Courchevel, to the Talloire tree adventure park and lastly to water skiing in Albertville.

Main skills you develop in this experience

Initiative
Collaboration
Critical thinking

The course includes

Roundtrip transfers from Geneva airport to Les Alpes campus.
Full board accommodation in shared rooms at the campus residence.
Transfers to activities.
Programme of activities
Intensive language course.
Material necessary for the activities.

Diploma accrediting having participated in the course.

Sustainable Development Goals

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

QUALITY EDUCATION

GENDER EQUALITY

Required documents:

Valid passport.

European health card (requested at www.seg-social.es) valid medical insurance in Europe.

Particulars (where applicable) of any allergies and medical conditions.

Travel, sickness and accident insurance.

Negative PCR at least 48 hours before arrival.

Academic content and activities

Welcome gymkhana. Through a series of tests / tracks in the town of St. Nicolas. We work mainly with team building techniques.
Praz sur Arly. We will travel to the neighbouring town of Praz enjoy the extensive range of activities on offer such as miniature golf, beach volleyball, football, basketball, tennis, ping pong, skatepark, giant chess boards…
Tree Adventure Park: Activity including jumps, zip lines, descents, rope bridges between trees and a long list of adventures. With the best equipment and the highest security measures.
Visit the medieval town of Conflans and the Albertville Olympic games museum. Visit medieval town of Conflans where a fun cultural gymkhana as a learning tool will lead us to the most interesting corners of this beautiful place, then we will go to Albertville, winter Olympic city in 1992 with its interactive museum.
Paintball. Paintball: is an exciting team game where each team fight together to achieve a goal, takes place on the outskirts of Megève, in a forest with a thousand and one obstacles.
Chamonix randonnée – Chamonix excursion. Chamonix is a town located in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie region, at the foot of Mont Blanc. This summit is the most emblematic of the Alps and one of the best-known peaks in the world. It has an official altitude of 4,810 meters and is the highest in Western Europe. We made an entertaining excursion visiting the mer de glace one of the most spectacular glaciers in Europe.
Swimming in bout du Lac d’Annecy. Have a swim in the well-known Annecy lake, there is an activity area to play football, volleyball, Frisbee … we can also find paddle surfing, pedalos, kayaking …
Rafting: Rafting consists of descending mountain rivers in inflatable rafts. No previous experience is necessary for the beginner rafting activity, only being able to swim. A true team is formed, so that all the crew must coordinate when rowing, always under the orders of the leader of the raft. The speed, the water and the jumps make the activity exciting.
Parc Animalier de Merlet. In the town of Les Houches, right next to Chamonix there is an idyllic wild animal park, it houses over eighty animals in their natural habitat, among the eight wild species that live in the park, seven are indigenous.Under the watchful eye of the Bossons glacier and Mont Blanc, we will engage our students in a photography competition.
Visit Geneva. A must in our agendas, we will walk through the old part of the city, visiting the university, the St. Pierre Cathedral and the longest bench in Europe with 120 meters in length, the wall of the reformers, and the famous L’horloge fleurie in the Jardin Anglaisn.
Water skiing and water games: The Nautical base WAM PARK 73 offers us the possibility of doing water skiing, wakeboarding or kneeboarding with its ski cable, both for beginners and advanced users. It is an activity that many of our students have never tried but that in the end everyone loves, really fun. Located in a small lake with all the safety measures.
Orienteering Orientation: after an explanation on how to work a compass, how to orient a map and what things we can find on it, we put our adventurous students in search of beacons, whoever manages to find them all in the shortest time possible wins the test.
Caving. Crossed by an underground river, the Germe, the Sassenage caves were formed eighty million years ago, in a limestone massif. They owe their name to the two giant cauldrons at the entrance. Inside there are several possible routes, along the labyrinth of galleries that follow the underground rivers that have caused these spectacular erosions. There are routes for all levels with suspension bridges, monkey bridges and even a zip line.
Swimming in Passy lake. A relaxing swim in the lake while enjoying the views of the entire Mont Blanc massif.
Visit to La Tourbiere and roller coaster. In the small town of Les Saisies next to our centre, there is a peat bog ecosystem, intermittently flooded, the soil is saturated, being devoid of oxygen and giving rise to this particular ecosystem between the aquatic and terrestrial. Following our visit where we learn about new flora and fauna, we go to the roller coaster, in two-person wagons we will make multiple descents in which our brave students will decide the speed of the descent.
Ice skating We put sliding skills and coordination to the test on the Olympic ice skating rink in Megève.
Via Ferrata A via ferrata is a vertical sports itinerary that runs along rocky walls or massifs and is equipped to facilitate progression by means of steps, pegs, ramps, handrails, staples, cables and in general all kinds of devices that help climbers progress. Safety is guaranteed by a steel cable installed along the entire route, by a harness provided with an energy dissipator and by special carabiners that prevent falling. Students will complete the route of the spectacular via ferrata de la Rosière, in the vicinity of
Courchevel. After this sensational activity there will be a barbecue, and in the afternoon to continue our adventure an orienteering activity along the esplanade of Lake Rosière.
Gorge walking Canyoning or gorge walking is a semi-aquatic sport that combines caving and mountaineering, scrambling around rocks, going through narrow gorges, crossing waterfalls, swimming to avoid currents, diving to pass siphons, descending down slides, walking through gravel pits, climbing and descending vertically using techniques such as abseiling. It is an activity done in nature, in clear and moving water, and with the best professional guides who help to enjoy the activity in a fun and safe way.
Visit to Annecy. In addition to this sports programme, we will also visit the beautiful town of Annecy, better known as Little French Venice. This city occupies a strategic position between Italy, Geneva and France. Participants will be able to visit its castle and its cathedral, as well as the 12th century Palais de l’Isle, also called “old prisons”, a symbolic monument of the city, and one of the most photographed monuments in France.
There will be a barbecue on the last day of camp with lots of games in the centre’s pool, time to exchange photos, e-mails addresses, farewells, but also for fun.
Farewell party on the last night where we will proceed to the delivery of the diplomas.

Complementary activities not included in the programme

There are activities that are not in the programme and that can optionally be included: other water activities, climbing, and visits to museums… Everything will also depend on the science project that is proposed.

A day at the language camp

8:30 enjoying a magnificent breakfast
9:00 to 12:00 language lessons or if it is a full day activity, we will take our picnics and we will go on our adventure.
12:15 lunch
13:00 departure to the activity
13:30 to 18:00 afternoon activity
18:00 back to centre
18:30 to 19:30 free time and showers
19:30 dinner time and rest
20:00 to 22:00 is the time for evening games, to share everything learned throughout the day and to plan the next day.
Bedtime will depend on age groups.