Language Camps

Camp Wonderland in Smolenice, Slovakia

Smolenice, SlovakiaCLASS jazyková škola4.4(253)

Dates: Jul 5 – Aug 5, 2027
Duration: 1 or 2 weeks
Ages: 7–15

Price from

$285

Per week on a 2-week stay

Course price for 1 week — $458

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Camp Wonderland is the residential summer English camp of CLASS jazyková škola, held at the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice in the Little Carpathians. The whole day runs in English: campers have English lessons in the morning and spend the rest of the day on choice activities, a big group game in the evening and a campfire. The resort has no mobile signal, and the camp keeps one hour of phone time a day. The programme has three intakes each summer, a junior one for ages 7 to 12 and two for ages 10 to 15. Climbing on the local rocks, a trip to an aquapark, a visit to the Driny cave or Smolenice Castle, meals, accommodation, medical insurance for children, an online photo album and a camp T-shirt are part of the price.

Age

7–15 yrs

Language

English

Program type

Language Camps

Accommodation

Cabin

About

About the Course

English at Camp Wonderland is practised rather than studied. Two lessons run in the morning, the first at 09:15 and the second at 10:30, and after that the language carries on through games, debates and cultural exchange: campers eat, play sport and sing in English. The school describes the day as 23 hours of English and one hour of phone time.

What’s Included

The price covers the whole programme in English, the English lessons, meals, accommodation, rock climbing, a trip to the aquapark, a dinner at McDonald's, a visit to the Driny cave or Smolenice Castle, medical insurance for children, an online photo album and a camp T-shirt.

Accommodation

Campers stay in wooden cabins at the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice. The resort has no mobile signal, which the school counts as part of the experience: a digital detox in the middle of nature.

Meal Plan

Meals are served at the resort and are part of the price. The camp day starts with breakfast at 08:14, with a fruit snack in the morning, lunch at 12:30 and dinner at 17:30; one dinner during the stay is at McDonald's.

Activities & Excursions

Afternoons are built around two choice activities, with a water break between them. The evening brings a big group game, a campfire with s'mores and cabin time. Rock climbing, a trip to the aquapark and an excursion to the Driny cave or Smolenice Castle are included in the stay.

Facilities

The camp uses the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice in the Little Carpathians: cabins for campers, a dining room and the surrounding forest and rocks used for the activity programme. There is no mobile signal on the site.

Camp Experience

Counsellors and teachers, many of them former campers, keep the camp in English from wake-up at 07:50 to bedtime, and the school describes Camp Wonderland as a place where it is fine to be crazy, creative and different. Children come for the English and come back for the people.

Language Camp prices

English at Camp Wonderland

10 Lessons · 7–12 yrs · All levels

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The camp course keeps the whole day in English. Mornings are given to two lessons with the camp teachers; the rest of the day the language is used in activities, games and conversation, so that children practise English instead of memorising it.

Two lessons every camp day, the first at 09:15 and the second at 10:30, with a fruit snack between them and a teacher meeting afterwards; counted over a five-day teaching week that is ten lessons.

Spoken English for children and teenagers: the course works on fluency and confidence through games, debates and cultural exchange rather than through grammar drills.

Daily Schedule

Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30

Included items

Excursions
Hiking
Indoor Games
Outdoor Sports Games

Cafeteria
Outdoor fields
Residence accommodation

Reviews

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School

CLASS jazyková škola

CLASS jazyková škola is a language school in Bratislava, Slovakia, which teaches English to children, teenagers and adults. Courses for children run in two age groups, 6 to 10 and 10 to 15, next to The C.L.U.B. programme for teenagers, and the school also teaches individuals, companies and teachers. In summer it runs Camp Wonderland, a residential English camp at the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice, and day camps. The school supports Class Academy, its non-profit project for developing teaching tools and training teachers across Slovakia.

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Location

Frequently Asked Questions

The camp runs at the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice, in the Little Carpathians of western Slovakia. Campers stay in wooden cabins on the site.

The fee covers the whole programme in English, the English lessons, meals, accommodation, rock climbing, a trip to the aquapark, a dinner out, a visit to the Driny cave or Smolenice Castle, medical insurance for children, an online photo album and a camp T-shirt.

The resort has no mobile signal, and the camp timetable sets aside one hour of phone time a day; the school calls it a digital detox in the middle of nature.

There is a junior intake for ages 7 to 12 and two intakes for ages 10 to 15.

Two lessons run in the morning, and the rest of the day — meals, sport, games and the evening programme — is also in English. The school describes it as 23 hours of English and one hour of phone time.

More about this camp

Camp Wonderland takes children and teenagers to the Zaruby Nature Resort in Smolenice, in the Little Carpathians of western Slovakia. Mornings bring two English lessons with the camp teachers; the rest of the day is activities chosen by the campers, a big group game in the evening, and a campfire before cabin time. Campers sleep in wooden cabins and eat at the resort. Rock climbing, a trip to an aquapark, a dinner out and an excursion to the Driny cave or to Smolenice Castle are part of the stay, as are medical insurance for children, an online photo album and the camp T-shirt. The camp runs intakes for ages 7 to 12 and for ages 10 to 15, and is organised by CLASS jazyková škola, a language school in Bratislava.

Price from $285