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How will you learn?
The academic year is divided into four terms, each being about 10 weeks long (including breaks if any).
Before the start of each term, we bring all students together for vibrant event series called Discovery Week. With 20+ enrichment activities available across 6 days, you can develop your skills, dedicate time for your project, attend Meet the Expert sessions and connect with the wider community of Engame.
As the term officially starts, you'll focus on your two core program elements: attending your Themed Workshop and your termly Mentoring sessions. During term time, we'll also offer Field Trips and various student-led and community events (see under Student life) to delve deeper into various interests and build relationships with students from other years.
Discovery Week sessions and term-time events are sign-up based and will be announced on Classroom. We encourage you to participate in as many of them as you can, experience new things, try yourself in different situations, and make valuable connections!
Academic Year dates
2026-27 academic year:
7 Sept 2026 - 12 June 2027
Term 1: 7 Sept - 14 Nov 2026
Discovery Week: 7 Sept - 12 Sept
Autumn break: 23 Oct - 31 Oct
Term 2: 16 Nov - 30 Jan
Discovery Week: 16 Nov - 21 Nov
Christmas break: 21 Dec - 2 Jan
Term 3: 1 Feb - 10 April
Discovery Week: 1 Feb - 6 Feb
Spring break: 25 Mar - 3 Apr
Term 4: 12 Apr - 12 June
Discovery Week: 12 April - 17 April
Summer break: 13 June - 31 Aug
Core program
🚀 Theme Workshops
Theme Workshops will focus on the connections between school subjects and their practical, real-life applications. Through exciting, contemporary topics, we'll explore how the defining trends and problems of our present can be approached from the perspective of multiple subjects. This approach will develop your problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and also help you identify your interests and connect them to academic or professional areas, guiding your study and career choices.
🏁 Fast track (only for Sophomore students)
Above core program elements, Sophomore students have the option to Fast Track their learning by taking additional classes from the Junior year ahead. Fast Track registration is open in Term 2, 3 and 4.
Format: Small group sessions
Schedule:
- Group A: Wednesday, 17:30-19:00
- Group B: Saturday, 10:00-11:30
Number of sessions: 6 sessions per term
Length: Workshops last for 90 minutes
💬 Mentoring
Your mentor will support your learning journey and personal development. You will meet termly for an individual mentoring session, a space for you to discuss your goals and interests in depth, ask questions, share your thoughts and get support to ensure you make appropriate progress at Engame.
🚀 Project
You will be completing guided projects in small groups as part of your weekly workshops. We will use these to explore each Term's topic deeper and at the same time give space to your ideas. Throughout the year you will gain confidence in managing tasks, time, and working with others towards the same goal. Each project will have a creative outcome (e.g. a podcast or a poster) at the end, and by the end of the 4 Terms, your have taken part in 4 of them, building a mini-portfolio - that can even feature in your uni application further down the line!
🧩 Skill-Building Workshops (part of Discovery Week)
🧩 Skill-Building Workshops (part of Discovery Week)
Each term, we offer a wide range of skill-building workshops focusing on key academic, 21st century and personal skills. You are welcome to sign up to any number of skill workshops during the year.
🎤 Meet the Expert (part of Discovery Week)
🎤 Meet the Expert (part of Discovery Week)
A wide range of Meet the Expert sessions are held in Engame or online, where we invite people with exciting academic and professional backgrounds who love what they do. They share their stories, the dilemmas they faced during their career, and talk about various aspects of jobs they’ve had, giving you great insight into what working in different fields entails to help your orientation.
🏢 Field Trips (during term time)
🏢 Field Trips (during term time)
We organize field trips to a range of exciting places from the coolest startups to high-value multinational companies, and from state and cultural institutions to NGOs. You will get a glimpse into how people work at these organizations and what they do. Come with an open and curious mind - you may learn about areas of work you haven’t considered before for your own future!
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