From a Principal:

'Dear Colleagues,

Reach Cambridge is a private organisation specialising in developing summer programmes for an international clientele. They are based in Cambridge, England. Their uniqueness is in the fact that they have a strong network within Cambridge University and therefore will be able to make use of the Cambridge academics and postgraduate students to conduct the courses. Students attending these courses stay at the University itself making it an enriching and worthwhile experience. My college made use of them for Science, History and English summer programmes in August and found the experience for both the students and teachers a very positive one.

I would recommend that you consider joining us this year in sending students to Cambridge. Please feel free to contact my staff with any questions.

Ms Esther Lai
Principal, Meridian JC, Singapore'

General:

• 'This is the best summer programme I have ever seen. The range of experiences could never be achieved in a classroom. The students were able to experience, first hand, history, culture and fun in a supervised situation' (Teacher)
• 'I had an unbelievable time in Cambridge. I don't want to go home!' (Student)
• 'This has been one of the best experiences of my life' (Student)
• 2005 student blog:www.reachcambridge.blogspot.com

Biotechnology:

• ‘The NASA talk was so up to date, it was incredible’
• ‘Visiting Genzyme and finding out about a real working lab was great’
• ‘It was different to school – each class was followed up with a relevant practical session’

Economics:

• ‘The course really helped with my studies at school by making me think about my work’
• ‘I enjoyed the statistics, and though difficult, it helped me greatly’

English:

• ‘The field trips were relevant and informative, it was inspiring to visit places of such literary significance’
• ‘Exactly the right balance of hands-on activities and academic rigour’
• ‘Having studied the play, going to the Globe Theatre was amazing’

Geography:

• ‘It was interesting to find out about my impact on the environment’
• ‘Having a chance to use GIS was really useful’

History:

• ‘We worked with loads of different sources - print (books, documents) and non-print (videos, websites)’
• ‘I now know a lot more about the Cold War’

Maths:

• ‘I learnt a lot about how to present my ideas’
• ‘The games we played helped me to understand the probability we were doing’

Philosophy:

• ‘It was great to be taught in a different way: to hear the opinions of others and debate with them’
• 'Kings College Chapel and the Pepys Library are fascinating!’

Physics:

• ‘The problems were challenging and also fun’
• ‘The Planetarium and night observing fitted together really well’
• ‘The rockets practical was really interesting’