The School

The school in Tenerife was opened in 2000. It welcomes around 630 students each year.

Location: The school is located in a traditional Canaries building about 5 minutes walk from the Martianez Beach and 10 minutes walk from the city hall.

Facilities: The school has seven bright classrooms, a patio with lovely plants, multimedia classrooms and a recreational area with television, library and DVDs.

Students: The school welcomes students of all ages from 18 years old to students in their 80ies. The average age is 25. Students come from the US, Germany, the UK, Scandinavia, Holland, France and Canada, etc.

Bank Holidays: There are no lessons on Spanish national holidays. Missed lessons are neither rescheduled nor refunded.

The school has the following affiliations or memberships:

Instituto Cervantes, CEELE, AELE, ALTO, GWEA

Lessons

The Spanish lessons take place from 9am to 1pm Monday to Friday. They are organised by levels (beginners to advanced) and comprise a maximum of eight students. The lessons integrate the four main language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

The school in Tenerife offers an extra lesson each day covering Spanish and Latin American culture and civilization. The maximum number of students for these extra classes is 16.

Activities

With a wide variety of dive sites, abundant marine life and shipwrecks to discover, Tenerife has a lot to offer to keep even the most experienced and adventurous divers occupied for several weeks. Tenerife is a volcanic island, all dives are relatively close to shore and most are only within a 15 min boat ride, with the average water temperature being 20 to 24 degrees.

There are two courses on offer:

• PADI beginner (Open water, limit of 18 meters)- For those with no prior diving experience, this course will prepare you for the Diploma and provisional P.A.D.I. Certificate of Open Water Diving. Under the supervision of a professional P.A.D.I. instructor, you will cover all the basic skills and theory needed for diving. The course includes: full theory and introduction to scuba diving (5 sessions of 1h30), 5 practical sessions of 2 hours each - immersion only 20 mins out of 2 hour session(1 in the pool and 4 in the sea) and 1 final exam including immersion.


• PADI advanced (diving at a depth of 18 to 40 meters)- This course is only for those who are already certified Open Water Divers by PADI and prepares you for the Diploma and Advanced P.A.D.I. Certificate of Open Water Diving. There is no theory to this course. This course consists of 5 "speciality" immersions, students are normally under the water for about 1 hour, depending on their progress: Shipwreck dive, "Scooter" immersion, night time immersion, deep sea immersion, orientation immersion.

Accommodation

The course can be booked with or without accommodation. Types of accommodation include host family with breakfast, half board or full board, shared student flat or hotel.

Practical Information

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