Camac Street: This school is set to give children wings and take them places.

The British Council summer school will open doors on May 14 with two themes - Explorers and Media Magic. Targeted at students aged seven to 14, the programmes will aim at teaching language and life skills in a fun way through various group activities, projects and games.

For Hiranya Mukherjee, who has given his Class XII Boards from Birla High School, attending summer school last year had opened a new chapter in his life.

"Summer school gave him the confidence to play Julius Caesar before a large audience. He had never performed before. The classes also honed his social skills," said mother Malini, who teaches English at Shri Shikshayatan College.

The courses - classes will be held for 30 hours over two-three weeks - will be packed with creative opportunities.

Children aged seven to 12 will be part of the primary group and those aged 13 and 14 will join the secondary group.

"Students will be selected on the basis of a test and consultation, said Roshan Choudhury, the manager operations of Kolkata Teaching Centre. More than 700 kids are expected to join the summer classes that will continue till June 15.

Children opting for the Explorers course can go on a virtual tour of various countries and learn about their culture, places of interest and history. "The programme will fuse language skills with geography and history lessons. Language is more than a subject. It is about expressing and articulating the right way," said Debanjan Chakrabarti, the director of British Council (East and North-east India).

Media Magic will allow students a glimpse of a career option as they discover the joys of writing in magazines, blogs and expressing their opinion.

"We try to make the classes as interactive an democratic as possible. Students also have to sign a classroom contract. That is just a way of making them aware of the right code of conduct," Choudhury said.

The final attraction will be performance by the students. "The summer school programme hopes to inspire young minds and give them the confidence and creativity to move on in life. The classes promote teaching in a fun way," Chakrabarti said.

The course fee is Rs 10,000.