Residential

Located in the peaceful grounds of Newtown school, learners on our junior Summer programme benefit from the facilities of one of Ireland’s leading boarding schools. Newtown School is situated on a secure and gated 17-acre (69,000 m2) site with wonderfully mature grounds and trees, only 10 minutes’ walk from the historical city centre of Waterford. Newtown offers traditional boarding style accommodation and fantastic facilities including an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts athletics track and all-weather soccer pitches. Accommodation is in 2 to 6 bed rooms, with shared shower/toilets and separate boy and girl dormitories.

Apartment Living

Laid around an attractive internal courtyard to help create a community atmosphere, the apartment blocks are surrounded by extensive open spaces which will incorporate an all-weather, multi-purpose sports pitch and dedicated running track. Riverwalk has been designed and built to the highest standards and includes high quality fittings, furnishings and equipment.

LIVING AREA Single and double-seat sofas ,Coffee table, TV, Shared dinette

KITCHEN Fully fitted kitchen, Fridge freezer, Oven, Hob, Extractor fan, Microwave

All utensils, cutlery and Delph, Ironing board & iron

BEDROOM En-suite, Fitted wardrobes, Study desk & chair, Broadband Internet

BATHROOM All suites with showers, Ceramic wall tiling, Extractor fan, Shaver socket

Host Family

All our host families:

Have been visited and approved by our accommodation manager

Have engaged with the Garda-vetting process
Live a reasonable distance from school
Understand how important they can be to your learning experience
Will only take one student from a single country/native language area.
Supply daily meals and weekly laundry (but not dry cleaning)
Often have children of similar age to the visiting student (where possible)
Provide shared rooms for Summer programmes. Single rooms available on request