Hello families and friends! Are you missing us yet? We’re having so much fun in the language course abroad. As every day we have met in the common area at 7.45 a.m. to go to the cafeteria all together. After breakfast we have gone to class. We’re almost done with the English projects, which we’ll tell you all about tomorrow. We’ll just give you one clue now: the topic is International. For lunch pasta was on the menu with the choice of tomato sauce or Bolognese. It was delicious! Then the children have been given the option to take part…
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Kilkenny DAY 10 – Paintball and Assault course morning
Hello everyone, It’s our last week in the language course abroad and we’re glad to tell you that this experience couldn’t be nicer. We are enjoying all the excursions and activities that ATC monitors have prepared to us, and we have made lots of new and different friends here. At 7.45 a.m. we have met in the common area to go to breakfast. At 9 a.m. three Group leaders of different places were waiting us to go to our morning activity. We went to do Paintball and a Assault course with Italian and Spanish kids. After walking half an hour, we arrived at an enormous…
DAY 4 Bournemouth – Sandbanks and speed boat!
Good morning from the language courses abroad in Bournemouth! As every day, we have woken up at 7.15 a.m., but today it was particularly hard to get out of bed. Later on, at 7:45 a.m. we have met in the common room and a member of the jury has announced the winner of the photography contest. Guess what? Our students Pau, Arnau, Roger, Hugo and Aleix have won!! After a continental breakfast with croissants and toasts, we have gone to class. We are practising English at all times and we think we have already improved a bit. At 1 p.m. we…
Kilkenny DAY 9 – Kilkenny Castle!
Hello everyone, Are you ready to know everything we have done today in the language courses abroad? We haven’t stopped a second! At 7.45 a.m. we have met in the common area to go to breakfast. After breakfast, we have gone to visit Kilkenny Castle, a castle built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. We did a self-guided tour of the castle interiors which have included the so called ‘medieval room’ in the basement of the North West tower which is the only surviving medieval part of the castle, then moving upstairs, we have seen a couple of impressive…
DAY 3 Bournemouth – Beach BBQ Party!
Hello everyone, Are you ready to know everything we have done today in the language courses abroad? We haven’t stopped a second! At 7.45 a.m. we have met in the common area to go to breakfast and Angelo, one of the English teachers, has announced the winner of the photography contest. Everyday we have to take some photos, the funnier the better, and the winner is announced the next morning. Today our student Claudia Torralba has come in second place, congratulations! After breakfast, we have been told in which level we are and we have gone to class. In total…
Kilkenny DAY 8 – Irish night!
Hello families! Monday was a very fun day. As always, we got up at 7:45 am to be the first to have breakfast, at 8:00 am we were all on time to avoid the line and have time to spare to brush our teeth and clean up after breakfast. The class schedules are now different, so that in the mornings we do the activities. Yesterday was a very sporty morning, where the instructors taught us to play baseball, and then we did some tennis matches. At 13.00 pm we went to the dining room to have lunch, and at the…
DAY 2 Bournemouth – Placement test!
Hello everyone, It’s our second day in the language course abroad and we’re glad to tell you that the weather couldn’t be nicer. It’s sunny and warm, and our residence hall is just 15min from the beach, isn’t that ideal? At 7.45 a.m. we have met in the common area to go to breakfast. The cafeteria is right next to the classes which is very handy. At 9 a.m. the centre manager, Nathan, has explained us the rules of the school and introduced us to the members of the staff that we couldn’t meet yesterday. They are all very nice and friendly.…
DAY 7 – Kilkenny and its marvelous parks
Hello families! How are you doing? Kids are doing well! Here I am with more news. Sunday was our free day! Children woke up at 9 o’clock, and we go to the village to have our breakfast between 10:00 and 10:30 am. But first of all, kids tidied up their rooms, and they got ready to have an incredible day. After breakfast we visited and buy some new things at a Shopping Center called “MacDonagh Junction”. When the clock marked 13.30 am we went walking to the beautiful parks that Kilkenny Castle has got to have our lunch. Later, we…
DAY 1 Bournemouth – We have arrived!
Good morning families, After a very long day we have finally arrived in Bournemouth. St Giles staff were waiting for us and after a brief introduction, they have showed us our bedrooms. Most of us share flat with international students, so we will have to speak as much English as possible during the two following weeks. We have unpacked and left the room ready for the night. A very special dinner was waiting for us in the common room: pizza and cookies! We have had the chance to meet some students from Italy, Russia and Turkey, and hopefully tomorrow we…
Kilkenny DAY 6 – National Heritage Park!
Hello families! Welcome back to the blog! On Saturday kids learned a lot of new things about Ireland! We had a ‘Full Day Tour’ at the National Heritage Park in Wexford with an ATC Activities Leader. Wexford is a town that was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD, and to get there had to took a 2 hours bus to the south of Ireland! When we arrived, the children had lunch and enjoyed a tour at the National Heritage Park. We walked for one hour and a half through the different Irish history stages, understanding how Irish civilizations…