Good morning! How are you? We are really sad because we have only one week left. Our day has been really relaxing. What a lazy Sunday! We have woken up a little bit later than usual and had breakfast. This morning’s activity has been football, but some of us were too tired from yesterday’s trip and decided to stay at the common room to rest. We have watched a musical film, Pitch Perfect 2, have you ever watched it? When the movie has ended we have had lunch. The main course was spaghetti with meatballs and we have had ice-cream…
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Rathdown DAY 9 – We love Dublin city!
Hello families, it’s me again! Saturday was a lovely shopping day! One week ago, children enjoyed so much in Dublin city, but we spent most of the time visiting the city and walking around, so the children couldn’t do a lot of shopping. Hence, we decided to go back to the Irish capital exclusively for shopping! We woke up and had breakfast later than usual, and got ready to go. At 10 am we were leaving the school in direction to Gleangeary station. Once there, we took a train straight to Dublin that brought us in a flash to the…
Oakham DAY 6 – Visiting London
9Hello readers! Today we have gone to LONDON! It was very crowded! We have woken up at 6:30 in order to have an early breakfast and be able to leave at 8:00. After a 3h journey we have arrived at the city centre. First, we have seen the Tower Bridge and London Eye from a boat. Then, we have gone on a walking tour around the main popular sites of the city including the Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. We have eaten the packed lunch the school made for us at Green Park. Afterwards, we have had a…
Rathdown DAY 8 – Discovering Dun Laoghaire
Hello, hello, hello! Welcome back to the blog :)! It’s been one week since we arrived… It’s crazy how fast the days have gone! Thankfully, we still have one more week to keep practicing English and having fun in the Rathdown school. Children had their lasts weekly lessons in which performed the radio show. After the English hours, they had some free time, and after having lunch they had the afternoon activity program. Most of the kids participated in different sport activities, such as baseball, football, volleyball and the killer game… They could also participate into the cooking workshop. As…
Oakham DAY 5 – Enjoying Nottingham
Hello families! Today the dining room was completely full as new students have arrived. They are from Italy and seem really nice. We have had typical continental breakfast including pastries and orange juice. Then, it was time to go to class! Today’s topics have been holidays and travelling. We have also learnt some vocabulary about Nottingham and its history because this afternoon we have gone to this amazing city. After 1h in the bus we have arrived at Nottingham and we have done a tour around the city. We have had some free time during which we have gone shopping.…
Rathdown DAY 7 – English classes!
Hey there! What’s the story? Thursday was a great day! As usual, kids woke up at 7:30 am to have breakfast at 8:00 and be ready for the English class at 9:00 very punctually. Some of you have been asking me for the English levels, so… yes, here I have a list with the classes, teachers and their respective levels according to the Cambridge system: Name of the group Teachers Cambridge level Blackrock Valerie/Megan B1+ Bray Megan/Valerie A2 Dalkey Adrian/Anna A1+YL Malahide Anna/Adrian A2 YL Trinity Sackey/Dermot B1 Phoenix Park Dermot/Mary B2+ Dublin Castle Mary/Sackey B2 Kids are enjoying their…
Oakham DAY 4 – Dances from all over the world
Hi there! It’s already Thursday, time goes so fast! We are really enjoying the lessons; it is so much easier to learn English having fun. Our speaking has thoroughly improved as we have to speak English at all times to communicate with the people from other nationalities. Lunch was exquisite! We have had veggie or chicken burger with curly fries. Today it was the boys’ turn to go to the swimming pool. Meanwhile the girls have done a carnival class which consisted of dancing and drumming. We have learnt typical dances from Brazil and the Caribbean. Then, we have all…
Rathdown DAY 6 – Chocolate and cinema!
Good morning families!! Yesterday was an extremely cool day! We had the half day tour to Bulters Chocolate Factory with the ATC Activity leader (Austin)! Children had their breakfast as usually and took their three hours lessons. After some free time, we had lunch and got ready for the excursion. The bus picked up us at 14:30 and drove us to the magic factory. The kids spent the whole trip singing so it seemed shorter. Once there the children had to dress up as chocolate workers. They all were very funny! We had a short film about chocolate’s history and…
Oakham DAY 3 – Fashion show night
Hello again! The weather is so nice! We are 23 ºC so we can leave our jackets and sweaters in the wardrobe and wear shorts. Like always we have woken up at 7am, got dressed and had breakfast. Full of energy we have gone to class, today’s topic has been personality. Everyday, while we are in class, our group leader has a meeting with the rest of the staff. They discuss about the different activities we will be doing during the day and also solve any potential problem. After the lessons we have had lunch and a little bit of…
Rathdown DAY 5 – English, English and English
Hello families! Welcome back to the Irish adventure Yesterday was a very complete day! As usually, we woke up around 8:00 to have a nice breakfast to charge our batteries for the English lessons. At 9:00 all kids were in their respective classes ready to learn a lot of things. Meanwhile ATC monitors started preparing the afternoon program activities. At 12:30 English classes were over and children had their lunch! Chicken, hamburgers, pasta with tomato sauce and cheese, salad, eggs… and of course a variety of potato dishes! This is Ireland guys! After the lunch time, the kids enjoyed their…