Today we did three hours of
lessons as every day, and then we had some lunch. After that, we went to
Coventry by bus to the Leisure Centre. Some of us didn’t want to go to the
swimming pool, so we went to the shopping centre in Coventry. The others went
to the pool and had a lot of fun. It was a relaxing afternoon.
News from the students of the English Language Summer Program Idiomas Padre Manyanet held in Royal Leamington Spa, England.
21.7.17
TEN PIN BOWLING IN LEAMINGTON
Today, as every morning we had
first the English lessons, but in my own case I didn’t come because I was ill,
concretely, I had stomachache, so I had rest at bed and then in the afternoon I
went to the school with my host mother to pick up my sisters. The rest of group
went to the Bowling and had a lot of fun there.
ALTON TOWERS
Today, we
had the most amazing day at England. It’s the day we are all waiting for….
ALTON TOWERS!!! At first, a ll met at NB at half past seven in the morning,
then we went by bus to Birmingham, the Town Centre were the group of Birmingham
families and BCU were waiting for us. We were all a bit nervous because of the
Rides. We arrived there at ten o’clock, and then we did some groups with our
friends to go to the Rides. It rains a bit, but we had no problem to go on the
Rides, the one I like the most was the Nemesis.
At last, we
all met at the entrance at five o’clock and then we took the bus to our homes.
It was such a lovely day!!!
Dani19.7.17
SWIMMING IN COVENTRY
Then, we had some lunch, and at
quarter past two we all met in Newbold Terrace because we had to take the Bus
to Coventry, instead the Leamington Leisure Centre, where the Swimming pool is,
are not open now because they are working on a better one. When we arrived to
Coventry, we saw Godiva’s sculpture, and then we went by walking to the
Swimming pool centre. It was great, because this pool has an enormous sledge.
At last we had some free time
which we spent at the Poundland.
Teresa
14.7.17
VISITING OXFORD
On Thursday
we went to Oxford. We hop on the Train to Oxford after having lunch at half
one. Once there, we met Birmingham’s family group, and we started the visit to
the main Colleges and churches there.
At first, we went to Carfax Tower, which was
our meeting point, then we walked through High Street to see Saint Mary's
Church, which is so Beautiful.
Then we enter into the Merton College, and we
saw there the different parts of this College, as the Chapel, the Library, some
gardens etc.
At last, we
had some free time to go shopping to High street, which was full of Spanish
groups and Italian.
MINI GOLF at Saint Nicholas' Park
After the classes we had
until two o’clock some free time to have lunch and to buy several things, as
chocolates, cookies, biscuits and so on. We met at the Parish Church at 2, and
then we took the X17 bus to go to Warwick.
We got to St Nicholas' Park, in
which we played for an hour and a half mini golf. It was very fun, because some
of us were a bit bad playing mini golf. It's such as difficult!! Others, who didn’t
want to play golf, had fun at the little fun fair this Park has in front of the
Mini Golf.
At last, we hop on the X17 bus again to go to the
Town centre, and then we had more free time until 17:30, when we all took the
different buses to our houses.
Anna & Laia.
12.7.17
VISITING STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
We took the train at half past one from Leamington
railway station to Stratford.
When we arrived there, the first thing we did was
visit the outside of Shakespeare’s house, and then we walked through the
streets of the Village to go to The Holy Trinity Church, in which Shakespeare’s
grave is.
«Give me my Romeo. And when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
LEAMINGTON QUIZ
Today, we had classes as every day, until 12:20, we have
been learning with our teacher Sue such as many different English idioms, and
the typical English food, such as, apple pie, trifle, pickle, crumble, roast
beef, etc.
After having lunch, we played a game. We did different
groups of 5 people, and we started the Leamington Quiz. In this game, we have
to find the different clues about the History of Leamington, so we have been
walking for more than two hours!! It was fun! When we finished, we all took the
bus to go to our houses.
Maria D.
10.7.17
SUNDAY WITH FAMILIES
Today
its Family day!! We have to spend all day with our host families. Some of us
went to Coventry, because there was a music Festival, which concretely was Godiva’s
festival. We have spent there lot of time dancing and eating different things,
it was such a great idea to go there! Others went to mass at Witnash St Joseph's or St
Peter's in Leamington, and then the played games with the host families and have a bit of Lunch.
After that, we all have dinner so early, like at half past five, and we watched
some television, it was a lovely day!
Laia & Anna
THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON
Today,
at 8:15am we all met at Newbold Terrace, the Meeting point, and then we walked to
Leamington rilaway station.
We took the train, and when we arrived at Marylebone
Station, in London, we got into the underground for Covent Garden Market.
Not too far away is the British Museum.
Then, we went straight on to the Tower Bridge, which was full of people, it’s
so Beautiful!, we have been walking all day, towards lots of streets and
important places as Piccadilly, or Hyde Park. At last we had one hour and a
half of free time to go shopping, and then we took another train to Leamington
Spa where the families were waiting for us.
Maria & Maria
SPORTS, SWIMMING AND DOCTORS
Today, we started at nine o clock our English lessons; we
have learned some new vocabulary, and as well new idioms.
When we finished the lessons, we had some time to eat the
packed lunch, and to have a bit of rest at the Pump Rooms, it was a sunny day.
Time later, we all met at NB at 13:30 to go to the swimming pool, which this
year is in Kenilworth. There, some of we played a bit of football, and at last
we go into the water, It was nice!!
Júlia & Siham
THE TOWN OF WARWICK
Today we woke up and we went to school at 9 o’clock, when we
finished school, we took the bus to Warwick.
When we arrived there, we started visiting the Old Hospital,
and St Mary's Church, in which we went up of the Tower to see all Warwickshire.
Then, we had some free time to spend with friends and to buy some drinks.
Jaime & David
6.7.17
A VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM
The day began with the English lessons. We had normal
classes before the break, and after that, we all play a game called “artist
come here”, in which you, have to sit in front of your partner , and tell him
or her, several things about your famous artist, as, how old is she or he,
likes and dislikes and so on.
After the lessons, we went to the train station,
where we had our lunch, because the train which we had to take arrived at one o’clock.
Time later, we arrived at Birmingham Snow hill, where the group of Birmingham
Families was waiting for us. The first thing we saw was the Pen museum, which
is si interesting about, how do they wrote years ago. When we finished the
visit, we go with Father Jesus trough some Famous places of Birmingham, and at
last, we had an hour and a half of free time for going shopping at the Bull ring.
It was cool!!
Daniel
5.7.17
BOWLING DAY
Yesterday, Tuesday
we had our English lessons as every day, and at
the end we played hang-man. Then, we had the break, and we had more classes.
After that, we had lunch at the Priors, and some time for shopping, before going
to the Ten Pin Bowling. It was such a fun activity; some of us score lots of
points!!
At last we took the buses at the Parish Church and we came
back to our houses. It was an amazing day!
Teresa & Anna
FIRST DAY IN LEAMINGTON SPA
On Monday, when we all finished our first day of classes, we
had lunch at a beautiful park, which is called Jepson’s Gardens. When we
finished our packed lunch, we followed Father Santamaría to see the most
important places at Royal Leamington Spa. After that, we went to the shop of
the bus passes, to buy our passes for the week. Later, we had some free time to
go shopping at the Royal Priors, and at last we saw with Father Jesús where we
have to take the bus on the way home, and as well where is our Bus Stop.
4.7.17
ARRIVING IN ENGLAND
Sunday 2th of July
Our first day was such a nervous day. The group from
Barcelona arrived at Birmingham airport at 14:00. Then we all took the train
from Birmingham to Royal Leamington Spa, where the families were waiting for us
at Newbold Terrace, when we arrived there, Antonia and Father Jesus told us
which family we were going with. It was a different Sunday, and for some of us
it was our first day in our lives with a host family.
The Group from Madrid left Barajas Airport at 19:20,
and we arrived at Birmingham airport more or less at 20:40, then, when we all
had our luggage with us, we took the Taxi in where Father Jesus was in, and
collect us from the Airport to our houses, we were all tired, we had our first
dinner with host families, and we went to bed.
20.6.17
Hola a tod@s
Un año más, y ya son 53, Idiomas Padre Manyanet, inicia su andadura en los diferentes Cursos de Inglés, con el deseo de que todos los objetivos marcados se hagan realidad para todos los estudiantes inscritos y tengan la plena satisfacción de haber profundizado y ampliado sus conocimientos y su facilidad de expresarse en dicho idioma. Con ello creemos se lleva a cabo nuestro lema: Conocer idiomas, una puerta al mundo.
Deseamos que la estancia en cada uno de los diferentes lugares, sea muy satisfactoria y enriquecedora en todos los aspectos, y que estos blogs sean también un complemento y vehículo muy positivo de comunicación entre familias y Organización.
¡Que pasemos un feliz verano! ¡Hasta pronto!
P. Antonio Sorribes
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