BOWLING

On the 8th of July, the day started better than yesterday because all of us arrived on time at our English classes. Ruth (our teacher) was waiting for us at Saint Peter's. We had some homework today: asking to our English families some things about their jobs. After having lunch, we caught the number 68 bus to go to the bowling centre. Father Jesus was the winner again, he's so good at bowling!! However, some of us had improved a lot comparing with the first day we played. At half past five, more or less, we caught our buses to go back home. During dinner time, we did our homework. It was a great opportunity to know more about jobs vocabulary.

We are looking forward to visit Birmingham tomorrow!

J.Manuel

ICE SKATING IN COVENTRY

On the 7th of July, we attended our English classes during the morning and after that, we went to the train station to catch a train from Leamington to the city of Coventry. We ate our packed lunches at the train first went to the ice skating rink and after falling down more than once, we visited some of its cathedrals and Lady Godiva's statue. Some of us also visited an art museum, where we were told of Lady Godiva's legend. At about 6 p.m., we came back to Leamington and we went home, where we had dinner and enjoyed ourselves with our new mums and dads. It was a beautiful journey!
Carmen

OUR FIRST BUS TRAVEL EXPERIENCE IN LEAMINGTON

On the 6th of July, we all met at Saint Peter's church at nine o'clock. Some luckily students were driven here, but some others, had to catch a bus. First of all, we went to the place where we are going to attend classes. Father Jesus and Laura gave us the itinerary of our days here in England and some rules and instructions, too. After that, we did a test in order to check our level. It was quiet difficult, in fact! We also went to the Tourist Information Office to pick up some maps of Leamington and its nearest villages. Then, we walked around Leamington town centre just to be a little bit more orientated. At lunch time, we ate our packed lunches and we also had some free time to go shopping or to have a look around. At twenty-five to three, we met at Newbold Terrace and we all went to the bus stop at Parish church, because we caught the number 68 bus to go to the bowling centre. We enjoyed ourselves a lot there! Father Jesus plays very well and that's why we asked him several times how to throw the ball. Oh, I've forgotten two things: the first thing is that it has been raining during the day, but only a little, and the second one is that we went to the Travel Shop to buy our travel card to be able to travel by bus. After playing one hour, more or less, we came back to Leamington town centre where everyone caught their bus to go home. It was our second day in England and it was fantastic!

Deborah

ARRIVING IN UK

The day finally came! We were at the airport at 9 o'clock in the morning. We saw off our parents and we took off from Spain by midday. We arrived in London airport on time, where a coach was waiting for us to take us to Leamington Spa. There, at Newbold Terrace (our meeting point during our stay) families were waiting for us. Once at home, our new English mums and dads showed our bedrooms and, after having dinner, we went to bed. We were so tired... it was a very long tiring day!

Alejandro & Javier

WELCOME!

Bienvenidos al FORO del grupo de Idiomas Padre Manyanet en Leamington.
Durante los días de duración del Curso de Idiomas intentaremos poner aquí algunas informaciones del día a día. Los mismos alumnos serán quienes redacten los artículos que irán apareciendo. También incluiremos alguna fotografía de las diferentes actividades que realicemos.
Esperamos que sea un espacio de gran utilidad para todos.
Hasta pronto!

HASTA SIEMPRE

La Direccion y todos los responsables y colaboradores agradecen la confianza que habeis tenido en Idiomas Padre Manyanet, deseando que acabeis de pasar un feliz verano con toda la familia.

Que San Jose Manyanet bendiga cada uno de vuestros hogares.

Hasta siempre.

P. Antonio Sorribes, S.F.

It draws to and end

Today is last the last day for English lessons. So we close down all activities done through out the Course. We also have faced a new text. The results have been very good. We all passed it! After that we have taken a moment to assay our sketches and dance for the Get Together. We still needed of serenity when we speak.

In the afternoon we went to the swimming pool. Today it was a nice Castle in the pool for the kids, but we couldn’t go through, we are teenagers. We had fun altogether. Today we have gone home a bit earlier so we can get ready for the Get Together with our families.

At 7:30 pm it was supposed to start. Ms Antonia and Fr Jesús started thanking the families and the teachers what they have done for us. Then we started our Weekday Routine sketch followed by an informal News programme. Finally we sung and dance “Bad day”. The audience cheered a lot.

We also wanted to thank the families and our teacher for so many things they have done for us and we gave them a picture of us all. It was a very special moment.

It finished with a Slide Show, from our arriving in Leamington the very first day till today morning. We are looking forward for the set of pictures we have seen.

Tomorrow we will meet for our farewell. This is going to an end…

Hoy es el último día de clase. Hemos acabado todos los ejercicios y hemos repasado cuando en clase hemos hecho. También hemos hecho otro text para comparar el resultado con el del primer día. Los resultados han sido muy bueno: todos hemos pasado! (en UK, pasar significa tener más del 60%). Después hemos tenido un momento para ensayar nuestras actuaciones para el Get Together. Nos ponemos nerviosos y nos falta aún serenidad cuando hablamos.

Por la tarde hemos ido a la piscina. Hoy había un castillo inflable para los niños, pero como somos mayores, no hemos podido jugar con él. De todas formas, nos hemos divertido. Y nos hemos vuelto a casa un poco antes que otros días para prepararnos para la tarde con nuestra familias.

A las 7:30 empezaba el Get Together. Ms Antonia y P Jesús empezaron dando gracias a las familias y a la profesora por el trabajo que han hecho para nosotros. Entonces nosotros empezamos nuestra actuación con «La rutina de un día cualquiera» y luego un «Noticias a las 6» informal y cómico. Terminamos con una canción cantada y con coreografía «Bad Day». Hubo muchos aplausos.

También quisimos agradecer a las familias lo que han hecho por nosotros durante estas tres semanas, y a la profesora. Fue un momento especial cuando les entregamos una foto de todos nosotros.

Y acabamos con una “película” de fotografías que hemos hecho durante nuestra estancia. Quisiéramos tener una copia de ella…

Mañana nos encontraremos nosotros para despedirnos, porque esto ya se acaba…