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Our Easter trip to Bournemouth

peter — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:23:33 +0000

So here it is. Easter Sunday,7.45pm. You reckon Bournemouth is sleeping, going to church and relaxing with a nice Sunday roast? You´re slightly mistaking there I fear…
Bass booms up to the reception of Glendevon Hotel, hard laughs and loud shouts are swinging alongside: It´s IP Karaoke Night! Some 30 kids have gathered in the IP Ocean to enjoy yet another night of fun and excitement – but here is what happened so far…
Saturday afternoon, it´s nice and sunny outside in Stuttgart, the first kids are checking in and put their bags into the baggage compartments of our big and comfortable bus. The bus drivers throw in some jokes and we are heading of, ready to drive through the night. After a trip without any problems at all the two buses reached Bournemouth within five minutes. Now that´s what you would call good timing!
The kids living in host-families were mostly picked up by their families, the kids could check into the hotel. At least in an ideal world: Some of the rooms were still getting cleaned, but after a short while of the kids could move in. The day passed by in an instance with the town wanting to be explored during a walk across town. Again we had the best weather possibly imagineable for this time of year, lucky us! Some great knowledge in the fields of music, celebrities, films and common knowledge was revealed later on during a pub-quiz in the Ocean and with that we closed day number one. I assume everyone was sleeping like a baby that day after the bus-ride and the moving in.
With some smallish problems for some students to find the school the placement test was held on Monday – after all learning English should be the most valuable outcome of the trip. So classes were held for the first time before going for some lunch around the square – Bournemouth´s lively town centre. In the afternoon the beach was conquered: soccer, rugby and baseball with a bunch of motivated and talented kids made for good fun. The less sportive or just relaxed ones had a lovely walk across the beach promenade. Followed by a good dinner in the host-families or the hotel the crew was ready for outdoor adventures again: Capture the flag! The sun set an end to the games as darkness took over and the second day ended with the promise to repeat this activity.
Classes were all settled in and started properly on Tuesday, day number three. It was the day with the first half-day trip to the Jurassic Coast. So we bussed down and had to withstand some rain on our way there, fortunately it would only be during the bus ride and we could enjoy the UNESCO World Heritage Site in cloudy though dry weather. Climbing the cliffs and taking pictures while airborne, walking along the spectacular coast or just enjoying the view – opportunities were plentyful and everyone was tired but happy when we got to the point we were getting picked up by our bus to get back to Bournemouth.

Wednesday again started with classes at Europa school of English, before playing soccer in the park or doing a wellness and beauty workshop in the hotel. Chocolate masks and foot massages for the girls, tackles and physical exercise for the boys. And even this didn´t get the group separated really as some girls tagged along for soccer! In the evening kilos and kilos of popcorn were needed to satisfy around 30 kids that had come to see the great comedy ´Zombieland´. Oh, and the night-checks from now on have to be undertaken earlier as students wanted to sleep early – apparently the leisure programme got them tired!

Thursday´s highlight was Casino Night. The Ocean transformed into a gambling hall with Poker, BlackJack, Bingo and dices on offer. Straws were cut and served as money that could be changed for sweets and chocolates at the end of the day. The dealers did their very best to keep the kids busy, but there were just too many. All tables were well visited, from small stakes games to all-ins – kids were risking their play money like never before!

Friday then brought a day without classes – thank god for Easter! The students used the free time to have a crazy photo scavenger hunt across town, beach and the promenade. After receiving the list of photos that they had to take, the groups ran off to look for policemen, families of animals or funny cars to capture them in a photo. As they all had to have a little mascot, this fostered te students´ communication skills and forced them to talk to strangers – in English obviously. Some really nice pictures, some awesomely crazy ideas and generally good participation made this one a huge success for everyone as it also meant the supervisors had some time of to relax on the square with cold drinks! Another beauty workshop some more sports by the beach topped of this day – the night should get fancy again! Fancy Dress Party! Colourful outfits, dancing beats and free soft drinks let the younger ones go wild and the teamers dance. With the night ending in time everyone prepared for London…

Early breakfast, quick counting o make sure everyone is aboard and then some 2 ½ hours to London until we hit Tate Gallery! The first part of the trip was sightseeing at its best: a walking tour on the crowded streets of the capital. A dream for the students, usually a nightmare for supervisors. Usually… This group amazes us, they stick to all rules, don´t get lost, listen to what they are told and therefore make our job easy. Even in London, how good is that??!
So… The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Seen it all! We got back to Trafalgar square with enough time to let the students spend the rest of the day according to their own interest – mainly shopping on Oxford Street! 6 shopping bags should be the record, not too bad considering they only had 2 ½ hours for that! In the evning, back at the hotel, everyone really just had one thing in mind: Relaxation. And that´s just what we did – Laze in the Lounge!

Easter Sunday should bring the Easter Egg Hunt everyone was looking for – hints that were hidden across town and choclate eggs to be won in the end got the students going! Everything went wrong when the students were quicker than they were allowed to and our Easter Bunny Mo didn´t find the time to hide… so he had to give his eggs away without having a fair chance! Score one for the students. With the time gained there were spontaneous system-games in the Ocean Lounge that got the students thinking, but at the end everyone had the right solution! Some more sports, some more relaxation and some karaoke in the evening topped off this first week of the IP Easter trip to Bournemouth!

Séjours linguistiques à Bournemouth 2011 – rétrospective

yana — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:41:42 +0000

L´été est terminée, les souvenirs restent

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Tout le monde aime bien les séjours linguistiques à Bournemouth

yana — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:44:01 +0000

As always there was a lot going on in Bournemouth last week. Of course we started off with the welcome meeting which is a great opportunity to break the ice between all different cultures. Everyone loves the town walk because they recognised that Bournemouth is a “banging” town with all the nice shops and the awesome beach. Even to get closer in contact the speed dating in the evening seemed to be a very good idea.

A great range of workshops started as always on Monday where we offered a football tournament at the beach and especially for the girls we held the friendship bracelet workshop. The evening was all about blue; white and red (if you don’t recognise these are the colours of the Union jack).

Then the week went on with Volleyball at the beach and Yoga in the IP-Ocean lounge to activate your power house and to get harmonised with your body. The specialty of the week was on Tuesday evening where we had “prove your senses”. A night which was all about tasting, smelling, hearing, feeling, seeing and thinking.

In the middle of the week we played rugby at the beach and the girls had a relaxing day with painting their nails as well as treating their skin with putting on some masks etc. This beauty therapy was a total success as the girls could present their beautiful skin in the V-Club at night.

Unfortunately we could not play basketball because a storm hit Bournemouth and everything was flooded. Even the classes had to be held upstairs because the water came into the building. As a raining option we offered making Mr. Potatoes in the afternoon and instead of going to the air festival we watched “The devil wears Prada” in the IP-Ocean.

Thus, the week was already over we had a stunning Hippie-Farewell-Party with a lot of pictures from the whole week. As usually everyone who had to leave was very sad as they made new friends from all over the world and had a great time in Bournemouth.

For those who went to London they got to know the city. Although they experienced the city in small groups, all of us went to London-Eye to catch a view of London at night from high above. Next morning we decided to go to visit the well known area of Camden-Town. There we had the chance to see the open market with special things to buy.

All in all we had a funny week with a lot going on both in the city and in the IP-Ocean Lounge.

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Lucie de la Suisse raconte ses activités

yana — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:41:10 +0000

Ich bin mit dem Flugzeug nach Frankfurt geflogen. Ich habe in Oberwesel ein schönes Zimmer bekommen und meine Zimmernachbarinnen waren sehr nett.

Am Montag sind wir nach Oberwesel gegangen und haben viele Bonbons gekauft. Wir haben auch ein Eis gegessen (Mango und Schlumpf – Schlumpf ist sehr spezial).

Am Abend haben wir eine Fotoschnitzeljagd gemacht. Das war sehr lustig wir haben auch ein Foto in der Dusche gemacht.

Am Dienstag haben wir eine Burg Rallye gemacht, wir sind viel gelaufen und am Abend war ich sehr müde.

Am Mittwoch haben wir einen Ausflug nach Mainz gemacht. Meine Freundinnen und ich waren shoppen. Ich habe ein T-Shirt gekauft. Am Abend haben wir eine Casino Nacht gemacht, das war auch nicht schlecht – aber die Fotoschnitzeljagd war besser.

Am Donnerstag haben wir die Ritterspiele gemacht, das war interessant und lustig. Am Abend haben wir dann gegrillt. Am Lagerfeuer haben wir Stockbrot gebacken, das war lecker. Am Samstag sind leider meine Freundinnen abgereist und ich musste alleine nach Frankfurt gehen.

Es war eine sehr tolle Woche.

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Tennis, barbecue et bricolages à Winchester

yana — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:39:01 +0000

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La dernière semaine à Exeter était vraiment super!

yana — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:45:07 +0000

My stay in Exeter was very nice. I like the landscape around the city. It is very beautiful. We spend lots of time in the city.

I enjoyed being here without my parents. The camp has allowed me to meet lots of new people and get new friends. The conversation with other people is very good.

Furthermore, I like the excursions. They were well organised and cool. We had a surprise excursion to Dawlish. It was so nice there. The food was good, but always the same. There are lots of activities to choose from but you do not have to go to these things. At the end of the week there is an Open Stage. Everyone is involved in some way.
The tennis and volleyball courts were cool and school was ok. I learned some new things.

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Une excursion passionante à la Jurassic Coast

yana — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:43:07 +0000

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Des promenades des nos élèves à Chichester

yana — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:41:48 +0000

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Adi raconte ses activités

yana — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:39:49 +0000

Ich heiße Adi und bin 14 Jahre alt. Mir gefällt das Sprachcamp sehr. Ich bin sehr froh hier.
Am Montag haben wir mit dem Unterricht angefangen und nachmittags einen Stadtrundgang in Oberwesel gemacht. Am Abend haben wir ein Spiel „Tod auf der Burg“ gespielt und mussten den Täter finden. Am Dienstag haben wir wieder Unterricht gehabt und haben am Nachmittag eine Wanderung zur Loreley gemacht.

Am Abend nach dem Essen haben wir Glücksspiele bei der Casino Nacht gespielt.
Am Mittwoch sind wir nach Rüdesheim gefahren wo wir einkaufen gehen konnten.
Am besten haben mir die Casino Nacht, das Lagerfeuer, die Disco, die Filmnacht und das Stockbrot gefallen. Aber auch die vielen Wanderungen und das Einkaufen.
Oberwesel ist eine sehr schöne Stadt. Ich bin sehr froh hier zu sein.

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Un étudiant polonais et les avantages et désavantages de son séjour linguistique

yana — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:37:47 +0000

This week…It has been so full of new staff, I don´t know where to begin with. Maybe the food: it was ok. Really. Cause it was always something good to choose and I never went off hungry.
The activities may have been a little too boring – I did not attend any of the workshops, apart from Wellness Workshop. The outdoor sports are all right and it´s good that we can come to you whenever and just ask for a ball or cards or whatever.

The town is not very interesting, especially as we don´t know it very well. Maybe there could be some kind of offish or something with places to visit in town.
The evening programme – good. But I think you should do more commercial for them, as there is not always much people attending.
Lessons – really good. Perfect level; not too hard, but I learn something new every lesson and they are usually not boring.

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