Last day

Today it’s a really special day because it’s the last whole day we are spending together. The kids are really excited and also emotional because of it, because they know that they won’t see some mates for some months.

Today’s classes were used to practise the Festival being done in the afternoon., and we also saw some videos and did interactive activities.

In the lunch time, we could have omelette's and fries, what everyone enjoyed a lot because we hadn't tasted them since we are here.

After having lunch, the kids had a lot of fun in the Festival being done. Emily's class represented the play of Cinderella, Verity's class the play of Snow White and James' class a play related to Olympic Games which included singing and mimicking some sports. Later on, the prizes of sports, quiz and gymkhana were given, and also to the best student, Alicia. Congratulations to her.

Now they are changing their clothes for the Special Dinner and for the Disco. They are also packing their suitcases, and getting prepared for this night.

Leaders from BCU expect everyone enjoyed a lot this Summer Camp, as it is about to the end, we are preparing better things for next year, so prepare your baggage to come back again

See you soon.

Let's Party Rock tonight

BCU Leaders: Anna, Mireia, Toni, Edu and Pablo

 

INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LOS VUELOS

Vuelo Londres - Madrid:
Vuelo: IB 3167
Origen: London Heathrow (T5)
Destino: Madrid (T4)
Hora de salida: 18.40h
Hora aproximada de llegada: 22.10h



Vuelo Londres - Barcelona:
Vuelo: BA 482
Origen: London Heathrow (T5)
Destino: Barcelona (T1)
Hora de salida: 18.30h
Hora aproximada de llegada: 21.30h


Para estar informado de la última hora de los vuelos, les recomendamos miren la página web infovuelos de Aena

This is coming to an end

Today, we woke up at 8.15am and we went to had breakfast. In the classes, we did 2 different things: first of all, we practised for the festival, and after the break, we did an exam we think it was easy, so we hope to get a good mark.

After lunch, we had an extra hour of class, where we kept practising our shows.

Then we went to the swimming pool and we had a lot of fun playing badminton, table tennis and swimming.

When we returned to the campus we had dinner and SURPRISE! We had pasta and hot dogs for dinner, it was delicious.

After, we went to play football, but as it was raining, only the boys wanted to play, and the girls decided to stay in the bedrooms.

Now we are watching the last episode of Blue Water High and then we are going back to the bedrooms

Alvaro L and Victor M

Alton Towers Day

A lot of people agree with us to say that today is the best day. But to show it and make you agree us, better we explain it.

Well, we woke up earlier that other days, at 7.30am, what could seem to be a bad thing, but it was better so we could enjoy more the day. We dressed up, we had packed breakfast in our bedrooms and we took the bus to Alton Towers.

Once we got to the park, we were shocked because there were lots of people (we were told that today was planned to be 400 buses). We divided intro groups and then we had time to enjoy it.

As we had to meet the leaders at lunch time, some people chose to ride Nemesis or Oblivion, and most of us could only ride one of them because the queues were so long. After that meeting and having lunch, we continued riding more rollercoasters. Some of us bought a Fast Track so we could enjoy the most coasters we could in less time. The rides we enjoyed the most were: Oblivion, Nemesis, Air Th13rteen, Nemesis- Subterra and Spinball.

At 5.30pm we had to meet with our leaders again to come back. We talked and shared with each other which rides we enjoyed the most. Later on, we took the bus to come back to BCU and then we had dinner.

Now we are watching Blue Water High and after we will go to the bedrooms because we are really tired after the best day in the summer camp.

Pedro B and Pablo V

The cooking day

Today we have got a normal class day until the break. Once we finished the break, we made a very special activity: the BCU gymkhana. We had to go around BCU asking to the people several questions related to BCU, including one question that consisted in drawing the BCU logo, and other questions about library, where to eat, how much was the Sport Centre, and some other topics.

After lunch, we went to the kitchen and we started the activity of the day, the one  we enjoyed the most. Divided by group of tables, we had to go to the supermarket to buy the ingredients to make a cake. Some of us chose to make a very chocolate cake with a lot of nutella, some chose to do a little and minimalistic one, and some chose to decorate it so carefully. When we arrived to the kitchen we started to cook, adding the toppings we had chosen such as donuts, chocolate fingers, chocolate chips, gold vanilla spray, etc.

When we had dinner, we showed our cakes and we chose the best one. It was so fun, and the best from it was that we could eat our own cake for desserts.

After dinner, we did sports and today we it was also special: we could play football and we danced Hip Hop, because the leader Edu, is an expert on it.

Now, we are watching Zack and Cody and later we are going to come back to the bedrooms.

Jacobo P and Victor E

Competition day

Today we got up at the same our as every day. After wards, we went to our classes as usually. Some of us, continued practicing the play being showed next week in the Festival, and it’s going better and better.

Today breaktime was done in a different place, because it was rainning a lot and we didn't want to get wet, so we stayed in the sofas, and we could relax a bit from classes. Then we returned to classes and once finished we had luch.

For lunch, we had the spicy fajitas again. This is one of the meals that people enjoy the most because they are always accompanished with nachos, and we love them. As a monday, we had another hour of classes after the meal.

When we finished, we went to the swimmingpool, but today it was special, because the leaders organised a competition. We had to compete in swimming, table tennis or badminton, and everyone tried their best to win their own competition.

Later we returned to BCU to have dinner, and then we do Athletics. As if we were one of those athletes who are going to compete in London in August, we competed agains each other in relays, weight throwing and long jump.

Now we are watching Phineas and Ferb

Maria A and Marta V

Oxford's day

Today we woke up later than usual, and we could sleep a little bit more. We had breakfast in our kitchens with our leaders and flat mates.

At 10.00 am we took the bus and we went to the church in Birmingham. We had to wait twenty minutes but we were OK because it was sunny. The mass was alright but it was more difficult to understand than last week.

Then we went to Oxford. The trip was so long; we think it was like an hour and a half. We visited the famous clock in Carfax Tower, and we walked around Oxford streets. We could also see the Christ Church, were Harry Potter was recorded, the New Collage Lane and the Sheldonian Theatre. Once we finished, we had free time to buy some Oxford pullovers and some presents.

When we returned from Oxford, we had dinner. We ate some hot dogs, hamburgers and for dessert there were muffins, bananas and jellies.

Now we are watching Mission Impossible 4. Then we are going to pay the medals, and later Father Sorribes is going to talk us about values given by Padre Manyanet, and the friendships done in school and summer camps like this one that will stay for ever.

Afterwards, we are going to have our night snack in our kitchen.

Alicia and Ines

Talent Show day

Today we woke up at the same time as yesterday. The difference was that today we had English breakfast.

For being saturday, we only had classes in the morning, and once we finished we had lunch. Today's lunch was pizza, so we enjoyed it a lot.

After the meal, we took the train to go to Birmingham centre. Firstly, we splitted in two groups; one of them went to visit the churches and the other one went to visit the channels, the BBC, the Mail box and the Symphony Hall. Later on, we had a lot of free time for going shopping around the Bullring.

Afterwards, we came back to BCU to have dinner.

After dinner we went to the rooms to get prepared for the Talent Show. We all participate with different performances. The girls started with a contest similar to "Tu sí que vales" called "Are you sure?" in which some girls were the jury and they acted so well. First group of girls started dancing "Starships". Then, another group danced "Boys will be boys". And finally a very brave girl, Andrea, sang the song "Yo te esperaré" alone. Later on, a group of boys did magic trticks, a shortfilm and a scary film. They were so good. Finally, the leaders danced a mig of songs and they were so good.

Now we are being told about the medals and then we are going to our kitchens.

Marta R. and Núria Z.

A rainning day

Today in the morning we woke up and we went to have breakfast.

Afterwards we went to class, where we practised the plays for the last day show. In our class we practised the Snow white and the 7 dwarfs. We also had to did our atrezzo by ourselves, and we had to manage to get it with our own materials.

After lunch, we went to the skating and we did it better than the last week. We didn't fall as many times as last friday, and we could go faster because we felt more confident.

Later on, we went to have dinner and we had spiced chicken and chocolate cake for desserts. Afterwards, we went to do sports. We played dodgeball and we had a lot of fun.

Then, we went to have a shower and we picked up the clothes from the laundry, so we can wear clean clothes again.

Now we are watching The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Gilberto and Miguel

A different day

Today we woke up at the same time as everyday. Our classes have been interseting because James class and Verity class change the teachers for each other, so we did a different class, learning interesting things with a different teacher than usually.

Later, we went to have lunch. Most of us, only ate rice because the other option was a little bit rare so we ate rice with ketchup. Afterwards we had an extra hour of class.

In the afternoon, we went to the swimming pool and we had an awesome time because we played different games. Despite the rain, some people played tennis.

After dinner, we were supossed to do sports, but as it was rainning we changed plans and we played board games as scrabble, twister, monopoly, domino, chess and many more.

Now we are watching Zack and Cody and we are laughting a lot.

Patricia and Cristina

A day in Warwick

Today after breakfast we went to Warwick by train. The thing is that we had to take two trains to get there, and they were so close in time, so we had to run to take the two trains in time, because the arrival stations and departure stations were different and we only had 10 minutes.

When we arrived to Warwick, we went to the famous castle. There, we could do so many things: visit the expositions inside the castle, archery, a show where some eagles flew so near above people's heads, and more. Only 13 people were brave enough to enter to The Dungeons of Warwick, a frightening show where you are explained frighteningly, how the dungeons were. We enjoyed the visit a lot, and we had a lot of fun in Warwick.

After Warwick, we returned to the campus, and after dinner we played another Quiz, but this one related to the trips we've done, BCU and Leaders.

Now we are watching Zack and Cody and after, as usually, we are going to the kitchen.

Alvaro L and Victor M

Gymkhana's day

Today it was a special day because we did 2 gymkhanas in only one day.

After having breakfast, we went to class. Later on, we did the break and then we went to the One Stop shopping centre with our teacher of class and our leaders and we did the first gymkhana of the day. It consisted in answering some questions related to different shops, what obliged us to ask in English to the shop assistants for prices and products. We had a lot of fun.

After lunch, we had an exam to see our level once finished our first week. Afterwards, we did our leaders gymkhana. It was compounded by different challenges, depending on the leader's equipment chosen, so each group had different challenges. It was very fun and we enjoyed a lot.

Later on, we had dinner and sports; today's sport was volleyball. The difference with last volleyball day was that today the net was a real volleyball net and it was a little bit high for us.

Now we are watching TV and after we are going to sleep because today was a very tiring day

Pau G. and Andrea

Returning to routine

Today we get up at usual time. After breakfast we went to class and we did some interesting things like: study the Olympic sports, games, etc.

At one o'clock we had lunch and after we went to classes again. In the afternoon, most of us went to the swimmingpool but a few stay in BCU preparing a performance for the Talent Show. It was very funny and exciting, and we hope you like it a lot (but again, it's a surprise).

When we came back, we had dinner and then we did sports. Today's sport was basketball; we runned a lot and we burned lots of calories, trying to be like Michael Jordan in the documentary we saw on Thursday.

Now we are watching Phineas and Ferb, and later we are going to our bedrooms

Dani E. and Pau S.

A day in Solihull

(8) Hellooooooooooo!! Yeah! When I walk on by, I had breakfast at 8.45h (8)

We woke up later than usual. Then we went to have breakfast in the kitchen and we ate muffins, cookies, milk and chocolate, and croissants. We enjoyed and we had a really good time.

When we finished our breakfast we catch a bus to Solihull, to St Augustine's church to attend the mass. After we went Touchwood shopping centre and we walked around and we visited different kind of shops. We could also met the families group staying in Solihull.

In the afternoon, we took the coach that arrived a little bit earlier than expected, and we returned to the university. Once we arrived we had dinner (lasagna and pasta). Afterwards we played the Olympic Games Quiz, it was so funny!

Now we are watching Blue Water High (again). Later on, we are going to talk about the medals, pray the Our Father, going to the kitchen and Pablo is going to say "pyjama and go to sleep" (again)

Alvaro O and Willy C, featuring LMFAO

PD: Everyday I'm shuffling

Our first day of shopping

Today it was an active day because we did lots of activities.

Until one o'clock it has been a normal day, we did English classes. 

After lunch we took a train to the city centre and we visit some parts of it. We divided in two groups one that went to see the churches and the other one who went to visit the canals. It has been very interesting and we liked it a lot. The most exciting part arrived; we went to the Bullring to do some shopping. It is the biggest mall in Europe.The most visited shops were Hollister Ann, Gap, Apple and Vans. 

Later we returned to BCU to practise the talent show that we are going to do next week. We are preparing very good shows, but it's a surprise and we can't tell it.

Now, we are watching "Suite Life of Zack and Cody".

To sum up, it was a very exciting day!!

Maria C. and Natalia

First Skating Day

Today we woke up at the same time as yesterday and then we went to have breakfast: toasts with nutella and milk.

Once we finished the meal, we went to class, where we spend an hour and a half with lessons, having a 30 minutes break in the middle.

At 2pm we went to the ice rink, where we could skate a lot and some of us learnt how to ice-skate. Boys love to skate very fast. We had fun. At 4.15pm we left the ice rink but the bus hadn't arrived yet, and we had to wait for 1 hour. When the bus arrived, we took the bus and we came back to BCU.

We had dinner and then, we did the meeting in which we evaluated ourselves and we decided which is the best on each flat.

Now we are watching TV and we are enjoying Blue Water High

Pedro B. and Pablo V.

Class again

Today we woke up at 8.00 o'clock, and we had class. There we play some games and we sang a song. We started the game of the medals, the one that if you speak spanish someone can pass you a medal, and leaders can put you penalties, but we still don't have to pay them.

After lunch we went to the swimming pool and it was very funny. Some people played badminton and table tennis.

Our dinner was so special because we ate pizza, which was delicious. At sports, we played baseball and we had a great time, but some of us fell down when running because the grass was a bit wet.

Now we are at the TV room watching a documentary about David Beckham, and then another about Michael Jordan vs. Kobe Bryant.

The twins Clara and Anna

Cadbury's day

Today it was a special day, because it was the first day without having classes. We went to have breakfast as usual, but then, we went to Cadbury's world, one of the most important chocolate factories of the world. We learned Cadbury's history and the procedure to convert cocoa in chocolate, and it was amazing.

Later on, we went to the bowling, where we had lot of fun. Today we had lunch at spanish hour, at 2pm, and we went to Kentacky Fried Chicken. We had 3 fried chicken for each, fries and a drink, and it was delicious.

Afterwards, we went to the minigolf field, which was so big with 2 different floors compouned by 19 holes, some of them a little bit tricky.

Now, the brilliant students Iker and Marc are writting the blog, with the best leader Pablo, while other students are watching Tintin

Iker B and Marc P

The workshops day

Our second day in Birmingham has been funny. We got ups at the same tiem as yesterday and after breakfast we went to class where we learnt a lot of nex things, like some new words and some English expressions.

After lunch we had an extra hour of English and then we did the workshops. There were five different activities like Singstar, juggling, giant bubbles, magic tricks and hip hop movements. The difficulty in juggling and giant bubbles was that it was rainning and we had to do them outside.

After having dinner, we started sports. Today's sport was volleyball which we enjoyed a lot.

Now we are watching the TV serie The Wizards of Waverly Place.

By the way, the weather is still horrible because it is raining a lot and we don't get to see the sun

Dani B and Carlos S

We are alive

Yesterday, we took the plane from Barcelona/Madrid to Heathrow and we arrived later than we expected. then, we caught the coach to Birmingham and we spent 2 hours travelling. When we arrived we went directly to bed.

This morning, we did the level test after breakfast. It had two parts: listening and speaking and some of us were really nervous. Then we've been divided in three groups.

Our first lunch consisted in Mexican fajitas. They were really spicy!!! Then we had an extra hour of English and after we went to the University of Birmingham where we played badminton, table tennis and we went to the swimming pool.

Our firs dinner was very strange for us because it started at 6pm. It was so early.

Later, we played some Spanish traditional games like "la araña" and "el pañuelo".

Now, we are watching Phineas and Pherb in English and after we are going to our bedrooms to sleep.

Laura A and Paula C