Apreciadas familias,

Finalizado nuestro 51 Curso de Idiomas, deseo para todos lo mejor en estos días de verano y tiempo de un merecido descanso.

Tengo la seguridad de que todo el generoso esfuerzo realizado por cada uno de los Directores de Grupo, Monitores i estudiantes que habéis participado en nuestros Cursos de Idiomas Padre Manyanet, ha sido del todo muy satisfactorio y muy gratificante.

Cerramos pues, un año más, una etapa más de nuestros Cursos en el extranjero, con el deseo de seguir ofreciendo un servicio de calidad y efectivo como complemento a la formación e instrucción de nuestros estudiantes, vuestros hijos e hijas.  

"Saber Idiomas, una puerta que abre al mundo."

Hasta siempre,

Antonio Sorribes

VIDEOS

Aquí os dejamos algunos de los buenos momentos que vivimos esas tres semanas en Birminham. La mayoría los vimos el último día pero hay alguno que no. Aquí los tenéis:

Los viajes (London, Stratford Upon-Avon and Alton Towers):

http://youtu.be/jxljqj78FBc

Un resumen de todos los deportes:

http://youtu.be/knDurJ7G5aI

El de los Mtv Awards que vimos por partes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5125g6VUQ

Las performances de cada semana que hicimos con las profes (este no lo vimos):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFTdhoqMmc

No sé si os acordaréis de esa tarde de challenges:

http://youtu.be/mKyXCTqalY8

Por último recordamos a aquellos magníficos presentadores de la BBC:

http://youtu.be/LazVEKgkHVU

Y al final de todo las fotos de tooodo el campamento.

AGRADECIMIENTOS

Hola familias,

Durante estas tres semanas hemos descubierto a vuestros hijos poco a poco y cada día nos sorprendian con nuevas historias y facetas.

Os escribimos los leaders mientras vuestros hijos disfrutan de la gran fiesta hawaiiana que les hemos preparado con mucho cariño y os podemos asegurar que estan disfrutando de cada canción y cada momento que les queda con sus nuevos amigos.

Ha sido un grupo espectacular, lleno de entusiasmo y energia para hacer y crear un ambiente especial y que a su vez les ha hecho crecer como personas y darse cuenta de la suerte que tienen de teneros a vosotros como padres que quereis lo mejor para ellos. Lo saben y os están muy agradecidos.

Muchas gracias a vosotros por confiarnos a vuestros hijos durante tres semanas y a miles de kilómetros. Los hemos disfrutado durante muchas horas y de corazón os decimos que ha sido increible.

Un fuerte abrazo y nos vemos pronto!

Teresa, Maria, Gonzalo, Chema y Raquel

VUELOS DE VUELTA

Los vuelos de mañana Sábado 25 de julio son los siguientes:
Madrid: BA462
Salida- 14:55 (hora local)
Legada- 18:20 (hora local) a la Terminal 4
Barcelona: BA480
Salida- 14:30 (hora local)
Llegada- 17:35 (hora local) a la Terminal 1

LAST DAY

Dear Parents:

Today we have had three hours of English classes. The two first hours we have been practising our performances, and the third one we had a little party with our teachers. Then we had lunch.

After lunch we did our performances. First Nailah's class wit the "Lion king musical" and second Joana's class with an interpretation of the World War II. Then we received our grates and presents for have finished the English class, but that was not all, each one received a present of the leaders and afterwards Jaime Martin received an award for been the  best student and Olivia too because she was the last student to have a medal. Well done Olivia.

Finally, we went to the accommodation buildings to put on our best clothes. because tonight (the last night) we will have a Hawaiian disco.

See you tomorrow.

The Leaders.

ALTON TOWERS

Hi families,

Today we woke up at 7:15 because we had to take the bus at 8:00 to go to Alton Towers. When we arrived there we had breakfast and we split up in groups. Each group went to their favourite roller coaster for example: Rita, Nemesis, Oblivion, Th13teen, Air, Sonic spinball, The Flume and more funny roller coaster. We could buy some pictures of us riding.

We played too in the stands and some of us won prizes like an enormous fluffy toy of a monkey. We spent all the day there and we could ride all the roller coaster that we wanted. At 5:15 we met at the entrance of Alton Towers to take the bus back to Birmingham after take a group picture. We were very tired so we slept all the trip.

Now, after dinner, we are going to watch the film "Frozen" and have our last kitchen.

Almudena Cobo and Olivia Núñez.

CAKES COMPETITION

Today in class we practiced again our performances of friday's show. Later, in Lutfa's class we did tatoos with henna. It is an indian tradition and Lutfa knew how to do it. We enjoyed a lot and now we have wonderful tatoos.

At 3:00 pm we went to the lecture theatre and our wonderful, brilliant and terrific leaders explain us the afternoon activity: The cake Competition. We split in five groups and we went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients for the cakes but we only had ten pounds. We had to cook a cake as most original and with the best flavour as posible.

Here we have the best flavour cake:

And here the most original cake:

Afterwards, we went to the acomodation to take a shower and relax. Now, after dinner, we are writing the blog and we are going to watch a film. Tonight we are going to sleep early because tomorrow we have to wake up earlier to go to Alton Towers.


Magda Solé and Mar Calviño

SPORTY DAY

Today, after breakfast we prepare our performances with our teachers. We are finishing the story and tomorrow we will make the costumes and the props. Joana's group is doing a play based in the World War II and Nailah's class is doing the "Lion King musical".

At 3:00 we went to the accomodation because we had an activity from "Sport4all". We split in three groups and we had three different activities: football, multisport and and street dance. We enjoyed a lot and we had a really good time. We finish very tired but we were really happy with this activity.

After take a shower and have dinner we went to the lecture theatre to finish the film "Despicable me" and see more experiments.

Maria García and Júlia Guix. 

BU SPORT CENTRE

Today, as usual, we woke up at 8:00. After having breakfast, we had our English class as everyday. We worked in some plays that we are going to prepare during this week. Nilah's class is going to do the "Lion King Musical" and Joana's class is going to do a performance create by ourselves. It was so funny!

At 15:00, we finished the class and went to the BU Sport Centre. We could choose between squash or swimming pool, although some of us did both things. There, we spent a very good time together.  Ehwn we finish,  we left the BU Sport Centre and we went to the accomodation to have a shower or just relax in our kitchens.

After dinner we had some time to phone you and tell you about how the day was going. Now, we will watch the movie "Despicable Me" and then we'll go to our kitchens to have free time again until we have to go to sleep. It has been a wonderful day!

Hugs and kisses,

Jaime Martín

SOLIHULL

Hello families,

Today we woke up a little bit later as everyday. We had breakfast in our flat's kitchen like last Sunday and after that, we took the bus to go to Solihull. There, we went to mass but we arrived early so we had to wait playing a game.

When we finished the mass, went walking to relax a little bit at the park of Solihull. At 1:00 we went to McDonald's to have lunch and once we finished we had free time in the shopping centre called "Touchwood".

At 4:00 we took again the bus back to the acomodation and we have one hour of free time. We could talk with friends, play sports and some of us tested our new drones.

Afterwards we took a shower and went to have dinner. Today we had fish and chips. Now we are writting the blog and we are going to see some experiments made by our leaders.

Miguel Alonso and Llorenç Mollar

MTV AWARDS

We woke up like everyday at 8:00 and we had English breakfast: scramble eggs, bacon, and sausages. It was very good and we enjoy it. After, we had three hours of classes where we made animals made by fruits in one class and a MasterChef in the other. We also prepare the fashion show and all the costumes. Here we have the MasterCHef winners .

After lunch, we had the fashion show where we could show our creations of Shakespeare characters to the rest of the group. Once we finish, we change our clothes to start the Mtv Awards. We had eight nice performances and some more of our leaders. We had a really nice time and we recived a certificate. We have here the best Mtv Award:

At 5:00 we went to the sport centre and we played volleyball and dogeball: Albatros against KK's and Potatoes against Stormers. After that, we had a shower and we went to have dinner.

Now we are writing the blog and we will finish the film "Narnia".

We are enjoying a lot and we will see you soon.

Guillermo del Rey and Judith Orradre.

SKATING DAY

Today like every Friday, we had just three hours of class and  we prepared the fashion show for tomorrow: we looked for different characters of Shakespeare's work and we learn how to make descripcions on them. After that, we played a game that was very interesting and we could improve our speaking.

After lunch, we took the bus to go to the Ice Skating where we had a really good time and our leader María taught us  how to spin and jump. We felt down again but it was really funny. At the same time,  we could teach how to skate to our teacher Joanna cause it was her fisrt time. At 4:00 we went to a park next to the Ice Rink and some of us played football, basketball, baseball or relax on the grass.

At the end, we came back to the University and we had dinner. 

Now we just finished the Quiz we dind't finish yesterday and HITACHI group win it! Congratulation! Here you have the award they ready win!

We also finish Fish & Chips and Chips won:

And our leaders show us the result of the Photo Scavenger Hunt. Judith's team won:

Enjoy your weekend! We miss you!

Raúl Mateo and Adrià Vergés

STRATFORD UPON-AVON

Hi families!

Today we woke up at 8:00 a.m. and we were very tired. At 9:15 we took the bus to go to visit Stratford, the Shakespeare’s birthplace.  We saw the house where he lived, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Clopton Bridge and the Holy trinity church. We bought a lot of souvenirs for you! 

Afterwards we went to the Star City where we had lunch and we had a surprise! We didn´t know what the surprise was till the leaders told us that we were going to play with laser tags. Everybody was so exciting and it was awesome! We had a very good time! 

Then we had dinner, and now we are writing the blog and we will play a quiz! 

Hugs and kisses

Olivia Núñez and Hugo Mateo

DANCING DAY

Hello families,

Today we got up at 8:00 am as everyday. After breakfast, we went to class and we continue to prepare our costumes for the fashion show. We also played tongue twister competition. We had a really good time and we laugh a lot.

At 3:00 we finished the classes and we started to prepare our performance of the Mtv awards. We were split up in groups and each group has to sing and dance a song. Today we start to think the choreography and the diferents characters of the songs.

Now we are writing the blog and tomorrow we will go to Startford Upon-Avon, so tonight we are going to sleep early.

We miss you.

María García and Júlia Guix.

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT

Hi families,
Today we woke up at 8:00 as everyday and, after breakfast,  we went to classes to prepare a fashion show that we will represent on Saturday. Some of us started to think about the performance of next week.

After classes we went to the acomodation and we played a Photo Scavenger Hunt. We had different challenges and we had to take a picture of each moment. For example, we had to make a pyramid or mix something Spanish and English in the same picture. We had a really nice time.

When everyone has finished, we went to the sport centre and we divided in four groups and we played ultimate frisbie and basketball. At 5:30 we change, but it started to rain and we had to stop to play frisbie.

After having shower and relax a little bit we went to have dinner and now we are going to finish the film "Big Hero 6".

Toni Sansón and Almudena Cobo.

SWIMMING DAY

Hi families,
Today we woke up at 8:00 am and we went to have breakfast as every day. In class we talked about Shakespeare and some of us did a performance of Romeo a Juliet because on Thursday we will go to Stratford Upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare.

When we finish classes at 3:00 pm we went to the sport centre and we could choose between swimming pool, badminton or table tennis. We had a really nice time tasting the different sports. At 6:15 we arrive to the acomodation and we had free time to relax and have a shower because we were sweaty. Now we are writing the blog and tonight we will watch the film "Big Hero 6".

It has been a wonderful day!

Laia Altimira and Jaime Martín.

GOD'S DAY

Dear parents,
Today, we didn't have had breakfast as always.We had breakfast in our kitchens with our flat's mates. We had waffles and milk with Nesquick. At 10:15 am we took the train to go to mass. After that, we took some pictures and walked a little bit around the centre before have lunch.

After have lunch, we went to the Bullring and we had some free time to go shopping. We bought a lot of things and at 5:00 pm we return to the residence and some of us took a shower before have dinner.

Now we are writing the blog, we will finish the film UP and we will read the positive messages that we've put in the pig box.

We miss you a lot.

Magda Solé and Mar Calviño.

FISH & CHIPS

Today, in Birmingham, we did a lot of funny things. First of all we had an English breakfast: scramble eggs, bacon and sausages. After that we prepared with our teachers the performance for this afternoon.  After having lunch a sandwich with ham, cheese or chorizo and some salad, we went to the lecture theatre to tell all the TV news to our mates and record it to watch them in other moments (banana's news and swag's news).

Then, we played Fish & Chips, a catalan TV program, which consist in different challenges between two teams like pictionary, stop or spell. It was a really good activity and we enjoyed a lot. Once we finished we had free time to take a shower or play football.
Now we are writting the blog and we will watch UP to finish the day.

We enjoyed a lot today and we had so much fun with all the group.

Alba Riera and Joan Arcos

SKATING DAY

Dear Parents,
Today at 8:45am we had breakfast, later we had only three hours of English class to prepare a presentation of TV News for tomorrow. Between the three hours we had break time like everyday and we played with our friends.

When we finished, we had lunch and quickly we took the bus at 2:00 pm to go skating. We fell down a lot of times and we get wet. But it was funny and took many pictures and videos. Also we taught those who didn't know skate and It was a wonderful experience.

Later we went to the park and we had free time to play football, hula-hops, jumping-ropes and swing. We catched the bus and we went to the residence to have a shower. After that we went to have dinner.

Now we are waiting the blog and we are going to have a special activity.

Hugs and kisses.

Carla Mesquida Reig and Daniel Estebal de la Torre

VISIT TO LONDON

Hi families,

Today was an excellent and wonderful day. we went to London and we had to take the train at 8.15 am. We spend two hours in the train.

When we arrived to Marylebone Station, the metro wasn't available. We had to wait for a bit, but finally we decided to start the walking tour.

The first monument we visited was "Marble Arch". We continued our route through Hyde Park, and we arrived to Buckingham Palace. After that, we walked directly to Big Ben and London Eye, where we had lunch there the packet lunch and some ice-creams and hot dogs we bought.

When we finished, we went to Trafalgar Square and we started our shopping time going to: M&M's Store, Cool Britannia and Hamleys, the oldest toy shop in the world. There we bought a lot of souvenirs like: toys, clothes, magnets, etc.

At the end of the tour, while we were going to the train Station to go back Birmingham, we passed next to Madame Tussaud Museum.

Now we have just had dinner and we are going to play Bingo.

Regards and kisses.

David Molar and Elia Sanchez.

A WORKSHOP DAY

Dear families:
Today we have woken up at eight o'clock in the morning as every day, we have had breakfast later and at 9:15 am we have started English lessons.
In class we've done some maps and then we've been playing some grammatical games. On Saturday we have the presentation of all what we are doing these week at English class, so we are preparing it too.

After having lunch, we have done some workshops divided in groups. These groups are the sports teams, and we've invented the name, the flag and the shout of each one. Also we have painted ours t-shirts' team (blue, green, brown or red) with the name of each team: Potatoes, KK's, Albatros or Stormers. We've played volleyball and dodgeball, and finally we have had dinner.

Now we are writing the blog, and we are going to finish to watch Shrek film.

Hugs and kisses.

Alejandra Rodriguez and Nicolas Gutierrez.

TRIP TO THE CITY CENTER

Dear families,

Today in the morning we've had breakfast and one English class the first hour. Because after that we've continued our activities outside in the center of Birmingham. We went by train to do a tourist tour there. We visited the most important places in Birmingham, for example: hall of memorial, art museum, symphony hall, mailbox, the secret garden of the Library, the cathedral, the BBC (where we've recorded a TV programme) etc.

After have the lunch in Mc'Donalds, we had some time to go to shopping in the bullring (a shopping center) but we could go also to watch  the film "Minions".
At 5:30 we met all together to come back to the residence. We had dinner and now we are writing this blog, and we'll watch "Shrek".
Bye bye families, hugs and kisses

María Saludes y Marí
a Rodrigo

SWIMMING POOL AND BADMINTON

Hi family,
Today was our first day in BCU and we started the day in the meeting point at 8:30. After breakfast we went to the first class and we met our teachers, Joana, Nailah and Lutfa. We had three ours in the morning and one hour more after lunch.

Once we finish the clases we went to the bus because we went to the sport centre. In the sport centre we had three sports to choose: table tennis, badminton and swimming. We could practice a lot and have fun. After that we played a really fun game outside to wait the bus.

When we arrive to the residence we had some free time to have a shower and relax a little bit before have dinner. Then, we could call the parents and now we are writing the blog. To finish the day we will watch the serie Zach & Cody. And after some free time in our kitchens we will go to sleep.

Hugs and kisses

Adriana Mingo and Jaime Martínez-Atienza

NOS VAMOS DE VIAJE

Depués de los pequeños retrasos que hemos sufrido en los vuelos de Madrid pero sobretodo de Barcelona y tras unas tres horas de autobús hemos llegado todos bien y animados a Birmingham. Una vez cenados hemos hecho el test para separar en niveles a los alumnos para las clases.

A partir de mañana por parejas escribirán el blog explicando lo que han hecho durante el día. Le animamos a seguir sus actividades y a comentar todo lo que quieran.

A la izquierda iremos subiendo las fotos del día (se mantienen las de días anteriores). Hoy ya están subidas las fotos del viaje.

Un saludo

Los monitores

Hola a tod@s

Un año más, y ya son 51, 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 e Institución.

¡Que pasemos un feliz verano! ¡Hasta pronto!

P. Antoni Sorribes

Director