LAST SKATING DAY

Today, after waking up, we need to take our thick socks because on the afternoon we were going to the skating. So as we put them in the bag, we went to have breakfast. Then, we went to class where Holly's class prepared the festival while in Stephan's class we continued with the grammar book.

We had lunch with our teachers, and then we took the bus for going to the Solihull Skating. At first, we took our skates and we started skating normally, but suddenly the lights went down and disco lights appeared. We had a lot of fun skating in a disco area.

Then, we took the bus to come back to The Coppice in BCU, where we were divided in groups to do the Short Film. We finished the scripts and we practised our lines, as we needed to memorise them. Now we are watching a documentary about Pitbull and Train that we like a lot. Finally, we are going to do medals and blog and go to the kitchen to have spare time with our friends.

It was a nice day.

Elena A., Sofia A. and Lucía D.

VOLLEYBALL AND BASEBALL

We woke up at 8 o´clock as usual. After breakfast we went to classes to improve our English. We had a little test to know how much we have improved in these ten days. After the break time, some of us prepared the festival and other different things.

After lunch, we had workshops. Some of us started with Jamie doing "word search", and then we went to Nadja´s class to do a poster about something we like. The last workshop of our group was with Julie and we had to sing and make music. We have enjoyed a lot and the time passed so fast.

Then, we came back to the bedroom buildings to prepare the talent show for Saturday. After change our clothes we went to do some sport. Today we played volleyball and baseball. It was so funny and we had a really good time.

After the shower, we went to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and in a few moments we will start a quiz about some of the places we visited in these ten days. We have had a really good time sharing our time with our mates and with our leaders.

Pau G. and Beltran S.

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Today is a especial day because we went to Stratford-upon-Avon. After breakfast we took the coaches to the village where Shakespeare was born. When we arrived, we had a walk next to the river and we went to see his tomb inside a church. After that, we walked to the Shakespeare's house and then we had some free time to do some shopping. We took a lot of funny (and serious) photos in the church, in the house and in the Avon river.

For lunch, we took again the bus and we went to Star city and we were divided in two groups: one to eat in McDonald's and the other one to eat in KFC so good. After lunch, we played to Laser tag. It's a game like paintball bat with laser and you never die until the end of the game. We had a good time trying to get as more points as we could for our groups.

At seven o'clock we arrived to BCU to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and watching a film called "Foot loose". We have had a really good different day and we enjoyed so much. When the film finish we will check the medals and then we will go to our kitchens with our leader. 

Maria T., Ariadna S. and Nuria M.

PHOTOS' SCAVENGER HUNT

Today, we woke up at eight o'clock like every day. We had breakfast and we went to classes to continue with our grammar lessons. After the break we came back to classes and we were there with our teacher and a leader.

After that, we went to have lunch and we returned to classes to prepare the festival of last day.

In the afternoon, we returned to the bedroom buildings to do the gymkhana photos' scavenger hunt. The gymkhana consisted in taking ten different photos but each photo had instructions of what it had to appear. Some of that instruction were: take a photo of a signed board, do a pyramid with people or take a photo with a leader. We had a really good time trying to take the photo as better as we could.

When the gymkhana has finished we went to one kitchen with a leader to prepare the Talent Show that is going to be placed on Saturday. Most of girls were practising different dances. And the boys were doing other things like magic tricks or tell jokes.

Once had dinner, we are now writing the blog and watching "The Wizards of Waverly Place". We have had a good day with our friends and leaders.

Jacobo Ch., Marcos M. and Javier B.

STILL SUN IN ENGLAND

Today, we got up as normal at eight o'clock. First we had breakfast and then we did class. In one class, we did masks related to the story "Jack's magic beans". In another class, we did some posters with the information of the place that we chose (culture, weather, food...). Then, we had a break and we could have fun with our friends, even we had speaking in English, because today, we started with two medals. Then, we returned to classes where we do the other activities.

When the class finished, we had lunch and then we continued with the workshops of our teachers and writing the short story. Later, we went to the Sports Centre where we went to the swimming pool, played badminton, table tennis and tennis.

When it was the time, we returned to BCU to have dinner. Now, we are watching Blue Water High, and we are going to do medals and read the blogs.

We had a really nice day.

Clara D., Carlota R and Raquel

SOLIHULL AND FISH AND CHIPS DAY

Today, we got up at 8.45h so we could rest a little bit more. Then we had breakfast in the kitchen with our flatmates and our leader. Once finished, we went to Solihull.

When we arrived to Solihull, we went to the Mass. After that, we had free time for shopping. We bought different things in the Shopping Centre as hollister t-shirts or shorts. Most of the people got clothes from Hollister and GAP because in July there are sales in England also, and everything was cheap and cool.

As we were hungry, we met with our leaders to lunch. It was so nice that they took us to McDonald's where we could have a McMenú for our own. After some minutes, we were again shopping, until 15.45h when we met, and some people had so many bags that they couldn't carry them all.

We returned to BCU and we played and danced "Fish & Chips, a TV programme of TV3. We had 4 different activities, and we had a lot of fun. Spelling one was so stressful because if you fail you'd get a dish of cream to the face. We enjoyed it a lot, and we had a really good time.

Now we are watching Cheaper by a Dozen, a really good comedy film. In some minutes, we will go to our kitchens to gossip and then we will go to bed.

Carlota d.C., Maria V., and Maria C.

SWEET DAY

Today we woke up as usually, and we went to classes with our teachers. During classes, we prepared some oral expressions for after the lunch. So after the meal, each group made a different presentation; some of the topics were London, recipes, workshops and other topics.

After that, we had the Cake competition. We made groups with a leader in each one and we went to buy some ingredients for our cake to the mall next to university. When we finished the shopping, we went to the leader's kitchen to make it up. Our leader was Pablo and we made a cake with two parts: one of nutella and one of fruit, but all the cakes were fantastic and very original.

After dinner, the expected moment arrived, we did the party of Rafa's birthday with his cake and some presents. Later, we started the Cake contest. All the leaders said their opinion about the presentation of the cakes. Later, they tasted it and they announced the name of the winners. Now, full because of eating our cakes, we are in the theatre playing a Bingo.

Finally, as all the days, after doing the medals and reading the blog, we are going to our kitchens to talk about the incredible and unforgettable day.

Anna S., Anna P. and Maria C.

SKATING DAY

Today, we woke up at eight o'clock as usually. After breakfast, we went to classes. We continued our grammar lessons and then we put it in practise after the break. But we were surprised when in the lunch time our class teachers came and had lunch with us and we had to talk with them.

After lunch we went to the bedrooms building to take the bus. We didn't have classes because we went to the ice rink to do ice skating. We had a really good time there; some of us could skate perfectly but there were few who had never skated before, and we all fall sometimes. We enjoyed a lot and we want to repeat.

After the ice skating, we went to a park near the ice rink and we had some free time to play over there with a ball or talk with our friends. We enjoyed the free time because the weather was similar to Spain.

Finally, we came back to our rooms to leave the bags and go to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and then we will see some documentary of how somethings are made, and then finishing the Quizz.

To finish the day we will go to the kitchen with our leaders to talk about the day.

Alvaro F, Jorge G and Pedro B.

WORKSHOPS DAY

Today we could rest more than yesterday, because we didn't need to rise early.

After some grammar and doing the break we went back to classes with our teachers and leaders. Some of us saw how the plants grow up and we put in a cup some seeds with wet paper.

Afterwards, we had lunch, we ate macaroni with three type of sauces and jelly, profiteroles or chocolate with banana. Then,  we return to the residence to do workshop. We were divided in groups and we were going to the different kitchens. We were able to sang in the sing star, make a dog with balloons, Edu taught us how to do the wave with the arms, painted the flag of the united kingdom and we did percussion with a cup and the table. We enjoyed a lot the workshops and we hope we could have more time to repeat them.

After that, we had our second day of sports and we played dodgeball. We had a really good time, and then we had a shower and prepared for dinner. There, we met our new leader Alex, who has just arrived.

Now, we are doing a Quizz Contest, that leaders prepared, about BCU, English food, UK Culture, Timetable and of them.

Then, we will go to the kitchen and have some fun with our mates.

Today it was a routine day, but we enjoyed it a lot.

Alfonso, Jose, Maria R, Julia y Marta G.

LONDON DAY

Today, we get up so early, at 7am, but he had a good reason to do it, we went to London.

We get the bus at 7.30h until Oxford service station, where there were some restaurants to have breakfast. Then we continued our trip to London, where we started our visit.

We started our visit in Natural History Museum, which is next to the Science Museum. We were encouraged by the leaders to go in if we return to London, but today we didn't have enough time. We continued our way passing by Harrods, the most expensive department store in London, where the most luxurious items are found. Continuing our route through Buckingham Palace, we got to see the change of guard. We also noticed that the Queen was inside, but unfortunately, she wasn't in the balcony. Continuing by the Mall street, we get to Trafalgar Square and we took a picture with the lions, similar to the ones of Colon monument and Congreso de los diputados. Finally, we saw the "Big bang" (Big Ben) and Westminster Abbey where Prince William and Kate Middleton got married.

As we got to lunch time, we went to St James Park to have lunch. To finish the visit, we went to Picadilly Circus where we had some free time to buy some souvenirs. Next to it is placed Liecester Square, where there is a new shops of M&Ms and we were able to buy some sweets. Finally, we went to Covent Garden, where there were some parades and guys had some fun. One of the entertainer took Juanjo to guess the shape of a balloon while he was giving it a form. Then, we ended at the British Museum in which we had a flash visit.

To finish our visit we were driven through Tower Bridge of London and then we returned to the university. After the dinner, we had a speech with Father Sorribes.

London is a very beautiful city with very good people and very good shops if you like shopping.

Alfonso, Jose, Maria R, Julia y Marta G.

SPORTS DAY

Today it was our first day practising sport, but before this, we will explain how we enjoyed our morning.

After having breakfast, we went to classes. There, the teacher gave us a new booklet full of grammar exercises to practise with it. Then we had a break and later on we went back to classes, where we played games and watched some movies.

Afterwards, we returned to classes and we did crafts; it was so funny and we enjoyed it a lot.

Once the classes finished, we went to the rooms to change our clothes to go to sports. We were divided in 8 groups, and we practised two different sports: basketball and volleyball.

When we finished sports, we had a shower and we played table games with our flat mates, something we like a lot. Later, we continued the short film project we are doing.

As it was near to 19h, we went to have dinner. We are watching a serie called "The Wizard of Waverly Place", and then we are having a presentation about London, reading the blog, and the leaders are saying the first penalties.

Finally, we will go to our kitchens to talk with our mates before going to sleep.

We are enjoying a lot our time in BCU.

Marta F, Maria R. & Inés J.

FIRST DAY IN BCU

Yesterday night, we went to bed late, because we arrived from the airport at midnight, so we slept at the time we got to the bed because we were so tired.

Today we started with breakfast, but instead of what we expected, we didn't have English breakfast, but some pastries. Then, we did an exam to decide in which class should we go. We had a break and once we were divided in groups, we had a small introduction with our teacher.

We had lunch at one o'clock. After the meal, we did some workshops. During the workshops we where in 6 groups and we could do: songs, reading, games, making a short film and some more. At four o'clock, we moved to the Sports Center of the UB. There we could play badminton, tennis, table tennis and have a good time in the swimming pool.

Finally, we returned to the University Campus, where we could have a shower and prepare for dinner and TV. We had dinner and could enjoy a magnific ice-cream.

Now, we have been wathcing the TV serie called "Blue Water High" and now we are reading the blog.

Afterwards, we will go to our kitchen with our mates.

We enjoyed a lot our first day and meeting new friends.

Natalia, Sara, Cristina

SALUDO DEL DIRECTOR

Un cordial saludo desde los diferentes "blogs" de nuestros Cursos de Idiomas, cuya finalidad es la de ser puentes de relación y comunicación con todos los padres, madres, familiares y amigos de cada uno de nuestros estudiantes.

Deseamos, que mediante los mismos, todos nos sintamos suficientemente informados de las diferentes actividades y de la marcha general de cada uno de los grupos. Ello contribuirá a la tranquilidad y confianza de saber que vuestros hijos e hijas aprovechan y cumplen los objetivos que nuestra Organización se ha propuesto realizar: divertirnos aprendiendo y madurar como personas. De esta manera contribuimos a hacer realidad que el "saber idiomas es la puerta que te abre al mundo".

P. Antonio Sorribes
Director

¡Feliz verano en familia!

Finalizada ya la estancia de todos los grupos, deseo que se hayan cumplido todos los objetivos que nos marcamos año tras año, no olvidando que el esfuerzo y la constancia son irrenunciables para que sea haga realidad el que "saber idiomas es abrir fronteras".

Agradezco, una vez más, la confianza que todos han puesto en Idiomas Padre Manyanet y les deseo que pasen un ¡Feliz verano en familia!

Hasta siempre,

P. Antonio Sorribes s.f.

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

Saber idiomas es abrir fronteras...

Un cordial saludo desde los diferentes “blogs” de nuestros Cursos de Idiomas, cuya finalidad es la de ser puentes de relación y comunicación con todos los padres, madres, familiares y amigos de cada uno de nuestros estudiantes.

Deseamos, que mediante los mismos, todos nos sintamos suficientemente informados de las diferentes actividades y de la marcha general de cada uno de los grupos. Ello contribuirá a la tranquilidad y confianza de saber que vuestros hijos e hijas aprovechan y cumplen los objetivos que nuestra Organización se ha propuesto realizar: divertirnos aprendiendo y madurar como personas. De esta manera contribuimos a hacer realidad que el “saber idiomas es abrir fronteras”.

P. Antonio Sorribes

Director

UN IDIOMA, UN PAÍS, UNA ILUSIÓN... ¡HASTA SIEMPRE!

Un año más cerramos nuestros cursos de Idiomas, con la confianza que todos nuestros estudiantes hayan alcanzado los objectivos que nos habíamos marcado.

Quiero pues, agradecer desde aquí, en primer lugar, todo el trabajo llevado a cabo por los directores de grupo y los monitores responsables de cada uno de ellos. Asimismo, agradezo a los padres la confianza que habéis tenido con Idiomas Padre Manyanet.

Con el deseo de que todos terminemos de pasar un feliz verano en familia, que San Jose Manyanet bendiga cada uno de vuestros hogares y hasta siempre.

P. Antonio Sorribes S. F.
Director de Idiomas Padre Manyanet

DAY OF FAREWELLS

Today, it is a special day because it is the last day in BCU. After 3 weeks, friendship has grown between the kids and they are going to miss the time in Birmingham, once they can notice it's the end.

After having breakfast, they went to class to practise for the festival. During the meals, the students could sit wherever they wanted as it was a special occasion, wjat they enjoyed a lot.

Then, we had the festival. There were 4 performances, one from each group of class. Each teacher prepared a different show such as dancing a song, representing a play, inventing a song or explaining their experience in England. Between the performances we could enjoy some videos recorded in the skating and the gymkhama.

Skating video

Gymkhama video

Once we finished, the leaders gave the prizes to the winners, and marks, a pendrive and a diploma.

Finally, we were able to see the Lip Dub.

When the festival was finished, kids went to their bedrooms to finish their suitcases and dressing up for the disco. They had dinner and a few minuts later the whole room turned into a disco Ball, with the leaders being the DJs.

They had a really good time, although on the last 30 minutes, some people started to cry because they knew it was finishing and all the memories came to their minds. They are going to miss it.

Finally, we went to our bedrooms saying goodbye to their mates from other cities, who are not sharing the same plane.

It was a really good day and we are going to keep it forever in our minds.

Leaders

FINAL LIP DUB RECORDING

Today, we got up at the same time as everyday and we went to have English breakfast (sausages, eggs and bacon) but with one difference, we had boiled eggs in spite of fried eggs.

Later, we went to class and Josh and Satty's groups made a listening and speaking exam. Today's break time was in the gym because the weather was bad and it was raining. Some partners played football while others remain sit talking.

After an hour and a half of class, we had an special class because the leaders made a dance once we finished our meal, and Agus explained us some jokes.

Afterwards, we had an hour of English activities. After lessons, we went to the swimming pool to have a bath or play sports.

When we arrived to BCU, we recorded the first part of the lip dub in the dinning room. We had dinner and then we recorded the second part of the lip dub in the office and in the classes.

Now we are writing the blog while our partners are playing different games like inventing histories, saying tongue twisters as fast as we can, and trying to guess musics. After all, we are going to our kitchen and later we are going to sleep.

Maria M., Andrea & Maria P.

A DAY IN ALTON TOWERS

Today it is a special day because we went to Alton Towers. We wake up at 7.15h and we had a shower. Our leaders gave us the packed breakfast and packed lunch and we took the coach. We were so nervous before we had no idea of Alton Towers except of the comments from the people who went last year.

Once we arrived, we divided in groups we chose for moving in the park. We rode lots of atracctions as Rita, Oblivion, Nemesis, Air... The fastest one is Rita, but the one we liked the most is Nemesis. Some people didn't wanted to ride in best atractions because they though that other atractions were also good and they decided to go to Thirteen and Sonic Splinball.

During the return trip, some people fell asleep because the tiring day.

In BCU, we had dinner and we went to our bedrooms to prepare the suticase. Later on, we went to our kitchens for 15min and finally we went to sleep.

It was an amazing day

Diego S, Iñigo & Francesc

RECORDING 3rd PART OF LIP DUB

Today we woke up at the same time as every day, but it is the last day for writing our diaries, because when we arrive to our rooms our leaders are taking them to choose the best diary.

We went to have breakfast, but we could enjoy some croissants and chocolate napolitan, not as the last days we had English breakfast. Also as every day, we could have toasts and cereals. After having breakfast, we went to class for an our and a half and we did an exam. Then we had the break and we returned to have an other hour and a half of lessons. Satty's group practised Romeo & Juliet performance and we had a break dance class.

After the class, we had lunch and we had omelet with fries, also with vegetables.

Once had lunch, we went to the train station to take the train for going to the Bullring for last time this summer camp. Everybody bought lots of things for the family, friends or himself. When we returned we had Mexican dinner. After we have gone to the Sports Centre to prepare and record the 3rd part of the lip dub. We had some problems because we rehearsed twice, and when we were going to record it, it was time to go, and other people entered in the court, and didn't let us record the final one. We are lucky for recording the first try, and it was good enough for accept it.

Now we are writing the blogs while our partners are watching a film or phoning their parents. Later we are going to pay the medals and penalties and of course, finally going to have a good time to the kitchens.

Marina & Carlota

OUR LAST MONDAY IN BCU

Today in the morning, we had the usual Monday, but with the difference that we are beginning our last summer week in Birmingham. However, at class time Josh and Satty's groups did a level test while the others did a revision.

At lunch, we ate pizza with the English teachers instead of the leaders. After, we had another hour of lessons and Satty's husband tough to Satty's class break dance. The rest of the classes where doing projects about London  and practicing their speaking.

Later, we went to the swimming pool and some mates swam and the others played different sports as basket, football, table tennis or badmington.

Then we returned and had dinner. When we finished we went to the sports center to play dodge ball. However, this time we only played half and hour because we had to practice the final choreography of the lip dub.

Now we are writing the blog and our partners are starting Sherlock film and phoning their families. 

Once we finish, we are going to our respective flats to have a good time in our kitchens. Then we are going to sleep. 

Dani E. & Rodrigo & Pablo Valle

QUIZ DAY!

Today we got up at 8.15h because we went to the mass at eleven o'clock. It was quite long but with beautiful music, and at the end we could met the prayer.

After, we returned to BCU to have lunch in the kitchens the food we bought  last week with our leaders, and prepared a little party. As well, some people from last year that are now with families, came to visit us and had lunch with us. It was a really good surprise because we didn't expect them to come. When we finished, we had free time. Some partners played football, others just talked or did their diary.

At 4.15h we went to the gym to practised the lip dub choreography. Edu and Anna showed us the dance all the group is going to do. Then, we played some funny games such as the macaroni game or the handkerchief one.

Next, we went to have dinner, but nobody was hungry because we ate so much at noon. Once we finished, we went to do a Quiz. The topics were BCU, English food, trips and leaders. There were easy question but also very difficult ones. Oxford won and London was the last. 

Now, we are writing the blog and our partners are watching Romeo & Juliet. Finally, we are going to celebrate in our kitchen Carlota's Saint's day.

Carmen, Belen & Snow

A SHORT EXCURSION TO OXFORD

Today we had our daily typical English breakfast, and then we had some lessons. During the break we didn't go to the place we usually go because it was raining, so we went to a gym located in the same building, and we could play football and get relax.

Later on,we have had the lunch and we went to Oxford, which is a very beautiful city. The visit was so fast, but we could enjoy a bit part of it. Oxford has one of the most important Universities of the world, the most important of England, at the same level as Cambridge. Once in the city, we saw some colleges and libraries, the theatre and the different campus of the University. We also walked next to Alice in Wonderland shop, whose writter was born in Oxford. Moreover, we went next to the library where Harry Potter's dinning room was filmed. We could guess the shape of the dinning room of the film, but we weren't able to enter. Once the visit has finished, the leaders gave us some free time. During it, most of the people bought a jumper or a shirt of Oxford, for themselves or as a present.

Half an our later, we went to took the coach to come back to BCU. When we arrived, we left in our bedrooms all we had bought and we went to have dinner. For having dinner, as for having lunch, we had pasta, but instead of spaguetti, for dinner we could have macaroni. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough pasta for everybody so some partners had to took other things.

Now we are going to see Romeo & Juliet, in order to prepare our activities.

Diego B, Luis & Roberto

ANOTHER SKATING DAY

Today, before going to have breakfast, we had a shower. After the meal, we went to class. When the 1st part of our lessons were finished, we had the break, and then we went again to class. Once finished we had lunch.

Friday's afternoon activity is ice skating, so we left the dinning room for catching the coach to go to the ice rink. It was so funny, but this time there were some people that fall down. We also saw a little kid about 5 years old who skate perfectly; we were astonished.

Coming back to BCU, we were given some study time for writing the blog, in our case, and the diary, in our partners' case. We dressed up our sport clothes and we went to have dinner.

For practising sport, we were divided in 2 teams who played baseball and the other 4 teams played basketball. Well, they played baseball until the rain started. Then we had to mix teams and we played all together basketball.

Afterwards, we went to have a shower and later on to watch the film called Romeo & Juliet.

Now we are going to the rooms, wear our pyjamas and going to the kitchen to have the snack, and finally going to sleep.

Maria Garcia, Iciar & Esther

PRESENTATION OF THE LIP DUB

Today, we had English breakfast as we have been having for all the week. After, we went like other days to the classes. Then, we had the lunch. Once we finished the afternoon classes we went to the sports center. Some of us played table tennis, football, basketball, badmington while others went to the swimming pool.

When we arrived at BCU, we had dinner. During the dinner, Anna explained us the lip dub and we practised the different parts of the video. These parts are the bedrooms, dinning room and the sports center. It was really funny to know every detail, because it is full of personal references. In our opinion, it will be such an interesting activity.

Later, we went to the computer room to write this blog. Meanwhile, our partners are paying the medals and the penalties. This money is going to be used to buy he presents of the winners of the different activities. All this it is done for motivating us to talk in English.

Afterwards, we are going to go to our kitchens to enjoy the snack with our friends and leader.

Adri G, Adrian T, Rafa D & Dani R

LONDON DAY

Today it was a special day because we went to London. We got up earlier than everyday, at a quarter past seven, because our trip to London was so long.

Once we arrived to London, we firstly visited the Natural History Museum. We couldn't enter because there was a lot of queue. We began our walk in London walking next to Harrods, a mall like Corte Ingles for the richest people in London because its high prices. Then we visited the Buckingham Palace. We were lucky to see the change of guard. We moved to the Trafalgar Square to see the National Gallery. To finish our morning visit, we went to the Westminster to see the Big Ben and the London eye.

We had lunch in St James Park the packed lunch we were given in the morning.

Afterwards, we went to Piccadilly Circus where we entered to a very big souvenirs'shop where we could buy any souvenir we want from London.

Finally we took the coach to see the Tower Bridge of London, and later on returning to Birmingham. When we arrived, we had dinner and we went to sleep earlier because we were so tired!

We enjoyed a lot this day in London, and we went to bed with a big smile

Laia, Claudia & Anna

London

LONDON DAY

We arrived just an hour ago and we are so tired.

Our day in London was fantastic and this year route was different from last year's one. We really had a good time, but we walked a lot so we are a little tired.

We decided to write the blog tomorrow, so you are having news from us tomorrow.

Kind regards to everyone who reads us.

The leaders

WE ARE PUNISHED

Today we began our day as everyday, having breakfast and going to classes when we finished. When going to have lessons, Josh and Satty's groups went together to take their lessons. It was funny doing it because we had a good time but it's better taking them separately because we learn more.

In classes we represented Romeo and Juliet, and David, one of the three writer's of today blog, took Romeo's character and he did it his best. Once classes finished we had lunch and went to our kitchens.

In the afternoon, it was planned to go to the Bullring, but we didn't. Our flat leaders explained in our kitchens that we weren't going to the Center of Birmingham because our bad behaviour during the last days and we were punished without going. They also explained that on Sunday we are going to eat in our own kitchen so we spent Bullring's time for going to ASDA and buying some food for Sunday. We went to One Stop where this supermarket is located and there we could have some free time.

Volleyball was the sport chosen for today. Once we finished we stayed in our flats and we had our speeches there, speeches that gave information about tomorrow visit to London.

Now we are going to have the snack and then go to sleep.

David B, Miguel and Pau