Mass and Gimkana

Today we woke up at a quarter to eight. We spent the morning in Solihull where we went to mass and shopping. At the end of the mass, in the final announces the priest dedicated us some words.

After lunch we went to the park that surrounds Alexander Stadium, a very big park near the University with sluices. There we did a Gimkana. There were eight tasks to fulfil. We liked it very much.

Later we came back to the University and we had dinner. When we finished we went to practice sports and take a shower because we were very sweated and dirty.

By Marta, Gemma & Judit.

Visit to Stratford

Today, we got up at the same time as all the days. We met our friends down, outside the building and we went to have breakfast. After we did English lessons and break, then we returned to the class to follow with the lessons. When the lessons finished we went to have lunch.

When we finished we went to Stratford-Upon-Avon with a coach and a van. Once we arrived we separated in groups to make an easy visit. We saw Shakespeare's birthplace, the Shakespeare's grandmother house, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the riven Avon and the Holy Trinity Church where Shakespeare is buried. We had some free time to walk around and answer the questions given to us.

As a curiosity: Harvard was born in Stratford and we passed by his home.

Then we returned to Birmingham for dinner, we were having a barbeque outside but as today's weather was rainy and windy we finally had dinner inside the dining room.

Now we are going to see "High School Musical", have snack and finally go to sleep.

By Gerard & Alberto.

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Shopping in the Bullring

Dear diary,

Today we have had a very busy and funny day. We have got up at a quarter to eight and gone to have an English breakfast. After that we have gone to classes where at the end we have played the game of the apple in the water you can see on the video!

We have had lunch at the same time as always and after that we have taken the train to the center of Birmingham where we have gone shopping to the Bullring and visited the Cathedral.

Now we have just had dinner, we are having study time, and later we'll go to watch "High School Musical" and finally to sleep.

By Ariadna, Sara & Meritxell.

Swimming pool

Today, it was a normal day. We've got up at quarter to eight and then, we have had breakfast. We have attended classes all the morning with our teachers and after lunch, we've had English games. In the afternoon, we've gone to the swimming pool and some people have played tennis or badminton. Then, we've had study time and later, we've had dinner. When we've finished having dinner, we've gone to play sports with our teams. After having a shower, we'll finish Harry Potter's film and we'll go to bed!!

By Alejandro & Albert.

Visit to London

Today, we've finally gone to London. We have got up at 7:00 am, earlier than usually. We've left Birmingham at 8:00 am and have got London at 12:oo pm because of a traffic jam due to an accident. Once there, we have had a very busy morning: we have visited the British Museum (the Rosetta Stone, the mummies...), Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square (Lord Nelson's column), the first Minister's house at number 10 Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament with the Big Ben clock and finally Westminster Abbey. After that, we've stopped in St. James park to have our packed lunch. In the afternoon, we have seen Piccadilly Circus, Regent's Street with Hamleys Toy Store, Oxford Street, Marble Arch (our meeting point in front of the McDonalds) and finally, we have got to Hyde Park where we've taken the bus to go to the London Bridge and the Tower of London passing near Buckingham Palace and the Thames river.

It's been a tiring day but London is worth. We've enjoyed a lot!

By Ariadna, Azucena & Sandra.

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Ice skating and video

Today we've got up at a quarter to eight as all the days since we are here. After we went to breakfast, we've done class, where we have played some funny games and we've listened to music. After lunch, at half past two we've arrived to the Solihull Ice Skating rink.

Now it's five o'clock and we are doing the diary. Next we'll go to dinner and after that we'll practice sports. Finally we'll continue watching Harry Potter and we will talk about tomorrow's visit to London.

Don't forget to watch the video!

By Alejandro & Borja.

Swimming Pool

Today, we've got up at 07.45am, as almost all the days. We had cereals and toast for breakfast.

We have had classes and English activities where we have played bingo and listened to music. After that, we have gone to the swimming pool but not everybody swam. Some of us have played tennis, badmington or table tennis.

When we have arrived to BCU we have started doing today's diary. Later we'll go to practice sports.

We are looking forward to going to London!!

By María, Ana & Marina.

Mass at Solihull and Cinema

Today we have visited Solihull to attend to mass at St. Augustine Church, which was very nice. It looked like an old church but when we got in it was wonderful. We've followed the mass in English reading on the mass book and singing the hymns. In the morning we have gone shopping too.
In the afternoon we have gone to the cinema at Five Ways to watch "Kung Fu Panda", a very funny film of a panda that learns how to do Kung Fu.
Now we'll go on with Harry Potter's film.

By Bernat & Joan.

Visit to Oxford

Today in class we have listened to music like Jonas brother, Tokio Hotel and more. We also represented a dialogue in a shop and we have played a game called twenty one.

After lunch we have gone to Oxford. There we have seen Christ Church College. In this University were filmed some scenes of Harry Potter's first film. After that we have gone shopping some Oxford sweaters.

When we arrived, we had a barbecue and then we started to see "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

By Andrea, Alba & Sara.

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Birmingham City Center

Today we had a good time in class this morning. After lunch we went to Birmingham city center by train, only ten minutes from the BCU! We walked along New Street and we arrived to Victoria Square, where we see the Statue of Queen Victoria I and the Town Hall. Then we walked across Central Library to the Simphony Hall and the International Convention Center. After that we walked along the canals, the British waterways, and we liked it very much. At the end of the visit we had some free time to visit a shopping center, "The Pallassades".

After dinner we played some funny games with the monitors.

By Mariano & Marcos.

Bowling

Today, we got up at a quarter to eight, we got dressed and we had breakfast. Later we went to the class and we worked in the lessons with some games. We went to lunch, today it was very good. After lunch we came back to the classrooms to play different activities with the teachers.

In the afternoon we went to the bowling and we played with different groups, among us some played for the first time and could use fences to help. Afterwards we came back to dinner and play some sports: baseball, volleyball, dodgeball and football.

After the shower we went to watch the film "Notting Hill". We started to count medals and penalties. We look forward for tomorrow visit to the city center.

By Júlia, Mònica and Mireia.

Visit to York

Today we got up early (at 07.30 am) because we had to visit York. At 08.00 am we left Birmingham and we spend 3 hour in the bus to get there, by the way we stopped for breakfast. We arrived at York and we visited many things; first we went to see Clifford's Tower. We liked it very much. Then we walked through the city and we saw a very curious street. Afterwards we went to the Cathedral, also named "Minster", we liked it very much because it's very beautiful.

The next thing we did was going to a park to have lunch. And later we had some free time to walk around and some of us went to the Cathedral.

At four o'clock we left York and came back to Birmingham.

We enjoyed the visit a lot because York is a very beautiful city.

By Alex & Santi.

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Ice skating

Today we got up at a quarter to eight. It was our first night here! We had breakfast and the meal wasn't really bad. We took lessons and depending of the level we are in a classroom or in another. We did a break and then we continued the class. After that we had lunch and quickly we went to the ice skating, where we had a good time and we enjoyed it a lot.

Now we are studying and doing this article for the blog in our rooms.

Later we're going to have dinner and then we're going to practice some sports. We're very interested about it beacuse we've never done it before. After that we're going to have a shower and watch a film in English.

We feel at ease to stay here!

By Mar, Clàudia & Eva.

Welcome to the students staying 3 weeks!

In the morning we had breakfast like all the days. Once in class we talked about the visit we did on Saturday to Coventry. There we had to find answers to ten questions about the city and the history of Coventry. Among them, we had to find why the old cathedral was destroyed, who was Lady Godiva and which colour was her horse. During the break we played Twister and we came back to class. After lunch we had English activities and we invented the rules of a sport, it was very interesting. Then, in the afternoon, we went to the swimming pool and finally at half past six we had dinner.

Today has been a fantastic day because the rest of the group staying with us at Birmingham City University has arrived!

WE WELCOME THEM!

By Miguel & Asbel.

Solihull and Leamington

Today we woke up one hour later, because it's Sunday! After breakfast we went to Solihull, once we got there we visited a beautiful church where we attended to mass. Later, the leaders let us some free time that we spent going to the shopping center nearby.
As we were hungry we went back to have lunch at the university. Then we went back to the rooms to write our experiences. Now we are going to a beautiful town named Royal Leamington Spa.

By Sara, Mar & Aina.

Trip to Coventry

In the morning we had classes where we made sentences about famous English people like Harry Potter. After lunch we went to Coventry, a city that was completely destroyed during World War II by German Air Force.
When we arrived at the city we visited the Transport Museum; there we saw many old cars and motorcycles and we rode a speed simulator. Then we went to the site where the old cathedral was standing, which was destroyed and also where it was build a modern one dedicated to peace and reconciliation. Then we went to visit Spon street where there are some medieval houses. We finally waited until six o'clock to see Lady Godiva on her horse making a short walk.
We came back to have dinner and we started watching "Ice Age".

By Ciro & Rafael.

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The Bullring

Today we've got classes in the morning. When they finished, we had lunch and then we travelled by train to the center of Birmingham to go shopping. To remember it, we took a picture in front of the bull, our meeting point.
At half past four we decided to return to Birmingham City University (BCU).
In the evening we played table games: twister, Uno stack, dominoes and so on.
We were happy because today it didn't rain!!
And parents: don't worry about the shopping! We didn't spend a lot of money on it!

By Carmen, Valeria & Marta.

First day in England

Today we ate a lot on our English breakfast. After we had the first classes with our teachers. Their names are Nathan and Charlie, they are very nice.
In the afternoon we went to the swimming pool, where we also played badmington and table tennis, we enjoyed it a lot. Now we'll start watching a film.

By Pablo & Fernando.

The day of the trip

Our trip to Birmingham begins, we are expecting to make new friends from different places. The flight was very funny because we spoke with our new friends. When we arrived at London we took the bus to go to Birmingham.
Once we got there we had a cold dinner and after that we went to sleep.

By Pablo & Fernando.

Night Prayers

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN

Our Father who art heaven,
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.

Amen.


PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEP MANYANET

God and father you have given
Sant Josep Manyanet the gift to
embody the virtues of the human
family of your Son and with the
Grace of the Holy Spirit have
called him lo live and proclaim,
by word and example, the Gospel of
the family proclaimed from Nazareth;
Help us by his intercession, the grace to live
in our homes.
We ask this through Jesus Christ
Our Lord.
Amen