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.