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

Apreciadas familias,

Cerramos un capítulo más, un año más, de nuestros Cursos de Idiomas Padre Manyanet y... ¡ya van 50!

Quiero agradecer desde aquí, la dedicación, la profesionalidad, el interés y el trabajo bien hecho de todos y cada uno de los Directores y Monitores de los Grupos en los diferentes países.

Así pues, con el deseo de que los objetivos propuestos se hayan cumplido, espero que se haga realidad en cada uno de vuestros hogares el ideal de San José Manyanet: que cada familia sea como la de Nazaret (“Un Nazaret en cada hogar”).

¡Que paséis en familia un feliz verano!

¡Hasta siempre!

P. Antonio Sorribes

Director

AVISO DE ÚLTIMA HORA

CANCELACIÓN DEL VUELO A MADRID

Lamentamos comunicarles la cancelación, por parte de la compañía aérea, del vuelo BA464 previsto para hoy sábado día 26 de julio de 2014 London Heathrow - Madrid.

Los alumnos viajarán mañana domingo día 27 de julio en el vuelo BA462 con llegada prevista a la T4 de Madrid Barajas a las 18.35h.

BA0462 - London Heathrow a Madrid

Llegada domingo 27 julio

Última actualización: 16:32 GMT

 Salida

British AirwaysBoeing 767 jet

Salida desde	London Heathrow
Terminal de salida	5
Salida programada(Hora local)	15:10 domingo 27 julio

 Llegada

British AirwaysBoeing 767 jet

Llegada a	Madrid
Llegada a terminal	4S
Llegada programada(Hora local)	18:35 domingo 27 julio

LAST DAY

Dear Parents:

Today we have had three hours of English classes. The two first hours we have been practising our performances because after lunch it would be the premiere, and the third one we had a little party with our teacher. Then we had lunch, we ate the typical food  FISH AND CHIPS! It was a good way to end our last meal.

After lunch we did our performances. 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 David Sanz received an award for been the  best student and to complete the afternoon Mai (English teacher) made a speech to say thank you to everybody.

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

See you tomorrow.

The Leaders.

ALTON TOWERS!!

Dear families,

Today we woke up earlier and we had breakfast at the kitchen of our flats because at 7:45 we had to catch the coach to go to ALTON TOWERS!

We arrived there at ten o’clock and we entered into the park. After the explanations of the leaders, we started the adventure. We separate in groups to go to roller coasters like Rita, Nemesis, Thirteen, Oblivion or The Smiler, the newest of the park which has 14 loops. At 1:00, we met all in the entrance to see that we were all right, and then we had lunch. Later we could continue the exciting experience until 4:45, when we all met to leave the amusement park.

We arrived at BCU at 7:00 and we had dinner. We are all very tired, so today we are not going to see any film and we are going to go to the bed earlier.

See you soon

Hugs and kisses

Lisbeth Escobar, Alba Fuente and Daniel Esteban.