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The weather has
been very strange in the last few weeks, not Christmassy at all. We have
had fine and sunny days, then lots of wind and rain … but no snow yet as
it’s been so mild.
This Christmas
we are taking our students to a traditional pantomime, Cinderella, at the
White Rock Theatre in Hastings.
There will be a
Christmas lunch at the school on the last day of the term, followed by fun
and games in the Student Lounge.
And on 13
December we are organizing an evening party for our host families.
We hope
that wherever you are you will have a great Christmas with your family and
friends.
New Technology
 Interactive
whiteboards are the latest educational technology. Using a laptop and a
projector, you can show graphics and text on a big screen. You can also
display internet pages.
Teachers and
students can ‘write’ on the board using an electronic pen.
 Our new
interactive board will arrive on 7 December and will be in Room 2. We are
looking forward to this exciting new development and are sure it will make
learning more interesting and stimulating.
We’ve also
bought a new video camera and will be filming students and staff at the
school and round and about in Eastbourne. Some of the video material will
be included on our website so keep an eye this site
Flood in Eastbourne
This summer has
been hot and dry but on 7th August the weather changed suddenly.
At 1.00 pm there was a heavy storm. In thirty minutes we had 25% of the
total average annual rainfall – that’s a lot of water.
At the back of
the school there was a sudden flood and water went quickly into the Learning
Centre. Soon the whole of the Learning Centre was under 25cm of water.
All the
computers were destroyed and the carpets badly damaged. Luckily, we have
good insurance and we were able to replace everything we had lost. We
have now installed new computers. New carpets were laid on 18th
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Staff News
Louise Hammond
and Glynis Chuter are both going to have babies.
Louise is leaving us at the end of December as her baby is due at the
end of January. Glynis will be taking maternity leave from March and
having her baby in April.
We wish them
both the best of luck.
Catherina
Ashford
will be joining us as Registrar at the beginning of December to take over
from Louise. She has worked in publishing and conference organizing.
Michael Nutt
will be away from January to March 2007. He has decided to stay at home to
look after his young son, Simon.
Patsy Dinc
inherited a piano and has donated it to the school. It arrived in November
and has just been tuned. Thanks to Patsy for her generosity.
Graham
White
has been busy promoting the school this year in Ukraine, Turkey,
Switzerland, Latvia, and Germany. Next year he will be off to Spain and
South Africa.
British Council Inspection
The school
is inspected every four years. Inspectors spend two days at the school
checking that everything is running smoothly. Our next inspection is due in
June 2007. For more about British Council inspections, click
here.
70 years of E S o E
In June 2006 we
celebrated our 70th anniversary with parties for students and
friends of the school. Read the
Summer 2006 newsletter for
photos of the events.
Bulgarian teacher awarded Dorothy Rippon Scholarship
Svetla
Mavrodieva, an English language teacher from Sofia, Bulgaria, was delighted
to be awarded a scholarship to follow a two-week teacher training course in
Practical Methodology and Advanced Language Practice in August 2006.
Pictured here
with ESoE trainer Mitch Mitchell, Svetla told us she benefited enormously
from her stay in Eastbourne.
Happy Christmas from us
all …. Graham, Glyn, Christine, Glynis, Louise, Roy, Keith, James, Lindsay,
Rolf, Patsy, Gill, Mitch, Mark, Graham, Michael, Katherine and Luis. |
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