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70th
Anniversary
Eastbourne
School of English
was established in 1936 and in June this year we celebrated our 70th
anniversary.
We had a
large marquee in the garden and organised two parties.
The first
party was for our students. Everyone dressed in black and white, like an
old film from the 1930’s, and we danced to swing music from the same time.
On the next
evening we had a party for our teachers (old and new) host families,
friends and representatives of the school.
We also
released 70 balloons, each with a tag with a message of goodwill from our
students. The balloons travelled north from Eastbourne and we heard that
one landed near Gatwick Airport.
Special Group Courses
This year
we have had more groups than usual.
In January
we had a group of Swiss students from Wil, following a course to help
them pass the BEC Business English examination.
A group of
Ukrainian teachers came to us for two weeks in February. They all teach
English to students of metallurgy and architecture in universities in
Dnipropetrovsk.
In April we
had a group of Italians for just one week from Mariano Comense. They
really enjoyed their time with us and entertained us by singing traditional
Italian songs.
June
brought us a group from a business college in Burgdorf in
Switzerland.
Summer
groups include Gianni Sandini’s group from Bassano del Grappa in
Italy and two groups from our partners Meridian in Latvia.
In the
autumn we will welcome another group of First Certificate students from
Wil in Switzerland, accompanied by their teacher Alison Taylor.
Happy Birthday to the Queen
On 21 April
The Queen was 80 years old. And we had a party to celebrate. We had
lots of flags and decorated the Student Lounge and hall in red, white and
blue.
We drank a
special toast to Her Majesty. The winner of a quiz about the royal family,
Gemma Vega from Spain, was Queen for a day.
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Our
programme for 2007 is available now. Just
click
here for all the details. We have
decided not to change the programme next year so the range of courses will
be the same as in 2006.
Staff News
Lindsay
Carter
is back
with us as Assistant Social Organiser, helping James with our Social
Programme. Lindsay will soon finish her English degree and will then train
as a teacher.
We are very
pleased that Dean Holdsworth and Holly Nathan are teaching for us
again this summer. They have been teaching in Northern Italy, near
Lake Garda, and are planning to return there after the summer
Nick Morris
has returned with his family from Spain. He is with us during the summer
and will then start a teacher training course. Good luck Nick!
Mark Hill’s
daughter, Honey, was born on 14 February 2006. Honey has already the
visited the school with her mother, Mog.
Glynis Chuter was ill in May and June. We’re delighted to say that
she is now fully recovered and back at her desk again. Louise Hammond
worked extra hard while Glynis was away to keep the office running
efficiently.
A Special Goodbye
Hussain Al
Makrami
is our ‘oldest’ student. He started in January 2005 and finished his course
in June 2006. When he left he organised a party for staff and students and
presented the school with a display case of golf clubs. We wish him luck
with his MA course in Portsmouth University in September.
Graham on his travels
Graham White has
been travelling to promote the school. So far this year he has been to
Ukraine, Switzerland, and Germany.
In
September he is off to Turkey to meet new agents. This event will be
organised by Quality English, the association which promotes independent
high-quality language schools. Visit their website at
www.quality-english.com for
more information about all our partner schools in the QE network. Graham will also be representing the school at trade fairs in
Brighton in August and Berlin in November.
Have a great summer
Enjoy the
sunshine wherever you are. This week in Eastbourne we have had temperatures
of nearly 30 degrees. Phew!
Good wishes from Graham,
Glyn, Christine, Glynis, Louise, Roy, Keith, James, Lindsay, Rolf, Patsy,
Gill, Mitch, Mark, Graham, Michael, Katherine, Sara, John, Dean, Holly, Nick
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