THE NETHERLANDS BY CLARET SCHOOL, SPAIN

A MONTH HAS GONE, EXAMS , WORK, ESSAYS TO BE DONE..., OLYMPIC WEEK. STRESSFUL, BUSY  AND ALSO  FUNNY  TIMES AT CLARET SCHOOL, SCHOOL YEAR HAS COME TO AND END BUT STILL IN OUR MEMORIES OUR FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS:
THE FAMILIES, THE BICYCLES, THE FANTASTIC SCHOOL, THE LOVELY FOOD, THE CLOSE LINK TO STUDENTS , THE HIGH QUALITY ACTIVITIES YOU OFFERED... 
FROM THE VERY FIRST MINUTE THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WAS EXCELLENT. WE LOVED THE DRAMA AND DANCING WORKSHOP, THE VISIT TO DEN BOSCH, THE EXHIBITION AT SCHOOL, WORKING IN THE HUGE AND LOVELY ART CLASSROOM, THE VISIT TO THE HAGE, THE HUMANITY HOUSE WHERE THEY LEARNED WHAT BEING A REFUGEE INVOLVES. ALSO THE GOOD TIME WE HAD AT MADURODAN...

THANK YOU THE NETHERLANDS!!!
ENJOY THE SUMMER YOU ALL:GERMANY, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS AND UK, AND BE READY FOR OUR SECOND COMENIUS YEAR!!SPAIN IS WAITING FOR  YOU!!

Tuesday - Our Second Day

Today was the first day of activities in The Netherlands. We got to the school ( most of us travelling by bike). The coaches took us to a place called Tilburg.

Day 1 - The English travel to Germany

We arrived ready for the trip at normal time on the Monday and we stored our suitcases and went to first lesson. Everyone was very excited and found it hard to concentrate. We had a 2 hour journey to Stanstead airport and we were all so looking forward to the trip that we could hradly sit still. At the airport we checked in unadventfully and only a few people had their bags searched. We had lunch at the airport and on the plane we were all delighted to recive a free Ryanair magazine.

Arriving in Holland the airport officials were very curious and one stopped half of our group at the border control to ask for parental permission. Everything was sorted and with much laughter the journey to the school passed quickly. The students we were staying with were ready to great as and we all went straight bavk with them to their homes. We all unpacked, met the families we were staying with and had dinner. In the evening many groups did different things but I went to a strange bowling alley. The rules, lanes and scoring systems were different and the lights made all the bright colours we were wearing glow. We had already realised how amazing everyones English was and one lady was so delighted at testing her English on real English people that she offered to buy everyones drinks. That evening we met many new people from the other countries and learnt that the other schools had arrived earlier and had gone on a treasure hunt aroung the local town. When we all  went back to our hosts houses we were all really tired and looking forward to the rest of the week.

MEMORIES FROM OUR TRIP TO GERMANY

This week the students who went to Germany last March have been working ready in order to let ready this board with their memories from their amazing trip to Germany. They had a good time remembering all good moments they shared over there with the students from UK, Italy, The Netherlands, and Germany. Thanks again Germany for making this possible as they were amazed with the towns they visited , the organization , all the cooperative work on the Comenius project, the exhibitions, and how nicely they were welcomed by their host families.

Another group of students is now getting things ready to fly to The Netherlands next May. Happy Easter to everyone from Gran Canaria, Spain!

Photographs from the visit to Germany

Here some photographs from the visit to Germany.
taken by Mr. van der Heijden

LLP visit to Germany

Day 2 opinions ...

Opinions of the trip to Münster:

Max Müller (Germany): It was really impressive, because of the many bikes. It was good that we had so much freedom to go around there. I don’ t like the long ways of the university, because they are really too long.

Carolina Torres Alemán (Spain): It was really interesting, because we saw the most important monuments in the city. Then we have a bit of time for fun and we enjoyed looking for some shops. It was a nice day that I had with my friends…

Kira Mulcahy (England): It was fun looking around the very historic city and seeing all the monuments and buildings. I also liked that after the tour we were able to go shopping and look around ourselves and we could buy souvenirs for our families. Also I made lots of new friends so it was a very good day!!!!!!  :)

Sofia Netti (Italia) : I was impressed by the beauty of the cathedral of Münster. It´s a very nice city, full of many monuments and building. I enjoyed going around all together in the city. The journey was a bit too long but we could speak and have fun a lot. It´s a very good day J

Imke van Dijk (the Netherlands): The stories of the historical buildings were not very interesting but the buildings were beautiful and just a little bit interesting. I liked it to go shopping in the city centre with my new friends !! And the train was funny because I´ve talked a lot with the people from different countries. It was a nice day!!

Day 2

Day 2

March 18, 2014 by Cristina and Tjorven with help from Kira and Rebecca

Today we went to the city of Münster. At 9.07 we took the train to Bielefeld. There, we had to take a train at 9.58 but we took a train to Düsseldorf. As someone saw that this train didn’t go to Münster all students and teachers were very scared. We arrived in Bochum and then we changed the train back to Hamm. In Hamm we took the right train to Münster and we reached Münster at 12.30. When  we arrived we were divided in 3 groups to do a tour around the city. There were a lot of bikes, and the guide told us that most of the people had 2 bikes. We visited some churches and the cathedral of Münster which was very beautiful. After the tour, we were divided again in groups of 4 or more people. We had 2 hours to go shopping, eat something and buy souvenirs. It was very fun and interesting. 

First we made a sightseeing-tour with a tour guide trough Münster. The tour guide showed us historic Münster. We saw very huge, old buildings, but we had to be very careful, because if you only are looking on these amazing houses you will get into an accident with a bike. In Münster there are many bikes and you have to be very careful. After the sightseeing-tour we had time to go shopping or to eat something. We were searching for a Kebab Shop and in a little street we found one. Some ate a kebab and some ate a pizza. It was really delicious and everyone was well-fed...

The Spanish wanted to buy gifts and souvenirs, and so we went to a gift and souvenir shop. Not only the Spanish bought something there, also the German bought something for their friends and their families. We had to find our way back to the train station, but we are really smart and so we found the way back :)

The journey back to Lemgo was not so exciting, because we took the right trains and reached our destination.

In the evening most students were very tired and went home to sleep, but some even did something like watching a film or looking around their new home…