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Saturday Soiree

Monday, July 25th, 2011

It may not have been Cinderella’s glass slipper, or Spain’s World Cup – but, somone walked out of our Saturday night soiree with a grand prize, and others with great big smiles on their faces…

Every week, XUK English is happy to have an end of week ball…. (more…)

And the Citizen of Week 2 is…….

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

PAOLO ANDOLFO!!!!  Congratulations to Paolo who received a huge amount of support in the staff vote last night and collected his prize from Stuart, our Teen Boy Team Leader, at tonights talent show.  Paolo has been a pleasure to have on camp this week and has been a really lovely boy, sharing, caring and being very happy and helpful.  Well done Paolo and we look forward to welcoming you back next year.

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London Life!

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Thursday, July 21st, 2011~

“Knock, knock, knock” was the sound that was heard on the doors of fifty-two students yesterday morning at 6:20.  All their dorm leaders woke them, and had them get ready for the exciting day that lie ahead… (more…)

Shopping, sightseeing and sizzling!

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

We’ve had a great day out in the local city of Norwich - it’s the medieval capital city of East Anglia and we saw the magnificent Norman cathedral, boasting the largest cloisters in England, the second tallest spire in the country and an amazing 1,200 carved stone roof bosses – one of the greatest art treasures of medieval Europe.   (more…)

Start your engines!!

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

We are just about to head off to bed but there’s always time for a quick post to our followers!  We’ve had a group of children burning some rubber around the track of our local go karting circuit.  We had some really top drivers out there so well done everyone! (more…)

Mad Monday!

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Monday, July 18th, 2011

The day started off with a bang – that is, bangers for breakfast, along with toast and English porridge prepared by our dedicated chef on site.
After breakfast, the kids were all taken to their various English lessons taught by our staff of seven ESL teachers, Belinda & Caitlin from Melbourne, James from Essex, Peter from Stirling, Ruxandra from Bucharest, Christina from Brazil and Lisa from Seattle, WA.

The kids were given an initial assessment test, and by the time they finished, they were ready for their second hour of English lessons!  (more…)