Apr
29
The final day
April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
Wednesday day approached and everyone felt sad that the day had come when we had to say goodbye.
However, first of all there were the projects to finish. Once all of the projects were finished (and very ompressive they were too) they were printed out and also copied on to Disc so that everyone could have [...]
Apr
29
Tuesday Evening Social!
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tuesday evening arrived and suddenly we realised that it was it was our last evening together. Mr. Jone made a fabulous video – I will put a shorter version of if on this blog as soon as I have time to!
Thank you again to all of the wonderful parents who brought along food for the [...]
Apr
26
Preston Hall Museum
April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In the afternoon, Mrs. Butterfield and Mr. Jones took the group to Preston Park, in order to visit Preston Hall Museum, in particular the Victorian Street. Pupils were treated to a lovely description about how the water pumps were used un Victorian Times and the spread of Cholera (nice). We were also lucky enough to [...]
Apr
26
Our work begins
April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today, Mrs. Butterfield and Mr. (Geography) Armstrong headed to the LRC for a morning of work on projects. Our Dutch teachers had bought some fantastic resources with them and also had a webquest about the Life of Charles Dickens on the Zeldenrust Steelantcollege’s VLE to use to help everyone. There were several tasks to complete, [...]
Apr
23
Bowling
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
On Monday evening we all went bowling at Teesside Park. After watching some “dodgy characters” leave we all happily went in to bowl, preparing for our 2 games by handing over one shoe and being presented with some stylish blowling shoes.
We were able to spread ourselves over 7 lanes and even Mrs. Butterfield [...]
Apr
22
Beamish
April 22, 2008 | 4 Comments
On Monday our eTwinners headed off to Beamish Open Air Museum.
After registration with partners and a welcome in the LRC from Mr. Davison everyone went off to Beamish with Mr. (Geography) Armstrong and Mrs. Parker. Many picures were taken and hopefully I’ll be able to add some of [...]
Apr
20
And so it begins…
April 20, 2008 | 22 Comments
At just before 7.30pm this evening, 20 pupils and 2 teachers from the Zeldenrust Steelantcollege drew up outside Ian Ramsey, to be greeted by their English hosts, Mrs. Butterfield, Mr. Armstong and Mr. Davison. Nerves were running high (especially for Mrs. Butterfied) however, after the initial greetings, pupils were “paired-up” and all headed off home [...]
