http://irszsc.edublogs.org Blog for the eTwinning Project between Ian Ramsey School, Stockton-on-Tees, UK and the Zeldenrust Steelantcollege, Terneuzen, Netherlands Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:45:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday 6th October we arrived in Zeebrugge and took the coach transfer to Bruges station to spend the day there before going onto Terneuzen.  Fortunately the weather was beautiful which only helped to enhance the beauty of the city.  Our day in Bruges turned into probably one of the ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/10/18/bruges/ Well, we;ve been back a week now and I feel it's time to reflect and write about our expoits in the Netherlands. On Sunday 5th October 2008, 15 pupils from Ian Ramsey and 2 staff (myself and Mr. Jones, Head of Geography) set off for Terneuzen in the Netherlands to complete ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/10/17/the-return-visit/ We returned to Stockton yesterday morning after a really successful week.  Once I get photos from Mr. Jones (He took hundreds!!!) I will blog about the activities that we did during our week in the Netherlands. http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/10/11/world-war-1-project/ If you're expecting to find "Our Victorian Adventure" here, don't worry, you've found it! I decided that since our project in the Netherlands would not be based around the Victorian era it would be better to change things a bit to make it about both projects.  I thought this new look ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/08/13/dont-panic/ After a hectic week of GCSE Speaking Exams, I have finally managed to upload all of the photos I feel I can to flickr. You can see them all much bigger than they are in the sidebar by following this link: Dutch Project (I couldn't put all ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/a-selection-of-photographs/ 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 ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/the-final-day/ 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 ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/tuesday-evening-social/ 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 ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/preston-hall-museum/ 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 ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/our-work-begins/ 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 ... http://irszsc.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/bowling/