Fridays are short days at Bell Language School, and students' lessons finished at 1pm. As it is the end of the 12-week term at Bell, many of the other students studying at Bell are returning home this weekend, and so there were lots of farewells and goodbye's. As the classes will be started anew from next Monday, students can look forward to meeting a new mix of people, and we think they are very lucky to have the chance to study with two different sets of students.
The main event of the day was punting- a traditional pastime in Cambridge involving the use of a long, narrow boat and a pole to propel it slowly along the river. The biggest attraction of punting is the tranquil atmosphere and the feeling of time passing very slowly, a feeling that is magnified in the low light of long, warm British afternoons. Of course, that tranquility can be a little disturbed when students crashed into each other's boats, but I believe everyone had a great time trying to steer and control their punts. A notable mention goes out to a couple of the boys, who by the end of the session has learned how to control their punts quite well. We hope that students take the opportunity in their free time next week to have another try at punting and possibly take some of their classmates with them.
In the evening we all ate at Murray Edwards College, part of the University of Cambridge, with other students resident there. It was a nice experience for students to eat in the actual university and see a glimpse, however, brief, of life there. After dinner, there was something of a mini chess tournament going on between some of the girls, who have got really interested in the game since they played it a few days ago at Bell school. As chess is really good for the brain, we want to see them keep playing!
シェフの和子さんに感謝とお礼の言葉 ベルスクールでの交流 パンティング(絶好日和)
いよいよパンティングの始まりです。うまくコントロールできるかな?
今回は、誰も川に落ちませんでした。とても楽しかったようです。 ポスト発見!絵はがきを出す
メリーエドワード大学の食堂での夕食風景
夕食後のチェスの戦い
「今日のハプニング」
★イスラムのお祈りがあり、欠席した生徒が多かったと言っていました。授業よりお祈りの方が大切なんだっと新しい発見をしました。
★イスラムの生徒は、断食の時期なのでお昼を食べることができないと聞いて驚いていました。
★来週の月曜日からは、新しいクラスでの授業が再開される予定です。また、新しい受講生が入校してくるのでしょうか。
★パンティングで川に落ちる生徒は、いませんでした。今年は、事前の講習(ダッツン先生から)が良かったせいか、うまくコントロールできていました。
★メリーエドワード大学のカフェテリアで食べる夕食は、特別なものです。かえつ生だけが体験できると聞いて驚いていました。
★明日は、ウィンザーへの1日観光とホームステイ先への移動があります。忙しいですね。