27th June

Today we met only Richard and Kami at the bus station to go to the sikh centre. There each of us wrote a letter to thank Mar and Noemi for the trip to England and we read it to them. After lunch we went to the swimming pool to spend the afternoon and relax. We enjoyed very much this day.

The teachers congratulated some students because they had a very good behavior during the stay in England: Francesc, Èrika, Eugenia and Josep.

By Fadila and Berta

LONDON, 25th and 26th June

Dear diary,

On Wednesday we caught the bus to London. The trip was long, it took 6 hours, but we had a stop to relax and have lunch. When we arrived in London we went to the Science Museum where we could play with a lot of good and interesting games about science and then we visited the plasticity museum, it was so funny. After that we went to The Pizza Hut and we had dinner. The food was really good and we enjoyed it a lot. Later, we went for a walk through London and we visited the London eye. We liked it because there were a lot of lights and it was very nice. At night we went to the Youth Hostel not to sleep but at one the fire alarm rang and all the 800 people in the building had to go out to the street.

On Thursday we started the day having a horrible breakfast in the hostel. Then we caught the bus again to visit some of beautiful places in London. We visited the Tower bridge, the houses of Parlament, the Buckingham Palace. Then we had lunch at Hyde park and returned to Huddersfield. When we arrived in Huddersfield we went to an Indian Restaurant for the farewell dinner. The food was very spicy. At the end of the day all of us were very tired and our families come to pick ¡us up to our houses. Our first trip to London has been a good experience because it’s a very nice place.

By Pol,Josep, Núria and Mercès.

24th June SAINT JOHN!

Dear diary,

Today it has been a great day. I enjoyed it a lot because I had some new friends from Holmfirth High School. There we played the drama we prepared the previous day. In the afternoon we played rounders and went to the computers room. The P.E. class was the best of the day.

By Pere

23rd June
Dear diary,
We woke up at 7:45. Then we went downstairs, we had breakfast (milk with cornflakes).
At 8:30 we caught the bus to the town centre. We met all the students and then we went to the Sikh centre, and we did drama because tomorrow we are going to another school to perform it. One group got prizes because they did the best work in York.
In the afternoon we went to a museum, we did some activities that people did one hundred of years ago. Despite we thought it could be boring, it was quite good and funny. And finally we got on the bus to go home, we had dinner and went to the bed.
It was a great day.
By Toni, Joan Mestre, Vicenç and Andrei

SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear diary,
Sunday is the day to spend with our families, so each one has lived a different experience: swimming, going shopping, going to the park, going to church, having a typical English breakfast, visiting an art gallery, playing with the play station, watching the football match, going to see a rugby match, eating hot dogs and pies, going bowling, going to an hospice where people were celebrating a party for charity, walking along the narrow cannal, having a big dinner after non having had lunch, gooing to the moors, visiting the Red House, going to the Coal Mining Museum, going to the coast town Blackpool (theme park), eating fish and chips, visiting their teachers, visiting castles, going to an Indian wedding, visiting a farm...; some of them were happy not to see the teachers that day, others stayed at home... They also took the chance to interview their families about education in the past in England and today.

We also had a good day although it was really windy; we had a drink in a pub, we walked and ran home and finally met some students and their families for dinner.

Mar and Noemi

21st June
Dear diary,

Today we met at the bus station and we walked for a while to catch the train to Leeds. Leeds is very beautiful but we couldn't see it well because it rained. We saw the birds show and I think it was very good; it took near the Armourish museum. The museum can be very interesting for people who like guns, wars, knights,... On that day we had problems because four students went to a Mcdonalds instead of visiting the museum without permission. Other two students were rude to the teachers. Richard said that bowling was cancelled and we had to come back home. I think that he could have let some of us go to the bowling. However his decision can be good for us because we learnt a lesson.

By Èrika

20th June
Dear diary,
This morning we took the coach to Bradford where we visited the Industrial Museum. We saw a lot of different kinds of engines, old cars, old motorbikes and trains. Then we went to the back-to-back houses where people used to live. I took some photos.
In the afternoon, we did a TV workshop at the Film, Photography and Television Museum. I liked this trip because I learned how people lived a lot of years ago, for example they worked about 10 or 15 hours a day! In these mills, people had to talk using signs because of the noise. I had a really nice day.
By Eugenia

19th June

Dear diary,
This morning we went to York, we visited the walls , the Minster, the Shambles, the Clifford tower,... Richard explained to us a little bit of England history. The Minster is a very big cathedral with a lot of windows, doors, towers,... After lunch, we did some work; we drew two pictures each of the monuments in York and then we had some free time: going shopping, eating, and going to the park. We think it is a charming city.

By Ramon F. and Marc

18th June

Today it's been a rainy day. At 10:30pm we went to the Almondbury High School. The students of the center showed us their school: the classrooms, the gym, the swimming pool, the technology classrooms...
Later,they prepared a lunch for us. The lunch was very good.
After the tour and the meal we went to Galpharm Stadium for a tour, photos and activities together. They were celebrating their centenary. Two workers explained and showed to us everything about the stadium: the pitch, the changing rooms, the trophies,...
We had a lot of fun and we want to remember that time because we think that meeting new people is very funny and we enjoyed it. The day was very tiring. Once at home, we sat in front of the TV and watched a football match.
By Ainhoa, Laura, Nil, Elsa, Judit V. and Cristina

The teachers got a very good piece of news on this day: AINHOA HAS BEEN THE ESO WINNER IN CATALONIA OF THE “CONCURS D'ORATÒRIA”. All the teachers congratulate her for so big achievement.

Mar and Noemi

17th June

Dear diary,

This morning when we arrived at the bus station, we were happy to see our friends. In front of the school, one man asked us if we were wearing shoes; we thought he was crazy but eventually he was an actor. All of us played games, we did a little bit of drama,... Mar and Noemi prepared some Catalan food for some English students who were visiting us. Their school was called Holmfirth and they were interested in learning Spanish. We ate English food and they ate Catalan food and they liked it. All of us played games and we had some conversations.

By Anna Crisitna, Anna, Elisabet and Judit J.

16th June 2008
Dear diary,

Today I have caught my first bus in Huddersfield, I met my friends at the bus station and we went to the Sikh Centre. Richard and kami explained a lot of things about the programme. Then I have my first English packed lunch and I enjoyed it. In the afternoon we did a quiz in the centre of Huddersfield. Finally we went shopping. Then I met Alan, my host brother, and we went home. After dinner we went Adam playing cricket. I didn`t like it because it was very cold.
By Yaina Jawo and Francesc

OUR DIARY IN HUDDERSFIELD

15th June 2008
Dear diary,
Today we left Santa Coloma in order to fly from Reus to Huddersfield. While the plane was taking off, a lot of people cried; most of us had never been on a plane before. Then we arrived at the airport in Liverpool called John Lennon, where we met Kami, our instructor. We caught the bus, our destiny was Huddersfield. First we were afraid because the cars were driving on the left side on the road. When we got there, we waited for our host families. It was funny to watch the face of the students with their first impressions..... I think that this trip will be very good and very exciting.
By Jaume Vilaro, Blai and Jaume M.