Sprachreisen sind toll

Hier der erste Erfahrungsbericht von unseren England Schülersprachreisen nach Bournemouth:

An important part of the activities in the IP-Centre Bournemouth are the parties on Monday and Thursday. They are held in our meeting place, called “the IP Ocean”, which in fact is a huge college hall. Every party night is based on its own theme like e.g. “Black-and-White” or “Crossdressing”. Last Thursday, everyone was asked to come in  fancy dress. As you can see on the photos, different interpretations of the word “fancy” were allowed. The costumes varied from getting dressed up like an actress or actor on an award show to self-made costumes that reminded you of German carnaval.

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My time in Bournemouth
I spent two amazing weeks at IP Bournemouth where I had a lot of fun, made new friends and could enjoy the programme which the IP Team prepared for us. Even the weather was better than I expected. In the first week, I especially liked the workshop IP Summer Magazine where we collected some IP gossip as well as horoscopes, made a photo story and judged the summer fashion. Also the Nail Painting was a pleasure since I first spoiled my hands with a peeling, then I could learn how to make French Manicure and completed it with nice flower stickers. One of my favourite evening events was the Black & White Party where almost everybody dressed up in black and/or white.

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Another fun- filled week in the sunny IP Bournemouth. The week kicked off with the making of friendship bracelets.  We had beautiful bright colours of wools and beads as the students took the opportunity to show off their creativity.  Some made bracelets for their loved ones back at home and others exchanged bracelets with their new found friends.
The evening event ‘the Pyjama Party’ was admittedly one of the funniest and most enjoyable parties we have had so far.  The Ocean was transformed into a big, cosy and relaxing bedroom with colourful balloons and cuddly teddy bears.  The students arrived properly dressed for the occasion in their ‘PJs’ and as usual, they danced, danced and danced as they enjoyed the freshly prepared energy bursting fruits and vegetables.

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Last week in Exmouth

The last days in Exmouth have been very active with many different workshops and exciting evening activities. Having started with a Twister night on Saturday the students already got an initial feeling for the active upcoming activities.
One highlight was the Cluedo night. Turning the board game into a real life play, the students had to find out who murdered Taz by asking questions to the team and combining their answers.

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The Cross-Dressing Party on Friday was the perfect goodbye party for all of the students who left us last weekend. This event illustrated just how comfortable all the students had become with one another during their stay with us and highlighted the perfect melting-pot we had succeeded in creating within our multinational student community.
All the students were exceedingly enthusiastic about the theme of this rather special party and some had clearly put a lot of time and effort into designing their “look” for the evening. Both our male and female students let their imaginations run wild as they traded tips and swapped clothes. When they finally reached Oaklands House, many of them fashionably late, they strode in in some very daring outfits. Their confidence allowed them to pull off absolutely everything!

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Who works hard deserves a good rest.
Another bright week in the IP club. IP team was lucky to receive one of the bests groups during this summer: students who balance successfully between everyday hard work in the field of French language and leisure. Sometimes as a centre manager I wonder how much energy our students have: they wake up early in the morning, go to classes and then to the surf lessons or Ping-Pong tournament and still are able to sing their favourite songs on our karaoke during the evening event.

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Spanish Farewell Party
4 weeks has gone by so fast. It seems our Spanish friends have just arrived and now it is actually time to say goodbye. This month has had everything; “adventures while exploring South of England”, “new international friendships”, “Arguments” and of course “love”.
To make this farewell as nice as possible we organised together with all the students help an awesome evening event. That evening presented all the things the students liked most in the last couple of weeks. After a great Casino Night à la “Casino Royale” everybody got prepared for the Spanish party with non alcoholic Sangria, Macarena and the Ketchup Song. The Ocean was glimmering in the colours red and yellow and was full of happy chatter and laughs while pictures, collected from everybody, were projected at the wall.

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One more week has passed, and the half-way point reached! With students, group leaders, and IP team members leaving, it really does feel very different each week. Leonie, Luisa, Nicolas and Fabian – we will truly miss you!! Leaving that aside, what else happened in Bournemouth as we left the month of July and entered August?
Our Flower Power welcome party was a huge success. Students came dressed in bright and colourful hippy clothes, and all sorts of flowers lined the walls of the Ocean. In the afternoon, several students had helped us with the party preparation, and they also made flower chains for themselves to wear in the evening. Before everyone entered the hall, each person became the centre of their very own special IP flower !

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The summer on the ocean shore has its ups and downs in weather. This week was somewhere in between. On one hand the sun is shining in the afternoon, but on the other, everyday we have some slight rain. However, in the IP camp it is always hot and no rain can keep our students inside their houses. When the sun was still ‘on’ the beach volleyball gathered over 15 people, the teams that were prepared the best had received certificates in the appreciation of their talent and some sweet awards.

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Pyjama Party

Monday night saw the realisation of our eagerly-anticipated Pyjama Party.  This was definitely the perfect event for our students, given their inexhaustible love of dance!
The room was decorated using material produced by the students themselves during the Arts and Crafts workshop for last week’s Open Stage event.  The students who had been involved in the creation of these decorations seemed very pleased to see them take pride of place on the walls of our Party Room! Drawings of cuddly teddies beamed down at the dancers from one wall; a king-size bed brightened another. Let’s not forget the colourful welcome and Goodnight signs, also the work of our talented students!

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