European Partners Visit Our School

The end of May was a very special time for our school. Yes, tests were over for KS2 and the Jubilee Party was coming up very soon. The weather was great and everyone was enjoying the sunshine and the outside play.

But I'm talking about something else. A European something else!

A group of 15 teachers from our partner countries have visited our school for the first time. Six teachers came from Spain, three from Italy, two teachers and two students from Poland and one teacher from Turkey. Some of them had already been to London, but quite a few of them were visiting our beautiful city for the first time. We just had to make it truly memorable for them!

On Monday, 28th May 2012, the teachers had a big meeting at the Holiday Inn Express with Mr Cook and Mrs Thomson. They needed to talk about the first year of the partnership and decide on next year's activities. When the meeting was over, they all set off for a yummy lunch cooked by Patsy and her team, followed by a quick tour of the school and classrooms. Mr Cook, Mrs Grehan and Mrs Thomson proudly showed the school to the European teachers, introducing them to some children and showing them how we teach in the UK.

That afternoon, Mrs Thomson took a group on a Thames River Cruise all the way to Greenwich. In the evening, Mr Cook, Mrs De Silva, Mrs MacDonald and Lyn joined everyone for a typical pub dinner at The Ship! Fish & Chips was a winner and so was Pimm's!

Tuesday, 29th May 2012, was Jubilee Day at St. Faith's! Everyone was really excited! Children and adults came wearing British colours (red, white and blue) or royal fancy dress. We had a special Jubilee Assembly at 9am to which we invited our European guests. After we sang the National Anthem, Mr Cook asked the School Councillors from each KS2 class to help hand out some souvenirs to the visiting teachers. As you already know from my previous posts, we had lots of fun activities that day, including a Crown Competition judged by Loles, Przemek, Monica, Anna and Ahmet.

It was 3pm and, sadly, time to say goodbye to our visitors. It was great having them around, wasn't it? They were all extremely kind, interested and always smiling! Can they come back soon, please?!

Sending lots of love to everybody!

Mrs Thomson xx