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Camp diary
On August 5th, 2006 10 students travelled from Incheon, South Korea with the director of their English language institute to Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. Here they studied English language and culture with Stay & Study English Limited.
This is what we did together:
August 5th
- Arrival at Heathrow airport and transportation to the Stay & Study English camp by private bus.
- Acclimatisation, orientation and relaxation.
- Welcome barbecue; tour of Farnsfield village; early night for everyone.
August 6th
Visited Sherwood Forest’s annual Robin Hood festival by bus: activities included joining the medieval fair, actors, jugglers, musicians, apothecary, watching jousting (medieval fighting on horseback) and a lot of other entertainment.
August 7th
- English classes with Teacher Lucinda and Teacher Jim
- Played sports and games in the nearby park
August 8th
- English classes
- Met the ‘helping hands’ (‘helping hands’ are local volunteers who came to meet the students regularly. The ‘helping hands’ took the students out to do activities outside the camp, giving them one-to-one conversational English practice, experience of various cultural activities and environments, giving the students the chance to meet new people and develop in confidence.)
August 9th
- English classes
- Met the ‘helping hands’
- Met the Farnsfield Scouts (a local youth group) to play baseball & football – thank you Andrew and Scouts!
August 10th
- Visited Southwell town by public bus; joined the Southwell Minster & Abbey (a kind of cathedral) tour where we went right up onto the roof and into the bell-tower
- Followed an ‘English trail’ around Southwell, getting experience of local signs, shopping and people
August 11th & 12th
- Overnight trip to York by train, stayed in York Youth Hostel by the river
- Visited York’s National Railway Museum, gardens, park and heritage sights, sailed down the river, walked around York City’s medieval walls
- Shopping in York’s ancient city centre, through the tiny streets
August 13th
- On-camp activities organised by the Korean director, Andy
August 14th
- English classes
- Outdoor activities in the English countryside
- Listened to a talk about trains and engines entitled ‘locomotives through the ages’, thanks to our friend Mr. John Meredith
August 15th
- English classes
- Met our ‘helping hands’
August 16th
- Visited the kitchens of a working English bakery – Atherley’s, Main Street, Farnsfield
- English classes
- Activities based around food and table etiquette
- Met the Farnsfield Scouts again
August 17th
- English classes
- Story-telling and drama activities, with Mrs. Jo Kitchin and Mrs. Ann Tyler
August 18th
- English classes
- English birthday party and games with friends to celebrate a student’s birthday
- Visited a traditional English hostelry for Christin’s birthday meal and celebrations (The Plough Inn, Farnsfield)
August 19th
- Visited the White Post Farm Centre, Farnsfield ( a modern, working farm with common and rare animals to touch and feed, plus interactive learning activities)
August 20th
- Sports, games, self-study and relaxation
August 21st
- English classes
- Pond-dipping activities (to learn about English flora and fauna and conservation); fruit-picking on village farm-land
August 23rd
- English classes
- Student graduation ceremony (presentation of medals and certificates of achievement)
- Farewell and thank you to our ‘helping hands’
- Last night BBQ in the rain!!
August 24th
- Packing and farewells – the students took photographs, said their goodbyes and dried their tears for their trip south to the capital, London.
‘Helping hands’ Activities with the students:
The ‘helping hands’ took the students away from the camp to other places, where the students could get even more experience of life in England. The students could practice their English with English people, away from their student friends and away from the classroom.
The ‘helping hands’ were extremely kind and generous to our students, giving them a whole new perspective on every-day life in England. Many thanks to our ‘helping hands’ who were all volunteers.
Here are some of the activities and destinations the ‘helping hands’ enjoyed with the students (for further details go to activities page):
Magna Park, Rotherham – an interactive educational science centre
Newark aviation museum – an aeroplane museum
Maize maze – a fun maze to get walk around in, made from real maize corn
Newstead Abbey and gardens – an old and beautiful English stately home
Rufford Park
Shopping at the supermarket in Newark town
Shopping in Mansfield town centre
Shopping in Farnsfield village
Reg Taylor’s garden centre in Southwell town – here there are plants, flowers, tea-rooms and some animals to see
Visits to private homes to learn about other people’s houses, lifestyles, their pets and their neighbours!
Visits to the park
Riding on Nottingham’s new and extensive tram network
Galleries of Justice and caves of Nottingham
Visiting horse stables and grooming the horses
Cycling
Visiting the riverside at Gunthorpe
Many thanks from the Stay & Study English Director, Lucinda Kitchin, and students to
Teacher Jim Munro
Mr & Mrs Kitchin
Mr & Mrs Vitkovitch
Mr & Mrs Ellis
Mr Stubbings
Mrs Pogson
Mrs Molyneux
Tony Crump
Anne Chadwick
Julie Wilson
Julie Hardman and her lovely daughters, Kirstie & Rhianne
Marianne Sharlotte & her little ones: Zoe & Luke
Mrs Tyler & Charlotte Tyler
Monty Wright
Clare Caldicott and her guest Lina
Jo Lindsay
Pauline Atherley
John Meredith
Tony Strawson
John Sheffield
Bubbly Bob
The villagers of Farnsfield