Since I've been here I heard a lot of people talking about leaving or not the EU and the reasons why they want lo leave. There are a lot of reasons to leave or to stay in the EU.
For example, after searching on the BBC I know that they want to leave for the issue of farming and fishing. If they leave there will be more money available for farmers and they will can also regenerate the fishing that now is not very developed. On the other hand the 73% of farmers export to the EU and was the EU to force France and Germany to lift bans on british beef.
Another important issue is the immigration. Leaving is good because in that way the number of immigrants can be checked, the public services won't be as bad as now because of immigration and the wages of british people will be higher than now but on the other side immigration is good to the economy and immigrants pay a lot of taxes.
From my point of view of spanish I think that Britain shouldn't leave the EU because it affects in a bad way Spain but maybe if I was english I wouldn't know if leave or stay in the Eu because it has the same benefits and

MY EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND

The first day I was a bit shy with the host family but then each day I was talking more with them and then I asked them some questions about England and then they asked me some questions about Spain.

The first day at school I was a bit shy too, but then I asked some questions to the English girls about how they do the lessons and some questions about the school and then they asked me some questions about some Spanish words and things of Spain too.

My experience in the trips in London I learned a lot in the museums and I had a very good time there with the other Spanish students and we did lots of activities and in our last trip in London we went shopping to Westfield and it was very big and we went to lots of different shops.


By: Cristina Izquierdo

WHAT ARE MY FAVOURITE MEMORIES FROM THE TRIP?

The best memories that I had were when I made plans with the host family and when we went all Sundays together with all the Spanish students to the trips in London and the last Sunday when we went to the shopping centre and it was really good.

I really enjoyed the Tapas Lunch too, it was really good, we ate some tapas of  Madrid and we danced Sevillanas altogether with the Spanish students.

I enjoyed the Spanish lessons at school too, because all English girls ask us some questions about some Spanish words that they don't know and they ask us some questions about Spain and the differences between England to Spain.

By Cristina Izquierdo

BRITISH WEATHER

Being honest, during these three weeks the weather has been really bad. It has been always raining and its a little bit cold (now it is 17 degrees) so we haven't had the opportunity to wearing summer clothes yet.
If you are coming to England I recommend that you bring an umbrella, a raincoat and jumpers, but British weather will depend of how lucky you are!

by Almudena Izquierdo

Shopping day

Last Sunday we went to London and visited the British Museum where we did a fun quiz.

Then, we went shopping to a really big shopping centre called Westerfield. We had a lot of fun there because there were a lot of shops but we couldn't buy many things because all the stuff was quite expensive, the shopping centre was very busy and there were very large queues, so we didn't have enough time to go to many shops.

In spite of that, we had a really good time and we had the opportunity to buy somo souvenirs for our families.

By Almudena Izquierdo

BRITISH WEATHER

Being honest, during these three weeks the weather has been really bad. It has been always raining and its a little bit cold (now it is 17 degrees) so we haven't had the opportunity to wearing summer clothes yet.
If you are coming to England I recommend that you bring an umbrella, a raincoat and jumpers, but British weather will depend of how lucky you are!

by Almudena Izquierdo

                                                                    


                                                                    CANOEING


It was on the twenty-fourth of June. We went canoeing.We were the Spanish people and Kailan. Kailan is Simon's brother in his host family. We went with Gemma and Katie but Katie didn't come to do canoeing.She came later with her mother and with her daughter. We had a lot of fun. First, we needed to change. Then, we went to a lake. We listened to the man who was explaining the rules to us. We went in our canoes and we went into the water. We were playing . I fell into the lake. The lake was very dirty. When I fell, I was very cold, Then, we went to the school and our families picked us up. This trip, was the best with the shopping centre because we had a lot of fun and we were with the Spanish people.

Daniel Rodriguez 

We are going to talk about the cultural differences between Spain and England.

England is really different from Spain in all the points of view but that's not wrong. In Spain we normally weak up later than the English people the English people also have lunch and dinner earlier they normally have al 12 am and have dinner at six or seven. The school is also different the girls in bishop’s Hatfield girl’s school have to wear uniform and the need to change of classroom every different class they have. The timetable is different at half past eight they stay together they check they are all then they have two lessons after each break or having lunch, another great difference is the weather as you know English weather normally is raining or cloudy and in Spain it is hot and sunny in summer. In England the people is more polite than in Spain because here they say always please, thank you, excuse me and sorry. Another big difference about the road the English people drive in the opposite way than we do. Finally there’s another big difference that it consist in that the English people do their activities after dinner but in Spain we do it before dinner.

In cultural they are also differences because the Spanish we have more festivities like la feria de abrl, san Isidro, saint Jordi, san fermin, el carnival, Las Fallas etc. they also have festivities but different for example red nose day, festivities of music in summer, rolling cheese…

 

CELIA MARTIN ALCAZAR AND CLARA BELLAS ACOSTA

MAIN SIGHTS TO VISIT IN LONDON

I' m going to talk about the most important sights that you must visit if you come to London. The most important and the first thing that you have to visit is the Big Ben, the Big Ben is a huge towel of 96 meters, technically, Big Ben is the name given to the enormous bell inside the clock tower. The Big Ben weighs more than 13 tons, it rings every 15 minutes and we were lucky because, when we went to visit the Big Ben we hear it. The London Eye also attracts many visitors to London, because this week we visited and it was amazing. It measure 135 meters and it has 32 pots. And this is my main sights to visit in London, and worth coming to see them.

By: Inés Valdivielso

My first day at school in England🇬🇧

This day, I woke up at 7:00, and I prepared my things to go to school. I was in the school at 8:00, and there I met my shadow. My shadow is really nice. First we had history, I did some work with my shadow. Then I had biology, I copied something and I drew a picture. Then, while we were moving to another class, started raining. The weather wasn't so good. We had the break time and I ate some chips. Next, we had maths, and we played a game about numbers. Then I had ICT core which is a lesson of computers. Then I had lunch with my shadow and her friends. Finally I had another class of computers. 

The day was so good. When I came to the school I thought that it was going to be boring, but when the classes started, I knew that it wasn't boring.

I have a good time there.

By: Marta Oliver 

Food of London and food of England: I prefer the Spanish food because is more variety here we not,all eat junk food and drinks that is more unhealthy. I like the things and sometimes we eat traditional foods of differents countries like Mexican foods, fish and chips that is very traditional here  that's good because in Spain I don't use to eat traditional foods Of orbes countries. I think that the hour of the tea is very good to learn education. One day we went to cook like nests of cereal with chocolate and eggs of chocolate, it was great, and I enjoyed a lot. I like this food but I think is unhealthier than Spain.

By Gema Oliver

Food of London and food of England: I prefer the Spanish food because is more variety here we not,all eat junk food and drinks that is more unhealthy. I like the things and sometimes we eat traditional foods of differents countries like Mexican foods, fish and chips that is very traditional here  that's good because in Spain I don't use to eat traditional foods Of orbes countries. I think that the hour of the tea is very good to learn education. One day we went to cook like nests of cereal with chocolate and eggs of chocolate, it was great, and I enjoyed a lot. I like this food but I think is unhealthier than Spain.

 

By Gema Oliver

 

The school uniform
I think it is a good idea to wear a uniform because I think it's better for the students. in my school I don't  wear a uniform so it is a new thing for me.
Some advantages are, in the morning you don't need to be thinking all the time about what what you are going to wear, also it is better because some students say to the others about how they dress and that can hurts sometimes.
Some disadvantages are that you can't be like you are, also seeing everyone dress the same is strange. But I think that wearing a uniform is a great idea.
Iciar Perez Casado.

Brexit

Since I've been here I heard too many people talking about the Brexit and the benefits of staying or leaving the EU. After hearing people and reading a bit on the BBC; in my opinion there are not many reasons for leaving the EU. I took two issues as example: the immigration and farming and fishing.

Leaving the EU has two benefits in farming and fishing: there will be more money for farmers and fishing can improve because now it's not developed. But staying has benefits too because for example the union forced countries like Germany to lift bans on British beef, and also the 73% of the farming exports goes to the EU.
In the case of immigration in one hand it can't be controlled while the UK keeps staying in the EU and it causes worse public services and lower wages for British workers. On the other hand immigrants pay more taxes and immigration is good for the economy.

From my point of view there are the same amount benefits as negatives so I think that UK shouldn't vote to leave but this is my opinion as a Spanish person.

By: Simon Bermejo.

                   IS MY ENGLISH IMPROVING?
        HOW CAN I IMPROVE IT EVEN MORE?



- I am staying here in England for three weeks, I am going to Goffs school, the school is near my house so I go waking.
- My family it's so nice! There are three boys the oldest is called Stephen, the middle brother is called Lenny, the youngest boy is called Luca and the father Kaye and Stephe also I'm learning a lot of English with the family and the school.
- To improve my English I will tried to don't be afraid when I asked something to the family and only talk in English so... What I mean is that I recommend don't talk everyday with your parents.
 By Marta Correa

Excursion Sunday 26th June 2016

On Sunday all the Spanish students took a train into London and spent the day there. Firstly they completed the London Landmark Quiz, taking in famous sights such as Big Ben and the London Eye. After lunch by the Thames river, they went on a boat along the river to Greenwich.
They walked up through Greenwich Park to the Meridian Line for a photograph (see below!) then went into the village for some souvenir shopping.
The students travelled on the DLR train, which is driverless, back to the train station to take them back to their host families. They were all quite tired at the end of the day!

Cookery lesson for Goffs students

On Thursday after school, the Goffs students had a cookery lesson. This took place in a marquee in a garden! They made chocolate nests with Mini Eggs inside. Mini Eggs are a very popular treat in Britain at Easter!
After making these, they went inside and had afternoon tea - another British pastime. They ate small cakes and drank English tea with milk and sugar. Not everyone enjoyed the taste of the tea, as they weren't used to drinking it with milk!
The students all went back to their host families with a tray of the chocolate nests they had made, to share it with them.

IS MY ENGLISH IMPROVING? HOW CAN I IMPROVE IT EVEN MORE?

I am staying here in England for three weeks and I am going to Bishop's Hatfield girls' school, which is close to the house I am staying in. 

I am living in this house with a host family and they are really nice! I am learning a lot of English because in the school everyone speaks in English and I try to do it aswell.

The main advice I could give you for improving your English on your stay in here is don't be shy with your host family and don't be afraid to make mistakes because making mistakes is the best way to start speaking a language, and English people will probably correct you so you can learn more.

By Almudena Izquierdo

British Food

On Saturday I had for dinner pizza. It was very nice and it was delicious.

On Sunday morning I had for breakfast cereals with milk (I had this every day for breakfast) then my host family prepared me a sandwich with tomato and ham and a piece of fruit for have lunch there and they bought a bottle of water for me. It was very kind from them.

Then we had roast chicken dinner very typical in England.

On Monday my host family prepared me a sandwich with tomato and ham for my lunch for school.

Then we had for dinner pasta carbonara.

On Tuesday my lunch was a sandwich of ham with lettuce.

Then I had for dinner pork with potatoes and broccoli.

On Wednesday my sandwich was chicken with lettuce for lunch.

Then we had dinner in a restaurant and we ate fish and chips which is very typical here in England.

Finally today I am having lasagne for dinner.

Cristina Izquierdo

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