Beverley School Middlesbrough

England

Comenius projectGet-Set-GO Travel App11-15 November 2013

Bluebell hotel in MiddlesbroughThis is the hotel where all the people from Spain (Catalonia), Portugal, Poland, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands of course slept.

Beverley School

It is a new building. The ground floor is for primary education (primary classes) The first floor for secondary education (secondary classes).

StaffroomThere are a lot of staff at Beverley School, sometimes as many as four adults for eight pupils all in one class!

Comenius project

In one of the display cases in the hallway showed the partner countries in our project.

HostessWendy of the Beverley School welcomed us. She is the co-ordinator of the project.

Early Years classroom. Class 1 This is the classroom for pupils 4 and 5 years old.

Class 1Students from the first class using their PECs books to ask for snack.

Leerlingen uit die groep.

Class 2Lots of individual help for pupil’s with their work..

Workstation The students do not have a fixed place, they sit where a spot is free to learn to work on their own tasks.

Computer In a separate room, the computer. Pupil’s can work without distraction in a room joined to the classroom.

Choice boardThere are photos to help the pupils choose and request what they want to play with.

Soft play roomThis space is used to interact with pupils on a 1:1 or in a small group to help their communication skills.

Class 6In the older groups there are more workstations. These pupils are 9 & 10 years old.

PlaygroundsSafe places to play surround the school. There are many small and large areas so that a range of activities can take place.

The Common Room The students of the secondary classes may stay inside when it is playtime in the Common Room.

Food TechnologyHere delicious thing s are cooked and baked like pizza and cookies.

CaféOn Wednesday mornings each week, all students in the school are welcome to eat in the cafe. The students of the Secondary classes prepare the food, take the order, serve and collect the money as well as part of their work related learning.

LunchAll students take a turn to go for lunch in the canteen. There is a wide choice of food it is very busy and noisy but everyone knows what to do.

Wynyard HallAll together, we went to a beautiful country house for Afternoon Tea. Sandwiches and cakes with tea or coffee.

Afternoon TeaA delicious English treat.

Performance Pupils and teachers have prepared a musical performance evening in the school gym. Parents of the students who participate are also invited.

Christmas DinnerWe tasted an English Christmas dinner, The evening was enlivened by a ukulele band.

Tour of MiddlesbroughStudents from Beverley School designed a tour of the local area and acted as Tour Guides. They made a tour leaflet to accompany the tour.

Captain James CookAccording to the British Captain James Cook discovered Australia (according to the Dutch he was not). He was born at least in Middlesbrough.

Tour near the River TeesThe football stadium "Boro“ as they call the local team and a great work of art in the foreground, Temenos.

Transporter bridgeA very famous bridge over the River Tees. The cars hang from the bridge to be moved to the other side in a “cradle” suspended from the top.