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Communicate Chronicles INTERNATIONAL EFL SCHOOL MANCHESTER, JULY 2019

Welcome to our Newsletter!

Contributions from all of you are very welcome. Please speak to your teacher or our Academic Manager Christia if you wish to take part in the next issue. It is a fantastic opportunity to show off your English skills and the experience may enhance your CV.

Exploring the UK!

By Samuel Lopez Martin de Vidales

The frst days when I arrived in Manchester, I asked myself, what kind of tourism can I do? I didn’t know any place and had a great surprise because there a lot of beautiful places near Manchester to exploring.

My friends from academy and I decided to visit York for our frst trip. York is a historical and beautiful city. You can visit York Minster, a huge and spectacular building. before we visited York Minster we walked over the walls around the city centre, it was an amazing walk and we could enjoy fantastic views of the city. You can visit the castle or the different museums, we decided to do the last one and visited the museums. The castle museum is a visit that didn’t disappoint us. At last, we visited the railway museum, it was a curious visit where you can see the different trains in the UK history and above all, it’s free!!

Our second trip was in North Wales, this time we wanted to enjoy the nature, our frst stop was in Llandudno, we walked along the beach. The second stop was in Conwy, a small medieval city with a spectacular castle that we visited. After Conwy, we visited the Snowdonia National Park, we hiked in the mountains and enjoyed the views from the Lake. Betws Y Coed was our last stop, it is a small village near Snowdonia park where you can walk along the river, or eat traditional Wales cakes.

Last but not least, we visited Chester, another historical and charming city, we did a Roman tour and learnt about the Roman history in Chester and we visited some of the Roman ancient ruins in the city. We ate our lunch in a restaurant located in The Rows, which are buildings with a lot of shops and restaurants, with original architecture and black and white facades.

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Interview

Interview with our new teacher Raquel. Why did you choose to work in the EFL industry?

Somehow, I always knew I wanted to be a teacher ever since I was a little girl. My grandfather used to be a teacher and he has always inspired me to teach. I think teaching is never boring!

What’s the best thing about your job?

The best thing about being a teacher is defnitely seeing my students learn. That moment is what makes it all worthwhile!

What were you like in school?

I got into trouble (boring, I know). I was very quiet and shy, but friendly. In fact, I had plenty of friends, most of which I’m still friends with now!

Describe your ideal Sunday morning.

Sleeping in until 10:30 am and going out for brunch around Northern Quarter! I love eating out, especially on a Sunday!

If you could describe Communicate in 3 words, what would they be?

Great atmosphere, fun and rewarding!

What do you like to do outside of work?

I enjoy going to music festivals and gigs with my friends. Music is a great part of my life. Last year I went to four music festivals in Spain and I can’t wait for the next one!

Describing a houseBy Rawan and Jorge

My tree house is in countryside near to Manchester. It has 2 foors. The frst foor has a living room, a kitchen and fve big places.On the second foor, there is one bedroom and one bathroom.

The bedroom is small and the kitchen too. But has a big garden and has a big balcony with a great view and you can see the beautiful river and a lot of trees. It’s 1 hour from train station, so it’s better to go by car.

The river is 5-minute walk from house, but the services are very far.

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Life in Manchester

By Abdullah Alahmadi and Abdulaziz Alqarni

Manchester festival was frst festival we had

ever been in Manchester it was sunny day

since Manchester Day is an annual event that

celebrates everything great about the city. It is

a day for families, residents and visitors to get

together and celebrate all things Mancunian

that have made Manchester one of the world’s

most iconic cities an amazing day .

It was great opportunity to see different

cultures around the world , since we met our

classmates and we spent great day together

and we took a lot of pictures to remember

and one of the funny moment that we had

that Aziz had the opportunity to dance with

them .

By Xoan and Marina

Canal and Ancoat’s old MillsIf you have some time and you enjoy walking you can’t miss a historical part of Manchester City Centre. Go ahead and explore!

A bit of culture: MuseumsYou can combine science, history and nature visiting Manchester museum, the museum of the people and John Rayland’s library, all of them are free.

If you are a football fan don’t miss the National Football museum for only £10.

It deserves a visit.

Eating out Manchester offers a wide range of restaurants, pubs and cafes. One of the most popular area to enjoy a meal of a drink with friends is Chorlton. Take the metro link and get of at Charlton and discover the real Manchester.

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Useful Info

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Student of the Month

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Student of the Month for June was Tomoko Seino! Tomoko’s teacher said “ Tomoko is a very dedicated student who always works very hard and always hands in her homework. She always comes to school on time and she is the most welcoming and helpful student.’’

Well done, this is a great achievement! You should be extremely proud of yourself.

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… who to call if you have an emergency and need to contact the school out of hours?

Call our emergency number +44(0)7482660030

… who the First Aider is in school? Martina

… where the fre emergency assembly point is? On the corner of Dale Street and Paton Street

… who to contact when you have a new phone number or new address?

Email your new details to offce@communicateschool.co.uk

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Ask a Student Support Offcer to go with you

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… where you can look if you want to practise your reading?

In the library at reception

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50-word mini sagas

A beautiful day – Tomoko Seino

A blind homeless man sat on the street, with an empty can said: “Please help me, I’m blind.”Sadly, no one paid attention.A woman passed by, looked at him, re-wrote his note.People started giving him money.The note said: “It’s a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

A dog!-Tie Rubim

It is a cold and grey Sunday. I got up early

as usual, it’s raining outside. I don’t feel

good and I miss my wife. She’s out of town

for one month. I will send her an email or

maybe I will call, actually I don’t know. I

can hear the wind in the trees, and I can

hear an animal cry. But I don’t have

animals!