This week we welcomed young Japanese girls and boys on the Sakura Tour. They have a separate class taught be Sue. Sue is also takeing them on interesting afternoon activities including canoeing on the Maroochy River, a tour of the beautiful green Sunshine Coast hinterland, a swim at Kings Beach and a visit to Australia Zoo to see … Continued
Dear friends and students. I returned to Switzerland 2 month ago. It’s very nice here, but not the same like in Australia. I miss all the students, teachers (yes Patty, its true, I even miss the gramar-lessons;-) ) and all the nice things all day. I work now for the biggest insurance company in Switzerland. This company is in … Continued
Pictures from top left: Girls using icypole sticks to eat noodles for breakfast. Dion, the lifeguard explains where to swim. Students check out a jetski. The view from the lifeguards’ tower. Group photo with Dion. Students preparing Thank You Cards Despite a rather wet day today we did manage to visit the lifeguards at Kings … Continued
Picture: Jennifer, Sue, Noriko, Adreyan, Hana, Andrea, Kyohei, Suguru, Sophie, Jennifer and Louis Sue’s Elementary Class did a treasure hunt in the main street of Caloundra earlier this week. They had a number of tasks to do. For example, they had to find information from the council chambers, learn how to join the library, research job … Continued
Last week Patty’s Intermediate class studied about the success of IKEA furniture shops. To extend their knowledge Patty decided to take her students to one of the most popular fashion shops of recent times: TRADE SECRET. Thier shop on the Sunshine Coast is located at Kawana. Looking at the pictures you can see how much fun … Continued
On Thursday, 17 July the visiting Kimpo students travelled to Australia Zoo – Home of the Crocodile Hunter to see all sorts of wonderful animals from Australia and the world. Some cuddled koalas while others took photos with kangaroos of fed young animals in the Animal Nursery – all of them had a great time. … Continued
Hi everyone. I´m back home in Colombia now. I have an intereting job and I bought a new car. I´m very excited about that. My trip to Los Angeles was long, about 30 hours.My plane took off at 11:00 am on Saturday (Caloundra time) and I arrived to my hotel in Los Angeles at 12:AM (4:00 … Continued
Student – Teacher relationships have to be one of the best parts of teaching. Friendships are formed and nurtured: experiences shared and memories treasured when in years to come we remember the ‘good old times’. This campus opened September 07 and since then we have had the opportunity to meet and, in time, farewell wonderful … Continued
Hello, I’ve been busy recently. I thought I would get a farm job easily as long as I went to Bundaberg before I came here but the weather wasn’t good this year so some of farming areas have smaller crops of vegetables than usual. Bundaberg’s workers hostels arrange jobs but some of hostels don’t have enough jobs … Continued
THIS EMAIL WAS RECEIVED BY PATTY AND MAGALI SAID IT WAS OKAY TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE. MAGALI, FROM NEW CALEDONIA, WAS IN PATTY’S EAP CLASS Hello everybody !! Sorry but, since I arrived in New Caledonia I’ve been very busy !! I wanted to send you some news earlier but….days are too short!!! … Continued
Top Left: Leonado the linesman with a flag in one hand and a beer in the other. Top right: I didn’t want to give up the shield to Noosa. Bottom left: The Noosa captain is carried high. Bottom Right: The winning team The Caloundra Crocs played great football against GV Brisbane and GV Noosa. … Continued
Have you ever travelled yourself? Acutually, I hate tours, but I love travelling by myself. I have to make a plan, make bookings, stay camping. I have to do everything myself! Even cook meals. It’s not easy, but it’s so interesting, and of course, it’s freedom, isn’t it? ————————————————- I’m writing about … Continued
When you enroll as a student at Global Village Caloundra you sign the “English Only Agreement” that says that you will only use English in class and in the school. Recently students have complained that some students are lapsing back into their own languages instead of using English. To enforce this rule the college is using … Continued
Hello everyone at GV Caloundra, just a quick message to let you know where we are. We are currently in Saigon, Vietnam after spending a few days in Hong Kong. After a very hectic time packing and preparing for our trip we flew from Brisbane to HK on the 26th May for a few days … Continued
Renat, our lively Russian, had his birthday this week and of course we had a cake for him and a candle and sang “Happy Birthday To You”. However he was quite surprised by his Korean birthday present which was a LIGHT kick to the back or bum. Don’t worry, he wasn’t hurt. Our Korean boys … Continued
Hello Patty! Andy! Karen! Mark! and Alll!! How are you all?! I am always fine! I am at DayDream Island with Yula and Jason. Even though I have spent great time here at DDI, I always miss Caloundra which is my second hometown. Actually it’s my first one in Australia and I feel sorry for not … Continued
Last Friday was a sad day as the school said goodbye to teachers Karen and Mark Schebella. We know they will be particularly missed by their students in The Elementary Class and the Intermediate Class. They are leaving Caloundra at the end of the month and will travel to Europe and eventually South America where … Continued
Max and Joel have been making some great coffee while doing the Bar and Coffee Course at Cadet International College. I really love the snowman (pictured above) that was delivered to me last week. Keep up the great work guys! Andy
Please use my photos on the blog. I will be happy to look them. Anyway, my trip was the most unusual and fantastic time in my whole life. I’m really a lucky chick!!!hehe I went to Tassie, of course! This was the best place. We started to travel from Brisbane and went to Byron Bay, Ninbin, Newcastle, … Continued
Hey classmates How are you? How is the school? I hope, you are not too naughty to the teachers;-)) My travel was great:-) I saw a lot of things. When we were on Fraser Island, I saw dolphins, we spent 2 days sailing by the Whitsunday Islands. We went to Magnetic Island, the Daintree River … Continued
