This afternoon we went to the beach to play beach cricket. Arthur and Rina have played cricket before and although it was the first time for everyone else, they were all naturals! Everyone learnt the rules quickly and it was a very close game. In the end, Yann and Arthur’s impressive batting skills meant a win … Continued
Only 2 students are graduating this week from Lexis Byron Bay – Dave and Rumika. Dave Glaus is from Switzerland and he has been studying at Lexis for 3 weeks. He has enjoyed his time in Byron Bay and his teacher Claudia said he has worked hard to improve his English skills. Next David will go to Fiji … Continued
Weather Friday should be sunny, hot and windy, with temperatures around 31 degrees. On Saturday and Sunday we might have some heavy rain and thunder storms, with temperatures around 27 degrees during the day and 21 degrees at night. Surf Palace Cinema 2D STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (M) 135′ Friday 9.45am, 8.45pm Saturday 9.45am, … Continued
We had some delicious smells coming from the kitchen this afternoon as part 2 of the Lexis Bake-Off took place. Rina, Sonya and Corine baked 2 batches of biscuits – the first plain and the second with chocolate and coconut.
Today’s activity was a Lexis Bake-Off! This morning, Erik, Lulu and Marie competed against Carmen and Desiree… Erik’s team made crepes with jam and decorations, while Carmen and Desiree made chocolate and coconut cupcakes. Julie, Aurelie and Quentin were our judges and although they were impressed by both teams’ efforts, they decided that Carmen and … Continued
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Tuesday evenings mean only one thing here at Lexis Byron Bay – student night at Cheeky Monkey’s! Our students enjoyed another fun-filled evening of food, drinks, dancing, playing pool and chatting. It was a great opportunity for our new starters to get to know everyone and it was lovely to have some of our recent graduates … Continued
Many of our new students joined us for Coffee Club today, so we sat out in the garden and enjoyed coffee, Tim Tams and the word game “Aussie Heads”. Sofia and Alida had particularly difficult words to guess – “wave” and “sandcastle”. Corine did very well and managed to guess 3 words during the game! Everyone … Continued
Claudia’s English and Cooking class created a wonderful 3-course vegan meal on Friday!
Last Friday, Claudia’s Intermediate class had fun taking photographs to show different adjectives. Here are some of their pictures…
We have 5 new starters today at Lexis Byron Bay, plus Dmitrii who actually started last week. Carlos is from Mexico and here in Byron Bay he works in a Mexican restaurant. He enjoys salsa dancing and hopes to go to the Gold Coast after his time in Byron. Alida is from Spain and she … Continued
On Friday morning we went to the Byron Bay library to get some information and have a look at the different kinds of books. It was a cloudy but hot morning! We had the opportunity to borrow books and to become members of the library. In the library, there are different kinds of books or … Continued
Our morning activity today was soccer and burgers! Many of our afternoon students (plus a few recent graduates) played a soccer match in the garden and afterwards, the students enjoyed a burger before their classes began for the day.
Only 3 students are graduating this week – Kana, Ai and Tanja. They all graduate at Pre-Intermediate level. Kana and Ai are from Japan and their teacher Kathleen says they have been lovely students and have worked hard during their time here. Tanja is from Switzerland and although she has only been here for 2 weeks, … Continued
Weather It’s looking like a mixed weekend of weather, with some rain on Friday afternoon and in the mornings on Saturday and Sunday. Friday and Saturday will be very windy! Temperatures will be around 25 degrees during the day and 18 degrees at night. Surf Palace Cinema 2D STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS … Continued
On Tuesday, Unai and Lucas gave an awesome quick lesson on Aussie slang. So now they’re all gonna have a barbie with some snags and XXXX from the bottle-o. No worries mate.
Today we had our popular Boomerang Painting and Aboriginal Art activity! We ran 2 sessions so that the morning and afternoon students all had chance to paint their boomerangs and learn a little about Aboriginal art. The finished boomerangs looked fantastic!
Alain likes motorbike, especially race track. He gives instruction about riding on race track. He wants to learn surfing but he’s a little bit scared of sharks. Janine used to do gymnastics but she had to stop because she had an accident. She had a surf lesson on Sunday. She is a bit scared of … Continued
