Today we welcomed students Misaki and Ryoga from Japan at Lexis Byron Misaki is from Saitama, Japan. She has been waiting to study at Lexis Byron since 2020 and is excited to finally be here. In the interim she has studied English in Germany where she travelled, drank German beer and enjoyed … Continued
Today was a big day of feasting at Lexis Byron – the students threw their own farewell lunch for their graduating friends and then this afternoon’s activity was: Aussie Food Tasting We sampled a variety of classic Australian snacks, including vegemite toast, tim tams, lamingtons, fairy bread, pizza shapes and twisties. … Continued
Today we say farewell to six of our students: Teresa, Bruna, Maki, Lorenzo, Daiana and Jennifer Teresa has been an extremely motivated and focused student who is graduating from her Upper-Intermediate class with Grade A – congratulations! Her teachers found she was engage and asked lots of questions to improve … Continued
This afternoon Campus Manager Lisa lead a Yoga class focusing on Happiness.
There was a great turn of students and teachers wanting to participate and stretch together. Lisa created a detailed and personalised 60-minute sequence which she shared with us below, and had a lot of positive encouragement and feedback.
We encourage anyone interested in Yoga and Meditation practices to give it a try, there are a number of benefits to health and well-being as well as it being a a fun activity to do alone or with friends.
This we welcomed 7 new students: Anouk from Switzerland, Lorenzo from Italy, Daniela from Chile, Alberto from Spain and Hikaru, Kao and Mai from Japan. Lorenzo is from Italy and has come to travel the beautiful Australian countryside! He works for his family in a restaurant at home, and will look for work … Continued
Today our teacher, Elizabeth led a creative drawing activity – no artistic talent required. She showed students how to create some lovely abstract designs using coloured pencils and the students spent a very chilled couple of hours colouring, listening to music and chatting in English. Learn English in Byron Bay. Lexis English students study … Continued
On Tuesday afternoon our Intermediate and Upper Intermediate classes came together to compete in a Mystery Box Challenge. To prepare for the challenge teacher Kathleen led the students in a Kahoot (online) quiz about the language of suggestion e.g. Why don’t we….? Then the challenge began. Each team received the same basic food parcel of … Continued
This week, we welcome four new students: Marcos and Marta from Spain, Wawa from Thailand and Jennifer from Germany. Marcos is from Spain and he likes Byron as it reminds him of his home town in Galicia. He wants to improve his speaking, particularly his pronunciation. He currently works in administration but his dream is … Continued
This week, we sadly say farewell to Laura from Lithuania, who has been studying at Lexis Byron since we reopened for business on 21 February. Laura graduated with an A grade in Upper Intermediate and her teachers said they were particularly impressed with her speaking and vocabulary skills. She was great for a good conversation … Continued
This week, we welcome three students: Thais and Livia from Brazil and Maria from Spain. Maria was originally planning to come to Lexis Byron Bay in 2020, but then COVID got in the way. She is very happy to have finally made it. She comes from Barcelona where she worked as a graphic designer and … Continued
Here at Lexis Byron Bay we are lucky enough to have a teacher who is also a chef. So today, Paul demonstrated how to make pizza from scratch to a large group of hungry students. He showed them how to make the dough with flour and yeast but also had one he’d made earlier … Continued
This week we say farewell to Elodie. Elodie has been a wonderful student; she has entertained her class with her great sense of humour and maintained 100% attendance over her four week enrolment. She will be staying in Australia now and is hoping to find work in swimwear design (her profession)or to follow her … Continued
Today, the Intermediate class did a listening lesson on the history and significance of ANZAC Day. For example, do you know why ANZAC biscuits are a symbol of this very special day? (see below for the answer.) After the listening, we did a Walking and Talking excursion to Byron’s Shrine of Remembrance where the … Continued
It was very hot afternoon today so Teacher Serena took the students to play a fun game of volleyball in the shade. Everyone had a lot of fun! Students were very eager to join in and have an active afternoon – thank you everyone who participated. It’s great to see your competitive spirit. … Continued
Today the sun came out after a big weekend of Bluesfest fun – to welcome our three lovely new students! Silvia is from Spain and has come here to radically change her life! She has worked as an accountant for her family, as well as studied English in Canada. She is … Continued
This Thursday morning was sunny but muddy, as we had a lot of rainfall overnight. Serena our Intermediate English teacher took her students on an excursion to the local Farmers Market for this mornings class. The objective was to divide into pairs, complete a worksheet and revise personality adjectives. Most students … Continued
Time flies and Elena is leaving us already! Elena has graduated with Grade A in Upper Intermediate English. She has been with us for three weeks and has made many quick friends during her enrolment. Elena is one of our best students, she has great natural conversational skills and has made progress in … Continued
It was a rainy afternoon in Byron so we hosted a Coffee Club to serve warm drinks, eat Tim Tams and practice conversational English. We talked about tattoo and piercing culture in Australia vs internationally, as well as coffee culture and tea ceremonies. There was a lot of discussion about preferences for … Continued
It’s a very hot day in sunny Byron and we welcomed 5 new students to our school. Pol is from near Barcelona, Spain and has tested in our Upper Intermediate class. He has completed his FCE prior to arriving in Australia and hopes to enter the CAE intake in September. He … Continued
This afternoon our teacher Paul introduced the students to a classic Australian sport – Cricket! It was a successful and fun afternoon for everyone. Thank you to all of our students and Paul for getting involved! Learn English in Byron Bay. Lexis English students … Continued
