Sixth Form Students Study Hard in Sunny Salamanca

In the first week of the half-term holiday, 16 of our Sixth Form students, led by Mr Sarriegui and Mrs Rutter, set off from Worcester to travel via Madrid to Salamanca in the Castile and León region of northwestern Spain.  There they spent five days of advanced language study, immersing themselves in the language, traditions, and culture of Spain as they stayed with host families, who looked after them with customary Spanish warmth, generosity, and hospitality.

Each morning, our students attended a course of four-hour, intensive Spanish lessons in Colegio Delibes, a well-known and highly regarded Spanish language school; we know that these sixteen hours of study will be invaluable in their preparations for A-level. In the afternoons they enjoyed a whole range of activities, including taking a guided tour of the impressive city of Salamanca, as well as completing a “treasure hunt” around the city, with challenges of completing certain task and interviewing locals. They also watched a Spanish film, and visited the western side of the city to admire its impressive graffiti and art. They even undertook a cookery lesson, where they prepared and cooked a Spanish omelette and mixed some delicious non-alcoholic Sangria.  Their tastebuds were also finely tuned for Spanish cuisine with a most enjoyable evening of tapas.

Overall, it was a great linguistic and cultural experience, which the students will remember for many years to come and which we know will bear fruit in their A-level studies and beyond.