Newsletter - August

We are sad to report that Lyn will be retiring from full-time employment in the autumn of this year, after twenty-five years of service at Anglo-Continental.

Lyn has worked not only as a Welfare Assistant in Student Services but has also been actively involved in guiding coach excursions, assisting students at the airports when they arrive and depart and also viewing homestay families, hotels and rental properties.

Lyn will especially miss the lovely family atmosphere at Anglo-Continental and all the staff that she has worked with over the years. She has derived a great deal of satisfaction from helping students resolve their different problems and doing as much as she can to make their stay in Bournemouth more enjoyable. The work has always been very varied and interesting and there has never been a dull moment!

She would recommend the school to any prospective student, not just because she has worked here for such a long period of time, but because of the stability of the structure and excellent teamwork between all the departments.

We wish Lyn a happy retirement and hope that she will continue to be involved with Anglo-Continental on a part-time basis, as we are going to greatly miss her expertise!

Flowers by Candlelight
On 20 and 27 August - Come along to the gardens in Bournemouth and light candles inside hundreds of coloured glass jars, using special tapers to protect your fingers. Candles are lit at dusk. Flowers by Candlelight dates back to 1896 and was started by Princess Eugenie of France. The Princess visited Bournemouth and she was welcomed by an illumination of candles on her route through the gardens.

Bournemouth Air Festival
28 - 31 August - This four-day spectacular is set against the backdrop of Bournemouth’s seven miles of beaches, beautiful bay and glorious gardens. See the Red Arrows, the RAF Falcons, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Royal Navy take to the skies!

Anglo-Continental held a Funday on Friday 25 July to raise funds for its nominated charity "Save the Children". This included a Gyroscope and Horizontal Bungee.

Anglo-Continental runs full-time and part-time CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) Courses. We offer students free English lessons taught by trainee teachers and observed by our teacher trainers.

Free lessons are available:
14.00 - 16.00 hours Monday to Friday between 11 August and 5 September 2008
14.00 - 16.00 hours Monday to Friday between 15 September and 10 October 2008.
17.00 - 19.00 hours on Thursdays between 25 September 2008 and 22 January 2009.

In 2007, Anglo-Continental had a very successful pass rate of 93% on its CELTA Courses. In October 2008 we are offering a new course, ‘Foundation in English Language Teaching’. This course will take place over five Saturday mornings and is designed to give participants an insight into teaching EFL. For further information visit our website http://www.anglo-continental.com/en/uk/courses/Foundation-ELT.html

Bournemouth is the Place to Study English

A recent newspaper reports that an increasing number of language students are coming to Bournemouth and local residents say:

“Get over to Charminster Road south, and enjoy an evening in a multi cultural environment, and speak to a number of the students. You could learn something.”

“I hope we get more to the town.”

“We have foreign students staying with us each summer and they have all been fantastic. They are keen to learn, eager to please, (always offering to cook an authentic meal from their country) and they are some of the politest teenagers around.”

“The advantage of having a student stay is you make friends, sometimes for life.”

Remember, Remember the 5th November - Guy Fawkes Night

In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder. Every year on 5 November we light bonfires with a homemade model of a man on the top, and enjoy fireworks to celebrate the fact that the gunpowder plot failed!! Why not enjoy a fireworks display while you are in England?

Enjoy a great evening of fireworks and entertainment at the following events!
5 November – Canford Park Arena and Poole Quay
8 November – Littledown Centre.

Time Changes

On 26 October 2008 British Summer time ends and the clocks go back 1 hour.