Sunday 5 August 2012

If anyone is interested in an activity for this evening, City Life Church is hosting an Improv Night.  I spoke with the organizer this morning and was told that there will be a lot of English conversation and audience participation, but she felt that even if our students were not able to understand all of the goings on that they would find it entertaining!  7 pm 46641 Chilliwack Central Road.

I hope you are having a great Sunday!

Saturday 4 August 2012

Yesterday we went to beautiful Minter Gardens.  What  a gem of a garden and right here in our very own backyard!


I hope that everyone is having a lovely long weekend!  After such a rainy Spring and start to the summer the sun is much appreciated.

Here are a few things that are happening this weekend that might be of interest to you and your students:

Abbotsford Agrifair - August 2 - 6

The Kilby Museum is hosting Pirate Days on Monday.  This would be a great opportunity to share some of our local history and have a ton of fun!  Check out the Kilby website for more information.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Today we went to the Cultus Lake Waterslides.  What a great way to stay cool on a very hot summer afternoon.  Tomorrow we will go to Harrison Hot Springs and have a picnic on the beach.  Thanks to Glen Johnson, Highroad's chef du jour for making our lunch!  Mr. Neumann wants to hike to the source of the hot springs, we can cool down in the lake and stroll through the village.  I have a feeling that most of us will visit the ice cream shop and the chocolate shop!  Until tomorrow...


We had a great day in Victoria yesterday.  The weather was perfect, not too hot, nor too cold!  The streets were filled with holidaymakers and there was a festive atmosphere in the air.  We started with a tour of the Legislative Assembly, the home of our provincial government.  Our tour guide, Kimberley, did a fabulous job and I know you wouldn't think it from her photo, but she has excellent Japanese language skills.  The students were attentive and showed a lot of interest in what she was saying.


After our tour the students had lunch in the park at the BC Museum and then spent the afternoon exploring the many interesting shops in the city core.



The students had their photo taken with a very personable young man who was dressed up like Amor De Cosmos, who was the second Premier of British Columbia.  In order to have a photo taken the student had to speak to him and say one full English sentence.