Another great Buddy night – even on a cool winter’s evening! 80 of our BBELS students had dinner with a student from a different country and different class – and of course only English was spoken.
BBELS students enjoyed a night of fine food and drinks, with great steaks and salads from our chef in Café Oska. More drinks were had upstairs with entertainment from Max, Michael and some of our musical students!
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Sometimes winter in Byron Bay is the best season of all! The water is around 20 degrees and the outside temperature is the same. It is a great time of the year to go to the beach, play beach volleyball maybe see some whales breaching or dolphins surfing.
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The IELTS class is always one of our most interesting classes, as it has a large group of students from all over the world. The students take the exam very seriously and do lots of practice tests. They also like to spend time together having fun. This is the last day of the IELTS course for many students, so to celebrate they had a breakfast BBQ at Wategos beach.
Top photo from bottom:
Dekel (Israel), Valeria (Brazil), Serena (Italy), Alessandra & Elis (Brazil), Stephanie (Switzerland), Kazu (Japan), Carina (Andorra), Jeong (Korea), Elys (Brazil) & Liese the teacher (NZ).
Good luck to Carina & Kaz who are doing their exam on Saturday.
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OLD & GOLD FESYIVAL
If you want to see a town gone crazy, with bargains, trash & treasure then go to Brunswick Heads this Saturday. It starts at 8.30 am for the serious bargain hunters and finishes at 7.30 with a rock ‘n’ roll dance. There will also be presentations by local historians, free dance lessons and demonstrations, as well as a BBQ and cheap shopping! Check with Max to see how to get to Brunswick Heads.
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Minyon Falls is an amazing place to visit, especially after heavy rain. The falls drop around 100 meters into a palm shaped gorge below. Robin and the Pre-Intermediate class enjoyed a day at the falls and a quick stop at the Coolamon Scenic Drive lookout.
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Japan fundraiser – Byron News 14.4.11
BBELS students were in the paper with an article in the Byron Shire News about the Japan Fundraiser. Have a read of the article. Thanks again for all the support from the Byron Bay English Language School students and staff.
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BBQ, fundraiser bonanza!!!
It was an amazing day at BBELS on Friday. The elementary class spent the morning picking up donations, a mountain of sausages from Trevor Mead Butcher, four garbage bags of wonderful bread from Brumby’s Bakery, muffins from the Top Shop and sparkling water from the Park Hotel. The students then went around all the classrooms auctioning tickets for the great raffle. Prizes to be won were:
After the raffle the elementary class started the BBQ with help from Oska’s Café. The students all enjoyed the sausages and for $2.00 a snag (sausage), it was pretty good value.
Between the raffle and the BBQ $600 was raised and Michael O’ Grady said that he would match dollar for dollar! Belinda will be making the donation today of $1200 to the Red Cross Japan Appeal.
A special thank you to Belinda Joseph and the Elementary class.
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All students are invited to see local band Let’s Be Frank launch their new CD – Hungry Hearts tonight at the Budha Bar. This established local acoustic trio features BBELS staff Michael plus BBELS airport driver Slim Pickens. The guys are joined by drummer Neil and a guest Sax player – Jim Blower!
Get on the Brewery Bus for a free ride to a night of great music and wonderful people! The show starts at 7pm!
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