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Chailey School News, Spring, 20125Taster day at OxfordON June 12th, ten studentsfrom Year 10,along with myself andMrs Rickman attendeda Taster Day at ChristChurch College, OxfordUniversity, writesMrs Holden.It was a very informativeday with lots of activitiesto do including atour of the college, sometime spent in the Pitt RiversMuseum and a fantasticlunch in the historicdining hall. Here is someof the students’ feedback:“The tour guide wasfriendly and showed usindependence and howfun university can be.The food was very nicetoo!”“The university wasreally impressive and thepeople were lovely. Alsoit was very interesting andI thoroughly enjoyed it.”“The day was fun andinteresting. Everyonewas very friendly andapproachable”“The college itself wasbeautiful. The studentsdidn’t wear scarves, butsome were quite posh.”“I’ve discovered thatnot everyone at Oxfordis ridiculously posh andalso the food was exquisite,yeah!”“Great experience and Igained knowledge aboutthe college and university.”“I learnt a lot aboutthe university. I alsorealised that a lot of themyths about Oxford areuntrue.”“It was a great day andthe options for the subjectswere really interesting.”“Great, a real experience.”