March 2012 - The Woodroffe School

Culture and Music for SpanishExchange StudentsIt was an early start for the 22 studentsand 2 members of staff who left for theSpanish exchange to Baeza in March. Itwas the 3rd visit that we had made andhaving received the Spanish students inOctober everyone felt confident. A flightfrom Bristol to Malaga was followed by acoach to Baeza where we were warmlygreeted by our host school.During the week lots of activities wereplanned both by the families andthe school. We visited Granada andCordoba where we were guided aroundthe Mesquita by the head of historyfrom the IES Andres de Valdevira. Freetime for shopping was always possibleallowing the students to practise theirspoken Spanish and spend their Euros!On the last day in school the Englishand Spanish Students took partin a concert and presentation withperformances from Dom Kirtley, WillLister, Fran Hall, Yaz Murfin and EvaBell as well as the Spanish students.Everyone was sad to leave and all inall, it was a thoroughly successful andenjoyable trip.Jackie Fletcher