Today the students were given free time to go and enjoy the beautiful city of Cambridge. They ate delicious food and went shopping – but sadly didn’t buy anything for the lovely CAE staff…

In the evening the students became CAE-Athletes in our Olympic Games. Although our opening ceremony wasn’t as grand or glamorous as Brazil’s our athletes definitely have more heart and competitive spirit… maybe a little too much competitiveness. (Yes, our badminton court is the right size!)

The games were Pool, Table Football, Ping Pong, and Badminton. The excitement was high, the energy intense, and the competition fierce. We asked the students to make teams of two and choose a country that was not in the T course.

South Africa took home the Gold with Malta as a close second taking the Silver, followed by Jamaica winning a bronze. Who knew these countries were so good at Ping Pong and Badminton? The CAE students, that’s who.

Another great day at CAE!

After a hard days work this afternoon on their London academic trip students had a chance to relax and watch a new film on a cinema trip. Students and social activities staff both enjoyed the film ‘Finding Dory’ and we are sure a few tears were spotted by the end!

Returning to the school everyone had a chance to unwind further with free time to play in the banana club. Everybody had fun playing pool, table football or socialising and practicing their English.

Today was a day of swimming and snacks as the students enjoyed and afternoons swimming and cooked some delicious food in this evenings international night! The trip to the swimming pool was enjoyed by all as students enjoyed diving, swimming and sliding in the pool and it’s slides.

Returning to the school we got straight to work preparing food for the international evening. Everyone worked incredibly well to make some fantastic food from lasagne to schnitzel everyone was very happy with their creations!

Today students had a chance to embrace their sporty side. In the afternoon we walked to the village field for sports afternoon. Everyone had a chance to show off their talents, teamwork and English as everybody joined in a group game of rounders!

In the evening the students and the social activities staff travelled into town for a game of bowling. After some warm up karaoke everyone showed their skills and had a fun day to remember.

Today the we continued our exciting murder mystery activity. In the afternoon the students travelled into town to gather ‘evidence’ that they had not been at the school including photos, bus tickets and shopping receipts.

In the evening everyone returned to the school to face trial in front of the social activities team who were the judges! The group’s stories were compared as they faced questions ranging from where they were at a certain time to the bus drivers shoe size as the ‘guilty’ student was found!

This evening students were in for a surprise as they arrived at the school to find the social activities team dressed as police officers and a fake crime scene set up. The social activities team explained that over the next two days students would take part in an exciting murder mystery game!

Tomorrow we will travel into town so the students can gather ‘evidence’ to prove their innocence. Afterwards the students will be face a mock trial,  answer some (not so serious) questions and the ‘guilty’ student will be found!

Today we went to London! We had an early start and first visited Greenwich, where the students saw the Meridian line (where GMT is set) and enjoyed a beautiful view of London.

Then, by boat we travelled along the Thames to Westminster. The sun was shining and the students sunbathed on the open top boat.

We finally walked around the Houses of Parliament (and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey etc) and then up to Buckingham Palace. We ended the day enjoying some shopping in Covent Garden and Oxford Street.