The Last Day

The children arrived at school with bags packed. It was the last day at school. They spent the morning in the classrooms and watching the Spanish children sing. It was amazing that the English children have learnt so much Spanglish! We all gathered for a final farewell assembly. Gifts were exchanged and many children started crying (Mr Ludlow’s speech wasn´t that bad, was it?) The parents have arranged for a bus to take us to the airport.

Trip To the Palace

Arriving at school Monday morning the staff were greeted by a sea of smiling faces. The children exhausted us within the first few minutes, all egar to tell of their adventures over the past three days. After gathering together the group set off with Rosa to visit the Royal Palace.

After visiting the palace the Mdrid adventurers headed towards the 'The Plaza Mayor', a grand arcaded square in the center of Madrid. Here the children had their last chance to buy gifts (no point in bringing money home).

Farewell Feast of traditional Spanish food.

Thoughts form Madrid

Hi every one at school I am so looking forward to seeing you all and sharing our stories with you. I bet you will all be jealous. I am also excited about seeing my friends and teachers, also my school that I have missed a lot. It’s really hot here in Spain and I forgot to put my sun cream in my suitcase! My family has been great, and they have made me feel like I am at home. I have enjoyed spending time with other Spanish families too. Everything is going really well so far, and I am really looking forward to seeing you all.

ADIOS AMIGOS

THOMAS W.



Hi everyone on Sunday we went on the tour bus and saw the whole of Madrid and it was really good then we went to the park for some lunch. After that we watched a comedy and it was a hilarious show. Then after we saw the show we went to the park, the park was like the one in York and we all played and had a really good time!!!!!!
P.S. Really excited about seeing you all. xxx

ADIOS! Sophie.xxxx

Hi people its great out here and were just having the feast today and on Sunday we all went to the park. We watched some comedians film their underpants and it was very
entertaining over all. It is odd because every day we’ve been to school its been sunny
and all the other days were cloudy or raining. The palace was great and we bought loads of presents (and I bought breakfast)

Bye from Rebecca xxxxx

Hi everyone we’re having our feast now. On Sunday we went to a theme park and we had so much fun!! My favourite ride was the abicmore.
Yesterday we had Paella and it is nice. On Friday we went ice-skating, I fell so many times and I laughed a lot. Its been cloudy and sometimes raining but today it is really warm and sunny. On Saturday we went to see Real Madrid match, it was amazing and Real Madrid won 3-1, it was brilliant!!
See you all soon
Bye from James

Hola 6R having a great time in Madrid it is really hot today but on Friday it was horrible and rainy. Today we visited the royal palace it was amazing and we also bought a lot of presents. On Friday I went to a theme park the rides were so cool but sadly I lost my wallet…..WHOOPS!
See you on Wednesday miss you loads!
ADIOS…………Isaac

Hi people of the world I got a picture taken with Ronaldo we also went to the royal palace and it was quite interesting except the lady from the tourz zpoke zlike zis . Shhhhhh dont tell my sister but I only got her a piece of paper .On the planeflight I helped Mr Ludlow with his spelling and told him that the chances of being involved in a plane crash are one in 20000 and that if you are involved in a planecrash 90 percent of people survive.

Adios from Ben Brown


Hola my friends and family. I had the best time in the world when I went cart racing. It was really good. Thomas started off well he went to first place in a flash. After a while he dropped down to fith then climbed back up to third. I stayed second for the whole race, Luis cousin Alberto was last for the whole race. His worst time was 1 min 9 seconds. At the end it finished Luis first, Harry second, Thomas third, Alex forth, Octa fith and Alberto last!!

Adios Amigos Harry Lee


Hello everyone I am having such a great time in Spain On Sunday I went to a Palace/Monastery . I took a lot of photos but i accidenelty deleted them all!
It was really fun and interesting. We had a feast and stuffed my face with lots of cake and felt sick.
Adios André
Hi people of the world I got a picture taken with Ronaldo we also went to the royal palace and it was quite interesting except the lady from the tourz zpoke zlike zis . Shhhhhh dont tell my sister but I only got her a piece of paper .On the planeflight I helped Mr Ludlow with his spelling and told him that the chances of being involved in a plane crash are one in 20000 and that if you are involved in a planecrash 90 percent of people survive.

Adios from Ben Brown


Hola my friends and family. I had the best time in the world when I went cart racing. It was really good. Thomas started off well he went to first place in a flash. After a while he dropped down to fith then climbed back up to third. I stayed second for the whole race, Luis cousin Alberto was last for the whole race. His worst time was 1 min 9 seconds. At the end it finished Luis first, Harry second, Thomas third, Alex forth, Octa fith and Alberto last!!

Adios Amigos Harry Lee

Hi Guys


Today we went into the centre of Madrid and I spent all my money including a Barcelona t-shirt with Messi on the back. Now were having a Feast we many tasty
Treats Andre has food on his plate that nearly reaches the tree tops and there not small
Tomorrow we come back! See you then.


George

Hi
We are having a great time we have just bought a load of gifts and we can not wait to see you all.
from Harry Carlton


Hello everyone I am having a good time. Went to bowling on Sunday, got lots of strikes hope you all having good fun see you soon.
Georgina

Hi everyone I am missing you all and I have some chocolates for all OF 5J/R!(BUT IT WILL ALL BE MELLTED BECAUSE OF THE HOT WEATHER!)can not wait to get back.
Tina


Hello!!

We are really enjoying the sun in Spain!! Aren't we lucky!
At the weekend we went to the retiro park with Sally, Safa and Tina. Then we went to Sacedon and it was really fun!

Hope its warm in the UK!! (Maybeeeeee)

Miss ya!!

Annabel
p.s I went on a long shopping Spree!!!!!!


Hiya All,

Hope nothing tooo exciting is happening back there!!!
Went on a long shopping trip with Safa and Tina, (it was the only time we were allowed to run around free apart from school!! Missing all of my friends but not missing Bethany´s talking!!!

Adios Amigos

Katia
xxx

The school looks really pretty because every thing in there is a lovely green. I´m really enoying it and I´m really glad that I came here! Missing you all. See you Wednesday!!!

Safa
Xxx

Hi guys!!! The sun is shining outside and I feel extremely sorry for you all in cold England. We have just been shopping and went to the VERY, VERY posh palace. We have just witnessed a shouting match between my partner and a dinner lady, I don´t think she would try that with Mrs Boothroyd!! Lunch was great – we had real fish, but I think I miss our school dinners.

Adios

Sally

Hi guys! It is extremely hot here and I think I might burn quite soon. We went to the palace today which is very posh, and then we went shopping. Have to go coz we are going to have a party.

Byeeeee

Fenella
xxx


Hello to everyone at school, especially all of Years 3 and 4. We have had a fantastic time, and we have been looked after extremely well. Looking forward to sharing our experiences with you when we get back.

Besos

Mrs Leigh

Children´s Film Messages

Sally

Sophie

Andre

Safa and gang

Rebecca

Tina

George

PUPIL COMMENTS

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Film Clips

Farewell Group Video

A wise message from Mr Brown.

Georgina´s first flight.

Playtime at the Spanish School.

Parents Messages

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Day 2: At School

It was day 2 and time to go to school. The staff were egar to meet up with the children and hear about their first day. As the teacher´s walked through the gate they were greeted by excited children. The English children were swamped by interested Spanish children. Gathering in the school hall we had a short welcoming assembly. The children then proceeded to explore the school with their partners.

School Dinners: Spanish school dinner was a bit of a shock for some of the children. Everyone had the same meal, even the teachers. A traditional meal of Lentil Stew, Spanish Scotch eggs, Rice and Salad and Fruit. Very wholesome and delicious. We were proud of those children who tried the food. Harry, who had firstly turned his nose up, tucked in until he was ready to lick the plate.
Miss Smith and Marta helping to prepare lunch.

BEFORE

AFTER

After lunch the children were split into groups and enjoyed a fun filled afternoon of sporting activities. The sun shone and everyone had a great time.

Day 1: The Adventure Begins

It was a bright as Strensall was waking up to a special day. The smell of the bacon was wafting through the Brown Hall in Robert Wilkinson Primary School. Mrs Tottie was preparing a farewell breakfast for an excited group of children soon to9 be their way to Madrid. Children and parents gathered in great anticipation. Mrs Brown waited eagerly for the coach to arrive, "Hurry up ", she mumbled, "I´ve got a train to catch. After a farewell photo we were on the coach and our adventure had began. Hankies were out as parents shouted their fond farewells and good wishes. The group almost left without Mr Ludlow! Once he was on the coach he was soon fast asleep.















On board the coach a stowaway was discovered by the scrupulous Mr Card. It was the one and only Rodger the Sheep (Ben Brown has just corrected Mr Ludlow´s spelling of scrupulous. He must take after his mum).

Rebecca tried to comfort all by shouting out, "Is anybody crying yet?" After repeating thios several times in the first ten minutes she sat back reassured that no tissues were needed. The coach stopped for a mid-way break. Yippee! The children shouted as they reached for their pockets to see how much money they had to spend. In the words of wise Issac, "We all went on a shopping rampage". Who needs to go to Madrid when you can visit an exciting service station? The children enjoyed playing on the grab a toy game. Andre was one of the many prize winners, getting a double whammy, two cuddly toys. Well done Andre. Safa and Tina were made up with their Shrek babies, especially Tina as her one made bottom noises. So it´s not only boys that think strange noises are hilarious.

Security was out in force as we arrived at Liverpool airport. Lille football team had just arrived as they were due to play Liverpool tomorrow. Security was heightened on the news that Robert Wilkinson Pupil´s were on their way. The players waved to us as they boarded their bus. Mr Ludlow was poised ready to give autographs! He showed his usual talent for football facts, "Who are they children?" Luckily, Ben Brown was on hand to teach him. A photo shoot took place around the Yellow Submarine, a large sculpture outside the airport. this seemed to amuse the French reporters, who getiing bored with taking photos of Lille football team decided to take them of us (They must have heard how good our football team are doing at the moment). The children sang a rendition of, We all live in a Yellow Submarine. Please can Mrs Raine teach the children the whole song for next year as repeating the chorus so many times can be incrediably zzzzzzzzzzzzzz and I know it´s YELLOW.














Checking in went smoothly. Unfortunately building work at the airport meant that we had to camp on the floor for our packed lunches. Thomas had none! This gave Mr Ludlow a good excuse to go to Burger King. Well he couldn´t leave the poor chap on his own. While Thomas and Mr Ludlow were stuffing their faces the panicked voice of Mr Card bellowed across the hall, "We have to go, they are fast tracking us!" Shoving the remains of the Burger King Meals in a bag, Thomas and Mr Ludlow reluctantly joined the party. security checks completed, we went through to the departure lounge.

Mr Ludlow approached the friendly Easy Jet staff (he is being srcastic at this point), to request that our group be allowed on first. "Sorry sir we are unable to let your party of vulnerable minors board first". Not even mentioning Mrs Lobb could persuade them to change their minds. This was a job for super Rodger! Easy Jet staff say NO, Rogder says YES. Following his advise (we are talking about a glove puppet at this point), we confidently made our way to the front. The common term is queue jumping. The general public were understanding.
















The flight was exciting, particularly for Georgina and Issac as it was their first time. They loved it! So come on mum and dad you will need to book a family holiday abroad. holiday request forms are available from the office. During the flight Ben Brown kept Mr Ludlow entertained with a wealth of useful facts. A new TV show was born, Ben Brown´s Amazing Facts. Mr Ludlow was not too sure about the many facts he seems to know on the topic of plane crashes! But after sharing some statistics Mr Ludlow felt more reassured.

On arrival the children were greeted by shouts and screams from their Spanish host families. Such a warm welcome for what we hope will be an Adventure of a life time.