Due to popular demand, Kings opened last Sunday evening to show the World Cup Final. Thanks to the glorious weather we are having in England this summer, a screen was erected in the Kings garden and the TV streamed direct from the internet with the sun setting in the background.
With no Dutch students currently at Kings, many were supporting Spain and the garden turned red with Spanish football shirts. Our friends from Brasil, Nei, Paulo and students arrived from Paris just in time to see the first half, and many stayed on until the final whistle to see Spain crowned world champions after extra time and 120 minutes of football.
The World Cup Final, 2010
Congratulations to Spain for being worthy winners, commiserations to Holland and all the teams that didn’t make it to the final (no comments about England)! Now we can start getting excited about the 2014 World Cup in Brasil in the meantime, the World Cup may be over, but we are not even half way through our Vacation programme; courses continue until the end of August and there is much more fun to be had!
Our London summer programme traditionally starts with the arrival of a group of high school students from Mexico City. This is Elias Paniagua’s fourth consecutive year as leader of the group and today he spoke with Kings about his experiences at our school.
“I teach my students English in Mexico and, for me, London is the place for them to come and practice their English in real-life situations. London is a city that all Mexican students like to visit. When my students are not having lessons, we try to visit all the London sights. Yesterday evening, we went to take photos of London by night.”
“Kings is a school that has always received us with open arms and offers quality language programmes. The host families help the students improve as they practice what they learn every day and try to make them feel comfortable, even when they are far from home.”
Two of Elias’s students, Elizabeth and Diana added:
“I’ve had a wonderful experience because I had a chance to meet other students from all over the world and I felt really welcome”
“It’s been wonderful here, the whole environment is beautiful and to get along with people from countries far away, for example, I never thought I would meet a boy from Kazakhstan!”
If you want to experience a little more of Elias and his students’ Mexican passion, click on the video link below and listen to them doing the chant of their university in our garden.
Today is their last day at Kings and I presented Elias with a Kings T-shirt as a thank you for his great cooperation. Sadly, we’ll have to wait another year to meet him and his students again!
Elias in the 2010 Kings' staff shirt
