Thursday, April 16, 2009

Farewell, everybody!


I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you for being a great class - today was our last day together. Please contribute to our blog if you'd like, or email me at nicolestoupe@hotmail.com - I'd love to hear your news. All the best for your English studies, and I hope to see at least some of you next semester!

From Nicole

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Westside Story

We're going to watch Westside Story tomorrow in class. Follow the link below to check out clips of the movie.

Westside Story on Youtube.com

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Auckland 1866

We went to Auckland Museum today to visit the exhibition Auckland 1866.
Click here for a full info pack on the 1866 exhibition
Click here for info on the Maori exhibition we saw

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

ALL shops closed: Easter Friday & Easter Sunday


Check here for Downtown Easter opening hours

All malls and almost all shops will be closed on Friday and Sunday. THIS INCLUDES SUPERMARKETS!

Shops will be open again on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday (10am-6pm).

Service stations (petrol stations) will stay open during this period.

Holidays at ELA

Please don't come to school on Friday, Monday or Tuesday - we have Easter holidays!

The man with the 7 second memory

An online article about Clive Wearing


For wikipedia information on Clive Wearing please click here.

Various parts of the documentary are available at this site (click here)

Similar links:
Clive Wearing on Youtube.com
10 minute clip on Youtube.com
Part 2a
Part 2b
5 minute clip on Youtube.com
10 minute clip on video.google.com

Thursday, April 2, 2009

9am = 10am from Monday!

Daylight savings starts on Sunday. Please set your clocks an hour back. This means that you can sleep in an extra hour starting Monday!