Extracurricular Activities 19 - 23 December 2011

We are now in the last week of term before the Christmas holidays. Here is the timetable of extracurricular activities for this week: 

Monday 19th, 5.30pm: Spanish film ´Amador´ directed by Fernando León de Aranoa (2010). Viewing in Tia Tula. Approximate duration: 110 minutes.

Tuesday 20th, 6.45pm: Theatre: ´Cuatro corazones con freno y marcha atrás´ by Jardiel Poncela. Price: 3€. Meeting place: Tia Tula.  Approximate duration: 1 hour.

Wednesday 21th, 6.00pm:  Guide. Ana (a teacher) will take the group to the Patio de Escuela Menores and talk about the history of this place. Meeting place: Tia Tula. Approximate duration: 1 hour. 

Thursday 22nd, 12.15pm: Christmas party. Classes: 9.00am - 11.45am. 12.15pm: Prizes, stories. Christmas carols: performed by the students and the teachers. Distribution of a magazine created for the students of Tia Tula. Secret Santa. 1.30pm: Snacks and the party will commence.

Remember to sign up for the activity at reception beforehand (the minimum number of people needed for each activity is 3). If the cost is not stated then the activity is free. We recommend our students to participate in the activities so they can get to know other students in the school, so they can broaden their knowledge of Spanish culture and to practice and improve their Spanish in a fun way.

University New Year´s Eve, Salamanca 2012

University New Year´s Eve is nearly upon us. Staying true to tradition this year it is happening two weeks before the 31st December on the night of Thursday 15th.

Nochevieja Universitaria- University New Year´s Eve

What is University New Year´s Eve? In the Spanish blog there are several references to this event: "Nochevieja Universitaria de Salamanca", "Nochevieja Universitaria de Salamanca, huérfana", and "Vuelve la Nochevieja Universitaria". This tradition is relatively new, the first one took place about 10 years ago. Officially this year it is the seventh University New Year´s Eve but it had started some years before 2004 without official event organisation. It all originated from the minds of a group of party loving students who always sought new ways to enjoy themselves. They spontaneously decided to celebrate new year on the last Thursday of term before the Christmas holidays commenced. It was a way in which they could celebrate the end of the year together given that many students that study here are from different parts of Spain and therefore would not be together for celebrations on the 31st. And so that´s how it all began... the students´ idea to celebrate with their friends on a small scale caught on and a new tradition was born. Now this event constitutes an unmissable celebration in the University social calendar.

It all kicks off at 10.30pm in the Plaza Mayor with live music from DJ Javi Reina and the house violinist Miguel Lara before the clock strikes 12. On each strike we will eat a marshmallow (instead of a grape which is the tradicion in Spain). Afterwards we will follow the crowds to the bars to continue the celebration. Excited much?

 

Extracurrricular activities from 12th-16th December

We are now in mid December and preparations for Christmas are in full force. This week Salamanca is preparing itself for ´nochevieja universitaria´ (New Year´s Eve for students´ on Thursday 15th December.

Below are the extracurricular activities organised for this week:

Monday 12th, 8pm: Visit to a photography exhibition - "Love, loss and laughter" by Cathy Greenblat in the Garcigrande Palace. Meeting place: Tia Tula. Approximate duration: 1 hour.

Tuesday 13th, 6pm: Spanish film in Spanish. We will watch a modern Spanish film. Approximate duration: 2 hours.

Wednesday 14th, 6pm: Ice skating - We will go ice skating in the rink in la Plaza de la Concordia. Approximate duration: 1 hour. Cost: 5€ (price might be lower depending on the number of students).

Thursday 15th, 11.45pm: New Year´s Eve for students - mass celebration in the Plaza Mayor where the students say goodbye to 2011 together with their coursemates. Meeting place: Plaza Mayor. (A free activity without an accompanying person from the school.)

Friday 16th, 8pm: Tapas route - lead by a person from the school. We will eat in the Van Dyck area which is a popular area with the students. Approximate duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes. Approximate cost: 6€

Remember to sign up for the activity at reception beforehand (the minimum number of people needed for each activity is 3). If the cost is not stated then the activity is free. We recommend our students to participate in the activities so they can get to know other students in the school, so they can broaden their knowledge of Spanish culture and to practice and improve their Spanish in a fun way.

School Group from United States

Last month a group of students on a school trip from the United States took a Spanish course in Tia Tula for one week. During their stay here they kept a blog of their experiences and uploaded photos on to it. This blog is a fabulous testimony of life in Salamanca as a student that we would like to share. The blog is about their trip, about the classes in our school, about their stay and the extracurricular activities. They write very positively about their stay as they really enjoyed their trip and it had been a great benefit to their Spanish. They were lovely students and it was a pleasure to welcome them into our school.

Here you can access the blog: CA Students' trip to Salamanca, Spain.