Surviving a Long Haul Flight Tips for surviving a long distance plane journey The Seat The first battle in surviving any long haul flight is the seat. Choose a good seat and you are halfway to having a great flight…the other half is landing safely. To do this you need to figure out what kind […]
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Time travelling to school, swimming through history
Time travelling to school, swimming through history History of Loxdale (Higher Level Reading Piece) Layers upon layers, strata upon strata . . Did you know you were living inside a giant quantum onion made up of multiple universes? Well, you are. Coming to study here at Loxdale every day, you are swimming through history like […]
Visiting London on a small budget
Visiting London on a small budget The best way to travel to London from Brighton is by train. http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/ticket-types/travelcards/ – get a travel card zones 1-6 from your local railway station. This allows you to hop on and off the buses https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/and tubes and get nearly all the trains there and back to Brighton. From […]
Rampion Wind Farm
Rampion Wind Farm How Brighton’s windy coastline is warming us up for the future (High Level Reading Piece) Sea, Wind and Sparks “It’s choppy on the way out,” he said. “How are you on boats?”The fierceness of the sun’s rays on the back of my neck, the captain’s weathered face and his easy-going manner combined […]
Students love to visit the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink
Students love to visit the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink When I think of ice-skating, I think back to my early childhood growing up in Sweden. Thick snow would have been falling since late October/November. My cousins, who lived next door and sisters would be counting the days until Christmas and hoping that Father Christmas would […]
10 things to do in Brighton in the Winter
10 things to do in Brighton in the Winter Don’t let the grey and cold weather put you off – there is still plenty to do in this seaside city even when its miserable outside. (Intermediate to Higher Level Reading Piece) By Yalda Saddighzadeh Despite being a buzzing seaside city with plenty of things to […]
Surviving on a Small Budget while Abroad
Surviving on a Small Budget while Abroad Flights Start with the flight. The most difficult way to save money is to start with the flight. Book in advance. The earlier you book a flight the cheaper it is, so sit down sooner, rather than later, and work out your flight plan. Be flexible. Be flexible […]
Our Yoga class at Loxdale
Our Yoga class at Loxdale Hi, my name is Sarah Quarton and I have been teaching at Loxdale English Centre for 7 years. It’s a great place to work because teachers get to teach subjects they are interested in. One of my passions (apart from English language teaching obviously!) is Yoga. I have been teaching Yoga […]
Halloween
Halloween Halloween and the Jack o’lantern The festival of Halloween has been enjoying a revival in the UK in recent years. There have always been people who have marked the date, usually through costume parties and trick or treating, but it is beginning to become a much bigger and more widely celebrated festival. The […]
End of term
End of term Today we say a sad farewell to our Spring/Summer term students. All the teachers and staff at Loxdale wish you every success for the future!