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ADVANCEMENT
Year 8 study trip
to Valencia
engineering and visited an amazing aquarium, where
we saw penguins, jellyfish, many fish and a dolphin
show. There were also some very large and very
impressive walruses. On another day, we visited a
zoo called the Bioparc, where we saw animals like
On our first and last evenings we tried traditional
lions, gorillas and giraffes, among others. My favourite
Spanish foods, like mussels, paella (which originated in
part of the trip, however, was the beach, because the
Valencia), and many tapas such as croquetas, calamari,
weather was beautiful both days and swimming in the
patatas bravas, and local cheeses and ham. We also
ocean was fun. We also met some young locals at the
tried churros with chocolate which were delicious!
beach, and practised speaking in Spanish with them.
During our trip we visited the City of Arts and
Payton Hawkins, Year 8
Sciences, where we watched an interesting film on
One May weekend a group of Year 8 Hispanists went
on a trip to Valencia, Spain. We did many interesting
activities and learned a lot about the culture in Spain.
We also practised our Spanish language skills.
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©Hélène Binet