Mikey Mouse Seminars    

At the end of January Mr Chandler and Mrs Carter took a group of Year 12 Business, ICT and Language students to spend three days in Disneyland, Paris. The idea was not to fulfil the students' lifelong dreams of finally meeting Goofy, Snow White et al in the flesh, but to attend a series of six seminars on Business & ICT based on the operations of Disneyland. The result was an educational experience that was anything but "mickey mouse", as Mr Chandler tells us.

"After a three-hour delay at Folkestone - during which we all became very well-informed, having read every available newspaper from cover to cover - we finally arrived at our rather magnificent Wild West themed hotel. The seminars provided for the students were excellent. The students themselves all worked very hard and were fantastic company, very mature and courteous.

"We couldn't be so mean as to bring them to Disneyland without giving them some time to have fun, though! Unfortunately Mrs Carter was debarred from going on the rides because of her pregnancy and could only look on in envy. I myself managed to brave the 'Hollywood Hotel' and was, shall we say, a little scared [coughs self-consciously]...

 

"On the serious side, this was a very worthwhile educational visit which will have greatly enriched the students' studies and improved their language skills. It is always extremely valuable to have a first-hand opportunity of setting classroom studies into a real-life context."