News from the LAL Group
- The new school in London
New School in London
LAL is pleased to announce that we will be opening a new school in London in 2010.
LAL London will be an all-year school for adults (18 + ) and will be in Twickenham, in the Royal Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. The school is in a modern building, with eleven classrooms, an IT suite and student lounge. The school is currently being refurbished, and will open its doors to new students in January 2010.
Twickenham is a popular district beside the River Thames, with good local shops and restaurants as well as easy access to parks and open spaces. There are frequent direct trains into central London (about 25 minutes) and easy access from Heathrow airport.
The school will initially operate as a second all year-round site of LAL Torbay, and benefit from the extension of LAL Torbay’s British Council accreditation, enabling the school to be eligible for a visa sponsor’s licence and legally accept students from non EEA countries on General Student Visas.
LAL London will offer a similar range of adult courses to LAL Torbay, including 2-centre courses split between Torbay and London. There will be a wide choice of accommodation too, including host homes, student residence and studio apartments.
More information is available on our website at www.lalschools.com/london-ad.
New Souvenirs
If you would like to take home a souvenir of your time at LAL, we’ve got a great new range of gifts. From badges to bears, these also make an ideal present for family and friends back home.
The new souvenirs include:
- LAL Button Badge - 50p
- LAL Rubber - 60p
- LAL Keyring - £1
- LAL Teddy Bear Key Ring - £3
- LAL Mug & Spoon - £4
- LAL Messenger Bag - £10
All souvenirs can be bought from Reception at LAL Torbay.
Midnight Walk
Last month we told you about the Big Midnight Walk. This month Lorraine Myrie tells us how she got on.
Saturday 6th June – the day of the walk at last! Guess what? Just like last year, the heavens opened and it poured with rain. I also got “helpful” comments from my children and grandchildren about my age, fitness and so on.
Hurrah! It stopped raining at about 6.30 and the sun came out. The walk was definitely on.
Glynis, our Director of Studies, and I met at the Torbay Leisure Centre at about 22.10. We checked our lists and bags. We had: a change of clothes, a torch, a mobile phone, water and some sweets. We were given our numbers – Glynis was no. 1344, I was 1408.
We registered, went through to the hall for a warm-up session with DJ Paul, were given bananas and water, then we set off.
A pleasant surprise was that Kerstin from the Reservations office joined us for the fun of it.
There was a wonderful carnival atmosphere – some women were dressed in pyjamas, some in pink cowboy hats, others painted themselves blue and everyone was smiling. We were boring – just the regulation T-shirt (unless you count my Liverpool head-band and blue Chelsea cap for which my football crazy son and grandson paid me extra – I am an Arsenal supporter).
The people along the route cheered us and the drivers blew their car horns in support. We walked partly along the sea front and the road and our first ‘pit-stop’ was at the Pier Point restaurant where we had hot drinks – they had run out of biscuits.
After a brief rest we proceeded over the Millennium Bridge past the Imperial Hotel, along Daddyhole Plain, Meadfoot Road, Ilsham Road and Anstey’s Cove Road to our stop number two – The Palace Hotel on Babbacombe Road. We had soup and a roll, hot drinks and bananas – they had run out of chocolates. That was the half-way mark.
We then walked down Babbacombe Road (bliss – downhill all the way) through the terrace to Pier Point for a last hot drink. Then we made our way back via the same route to the Leisure Centre.
All three of us received a medal and a goodie bag and a bacon roll for our breakfast.
As well as enjoying the company and the ‘fellowship’ of the walk – it was a privilege to be part of such a worthwhile undertaking. Thank you to Kerstin for coming with us and special thanks to my colleagues and students who sponsored me. I raised £501.20, £286.20 more than last year. LM
