Hidden Gem

Friday, July 9th

At school there were 2 key words today : Learning styles (multiple intelligences) and Bloom`s 

Taxonomy. Our lecturer Alan Mackenzie is really obsessed with Bloom`s Taxonomy. He says that`s 

all you need to make your lessons effective and productive. Of course we had heard heard and 

unconsciously used it in the classroom too. But that was a real brain training for us - 

Knowledge - Comprehension - Application - Analyses - Synthesis - Evaluation

In the afternoon we took a tour of churches and cathedrals of the town together with Italian students.

                                      

This is Manchester Cathedral

Cathedral itself was built in the 19th century but parts of it date back to the year 700.

This is St.Mary Roman Catholic Church

(built in 1858)

The outside of the church is quite modest but there`s a real treasury inside.

                               The inside of the church. It is also called Hidden Gem.

        A Spanish student doing his summer job turned to us asking if he could help us.

The Town Hall of Manchester is also a very impressive building. We are going to visit it at the end of the course.

 In front of it there`s Albert`s Memorial. (It seems Victoria erected a monument to his husband in all the biggest cities.

Our Friday evening ended with dinner in an Italian restaurant together with Portuguese, Spanish and Italian teachers. An Italian teacher proposed and organised it.