Today we kicked off the third summer school and had a wonderful start! We had students arriving throughout the day, with our first students arriving early in the morning from China. There were lots of bags to be carried and keys to hand out, as well as lots of new names and faces!
Once most students had arrived, everyone was gathered together to get to know one another. The weather remained characteristically British (rainy), so ice-breaker games were moved to our common room. First up to get all of the students familiar with each other was "Speed Friending". We had some suggested questions for students including "cats or dogs?", "dream job" and "which is the better super power: flight or invisibility?".
This was followed by the challenge of building towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Teams took various approaches, some more successful than others! After this the students met all of the staff team - Alex, Oliver, Rosie, Sarah and Sandra as well as us Activities Coordinators.
Then it was time for dinner from the caterers in the girls' house . Serene had a later flight so joined us for dinner. We made sure that she got to know everyone and she got stuck into the activities after dinner. Some people played football outside, whilst another group watched the film John Tucker Must Die.
Lastly there was a large contingent playing Articulate, OCSS coordinator Rosie's favourite game. Anna was excellent at guessing and describing various words and Joy seemed to get really into the game - although the "famous people" category was everyone's least favourite! The fact that English is a second language for many of the participants added an extra level of difficulty, but everyone did very well and the game went on for over two hours!
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