Students students everywhere!

Well this has been a busy week...AGAIN!  We took a total of 78 students to their work placements on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, many of them to new placements...so a huge thank you must go out to everyone involved, The placements, our staff (especially Mia who prepared the itineries), local taxi drivers and of course the students, all of whom managed to be in the right place at the right time to be collected and taken to their companies for the first day of work. There are too many placements to thank individually but just to pick a few at random, I will give a plug for the placements hosting the students I took to Paignton on Wednesday morning...

So...why not get down to Paignton and enjoy a lovely local ice cream at Scoops on Torbay Road and say hello to Vanessa, or get some truly scrummy sweets from Sugazone and meet Anja. Coffee at Tuttos or Chandlers. Gifts or presents from Riviera Gifts or The Gift Centre, Fancy dress from Mainline. Some new clothes from Riviera Sports, Bay Fashions or Bijoux B.and after all that finish off with a nice trip on the Steam Railway! and if, when you are finished your computer packs up I'm sure Johannes would love to have a go at fixing it at Phoenix Computers....I'm exhausted after all that!

'Kraski' group with their certificates

In the midst of all this organised chaos we have also had a visitor, Anja Koll, an English Teacher from Kiel, Germany. She has been visiting her students at their placements as they prepare to return home this coming weekend. I am very happy to report that they have all had a great time, it is great to get such positive feedback regarding our Host Families and Work Placements - well done all of you.


The student meeting this week was at another of our favourite venues...Kents Cavern, we took about 130 students to the caves and all of them had a fantastic time..what a great place, the students love it and the team there are great - another big Thank You to James Hull and his sub terranian team :0) Thanks guys.

Happy to see another article in the Herald Express, always worth a read if you have 5 minutes...read online here. TTPL Herald Article.  In addition, Jayne and a number of our team will be at the Grand Hotel tonight, Friday 6th July for the Women of Achievement awards - we have been shortlisted in the Business of the Year category and would would like to wish everyone who has been nominated for an award tonight the very best of luck...just to be shortlisted is a great achievement so well done everyone...hope to see you all later :0)

We are also saying goodbye to two of our 'office' students ... Elias has been with us for 7 weeks and will be greatly missed...thank you for all your work Elias, and Melina, also here for 7 weeks, has been helping us with our marketing and social media - thank you Melina, you have made a real difference to our office and to our Facebook posts!...wishing you both (and the rest of your group) a safe trip back to Germany.

So, with a great big 'auf wiedersehen' to all of our German students leaving us this week and a warm South Devon 'Welcome' to all the students arriving this week.

Bye for now :0)