Schüler der Heinrich-Heller-Schule berichten über ihre London-Fahrt

Dass die Klassenfahrt der 10a nach London etwas Besonderes war, wussten alle Beteiligten, war doch niemals zuvor eine Klasse unserer Schule mit dem Flugzeug auf Tour gegangen. So war es nicht verwunderlich, dass an der Lotte-Kestner-Realschule, wo die Fahrt aufmerksam verfolgt worden war, der Wunsch auftauchte, weiter gehende Informationen zu bekommen.

Am Donnerstag, den 12. Mai 2011, hielten deshalb drei Schüler unserer Schule (Juliana Reinecke, Thorben Eicke und Luis Voltmer) vor ca. 70 Schülerinnen und Schülern im Forum der LKS einen Vortrag über ihren Flug nach London. Unterstützt durch eine Vielzahl von Fotos und einige Kurz-Videos stellten sie den interessierten Zuhörern ihre Eindrücke von London vor und schilderten ihre Erlebnisse, die sie in der britischen Hauptstadt hatten. Darüber hinaus mussten immer wieder Zwischenfragen beantwortet werden. Dabei war natürlich von besonderem Interesse, welche Möglichkeiten es zum Shopping gab und wie unsere Schüler ihre Freizeit gestalteten. Außerdem gab es einige Fragen zu den Preisen in London. Durch die sorgfältige Auswahl der Fotos sowie die begleitenden Ausführungen ist es gelungen, den Schülerinnen und Schülern der LKS einen umfassenden Eindruck über die Fahrt zu vermitteln.

In diesem Zusammenhang verdient die Art und Weise, in der unsere Schüler sich in der für sie ungewohnten Situation präsentiert haben, besondere Anerkennung. Schließlich redet man nicht jeden Tag vor einem derart großen Publikum.

Our trip to London

From 21^st to 24^th March 2011 our class 10a went on a trip to London by plane.

On the 21^st we had to get up very early because we had to be at the airport at 4.45 am.

First we had to check in.

After we had checked in we saw the Prime minister of Lower Saxony, Mr. David McAllister, he flew with the same plane we were flying with. Finally we were in the plane. For some of us it was the first flight. We started at 6.45 am. At 7am GMT we arrived in Gatwick. There was a time shift of minus one hour, so we had to put our watches back.

Everybody got their luggage but one suitcase was missing. It was our teacher’s suitcase. We had to wait a couple of minutes and used the time to eat some sweets. We didn’t get our teacher’s luggage back and we had to leave without it. The next day the suitcase was delivered to our hostel. After that we took the train to Victoria Station. From Victoria Station we took the underground to Shepherd’s Bush. Because we all had travel cards we didn’t have to buy tickets.

Shepherd’s Bush was the place where our hostel was.  After we had arrived at St. Christopher’s Inn we stored our luggage in the cellar. Then we had some free time to discover the area and we had some breakfast.

At 1pm we had to meet at Shepherd’s Bush Station to take the tube to Westminster Station.

At 2pm we met our guide Maria to start our sightseeing tour.

 During this tour we saw the Big Ben, the House of Parliament,

 Westminster Abbey,

 the Buckingham Palace

and the London Eye.

Sometimes it was very exhausting to listen but it was quite good.

At Piccadilly Circus we split up and had free time until 10pm. Some of us went to the Chelsea fan shop.

The others went back to Shepherd’s Bush and went shopping in the Westfield Shopping Centre.

In the centre was a store called “EAT.”, where you could buy a lot of delicious things, like sandwiches, salads, wraps, baguettes and cakes. Most of us went to bed early, because we were very tired.

In the boys’ room there were some problems, there was some mould on the ceiling and the beds were very uncomfortable. The window was out of order, because you couldn’t close it and in the girls’ room you couldn’t open it. It wasn’t that good.

On the next morning the hostel offered breakfast. It was only toast with jam and cornflakes. Most of us didn’t eat the breakfast. After we had eaten, we could choose what we wanted to do in our free time. Some of us went by bus to Piccadilly Circus.

They wanted to go shopping. The others went to Covent Garden, they wanted to buy some souvenirs. In the evening some of us went to Chinatown to eat Asian food. On the way back they saw some break dancers at Piccadilly Circus.

Part of our group went to Tower Bridge to take pictures.

On Wednesday one group went to Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of the guard.

The others met up at 1pm at Westminster Pier to start a boat trip to Greenwich. They saw some of the sights, for example the London Bridge, the Tower of London and passed the Tower Bridge.

After that they wanted to go to the Observatory. There was the zero meridian. Some people visited the London Bridge Experience it is the dark history of London Bridge. In the evening some of us went to the London Eye.

At this time the others were at home and relaxed in their rooms.

On Thursday - our last day in London- we had to get up early because we had to pack our suitcases and clean the rooms. At 4pm we started to go to Victoria Station by bus. After we had arrived at Victoria Station we took the train to Gatwick. First we had to check in and hand in our luggage. Our plane took off at 8.45 GMT. The flight back was better than the first one because we saw London by night. After we had arrived in Hanover at 11 pm our parents waited for us.

The class trip was amazing because we had a lot of free time and we saw a lot of sights. We would do it again any time.

Isernhagen, 2011-04-09

Written by students of the English A-Course, class 10a (Martin Duransky, Thorben Eicke, Jan Spiewak, Juliana Reinecke, Henrik Werner, Helin Akkus)

All pictures taken by students from class 10a

Edited by Myles Welford, English A-course, class 9a

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Die Jugend ist die Zukunft unseres Landes. Deshalb muss sie die Chance auf einen Ausbildungsplatz bekommen, um in das Berufslegen einsteigen zu können.

Um ihnen dabei zu helfen, haben die Gemeinde Isernhagen, die Mittelstandsvereinigung, die Wirtschaftssenioren und die Bürgerstiftung Isernhagen die Initiative „Hand in Hand" gestartet.

Ziel dieser Initiative ist es, durch persönliche Patenschaften und die Nutzung von beruflichen
Kontakten, Schülerinnen und Schülern der Hauptschule in Isernhagen die Türen zu Ausbildungsplätzen zu öffnen.

Dies liegt auch im Interesse der heimischen Wirtschaft, denn die Zahlen der Bewerberinnen und Bewerber um Ausbildungsplätze werden in den nächsten Jahren deutlich sinken, so dass der berufliche Nachwuchs bereits heute gesichert werden sollte.