A group of 30+ pupils and staff from Ribston High School visited their link school in Göttingen from 28 November – 7 December. Year 10 pupils experienced a range of activities with their German partners and developed their German speaking skills in preparation for their oral GCSE assessments. Year 12 pupils embarked on week longContinue reading “Ribston High School visit Göttingen”
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Bach choir members joined Annecy sing-in
Hotfooted from their visit to Göttingen, 7 members of the Bach choir visited Annecy over the weekend of 1-2 December to take part in a ‘sing-in’ of the Messiah at the St Maurice church on Saturday 1 December. The event was part of the ‘Noel des Alpes’ in Annecy and was sung by choirs from AnnecyContinue reading “Bach choir members joined Annecy sing-in”
Cheltenham Bach Choir visit Göttingen
Cheltenham Bach Choir is travelling to Göttingen in October to perform a massed concert with their longstanding ‘twin’ choir, the Göttingen Stadtkantorei and the Göttingen Symphonieorchester. The Bach choir will depart on Wednesday 24 October and the group will number about 50 singers and almost all will be accommodated in families once in Göttingen. SomeContinue reading “Cheltenham Bach Choir visit Göttingen”
Göttingen Youth Exchange visit to Cheltenham
25 youngsters from Göttingen will be in Cheltenham from 22-30 October on the Youth sport exchange. The youngsters will all stay with local families and embark on a programme of sightseeing, with visits to London, Oxford and Gloucester, as well as participating in sporting activities at leisure@ and trying their hand at skittles in aContinue reading “Göttingen Youth Exchange visit to Cheltenham”
Work placements for Göttingen apprentices
As part of the Movida work placement apprenticeship scheme with Göttingen, we currently have Julia Neuschl and Sophie Westphal working in the Commissioning division at the Borough Council for 6 weeks up till 19 October. 20 year old Julia is part of the Business Transformation team, whilst Sophie is helping out with the elections team.Continue reading “Work placements for Göttingen apprentices”
Göttingen’s Olympic Association Visit
On Saturday 11 August, 57 members of the Göttingen branch of the German Olympic Association visited Cheltenham for the day, taking time out from a week attending various Olympic events in London. The group had a reception with the Mayor and a tour of the town, before having free time to shop and visit ourContinue reading “Göttingen’s Olympic Association Visit”
Annecy’s Fete du Lac
The annual Fete du Lac took place on Saturday 4 August and was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress Cllrs Colin and Rowena Hay, Cllr Garth Barnes Chairman of the twinning association and Brian and Alexis Cassin Honorary Aldermen and members of the association. Together with delegations from Annecy’s other twin towns, they were amazedContinue reading “Annecy’s Fete du Lac”
Enriching experience
As part of our work placement exchange scheme with Annecy council, two students from Cleeve School who have just completed their A level French, were selected to take part in this scheme and spent the month of July on work placements in Annecy. Ceri worked in the Youth Information Office and Alex worked withContinue reading “Enriching experience”
Young twinners in town
Cheltenham has welcomed nearly 60 young people from our twin towns of Annecy and Weihai in July as they attend the international summer school at Gloucestershire College. The 44 students from France and the 15 from China all aged between 14 and 16 years, study english in the mornings and undertake a variety of sporting,Continue reading “Young twinners in town”
Twinners flocked to see Olympic Torch celebrations
Over 75 twinning visitors from our five twin towns came to Cheltenham to join in celebrating the Olympic torch coming to Cheltenham. The delegation included 20 officials from across our 5 twin towns and 13 members of the Lubo dance ensemble from Sochi, Russia. Other visitors here for the torch relay on 23 May included 32 guestsContinue reading “Twinners flocked to see Olympic Torch celebrations”
Cheltenham Twinning Association 