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Day 1 – Turing Tenerife Trip March 2025

Today pupils embarked on their Turing scheme study visit to Tenerife to take part in a project in collaboration with our partner school on the island’s volcanoes. Pupils were excited to get going and spent the 4-hour flight entertaining themselves and each other with games, reading, drawing, journal writing and practising the Spanish language they will be using throughout their stay. Some pupils even had a little siesta, clearly conserving their energy for all the activities during the week ahead. Pupils got a glimpse of the iconic volcano as we landed and were overwhelmed with excitement! Many fellow travellers commented on how mature and polite the children were throughout the journey. Once we arrived safely at the airport, we took…

Today pupils embarked on their Turing scheme study visit to Tenerife to take part in a project in collaboration with our partner school on the island’s volcanoes. Pupils were excited to get going and spent the 4-hour flight entertaining themselves and each other with games, reading, drawing, journal writing and practising the Spanish language they will be using throughout their stay. Some pupils even had a little siesta, clearly conserving their energy for all the activities during the week ahead. Pupils got a glimpse of the iconic volcano as we landed and were overwhelmed with excitement! Many fellow travellers commented on how mature and polite the children were throughout the journey. Once we arrived safely at the airport, we took our private coach around the island to the hotel and pupils got their first view of the ocean and the diverse landscape and flora all around them. It was a long day of travelling but we all arrived safe and happy, checked into our rooms and got ready to try out all the typical Spanish cuisine on offer to them at the hotel’s dinner buffet. Some pupils tried ‘papas arrugadas’, a typical potato dish from the Canary Islands. Pupils were also eager to use their Spanish language skills to greet hotel staff. After a tiring day, everyone will definitely sleep well tonight, but we are excited to go to our partner school tomorrow and see what the rest of the week brings! We look forward to sharing many more photos and updates as the week goes on. 

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