RSVP for Cleaning up your act | Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 19.00-20.30h
Business English, Events, Loud and Clear, Speak, Workshops
Tomorrow is the last day to RSVP for Cleaning up your act | Living a more sustainable, healthier life led by Anna Bezubka on Thursday, March 28 from 19.00-20.30h.
Join us for some fascinating conversation, new vocabulary and the know-how on being kinder to our Earth. The round table is open to all levels and we will provide you with snacks and drinks. Newsletter information linked
We hope to see you there!
Round Table #2 | Cleaning up your act with Anna Bezubka | March 28, 19-20.30h
Events, Loud and Clear, Speak, Workshops
NEXT UP: Cleaning up your act | Living a more sustainable life) with Anna Bezubka Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 19.00-20.30h
Eating Your Way Through Words | Food Vocabulary with Caroline Bagnara
*DATE CHANGE: Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 19.15-20.45h
“Learning never exhausts the mind” – Leonardo da Vinci
*Due to some unforeseen events, we have rescheduled the next round table with Caroline Bagnara to April 25 and May 16. Please take note and keep in mind you have time to sign up to some of our fun round tables but don’t wait too long…time is ticking and we would love to see you and you friends there!
Next up is Anna who will be teaching us how to live a healthier more sustainable life, just in time for Earth Day! Here’s Anna:
“Zero-waste. Eco-friendly. Sustainable.
Do these key words keep coming up in your Google searches and during your conversations with friends? Don’t want your grandchildren to move to Mars? Save our planet while you still can! A brain-storming and ideas-sharing session on how to live a greener, more eco-friendly and more sustainable life. Exchange your ideas and get inspired by actions of others.”
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 20th
And don’t forget our future events:
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 10am-12.00h: “Meandering through art” led by Rosemary Grieve (Visiting a museum and practicing your English skills in description)
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 19.15h-20.45h: PART I: “Eating your way through words” led by Caroline Bagnara (Learning Essential Food Vocabulary)
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 19.00-20.30h: “Setting yourself up for success” led by Heidi Schmidt (the importance of setting goals and challenges)
Thursday, May 16, 2019, 19.00h-20.30h: PART II: “Eating your way through words” led by Caroline Bagnara (visiting Santa Catarina Market and practicing your vocabulary skills)
Start reserving your favorite activities, invite a friend and we will keep you informed! Each course has a cost of 30€ per person and will include snacks and beverages
Think you can’t draw? You can! | Round Table Event #1 | Saturday March 2nd, 2019 from 10-12h
Events, Listen, Loud and Clear, Workshops
Step outside the class | Drawing Activity with Tim Currant
Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 10am to 12pm
“Learning never exhausts the mind” – Leonardo da Vinci
Remember that next Saturday, March 2nd is our first round table event of 2019 with Tim Currant. We will be sharing breakfast, coffee and an excellent opportunity to learn how to draw and relax, while improving your skills in conversational English.
Here’s Tim:
Are you dissatisfied with your drawing ability – or think “I can’t draw”?
Whatever level of drawing ability you may or may not have, this workshop shows you how to develop authentic drawing skills. I believe that everyone has the potential to draw, but just need to focus on three things:-
1. Change your thinking habits when you draw
2. Learn how to train your hands and eyes to work together.
3. Go and practice them. Practice makes perfect – before Leonardo da Vinci drew the final painting on the Cistine Chapel, he drew 140 pictures that did not work.
The workshop will be hands on and enjoyable and a chance to find out of you really can draw!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 27th
And don’t forget our future events!
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 19.00h-20.30h: PART I: “Eating your way through words” this is a two part series led by Caroline Bagnara (Learning food vocabulary)
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 19.00h-20.30h: “Cleaning up your act” led by Anna Bezubka (living a healthier more sustainable life)
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 10am-12.00h: “Meandering through art” led by Rosemary Grieve (Visiting a museum and practicing your English skills in description)
Thursday, April 26, 2019, 19.00h-20.30h: PART II: “Eating your way through words” led by Caroline Bagnara (Visiting Santa Catarina Market in English)
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 19.00-20.30h: “Setting yourself up for success” led by Heidi Schmidt (the importance of setting goals and challenges)
Start reserving your favorite activities and we will keep you informed! You can email us at hello@heidi-schmidt.com
Each course has a cost of 30€ per person and will include snacks and beverages
The holidays are right around the corner and before we take off, we wanted to share our plans for this festive time of the year in hopes that you will share with us.
Serve yourself some hot chocolate, turn on the Christmas Carols and relax as you read what we are doing for Christmas:
I usually spend Christmas in England and always have a special Christmas-style day together with my grown-up son and daughter. For the last two years my son and I have gone to see the new Star Wars movie we’ll be doing it again this year. Every other Christmas I go to London and spend the three days of Christmas as a volunteer working in support of homeless people with a fantastic secular charity called ‘Crisis at Christmas’, which has been running for 50 years. I work in a Rough Sleepers Shelter which for 10 days provides not only safe warm accommodation, hot meals, fresh clothes and equipment, entertainment and access to computers as well as every kind of professional who give their services: such as dentists, doctors, physiotherapists, podiatrists, manicurists, hairdressers, tailors and sewing specialist who will mend and rejuvenate clothes, many different kinds of addictions counsellors as well as social, financial, employment and housing specialists. There is a fantastic atmosphere in the many Crisis centres provided in London, Birmingham, Coventry and Edinburgh. 26,000 single people face homelessness on any given night in England due to a lack of affordable and accessible housing. Last Christmas, 9961 volunteers racked up 270,000 hours of volunteering in London. An incredible 8658 mince pies were enjoyed and 70,555 cups of coffee were drunk by 3911 guests.
Here is a video about last year’s Crisis at Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiHTv3yitNM
Happy Christmas, Tim Currant
My first Christmas in Barcelona!
As my family is in Poland I always try to make it there for Christmas. Well, almost always. Once I spent Christmas in Dublin and cried out big tears of homesickness as a massive house party that I ended up at, with crowds of drunk people, was somehow alien to my idea of ´family time´. Years later, I had a cheeseburger for Christmas Eve dinner in a bamboo restaurant in Sri Lanka. There was no drama, just joy, maybe because I somehow altered the idea of what ´family time´means.
This year I am spending Christmas for the first time here, in Barcelona and in La Comarca with my boyfriend’s family. I look forward to doing cagar el Tió, wandering around Christmas markets and decorating a palm tree with Christmas lights.
After I have collected all my pressies from el Tió, eaten piles of turrón and drunk multiple glasses of cava I am flying to Poland for belated Christmas and New Year´s Eve. I am going to travel to my grandparents´place – a tiny village of 9 houses, near the Belarusian border, where my mum comes from. There, surrounded by snow-capped forest I am hoping to find more pressies from Santa and stuff my face with pierogi and pierniki.
I guess, I am really grateful for all the Christmases so far and wish you all heartfelt ´family time´ – in all its unique versions.
Happy Holidays! Anna Bebzuka
This Christmas will be spent teaching our 1 year old about Santa Claus, Caga Tio and the magical Kings. Although Blai doesn’t quite get it yet, he certainly has made it clear that he loves all the twinkling lights and points to the Christmas tree in the late afternoon so I can turn on the lights. It is my favorite moment of the day. Like every year, on Christmas Eve we will have a seafood feast with just Oriol and I, this year Blai and our dog Tano will also join and at midnight, we will walk down to the sea to drink a bottle of Cava and see if we spot St Nick flying over us. We have yet to see him, but you never know…Then we will celebrate Christmas day with Oriol’s paternal side of the family, bringing young and old together and singing carols and reciting poetry in exchange for a few coins. My favorite! On Boxing day or St Esteban, we will have lunch with Oriol’s maternal side of the family and make time to play with our new gifts. After New Years, we will go down to the Delta de Ebre to welcome in 2018 in a very magical place with lovely light and fauna. (Heidi)
This season is my absolute favorite and I consider myself very lucky to have all of you form part of our every day life. Thank you for your hard work, collaboration and motivation.
May 2018 bring all of you peace, joy and health and lots of fun learning English!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2018!
Last week we had a wonderful round table session on motivators at work and on projects. Marina gave us some interesting information on how to analyze what motivates us most at work and what makes us lose interest. Did you know money is not everything? Do you agree?
Here is more information on moving motivators
She had us rate or scale our motivators above from 1 to 10. 1 being the most important and 10 the least important. It was fascinating to see what we each chose as important and non-important. She then explained what each of these motivators could mean in our professional world.
Afterwards, we related these motivators to Maslow’s human hierarchy of needs. Remember those?
We decided where each motivator fell within the triangle and how they were relevant…It really was a fabulous session.
So, how do your motivators rate? Are you currently motivated at work or do you need to restructure your own motivation?
Thank you Marina for an insightful session!
Round Table Session #2 | Leading Through Motivation | October 27, 19h-20.30h
Events, Loud and Clear, Speak
She will be leading a fascinating discussion on motivation:
If you or anyone you know is interested in this subject or you think this would be helpful in your own professional or personal life, contact us and reserve your space! All of us can always use a little motivating and positive coaching!
We hope to see you there!
Round Table Session #1 | Maslow’s 5 Human Basic Needs | September 29, 2016
Business English, Events, Loud and Clear, Speak
Last term, the sessions became a real success and we want to continue inviting you to join us for our varied topics and to remind you that all levels are welcome and you can bring anyone you think might be interested. So what are you waiting for?
“Knowledge is a treasure. But practice is the key to it.” –Lao Tzu
Please see our calendar below and sign up to all our sessions or the ones that interest you the most! (*Please note that topics might be liable to change, depending on the interest of the participants*)
Thursday, September 29, 2016 | Maslow’s 5 basic human needs | How do they apply to you? hosted by Heidi Schmidt
Thursday, October 27, 2016 | Leading people and finding the motivation necessary in everything we do hosted by Marina
Thursday, November 10, 2016 | Building a Business and Career that Lasts host to be confirmed
Thursday, November 24, 2016 | Traditions, how do they affect us? Host to be confirmed
When: Thursday, September 29 from 19.00-20.30h
How Much: 10€ per session (includes material, Gin & Tonics! and great company)
We hope to see you there!
Last term, the sessions became a real success and we want to continue inviting you to join us for our varied topics and to remind you that all levels are welcome and you can bring anyone you think might be interested. So what are you waiting for?
“Knowledge is a treasure. But practice is the key to it.” –Lao Tzu
Please see our calendar below and sign up to all our sessions or the ones that interest you the most! (*Please note that topics might be liable to change, depending on the interest of the participants*)
Thursday, September 29, 2016 | Maslow’s 5 basic human needs | How do they apply to you? hosted by Heidi Schmidt
Thursday, October 27, 2016 | Leading people and finding the motivation necessary in everything we do hosted by Marina
Thursday, November 10, 2016 | Building a Business and Career that Lasts host to be confirmed
Thursday, November 24, 2016 | Traditions, how do they affect us? host to be confirmed
When: Last Thursday of the month from 19.00-20.30h
How Much: 10€ per session (includes material, cocktails and great company)
We hope to see you there!
Next Monday is the first official day of summer and before you pack your bags, throw on your swimsuit and slather on your sunscreen, we want to remind you that we have one last round table session to say goodbye to Spring and hello to Summer.
The last 4 sessions were a real success and it was wonderful to hear all of you share your opinions and point of views on various topics. This last session promises to be a great session as well and we will be talking about Today’s Technology and Social Media, How does it affect us? Francina, one of our loyal participants will be leading the session and I will be making a surprise cocktail to kick off the summer right.
So if you are free on Thursday, June 30th from 19.00-20.30h and have something to say on the subject of technology (who doesn’t?), join us! All levels and everyone is welcome.
When: Thursday, June 30th from 19.00-20.30h
Where: Espai 290, Aragó 290, Principal
How much: 10€ per person
Why: To exchange ideas, share opinions and improve your spoken English in a comfortable setting
Contact us if you haven’t signed up yet: hello@heidi-schmidt.com and we hope to see you there!
Photo Source & The inspiring Making of Video
If you have been reading our blog, you know we had our 2nd edition of the round table last Thursday and as expected, it went fabulously well.
I surprised everyone with their choice of Lemon or Cucumber Gin & Tonics to lighten up the mood and we quickly got started on our round table on Creativity in Business by asking students to define what creativity means to them and here is the result:
We had a great time comparing creativity and sharing our experiences. We also discussed what we would need to do in society to change the lack of creativity in our competitive driven business world.
You still have 3 more opportunities to join us! So make sure you sign up for a cocktail and inspiring conversation:
Thursday, April 28 | Finding your motivation at work hosted by one of our round table participants!
Thursday, May 26 | Storytelling hosted by Madeleine
Thursday, June 30 | Today’s Social Media and Technology hosted by Heidi
When: Last Thursday of every month from 19.00-20.00h (see calendar above)
How Much: 10€ per session *10€ per person includes material and a surprise drink
