Xplore sponsor an exciting U12s rugby festival!

Xplore were proud to sponsor the U12 Rugby Festival at Finborough School on 5th October 2014.

Sixteen teams from across the East of England came to Suffolk for a 12 aside rugby festival. Referees from Eastern Counties RFU oversaw the matches.  Trophies for the winning teams were presented by Simon Sinclair from the Northampton Saints Academy. 

After an exciting 38 games throughout the day, Taverham beat Bedford School in the Cup Final.  St. Joseph's drew with Norwich School in the Plate Final after 2 halves of extra time.  Well done to all the teams! 

Xplore have offered Taverham as the winners of the main competition either a fantastic 2-night team building activity weekend or a 2-night sports tour at our Xplore Finborough Hall Centre!  

Hannah's adventures in New Zealand...

Throughout my time with Xplore, I have worked in various aspects of the company whilst completing my degree at University Campus Suffolk, until this summer when my studying came to an end and the move into the big wide world of full time work came upon me! With that, a holiday to New Zealand just happened to come about! This time it would be by myself!

When I was younger we had always travelled on holidays to a number of amazing destinations. With a Dad who did not travel much when he was little; he was determined to catch up. Road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles will always be one to remember. Florida, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand were also some unforgettable trips.

I don't think they will get me
bungee jumping off this!

In November, I will be travelling to Auckland to meet up with family that I have not seen for years, but I am also hoping that my trip will be as action packed and adventure filled as possible. I hope to indulge in some Maori culture, paddleboarding around Mission Bay or even Zorbing (I know they are fans of this in NZ). Sky Tower walk or jump might be a bit ambitious though - far too high for me! but you never know! I do think my best achievement from the holiday will be surviving the 24-hour flight, but you have to do it to get to these lovely places!!

All I know for certain is that I will need to be coming home for a break!

Watch out for Hannah's blog when she returns, we can't wait to hear about her adventures! 

Join us at our Mandarin Summer Camp in China

The team at Xplore are very excited about the new and exclusive international language camp in China that we will be running this summer! 

Students from all over the world will join us from 11th July to 1st August 2015 for a unique language and culture experience.  The camp will offer three weeks of language, culture, activities and amazing excursions. Students will be fully integrated in their lessons (both Mandarin and English) and will be encouraged to support and assist each other throughout their language learning.

 Key highlights of the camp: 

 * Return flight from Frankfurt/London to Hong Kong with transfers in China  * Language and culture lessons, divided equally between Mandarin and English  * Amazing two day excursion to Beijing to see the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square * Activities offered during the camp include kung fu, horse riding, sailing, Chinese tea ceremony, calligraphy and dragon dance  * Day excursions to Hong Kong, Shenzhen Bay Park and theme parks * Evening entertainment 

We are offering a limited number of subsidised places, for further information please email info@xploretheworld.com

It was announced by the UK government in June 2014 that tens of thousands of pupils in the UK will be given lessons in Mandarin to introduce “the language of the future” into state schools and we hope this language camp will offer the perfect introduction to Mandarin or an opportunity to improve a students level whilst experiencing Chinese culture.

The Telegraph recently reported that 'more than 1,200 specialist Mandarin teachers will be trained in the subject to give state pupils the same access to classes as their counterparts in private schools' and that 'the move will be made as part of a plan to open the biggest training centre for Mandarin outside China – the Confucius Institute – to be based at the Institute of Education in London.'

Elizabeth Truss, the Education Minister, said the move would double the number of children learning the language to GCSE level by the end of the decade.