It’s the last week of our summer term, although the weather is so lovely still that you really wouldn’t know it! Here are some of our favourite memories of the season at Hilderstone College, in pictures.
Group leader Victoriia wrote to us about her group’s experiences during their recent course at Hilderstone College. Thank you Victoriia, and we look forward to seeing you here again! Hello, Broadstairs! This was not the school’s first trip to Hilderstone College , but the first for me. And it impressed me very much: the buildings, […]
Ayoub from Libya writes about his memories of being a Hilderstone student in 1983! I was a student at Hilderstone 36 years ago . We reached Hilderstone on 8 March, 1983 in the afternoon , we had a warm welcome from all the staff , and the landlords were waiting to pick up us to […]
After so many years at Hilderstone College, we are very sad to be saying goodbye this week to our long-term Deputy Director of Studies, Mike Harding. We wish him all the very best for a wonderful retirement, and good luck to his successor, Rachel Connabeer! Here is a message from Mike: I’ll be retiring on […]
The Sunday Times newspaper has named Stone Bay, Broadstairs, as the best beach in Kent! Stone Bay is a gorgeous beach and won the accolade due to its ‘strangely beautiful curve of flat sand and rockpools’. Chris Haslam, The Sunday Times’ chief travel writer, said that ‘Stone Bay’s white cliffs reflect the sun’s heat ‘creating […]
Hello I am Seran Begen, from Turkey. I stayed in Broadstairs for about 2 months in 2016 but I can guarantee that it was the most wonderful 2 months in my life since before arriving at Hilderstone College, I had no idea of my life. The whole frame of my mind would change in this […]
Here’s a wonderful review by Susanna, an English teacher from Austria, who has just completed a Creative Teaching and Culture course here at Hilderstone College. Thank you, Susanna, and we look forward to seeing you again next year! When I decided to do advanced teacher training, I did not know much about Hilderstone College in […]
My live changed one year ago. I never wanted to go to learn English outside of Spain, mainly because I was afraid. However, I decided to try and I couldn’t have made a better choice. My adventure began for 3 months in a country I had never visited, England and in a town I did […]
Our Principal, Lee, is quite an action man when he’s not organizing us all at Hilderstone College! Here he is photographed recently on the edge of the glacier, after 1200m of climbing to finish at 2600m, at the Aletsch Half Marathon in Switzerland. Lee also cycles, and sometimes leads our students in cycling or circuit […]
Throw (or Put) a spanner in the works Do something, or something happens, that makes a plan or activity fail. Example: “We were going to move to a smaller place, but my son lost his job and moved back home.” “That must have thrown a spanner in the works.” #hilderstonephraseoftheweek FREE PHOTO
