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  Halloween newsletter issue

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Hi,

It's now a sunny Autumn here in London. The falling leaves fill the parks and though the days are shorter it's a lovely time of the year in the city.

Although quieter than the lively summer period, we still have a good number of students in our language school. A new University Foundation course has just started with a great mix of nationalities and our General English and Business English classes continue to be busy. As always we have a great social programme. See below our feature on some of the fantastic trips and events that have been taking place over the Autumn period.

If you are thinking of coming again, don't worry... we still have plenty of space! Why not try the new competition (details below) and win a free course!

Max Loach
School Director
 
Halloween competition - win a one week course in London with us!

On the 31st October we're celebrating Halloween. In case you don't know, Halloween has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints' Day. It is largely a secular celebration and the day is often associated with the colours orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols such as the jack-o'-lantern.

In order to celebrate it, we're offering a one week standard English course in London to the winner that answers correctly 4 Halloween questions.

Visit our competition page to enter.

Halloween competition
 
NEW School Videos!

We're very excited here at SGI with our new school videos. You can listen to Barney and David talking about the school, listen to some of our students speaking about their experience at SGI, watch a group class and even see busy Oxford Circus! Visit our SGI Video library page and check it.

 
UK Student VISAS: What you need to know!

Do you want to study with us in London but have questions about your VISA requirements? Read our new Student VISA page where we explain the current system in more detail.

 
English tip of the month : Halloween vocabulary

Pumpkin: A large, orange vegetable associated with Halloween.
Jack-o-lantern: Traditionally people cut out scary faces in pumpkins and put a candle inside. These pumpkins with faces are called "Jack-o-lanterns." Jack-o-lanterns are made to scare away evil spirits on Halloween.
"trick or treat": On Halloween, children go from house to house and say "trick or treat." This phrase means give me candy or I will play a trick on you. Families usually give the children candy. If the children don't get candy, they sometimes play mean tricks like breaking the house's Jack-o-lantern or putting soap on its windows.
Costume party: A party where everyone dresses in scary costumes.
Goblin: An unkind spirit which plays tricks on people.
Witch: A woman with magic powers.
Warlock: A man with magic powers
Bobbing for apples: This is a traditional Halloween game. You put apples in a barrel of water and people try to take the floating apples out of the water using only their mouths.

 
October school's social activities
- Visit to the National History Museum;
- Watch London from the River Thames during a boat trip;
- See the latest exhibitions on a visit to the Tate Modern;
- Chat and make friends with other students on a visit to a local pub or cafe;
- Much, much more... just join us!

Visit the SGI Flickr now and see pictures of previous activities.

SGI social activities

 
What's happening in London?

In October London is full-packed with many Halloween events throughout the town, from Ghost parties to horror films like the "London Ghost Festival".

Please notice that in October there will also take place in London the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and the Turner Prize Exhibition at Tate Britain, if you prefere some less spooky events!

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In this issue

- Halloween competition - win a one week course in London with us!
- New School Videos
- UK Student VISAS: What you need to know!
- English tip of the month
- October school's social activities
- What's happening in London?

 
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Our students speak for us

"Overall I have had a really useful experience and have felt that all my teachers were really involved and passionate about their jobs."

Pilar Gonzalez - Peramato (Spanish) 3 week General English course July 2009

"The Social Programme was also very helpful for people to get in touch with each other. Teachers that came with us were very friendly, talkative and nice to us"

Roxane Antequil ( French) 3 week General English Combo 10 July 2009

 
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