Brisbane Welcomes International Students 2011

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[Student's Essay] Parliament House

Beautiful! is one word which can describe Brisbane Parliament house, the architecture and the perfect combination of colours and furniture makes this place a flash back to the past.
From the exact moment you see the building, you know it is special and excellent place to learn. So many times I have walked in front of it, but I never imagined it would be a gorgeous site full of interesting stories.

When you are inside is just amazing. Our tour started in the red carpet area near the grand staircase, it is just stunning! Parliament house was constructed a long time ago but it has suffered a series of rebuilding and changes in the architecture. Despite that, there are some parts and sites thatare original. 

The tour included a visit to two different rooms. One of them is for writing and discussing some of the ideas and programs to start. The other one is used for when Parliament is sitting to discuss the laws, taxes, etc.

I loved the moment when I stood face to face with Queen Victoria. It is a huge lead light window and her picture was beautiful. She is the Queen and I am the princess! I am famous in Australian history.

At the end of our excursion we had a nice conversation with the Parliament house guide who told us a few  interesting stories about ghosts. If you are brave you can have a tour at night and maybe the ghost will come and say hello to you. Another good story is about the tourists who go to take photographs on the stairs and the guards tell them stairs came from the Titanic ship! And then the tourists want to take more and more photographs.

I really enjoyed this excursion. I would like to have more of this kind of activities. I feel I that it really helped me to improve my English skills in a real world environment

From Victoria

IELTS preparation class

Don't steal my heart!

Hi guys, DON'T STEAL MY HEART!

IIA students are having Valentine’s Game which steals other student's heart.

Info
• The game must be played inside the school building
• The time is from 8:00am to 5pm
• The game will start on Tuesday 8 to Monday 14 February
• The goal is to obtain more hearts than the other students by the last day.

Rules
• Each student will receive a heart with another student’s name on it.
• You must get the heart of the student whose name is on your heart.
• To obtain the heart you must get that person alone and say, “I am stealing your heart”. (If another student sees you, you cannot obtain the heart. If a teacher sees is ok).
• If you successfully get the person alone they must give you their heart. The name on the heart is your new target. They must also give you all the hearts they have.
• Always keep all your hearts always with you.
• At 12:30pm on Monday take all your hearts to Reception to find out who the winner is.
• The winner will be announced Tuesday 15 February 12:00pm

If you do not wish to play you must wait until someone “steals” your heart.
You cannot give your heart to your friends.

Special Prize for the Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS excursion - Parliament house

We began the day in the classroom learning about the structure and function of the Queensland government.

It is a nice ten minute stroll from IIA to Parliament house in Brisbane, the sunshine was lovely!

On the way to Parliament house, we took a photo with these guys who are promoting TV show.

Nice One!

We were very lucky to have our own private tour. Our guide and security guard were very nice, they were happy to share some very interesting stories with us.

The students really enjoyed learning about the history of this beautiful old building, in particular what was involved with the original construction. Our guide told us that it took more than a year for the materials to be brought out from England. Most of it is still in it's original condition, even though it has been restored a number of times. Last year they had to replace five tiles in the grand entrance, they were made in France at the original stone masons and sent to Australia.

The detail of the interior design is really beautiful, the students particularly loved the ceiling and chandelier in the legislative council (worth more than half a million dollars and it takes three days to clean!)

Every room has it's own special function and history (including crimes, suicides and ghosts!!) we had alot of fun listening to some of the crazy things that have gone on over the years.

We had such an interesting day, we started out to learn about Queensland Government, but it soon became a history and architectural lesson too.

It was a fabulous day - with my fabulous IELTS class!