Broadstairs inspired the novelist Charles Dickens. He visited regularly between 1837 – 1859. Charles Dickens had a summer residence in Broadstairs, now known as Bleak House. The house is currently a bed-and- breakfast and a wedding venue, but you can visit the room where he sat at his desk overlooking Viking Bay, which inspired him […]
by Eisa Eisa and his classmate, Mohammed, wrote about their favourite actors for a class project. Here’s what Eisa found out about Will Smith. Will Smith is an American actor, producer and rapper.He was born on September 25, 1968. He has enjoyed success in TV, movies and singing. In 2007 Newsweek described him as the […]
Two of our students, Eisa and Mohammed, wrote these reviews of a popular student reader, ‘The Lost Ship’ in their class. Here are their opinions. EISA’S REVIEW The title of this book is The Lost Ship. The author of this book is Stephen Colbourn. It was published in 2005 by Macmillan Publishers. The story is […]
Two of our students, Eisa and Mohammed, recently did a football survey and asked some of our football-mad teachers lots of questions about the sport. Here’s what Eisa found out about Jonny…. His favourite team is Manchester United because he was introduced by friends. They are in the Premier League in 7th position.They normally play […]
Here’s a brilliantly scary story written by one of our current students, Turki from Saudi Arabia. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin… In the winter of 1827, Frank William was visiting a village located in the south east of England called Minster. On a dark night when he was going back to his rented […]
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 […]
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 […]
