Ldv students Can, Hannah and Maria visited Derry's local police station this week. Constable George (Community Police Officer) gave the students a tour of the station where they tried out police equipment, uniforms and vehicles.
They found the visit very interesting and quite fun! Thanks to Constable George
One Day at Giant’s Causeway
By Hannah Caspers
I woke up and looked out of my window – rain!
First I was not really happy about going out with this weather…
but I had no choice, the others would be waiting for me.
So I took my warm tights, my jeans, 2 Shirts and a warm pullover and of course my winterjacket and an umbrella.
Then I went to catch the bus and met the others at the Foyle Language School.
We took the bus (a little one with 14 seats) and started our trip to Giant’s Causeway.
In the bus were one Chinese Girl, which is here for one year, me and 5 other Germans, two Spanish girls and two French. Plus Francesca, one of Foyle Language school and of course the bus driver.
It took about an hour to go AND actually we drove into some wonderful sunshine :D
Our first stop was at the Dunluce Castle.
We had one hour there to go around.
It was gorgeous! The sun was shining and it was sooo beautiful J
The castle is situated on the coast and the water is so bright!
We climbed up at the singular ruins and had a wonderful view over the sea and the coast and the wide landscape.
After the Dunluce castle we drove to Giant’s Causeway.
The Giant's Causeway (known as Clochán an Aifir in Irish) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high, it’s very impressive!
It’s known, that the Causeway is build up naturally but there is still a legend about the appearance!
The legend tells, that the Irish
warrior Fionn mac
Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. Fionn had spent many days
and nights trying to create a bridge to Scotland because he had challenged another giant. Fionn told his wife and she came up with an ingenious plan to dress Fionn like a baby. They spent many
nights creating a costume and bed. When the opponent came to Fionn's house, his wife told him that Fionn was out woodcutting and Benandonner would have to wait for him to return. Then Fionn's
wife showed him her baby and when Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he assumed the
alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn. 
On Wednesday 9 May 2012, over 2000 people filled the Belfast Waterfront from across Northern Ireland who wanted to see communities in Northern Ireland transformed.
The evening was a fun, engaging, energetic mix of live music, entertainment and inspiring stories showcasing shining examples of community action initiatives collaborating with others to make a
difference across Northern Ireland.
The event inspired people in Northern Ireland to support projects, get involved and activate ideas for new ways of working together.
A group of Foyle International students attended the event in Belfast with members of the Police Service. They enjoyed acts such as Janet Devlin (X-Factor), Belfast Gospel Choir, Street Dance and many more.
LDV student Sandra Wilhelm has been out and about taking some wonderful photographs of Derry and the North West!
We felt we should share some of these amazing pictures with you!
Sandra is currently completing her work placement with Foyle International and is staying with a local host. In her free time she enjoys photography you can view more of Sandra's work in our photo albums and on her own website:
English teacher Christine celebrated her birthday this week!
Happy Birthday Christine from all the staff and students
@ Foyle International!
Please come and join us at The
Foyle International Party!!
The party will be held next Wednesday the 18th of April @ 19:30 in Masons Bar
Admission is Free!
All we ask is that you bring some food.
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