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DO!
DON’T!
1. Come with a positive attitude
determined to make the most of your
stay.
2. Do make the first move in meeting
new people and making friends.
3. Make a point of learning and
remembering names and greeting
people.
4. Speak English as much as you can
5. Keep in touch with friends and family
at home.
6. Join activities you have never tried
before.
7. Use the gym, swimming pool and
other sports facilities.
8. Try food you have never eaten before.
9. Get help from the prefects, teachers,
counselor, housemaster, EFL
department if you need it.
10. Make plans to go out on weekends
and exeats.
11. Remember to thank your parents or
whoever is making this experience
possible for you.
12. Have a sense of humour.
1. Mix only with boys from your country.
2. Speak your own language when others
who do not understand you are in the
room with you.
3. Spend all your free time on the phone
or on your computer.
4. Keep worries or anxieties to yourself.
5. Be so focused on getting good grades
that the only bit of England you see is
your desk.
6. Waste this wonderful opportunity you
have been given.
How can I get the most
out of my time in Austin
House?
Useful contact details
Mr Golding’s contact details:
01235 849056
Austin House address:
76 Bath Street
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
UK
OX14 1EB
Austin House Duty Mobile number:
+447583 985376
Contact details for other members of staff can
be found on the school website:
Abingdon School policies
To read through all the school policies you
should look on the school website at:
