Prince Charles is to visit Bury St Edmunds for a Freedom of the Borough parade for troops from Wattisham Airfield.

The Prince of Wales will be at the ceremony on July 22, which will see him present Afghanistan campaign medals to members of the 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, which operates Apache helicopters.

Students of BLS English will be watching HRH land in his helicopter and listening to his speech on Angel Hill right outside the school. BLS English is even supplying the electricity for his microphone!

BLS has been fully accredited by the British Council and English UK for 5 years

Accreditation UK is a quality assurance scheme for providers of English language teaching services. The Scheme operates as a partnership between The British Council and English UK. The aim of the Scheme is to protect international students who are studying or planning to study in the UK. This is achieved by external inspection, ensuring that providers that are accredited through the Scheme meet agreed quality standards. Providers that meet Scheme standards are 'Accredited by The British Council'.

British Council inspectors visit our school to examine the premises, teaching, welfare and administration. This encourages excellence and ensures that all students will be well taught and cared for.

Supervision and Safety
Students are under the constant care and attention of our experienced staff from the moment of arrival in England until they go home. Particular attention is paid to safety.

Quality Assurance
Students are regularly consulted about their lessons and the staff meet to discuss progress and issues of concern. This helps to ensure high standards on an ongoing, daily basis.

Parental Contacts
A list of parental contacts worldwide is available on request. Any of the parents will be willing to discuss their child's experience of the course.

BLS are Premier League Runners Up and Cup Winners 2009/2010

Come and join BLS and play football every week

BLS FC had an amazing first season in the Bury St Edmunds 6-aside tournament. After a slow start back in September 2009, BLS put together a 5-month unbeaten run to pick up two pieces of silverware: the Premier League Runners Up and Cup Winners medals. The new 2010 summer competition is now underway and results can be seen at the link below.

Fixtures and results

Latest Results

3rd August 2010
BLS English 2
4 Skins 1

BLS fielded a much-changed side to the previous 2 weeks so their shape and discipline was to be crucial. 4Skins had been unlucky in recent fixtures narrowly losing by the odd goal in their last three games. Logan and Brennan were solid at the back though were guilty of drifting out of position on several occasions. During the early forrays Nicholls and Aldahmash in attack posed danger though could not hold enough of the ball to bring Davies in from midfield. The deadlock was broken on 10 minutes when a neat chip from Aldahmash from the right cleared the defence and dropped perfectly for Brennan to slide the ball home to mark his comeback appearance from a month out of the side. At one nil BLS looked very comfortable with 4Skins lacking any real incisiveness. Reardon in goal for BLS had hardly been tested throughout the first half despite BLS looking a little ragged at the back and gifting space unneccesarily in the last 5 minutes. The second half saw Brennan make some superb last ditch blocks and tackles to frustrate the 4Skins front line. Nicholls and Aldahmash were linking up better and came close on a few occasions. On 25 minutes, Davies made himself some space down the left for Logan to put him through for a trademark jink and left foot drive into the corner. Would 2-0 be enough with under 10 minutes to go? Ironically, BLS showed more nerves at 2-0 than with the one goal cushion. This led to some indecision with the marking at he back which gave 4Skins a close-range effort from a narrow angle to blast home leaving Reardon little chance. There were several last minute scrambles for BLS but without doubt deserved to extend their unbeaten run to three. With a crucial couple of cup games looming later in August, this is just the momentum that is needed.

Man of the Match: Brennan

27th July 2010
BLS English 0
Bang Bangs 0

A toughly fought contest left BLS feeling they had done enough to scrape this one. Though the referee was wearing a similar colour to BLS, he was doing them few favours. Disallowing Aldahmash in the second half was definitely the most curious of these. Nevertheless, BLS could have won the game on several other occasions with with Piper and Logan coming close. Farrant was always going to be a towering target man and looked dangerous throughout. However, support for him was often too slow or too distant forcing him to go alone. The greasy surface made things difficult for BLS especially so when choosing the long pass. When finally realising this, BLS did put some good positive moves together. The pick of these being instigated by Butler culminating in a Piper effort that saw both a lucky deflection and fingertip save from the Bang Bangs number 1 preventing him from getting on the score sheet. Piper and Butler thwarted some late efforts by Bang Bangs and restricted them to long range efforts. One of these needed a sublime fingertip response form new signing Reardon between the sticks. Next week 8.40pm against 4 Skins.

Man of the Match: Piper

18th May 2010
BLS English 3
Angel Hurricanes 1

BLS English came out on top in this fiercely contested local derby and never really looked in danger of slipping up to a side that now props up the table after 8 weeks. It was a vintage Kemp performance that spurred on the oranges to their 4th win of the league season. This is not to say that he will be content with this as he would be the first to concede he should have had a double hattrick. The most glaring missd opportunity was towards the end of the first half after a pinpoint pass by Logan allowed Kemp to run on with only the keeper to beat. He chose power over precision ... the ball still has not been found - rumour has it it is somewhere near Long Melford. Aldahmash also had his chances and will be looking for a lot more compsure in front of goal next week. He did make up for not scoring by taking on some gritty defensive duties which summarised a great team effort. Piper made a cameo appearance outfield and hit the woodwork after seconds of being let out of goal. His experience showed and was able to boss the midfield picking out passes for fun. Butler also contributed well at the back with a fine return to the team, showing why BLS have missed him so much over recent weeks.

Man of the Match: Kemp

18th May 2010
BLS English 2
Hardly Athletic 1

BLS move up to 3rd in the Premier League already making it a better start than last season. However, the performance was only average and there was a distinct lack of unity in the side, which was mainly to blame for the lack of fluidity and overplay. Far too often BLS were caught on the counter attack with Athletic holding and releasing well to make BLS work hard at the back. Luckily Farrant was on form to quell much of the Athletic approach play. Logan also worked hard and never gave up depsite being nutmegged twice by the Athletic's least mobile player. Kemp again got BLS off the mark with that all crucial first goal thanks to clever play by Brennan and support from Davies. Kemp returned the favour after 10 minutes to give Brennan his first of the season despite only just passing a late medical. It did look as though BLS would go on to romp home with Kemp and Davies having chances to put the game beyond reach, however, full credit must be given to Athletic who continued to press and to use all their experience to eventually score from a rebound after a good reaction Piper save. The second half remained goalless, but Aldahmash had two great efforts that just flew over. His return to form comes at just the right time for BLS. BLS will need to improve on their shot to goal ration for the next two weeks which see them against top of the table Madrid in consecutive games.

Man of the Match: Farrant

11th May 2010
BLS English 4
4 Skins 1

BLS were keen to make amends for last week's defeat and to improve on the mid table position. A composed and at times lethargic first 10 minutes were fairly even and again BLS were exposed at the back mainly due to a tendancy to push numbers forward far too often. BLS were glad to have Piper back between the sticks and when he was called upon he did not disappoint. Farrant, Brennan and Kemp led the attack and had some early chances, though were lacking conviction. It was Kemp who got the breakthrough not long before halftime with a well placed shot, thanks to some solid support from Davies. This clearly settled the nerves and allowed BLS to play some more expansive football. The young legs of the opposition were surpsisingly weary in the second half and the experience of last season was showing for BLS. Davies again proved far too strong for the 4 Skins in the centre of the park and his cool head allowed Brennan the time and space to hit a superb outside of the boot curler, just skimming the crossbar. Soon after, a quick corner forced the 4 Skins defender to play from within his own area and the subsequent penalty was calmly slotted home by Farrant, sending the keeper the wrong way. Player Coach, Logan, came into the equation and was unlucky to allow 4 Skins in for a relatively simple goal, giving Piper little chance. Logan soon made up for his mistake by sending a defence splitting pass to Kemp to again give a two goal cushion. Aldahmash came on to add energy and flair to the game for BLS and it wasn't long until Kemp sealed a well deserved hattrick.

Man of the Match: Kemp

New Evening Classes with Home Study Programme

Dates: Start any week
Mondays 6-7.30m

Cost
£60 per month

Fast Progress for Busy People
The course is designed for fast progress in a short time.

Fully Qualified and accredited School
BLS is the only British Council school in the area (Suffolk).
You will be in small groups and learning with fully qualified English Language Teachers. We are a British Council school so you get a guaranteed high level of education.

Free Home Study Programme
All students receive a study at home study programme to help you learn all week and at weekends to boost your level quickly. Teachers check extra work and writing and will give advice on how to improve.

Free Writing Skills Workshop
you will also get a free workshop to improve your writing skills. Tuesdays 3-4pm.

Certificate
All students are awarded a course certificate at the end of the course.

BLS Social Club
When you register you will also become part of the BLS Social Network so you can join us for our parties, sports or other social events - all free.

Extra costs
£5 registration once only at the start. No hidden costs.

Location
Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds (IP331UZ). A great location in the centre of the town in a beautiful 17th century building.

Registration Procedure
Please fill out a registration form and make first payment to book your place.

BLS will be offering brand new evening ESOL classes to dedicated students wanting professional native teachers to help them quickly progress to the next level. This is not any ordinary evening class, it is intended to motivate and give results quickly whilst being extremely affordable.

Students will learn the grammar rules and practice using them. Each lesson will give students something real they can take away and use in everyday situations to help with their jobs or family life. All students receive a certificate endorsed by British Council.

Classes will start at 6pm and will be mixed nationality groups.

Please contact the office for more details and to book your place. Places are limited and there has been plenty of interest already.

Bury Language School Fundraising...

BLS Founder and Director Patrick Murphy will be following in the footsteps of Princes William and Harry and is participating in a Global Enduro Road Challenge. Karma Enduro 2010 takes place in India to raise funds for two charities: Adventure Ashram and the UK's Rainbow Trust.

Driving 2,000 kms across Europe in a modern car is no challenge. Driving 2,000 kms across India's Western Ghat Mountain range and crossing the hazardous and diverse terrain of Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in Southern India is not be taken lightly.

And if that isn't enough! How about doing it in a 1950s car? The 37 horsepower Ambi (like an original Morris Oxford). Then add elephant and other wildlife that have never read the Highway Code and the most chaotic road system on earth.

The Karma Enduro is not for the faint-hearted as it will challenge to the limits participants' awareness, commitment and spirit. Above all, it is not a race - the challenge is to complete the course in one piece.

The route includes ascending and descending high mountains, crossing fearfully hot and arid deserts, getting through crowded cities and remote forests. Just a day or two would be enough but driving these cars in these conditions for two weeks in 90 degree heat is a serious challenge of endurance, hence Karma Enduro.




This is a worthy cause so please give what you can.

For details of how to make a donation by cheque please contact the School.