About Lexis | Noosa

Welcome to the student blog of Lexis Noosa. Lexis Noosa is a high quality English school located on Australia's stunning Sunshine Coast. Students from a wide range of countries join us here to study courses such as Cambridge (FCE, CAE, CPE), IELTS, Business English, TOEIC, TOEFL and General English. I hope you enjoy our blog! Online resources include: www.gvenglish.com www.youtube.com/globalvillagenoosa www.vimeo.com/globalvillage www.flickr.com/gvqueensland/collections/

Getting around Noosa!

Lexis Noosa is positioned in the town centre of Noosa Heads, which means getting to school, the town centre, or of course…our stunning beaches, is easy and inexpensive for students!

Most students walk or bike ride around Noosa and this is also supported by the local community (check out the fantastic bike racks located right outside the schools entrance)!

Alternative transport options are the local buses; however most students choose to walk or ride their bikes / scooters around town. If students are looking for a weekend away, we also have the main bus transit station located right outside the school’s entrance (pictured). This makes it really easy for students wanting to finish school on a Friday afternoon, jump on a bus to Brisbane, Fraser Island, or the Gold Coast and enjoy a weekend of unwinding :-)

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Miwa and Daniel Return on their Honeymoon

Miwa from Japan and Daniel from Korea met at Noosa Lexis four years ago. This week they returned on their honeymoon.

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We love college romances and it was so special that they came back to visit us. They met up with their teacher Sonia and were very surprised that when they mentioned their past classmate Manaf I could introduce them to his cousin Dhoom, who is now studying with us. It really is a small world after all. :)

Tennis!!

The Double Tennis Competition was help today at Noosa Tennis Club. The Teams consisted of Abdul and Anj, Sandro and Red with Leo coming late and joining in the competition.Image The final match was close, with teams changing themselves around and in the end it was Leo and Red VS Anj and Sandro. Great playing by all, but Anj and Sandro came through with the win!Image

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International Food and Wine Festival @ Shades Wine Bar

Last Thursday night was our first International Food and Wine event at Shades Wine Bar for the Lexis Students. The students were asked to bring a plate of food from their country. We had an assortment of food from Brazil, Korea, Japan, Switzerland, Australia and Russia which were all delicious! We had FREE wine tasting with some lovely whites from Spain Sicily, Italy and France.Image

After a few drinks and some food we played “guess that flag”, where students had to guess the origin of 14 different flags. There were a few unique flags thrown into the mix with ones from Samoa and Fiji. Congratulations to Mathieu who got the most right and won a lovely bottle of French champagne.Image

Thanks you to everyone who brought food on the night and to the ladies from Student Uni Travel for their great Brazilian desert. Also a big thanks you to Sandro for his music and salsa dancing, it was a great night!!Image

A visit from the Noosa National Park Association!

A BIG thank you to Yanni and Justin who took the time to come and talk with our students today about the conservation of our beautiful Noosa National park!

Another shout-out to our fabulous students who attended the information session and who have also put their names down to volunteer and help protect the National Park:

Megan, Sienna, Ami, Lucy, Klou, Sara, Luke, Michiko, Mika and Elena :-)

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Vegetarian Cooking Class

Today’s activity was vegetarian cooking. The students where able to learn about the different nutrients vegetarians need as well as good protein sources . We made some great dishes including; veggie patties with chickpeas, zucchini and carrot, and a tofu and quinoa salad.

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A big welcome to the NEW students!

Welcome to the new students who arrived today to study English in Noosa. I hope you all enjoy your time here at the college :)

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Back Row: Charifa (Italy), Antonio (Italy), Matthias (Switzerland), Seline (Switzerland), Sunghyun (Luka) (Korea)

Front Row: Song Hyun (Korea), Se Eun (Korea), Tsuyoshi (Japan), Sung Hyun (Korea)

Guitar Hero

It was a great afternoon for the guitar hero competition. A few players eased their nerves with some great Aussie beers, before the competition was underway.

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The first round winners (Andrea, Jayden, Scott and Martin) showed their guitar skills knocking out their competitors. In the end it came down to Andrea and Scott who played for the best out of three win. Well done to Scott who came through with the win, but both boys scored a lovely bottle of french wine courtesy of Single Vineyards. 

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Lorenzo Recommends a Whitsunday Island Trip

Thank you Lorenzo for the great article on your recent trip to the Whitsunday Islands.

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Lorenzo wrote; ‘one of the highlights out there is Whitehaven Beach. A beach with sand as white as snow and water clear as air. By low-tide the surface is huge and you are able to walk between two islands.  Whitsundays are the bright side of life and the perfect place to relax and enjoy. Fortunately boats are not so fast, so no one is in a hurry out there and it stays nice and calm.  The Whitsundays are for me the highlight of my Australia journey so far. It’s just a paradise, heaven on earth. ‘

Thank you again Lorenzo for sharing this with us.

Introducing….Lexis Noosa ‘UnNews’

The students in the current affairs option with teacher Fiona, were set the task of using current news items to come up with their own ‘UnNews’ ideas for the blog.

These are some articles written:

Please note that the accuracy of the stories in Lexis Noosa UnNews is extremely low ;-)

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Watch this space for more Lexis Noosa ‘UnNews’ next week!

Sangria and Salsa with Sandro

With the Sangria flowing, the students were able to relax ready for their salsa session with Swiss student Sandro.

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Some of the students and myself had two left feet, while others picked up the moves very easily. With the sangria and some great salsa music everyone had a fun time showing off their dance moves!Image

Thanks to teacher Fiona who turned up to show us some of her amazing salsa dance moves with Sandro!Image

Surf Sports and Soccer Training

There were some fun waves on Wednesday afternoon when we took to the beach for some body surfing and surfing. Alicia showed some of her skills on her cool old fashioned 7’1 surf board while Martin and Romano hired a board and both of them stood up on their first wave!Image

Thanks to the boys that showed up for soccer training. It was nice to hit the beach for some beach soccer and body surfing! It was great practice for our game next week!Image

Job Vacancies

Cleaner/Housekeeper

Positions available for experienced Cleaner/Housekeeper for Luxury Holiday Complex at Noosa Heads. Regular work. ABN preferred but not essential. Vehicle for movement onsite an advantage. Phone Manger: 075474 6700

Noosa Pizza Hut

junior positions available for front counter and pizza making… suit school kids for short flexible shifts. excellent for first job or exciting change!!! please visit 
http://www.pizzahut.com.au/work-with-us to apply….. immediate start required. Phone Paul 0404793201

Restaurant Front of House

Noosa Beach House is seeking hospitality professionals to join our opening team. One of Australia’s most acclaimed and well-regarded chefs Peter Kuruvita is bringing his excellence to Noosa with the opening of his new restaurant, the Noosa Beach House Peter Kuruvita. The new restaurant on the site of the old Cato’s Restaurant & Bar will open on Thursday 16th May and will see the transformation of one of Hastings Streets most iconic and popular meeting points. 

Peter established himself as one of Australia’s leading chefs in the early 2000’s and for 8 years was the Executive Chef at Sydney’s award winning Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar. In 2008, he opened the Flying Fish Fiji, which is referred to now as the best restaurant in Fiji. 

From his Sydney home Peter reflects, “Noosa is a place I have always loved and having the opportunity to work with Starwood again in this exciting reopening of a Noosa icon was too hard to pass up. The relaxed vibe of the Noosa Beach House is my style of place, a casual restaurant that will grow up as the day progresses. The casual holiday vibe will be complemented by a tasty all-day lunch menu. 

The bar will thrive all day and all are welcome to simply relax in the sun with a cold beer or cocktail and some smart bar snacks. As the day goes on 
the Noosa Beach House will evolve into a restaurant and cocktail bar worthy of this iconic strip”, says Peter. 

After an extensive refurbishment and in anticipation of our grand reopening, we are recruiting for the following positions to join our team: 

Head Waiter 
Restaurant Host 
Wait Staff 
Head Bartender 
Bartenders 
Server Assistants 

Open interviews will be held at the Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa on the following dates and times: 

Tuesday April 23rd 
12pm – 2pm 
3pm – 5pm 

Wednesday April 24th 
12pm – 2pm 
3pm – 5pm

Newspaper Folders

Newspaper Folders Required 
for folding community newspapers 
in Noosa Warehouse Monday and Thursday nights. 
Approximately 4-6 hours each night. 
Must have reliable vehicle and be a keen worker. Call Michael 0401477575

Part Time Floor Staff

We are a very busy, fast paced coffee Roasting house / Espresso bar in Sunshine Beach, and we are looking for an enthusiastic person to be part of our team. 
You need to be fast and flexible and work efficiently in a very busy environment whilst maintaining high quality customer service. 
We are looking for a reliable, versatile and bubbly people who can work alongside our current team to maintain our high standards. We require someone with constant attention to detail and high standards of cleanliness. 
Would suit someone only wanting part-time/casual work, who can be flexible with hours and days. No nights.
Please call Angela on (07) 5474 92 22 
Or hand resume in person to Costa Noosa, Duke St Sunshine Beach 
please no emails

Welcome NEW Students!

Welcome to the new students who arrived today in Noosa!!!

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Back Row: Chong-Hyon (Korea), Norbert (Germany), Judith (Spain), Lorenz (Switzerland), Raphaela (Switzerland)

Front Row: Katia (Brazil), Eunha (Korea), Anastasia (Russia), Junghee (Korea), Kukiko (Japan), Nozomi (Japan), Yuna (Japan)

Soccer Match- Maroochydore VS Noosa

It was the first match of the year, and it was great to see such a strong performance from the Noosa side. Maroochydore were the first team to score but Noosa came back quickly with a great goal from Francesco.  At the end of half time the scores were even at 1-1.

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After some refreshing oranges at half time the students found their energy which saw some brilliant goals saved by our fantastic goal keeper, Sandro and some great defence and team work in the front and through the midfield. Dhoom made leading goal scorer with two easy goals placed nicely past the keeper.Image

 

Well done Noosa, next game will be on the 8th May!!

Thinking about studying at University of Sunshine Coast?….

Check out the USC Open Day at SBIT!

You can choose to study either at South Bank (SBIT campus) or at the Sunshine Coast, depending on your degree. USC will have academic and admissions staff there on the day to answer any questions. They will also have an ‘introduction to studying at USC’ seminar.

USC are looking forward to welcoming you to the event and there will be prizes on the day for students who register and come to the event.

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Volunteers Wanted

Volunteers wanted to run water @ Noosa Australian Rules Football games on Saturdays.

Needed for both home and away games- transport for away games will be provided

Must be physically fit, training provided. Need now until September  Please see Anj if you are interested.