Hello Sophie - Good Bye Elly

Little mini quiz game at the end of this blog

We are so sad to be saying Goodbye to Elly this week, and Hello to Sophie.
Back in 2015, Sophie joined us working in Admissions and then for a short time as Reception Officer. She is therefore already quite familiar with the ways of the school. The oddest thing is that she sounds just like Elly on the phone ;-)

Sophie has come to us from a stint of travelling and working in London and while she has big shoes to fill, we know she will and we want to say a huge 'welcome' to her.

We are really genuinely sad to be saying goodbye to our lovely Elly. Elly has been with us since 2010, first as a teacher and then as Reception Manager. For anyone who doesn't know Elly, she may be little but she is a massive powerhouse of energy, efficiency, sage advice and attention to detail, and just an all-round joy to know.

She has given all of us pause for thought as she is leaving to go to Australia and is starting up a new business! Proofreading (on the road). Initially, she is heading to Perth, but the plan is to get a van and to drive off into the sunset - proofreading on the way.

This is her new website

www.editmyessays.com

We couldn't see Elly leave without a good send-off:

Bye Bye (sob sob) Elly - Hello and huge welcome Sophie.

A little PS

Elly featured quite heavily in our 'We are Happy LSI Portsmouth video - have a watch and see how many times you can see her ;-)

Hello and Goodbye - Sad to say goodbye to our leavers, happy to say hello to our newbies

Being in a language school means we get to say hello and goodbye to a lot of people, not just students but teachers and staff too.
Some of our lovely teachers have left recently to go to new opportunities or return home and a couple are going in the next week or so. Last week we said goodbye to our very helpful and always smiling Alex the Intern from Germany. goodbye also to the lovely Kate who has gone off to study for her Ph.D. at Cardiff, and tomorrow a sad good bye to the adorable Matt who is going back to Spain, and then next week the gorgeous Eoin is going off to study an MA at Sussex University - sob sob from all of us, we will really miss them, they have been part of the fabric of the school.

And so to the good news, we have three lovely new members of staff that we want to welcome to the school; Louise and Rhiannon who are both teachers and Sissi who is our newest intern, massive welcome to them - we know they will be very happy - cos they will be working with us ;-)