Fishers, Indiana, USA
Teachers and students at Billericay Park.
It was 5.15 am on Wednesday 30 September that I made my way, in a semi somnolent state, to Billericay school where I was to join teachers and students from the Mayflower and Billericay schools for a trip to our twin town of Fishers. We travelled by mini coach to Gatwick for a flight to
Thursday
morning saw students and teachers arrive at Hamilton South Eastern High
School
(HSE) at 7.00am to spend the day in classes learning how American
students are
taught. The school is large having about 2500 enrolled students with a
total
capacity of some 2700. Lessons finished at 3.00pm and the English
students
spent the rest of the day with their hosts.Another early start on Friday morning when students and teachers had to be at
Every year since 2005 the Sister Cities Association, in conjunction with the Ren Faire Executive Committee, has presented a Renaissance Faire which is intended to celebrate the similarities between Billericay and Fishers as well as providing learning opportunities for historical culture. It is a fund raiser for Sister Cities Association to provide scholarships as well as teacher/student exchange opportunities for students at
The
event, set in 16
Century Billericay, has grown in popularity over the years and hosts
about
14,000 people over a two day period. Naturally our teachers and
students
attended this event and discussed the English way of life with American
visitors to the Collegium tent. They also explained the mystery of
making tea and
coffee the English way for the
benefit of those
who wished to be
educated. On to Monday and a visit to the Indianapolis Speedway Track and museum followed by a picnic lunch in the park. Afterwards a tour of the Lucas Oil Stadium, the new indoor home of the Indianapolis Colts American football team, capable of seating 60,000 spectators and boasting a sliding roof similar to the one at Wimbledon. A magnificent building.
That
the people of Fishers hold the twinning relationship with Billericay in
high
esteem is demonstrated by Following a tour round Billericay Park we paid a visit to the Fire Department, the Police Department and the day concluded with a talk about Fishers by a town councillor. The following day, Wednesday, we returned to Billericay; everyone was impressed by the hospitality of their hosts and vowed to return to the town of
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