España 2026

Day 5 CosmoCaixa and boat trip

This morning we left our hotel and headed to the CosmoCaixa science museum, similar to W5. A firm favourite was the flooded forest with massive fish and the capybara. Our Science and Geography departments would be proud. 

In the mid afternoon, we went to the shopping centre Maremagum before doing our final activity of the trip, a boat tour round the port of Barcelona and the coastline beside it. 

We have just boarded the plane after a delay and are about to fly. The staff have agreed that this has been a brilliant group, who really threw themselves into the activities and into speaking Spanish. They were a credit to Grosvenor and to our familia española.  

Day 5 Awards

Time for awards before we left the hotel for a full day in Barcelona before travelling home. 

Mejor habitación (best room) - Emily y Olivia 

Amber Solaire mejor anuncio para crema solar - Ruby 

Runners up - Cayden and Jake 

Reyes de objetos perdidos - Matthew y Niko (yes reader, they did leave a phone, sliders and swimming trunks in their ‘I’m ready to check out” room 🙄 ) 

Relaciones en la comunidad (for enthusiastic attempts to befriend the opposite sex) - Niko 

The Kindness Award - por ser muy amables 

Best kept hair award - Charlie 

mejor esfuerzo con el español (best effort in Spanish) -Year 13 Lily, Year 10 Matthew 

Team Duck Award - for bringing the energy, being on team, and generally being a positive contributor

Team Peel Philip 

Team Salt Daniel 

Team Winters Matthew 

Team Hay Jake 

As we gave out these awards, we were quick to praise the whole group for how well behaved they have been this week, how brilliantly they have moved around the hotel and in the dining buffet area, and for making a massive effort with their Spanish. It has been a joy to bring these pupils away this week, just today to go…

Day 4 evening Grosvenor Games

For our last night in Salou, we held the Grosvenor Games down at the beach. Events included a skipping relay, a version of an egg and spoon relay, a limbo competition, a high jump competition, a duck race, a ‘bury someone up to their knees’ race and a sprint relay. The pimples seem to enjoy it, the teachers laughed till they cried and half the people dying at the beach seem to spectate it at some stage during the procedures. The PE staff would definitely spot some talent amongst this sporty lot 👏 Team Sslt were the eventual winners but it was very close. Afterwards, the pupils went in for a night dip before heading back to the hotel. An excellent day and a brilliant evening to finish off our penultimate day of the trip. 

Day 4 Port Aventura

A hot and adrenaline-filled day at the theme park today. The most popular rides for the more adventurous of the group were the Furious Baco, Shambala and Dragon Khan rollercoasters, but the log flume and Tutuki Splash were also firm favourites. 

A quick dip in the pool before dinner was much appreciated.