Meeting with Mike from Insider Tour – Berlin
Exploring the art of bringing History to Life for our students We recently travelled with Holy Cross School to Berlin, and thought we’d seize the opportunity to catch up with our good...
Teaching Resources for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
The 27th January marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 and we've put together useful teaching resources for you to explore.
Through the eyes of a History Tour Guide
WW1 – Bringing the events of war to life. Helping students step into the story… Richard Broadhead, History Tour Guide, Rayburn Tours – Tell us more?
WW1 History Trips to the Western Front
Bring WW1 History to Life The Western Front was a stretch of land over 400 miles long that left a scar across France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea, was the decisive battle...
International School Travel is Back!
After pressing pause on international school trips, today is a long-awaited day. The Department for Education has given the much anticipated go ahead for schools to take students abroad. Cue cheers...
Zoom or Teams face to face meetings – we’ve got it covered!
Meeting teachers and parents in school, attending tour launch evenings and re-assuring Head Teachers face to face has always been a vital part of what we do. And then in 2020 we had to hit pause. The...
Travel experiences that students will need and deserve
Educational travel – experiences that students will need and deserve… The benefits of traveling on an international school trip with students have long been reported on. The enhancement of in...
Black History Month – Resources to Support Your Teaching
Black History Month takes place every October to recognise and celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of black people. So to help bring Black History Month into your classroom, we’ve...
5 YouTube channels you can’t help but binge
Ah YouTube, the place where you start watching a how-to video and end up in the depths of the ultimate funny cat compilation. With new videos popping up every day (and YouTube being so generally...
The resilience of our children in unprecedented times
On the 20th March 2020, I sat penning this article as our world entered a period of unprecedented change, as the COVID-19 virus threatened to interrupt all areas of our day to day lives. Even now,...
Hey teachers, take a look at these history resources we have found for you!
We have taken some time out to support teachers in more ways by collating some valuable online history teaching resources. As well as going above and beyond to find the best resources online, we...
Interesting facts about the Menin Gate & Last Post Ceremony
Dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War, the Menin Gate is an important memorial and for many school groups visiting Belgium, the Last Post...