ABCD Conference 2015
Now in its 30th year, the ABCD 2015 conference marked the second biggest event since it first began in 1985. A popular venue with all of the attendees, the event was hosted at the Royal Northern...
Back to school
So the new term is underway. How does it feel? Are you still struggling to get back into the old routine? Do you feel like you’ve never been away? Maybe a new teacher or in a new job filled with...
Planning For The New Term
September is here, summer has nearly gone (did it ever really arrive?) and it’s back to school. Planning and preparation is in full swing and with new A Levels coming on board, there is a lot of...
Top 10 most dangerous volcanoes
Among the world’s most devastating natural forces, these deadly volcanoes have sculpted landscapes, buried cities and reshaped history. Active or dormant, explosive or effusive, this infographic...
Tribute to Terri Hull
When we received the news that Terri Hull, history teacher at The Bishops’ Blue Coat CofE High School near Chester, was stepping into pastures new, we felt the need to pay tribute to her and her...
Rayburn Tours’ Best Pick of 2015 Destinations for Youth Ensembles
2015 has seen yet more youth ensembles journey to exciting destinations to blow their brass, hit their hi-hats and sing their socks off! With an exciting menu of concert tour destinations,...
Festival Fringe Fun for Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Every year, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe promises an enticing pick ‘n’ mix of festival activity: from big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to kick-start promising...
25 fictional languages you can learn to speak
So, you’ve perfected the oh-so French trill, conquered the dreaded German ‘R’ and mastered the Spanish ‘Ser’ and ‘Estar’, but do you know how to speak Elvish, Dothraki or Furbish? From...
Monitoring the volcano: Sakurajima in Japan threatens an eruption
Image courtesy of Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0 Scientists monitoring the Sukurajima volcano in southern Kyushu, Japan have raised the alert level to 4 on a 5 point volcanic alert system, indicating...
Geothermal power and pools
We started our final day in Iceland by visiting one of the world’s largest geothermal power plants. After a brief, but interesting, PowerPoint and video explaining how geothermal energy...
Hot dip in the river
We started the day once again at 9 o’clock and set off on an hour and a half bus journey to a small mall with information on an earthquake. At the earthquake centre we experienced a 6.3...
A-level reform – a glimpse at the new geography specifications
Are your thoughts starting to turn back to work or are you still in denial? It’s certainly hard to ignore the rows of back to school paraphernalia that have taken over the shops. How do you feel...