Top 10 Tips for organising School Trips to Italy Hello UK school teachers! If you're planning a school trip to Italy, you're in for a real treat. Italy is a beautiful country with a rich history, culture and cuisine. Here are some top tips and destinations to help you plan your trip. We've also quizzed our experienced Local Travel Advisors for their tips on school travel to Italy to help you when considering your next school trip: 1. Start Planning Early It's obvious, it's general but it's essential. We've booked a thousand school trips from last minute dashes to years in advance, so we've c ...
Barcelona Q&A with a School Rep - get some insider tips! Recently, a member of the Select Team, Rose, travelled with a school to Barcelona. Find out some great insider tips from her travels! Where did you stay and how was the hotel suited for school groups? We stayed in the Hotel Garbi in Calella. The group were very pleased with the location. Calella is a peaceful little seaside town with a good selection of shops and restaurants. The prices there were more reasonable than in Barcelona, so if a group wanted to make their own arrangements for lunch this could be a good alternative to La Ramblas. Hot ...
Walsall Academy Expedition to Everest Base Camp - PART THREE Read PART THREE of our special guest blog post by Jon Clarke, Shadow Headteacher at Walsall Academy, on their fantastic Everest Base Camp expedition. The reasoning, the challenges, and the student learning experience... Catch up on Part 1 Catch up on Part 2 Part 3 As we progressed higher and higher we found costs rose up to $5 for a bottle of water. We were fortunately boiling water and treating it due to ethics on plastics and also to stay within budget. Food became more expensive and due to altitude you couldn’t taste it even when it had sev ...
Walsall Academy Expedition to Everest Base Camp - PART TWO Read PART TWO of our special guest blog post by Jon Clarke, Shadow Headteacher at Walsall Academy, on their fantastic Everest Base Camp expedition. The reasoning, the challenges, and the student learning experience... Catch up on Part 1 here Part 2 This was 2 years before we set a boot in Nepal – as I have already stated, it takes time preparation and training. So money, ‘Yes it costs a lot to go to Nepal’. I managed to secure some funding from a certain schools specialist travel company whom we use for all our Battlefields tours, languages an ...
Walsall Academy Expedition to Everest Base Camp - PART ONE Read PART ONE of our special guest blog post by Jon Clarke, Shadow Headteacher at Walsall Academy, on their fantastic Everest Base Camp expedition. The reasoning, the challenges, and the student learning experience... Part 1 Planning and then managing a school visit to the vast majority of Britain’s population fills them with a sense of horror. Luckily for young people, there are dedicated and hardworking teachers who believe in learning outside the classroom and the benefits it brings. When I talk to friends and fellow educationalists about t ...
Cost-effective school trip solutions that don't compromise experience At Select we know the great benefit that well thought out, quality residential trips abroad have in a variety of areas. Amongst the benefits are: learner motivation; providing new, meaningful and memorable learning; facilitating a range of first-hand unique experiences; planning for specific learning goals; curriculum integration; developing new relationships in both peer and pupil teacher bonds, and motivation that lasts long after the trip which leads to exam and career success. Therefore, the importance of being able to provide as many pupi ...
Key Historic places to visit in Normandy Key Historic places to visit in Normandy If you’re looking to explore historic sites in Normandy there’s a fantastic selection to choose from. With so many options, it’s no wonder that Normandy has long been a favourite destination for UK schools looking to link to their history curriculum. The D-Day Beaches The D-Day beaches are the historic site of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Western Europe during World War II. Utah, Omaha, Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach were stormed by Allied soldiers in the morning of June 6th 1944. ...
New Term, New School Trips to Spain! This Autumn Term, Select has some exciting new destinations to offer teachers! First on our list of latest additions are our new tours to Spain with Madrid, Cantabria and Andalucía joining Barcelona as part of our programme. Within Andalucía, teachers can choose from bases in Seville, Granada, Córdoba, Malaga and the Bay of Cádiz. A trip to Spain offers students a unique opportunity to experience a variety of cultural aspects such as the beautiful historic architecture, along with Spanish traditions including flamenco and tapas. It is also a s ...
What Makes Sicily a Geographers' Dream? Sicily is separated from Italy by a strait just 1.9 miles wide at its narrowest point and is the largest island in the Mediterranean. It is also one of the most diverse in terms of flora, fauna and geography. The volcanic landscape is unlike any other, with the skyline dominated by Mount Etna - Europe’s largest active volcano. A visit to Mount Etna gives students a rare opportunity to get close to an active volcano. With a guided tour an expert will discuss volcanic processes and landforms along with showing examples on site, and you can explo ...
NEW Unique Excursions in Iceland Geography! Iceland, with its stunning landscape, volcanoes, geothermal features, waterfalls and glaciers,is an excellent destination for a geography school trip. Select has two exciting new additions to the Select Iceland excursions not to be missed: Glacier Walk on Sólheimajökull Glacier Groups now have the opportunity to walk through the dramatic glacier valley and black sand flood plains to the Sólheimajökull Glacier where they’ll put on their crampons and explore the crevasse riddled outlet glacier with its stunning ice formations, sinkholes and jagg ...
