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 ...
