Language Show Live 2015 – A Hive of Activity!
This weekend seven members of the Rayburn Education team eagerly headed down to the capital to attend Europe’s leading annual event for people who are passionate about languages – the...
Godalming College in Iceland
Godalming College Geography students have had a fabulous time in Iceland this week. Experiencing volcanoes, fissures, glaciers, braided rivers and dramatic coastal scenery their enthusiasm for...
History CPD with the University of Derby
This past week I’ve been putting together the finishing touches for a new venture into teacher CPD with the University of Derby! As a historian and part of the Rayburn team, I’ve spent a lot of...
The 9 most common languages
To quote Fred Weasley in The Goblet of Fire: ‘Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.’ Unfortunately, if you want to get truly invested in a different culture, you’re...
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...
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...
War criminal – guilty
The recent news surrounding Oskar Groening, former SS guard, and his involvement with the Auschwitz death camps has roused a lot of debate, and introducing such subjects with students in class can be...
A comparison of Volcanic Eruptions
Wouldn’t it be interesting to capture in a nutshell the dates, scale and effects of certain volcanic eruptions across the world? Are you seeking a valuable resource for the classroom? Stimulate...
Could Washington D.C. be your next history trip destination?
Events in the USA are never too far from British news articles. There are cities and people in America that we feel we know because we see them so often on television, in films and in magazines....
Fondo Galatea and Amalfi
Today we got ‘hands on’ with some agritourism at the fondo Galatea working farm. The proprietor, Mary Lou, started by explaining the nature of a mixed farm in this area of Italy. They...