Another Inspection Visit, Another Reason to Get Excited!
There’s a buzz in the air at Rayburn HQ… and it’s not just because ski season is almost upon us! This time it’s because there’s a new set of resorts to get our hands on – which is always...
How will a concert tour benefit your youth ensemble?
With over 50 years of experience creating inspirational youth music group tour, we know how much young musicians stand to gain from going on tour. Alongside the musical benefits and the social...
20 Essential Phrases for Every Visitor to Iceland
While many Icelanders are (thankfully) fluent in English, learning a few key phrases before your visit will certainly not go unnoticed amongst the natives and you never know when they might come in...
An Italian Inspection Visit for Rayburn Ski
Last week Rayburn Tours’ very own Ollie, Mike and Asha were lucky enough to venture out to stunning Italy. As a fantastic location for school groups to hit the slopes, the trio were tasked with...
The Education Team talk Christmas traditions around the world
Christmas is a time for traditions. Whether it’s the family decorating the tree, hanging stockings on the fireplace, excitedly anticipating the arrival of Father Christmas and his reindeer or...
Top 6 Fascinating Volcano Facts
Remarkable exhibitions of the fiery power contained deep within the Earth, volcanoes are vents in the Globe’s surface where molten rock, debris, and gases from the planet’s interior are...
Sandwell Academy Bring Learning to Life in Iceland
Golden Ticket Winners Cast your mind back to this time last year and you may recall that we proudly announced Sandwell Academy in West Bromwich as lucky Golden Ticket winners. A quick recap for...
Choir of the Year 2016 comes to a close
10 months later, 10 cities visited and 160 choirs of 5,000 singers competing for 6 places in the Choir of the Year Grand Final – it’s been quite a journey! Choir of the Year 2016 has encompassed...
An Autumn IV to Amsterdam & Cologne
Last month Andrew Matthews, Ski & Sports Tours Co-ordinator, and Gemma Howell, Ski & Sports Tours Consultant, packed their bags and fled the office to Amsterdam and Cologne in search of the...
The Somme, 1st July – 19th November 1916
On 19th November 1916, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War came to an end resulting in the tragic loss of an estimated 420,000 British lives and a further 200,000 French casualties...
7 remarkable benefits learning an instrument has on young children
Did you know that learning to play a musical instrument can improve mathematical skills? This is simply one of the phenomenal (and possibly unexpected) benefits that ongoing studies have found! Being...
We Will Remember Them – The Story Behind Remembrance Day
Each year, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we honour those who fought for our freedom by holding a two-minute silence. But what is the significance of this act of...