The Mount St Mary’s College and Balborough Hall Choir Tour: Rome Day 2
Stomachs filled with Italian pastries and cake, we began our second day in Rome with a visit to the Vatican Museum. We wandered through the museum, eventually reaching the Sistine Chapel. Its...
William Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary
I have a colleague and friend in Zagreb who only ever reads factual books. He says that as a successful historian he doesn’t have time to read fiction. To be fair, he is a much more successful...
Huddersfield Grammar School showing outdoor experiences support indoor learning!
Cast your mind back to September last year and you may remember that as part of our 50th birthday celebrations we awarded Huddersfield Grammar School in West Yorkshire with our first Golden...
The Hungerhill Games: Orlando Football Tour
This Easter, the Sunshine State welcomed Hungerhill School from Doncaster for a week long football tour – and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Setting their sights as high as the...
Dear Diary: Historical Association Agincourt 2016 Visit
Earlier this month, Rayburn Tours’ Jackie Fowell accompanied teachers and primary school children from the UK on a four-day visit to Agincourt in Northern France. Take a look at Jackie’s journal...
Women’s Roles in the First World War
To mark the end of ‘Women’s History Month’ we asked our History Tours Development Manager, freelance historian and all-round history enthusiast, Paula Kitching, to pull together the key details...
Agincourt – 1415-2015 and Today
The Historical Association’s Agincourt visit This weekend, a group of 35 primary school children and teachers from across the UK have travelled to the historic French town of Azincourt (known by...
Five most memorable volcanic eruptions
We asked our Geography Tours Development Manager and all-round geography enthusiast, Cath Rule, to put together a list of memorable volcanic eruptions. She gets pretty fired up about all things...
Top 5 reasons to learn a foreign language
Check out out our top 5 reasons to learn a language! Did you know a handful of our team at Rayburn speak at least one foreign language?
Bringing the past into the present in Berlin
Last week our Educational Tour Consultant, Emma, and Tour Co-ordinator, Cath, ventured out of the Rayburn Tours’ office to accompany South Hampstead High girls on their action-packed History tour...
Team Tarvisio – While The Snow’s Been Falling, The Camera’s Been Rolling
Lights, camera, ski! Rayburn’s Dan has packed his bags, donned his woolly hat and hit the Tarvisian slopes – all with a film crew! Joining forces with the University of...
A Big Sports Tour to the Big Apple: Sir John Deane’s College
Monday 15th February 2016 Alas, Sir John Deane’s College’s final day has arrived, sob. But they’ve ended on a high with a sport-filled visit to Columbia University. After...