Pauline Stirling
Luccombe, Devil's Chimney and The Landslip
This is a short walk of about five miles which should take less than two hours but there are steep paths and steps making it inaccessible...
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Pauline Stirling
Jul 23, 20202 min read
The Tapnell Trail, with sea views!
This was my first new walk following lockdown, in July 2020. I drove along the B3399 Newport Road (often known locally as the Middle...
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Pauline Stirling
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Global School Alliance AMBASSADOR
I am pleased to have joined, as an ambassador, what is becoming an extraordinary community of educational settings from around the...
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Pauline Stirling
Apr 28, 20203 min read
How to deliver effective PSHE, whatever your subject knowledge or experience!
All schools are currently expected to provide Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. This expectation has been...
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Pauline Stirling
Feb 11, 20201 min read
Connecting Classrooms
Headteachers, teachers and school governors from six Isle of Wight Primary schools met at Lanesend Primary School in Cowes this week to...
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Pauline Stirling
Dec 28, 20192 min read
Los miradores, Xàbia (Jávea), Spain
'Los miradores' are fifteen viewpoints on the beautiful coastline of Xàbia. Xàbia (Valencian: [ˈʃaβia]) or Jávea (Spanish: [ˈxaβea]) is a...
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Pauline Stirling
Dec 13, 20193 min read
Timely international collaboration
I am not going to get political (even though it is very difficult to not get political today, Friday 13th December, the day after the...
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Pauline Stirling
Dec 8, 20192 min read
The D-Day Story
"How do you get an army across the English Channel and into France when your enemy is well armed, well trained and expecting you?"* The...
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Pauline Stirling
Nov 9, 20194 min read
Montgó Nature Reserve
This was our second visit to Xàbia, also known as Jávea, a coastal town in the comarca of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante,...
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Pauline Stirling
Nov 2, 20191 min read
The Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury
We stopped off at Newbury, to have lunch, on our way back from the Peak District. We wandered around this Berkshire market town and found...
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Pauline Stirling
Nov 2, 20192 min read
The Manifold Valley
This Peak District circular walk starts in the car park at Wetton village (grid ref: SK 108 553; approx. postcode: DE6 2AF). This is not...
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Pauline Stirling
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Oxford city circular walk
I started this walk at Oxford railway station, grid reference: SP 504 063. Oxford railway station is a mainline railway station, about...
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Pauline Stirling
Oct 13, 20191 min read
Student participation
eTwinning offers a platform for teachers, who work in a school in one of the European countries involved, to communicate, collaborate,...
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Pauline Stirling
Sep 20, 20193 min read
Matlock Bath to High Tor and Riber
This is a lovely circular walk from Matlock Bath via High Tor, Riber and Starkholmes, just outside of the Peak District National Park....
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Pauline Stirling
Sep 19, 20191 min read
European Day of Languages
800 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states. The Council of Europe’s conviction is that linguistic...
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Pauline Stirling
Aug 22, 20193 min read
The Warrior Trail
The Warrior Trail is a six mile circular trail on the Isle of Wight, which can be undertaken on foot, by bike and even on horseback. It...
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Pauline Stirling
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Bonchurch circular
This is a short circular walk, from Upper Bonchurch to Bonchurch and back. It should only take about an hour and a half but allow two...
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Pauline Stirling
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Shanklin to Ventnor circular
You could start this walk from Rylstone Gardens in Shanklin. Postcode: PO37 6RG. There are tea rooms, crazy golf and bands play at the...
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Pauline Stirling
Jul 22, 20192 min read
Calbourne circular
There is a maze of footpaths on the south-west side of the Isle of Wight, especially over the Downs. A good starting point is the car...
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Pauline Stirling
Jul 19, 20193 min read
DofE expeditions...for all!
The expedition section of the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) programme, like the other sections (physical, skills, volunteering, and at Gold...
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