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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...

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...

Connecting Classrooms

Headteachers, teachers and school governors from six Isle of Wight Primary schools met at Lanesend Primary School in Cowes this week to...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Student participation

eTwinning offers a platform for teachers, who work in a school in one of the European countries involved, to communicate, collaborate,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

DofE expeditions...for all!

The expedition section of the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) programme, like the other sections (physical, skills, volunteering, and at Gold...

What does the new RSE guidance mean for you?

Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education is a school subject that supports pupils to be healthy, safe and prepared for...

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