Rayburn Tours

What will students see and do?

With Rayburn Tours, schools can choose from numerous options to help their children see the world, whether as athletes, singers or students.

Within the educational realm, Rayburn specialises in geography, history and language trips, but its team can also create bespoke options that fit with your teaching objectives. Cultural tours and maths programmes are among those that have been created before.

Its geography trips take students to see the world’s natural wonders and learn about geographical challenges in places like Iceland or Naples.

Those planning history trips choose destinations linked to famous battles, social movements and significant events – nothing brings classroom lessons to life like standing in the Colosseum or walking down the Mall in Washington DC.

On language trips, Rayburn connects your classes with local tutoring and opportunities to practise their French, Spanish and German in real-life settings.

The company has also expanded its offering to include more UK tours, which offer excellent value for the money and create less travel stress. These cover almost the entirety of the UK and focus on geography, history, business studies and economics, as well as cultural sites.

Rayburn offers two types of sports tours for students, the first being the traditional ski trip to destinations all over Europe, the United States and Canada. The second type allows school teams to travel to play competitively against local and international teams while getting a taste of the country they visit.

Sports trips can focus on a single sport, for example, football, featuring training at world-renowned clubs, or cricket competitions in India or Dubai.

Travelling with your school choir, band or orchestra offers students a unique opportunity to perform in spectacular venues such as prestigious churches, jazz clubs or market squares.

Rayburn handles everything from instrument transport to marketing, so your students can enjoy their destination and stage time in at least three concerts.

How does the trip link to the curriculum?

Tours booked through Rayburn fit into the national curriculum in numerous ways, covering virtually every subject. Rayburn can also tailor-make trips to cover subjects such as classics, religious studies, textiles and performing arts.

Cross-curricular trips allow for a variety of subjects to be covered in one country, increasing the visit’s appeal to bring in more students. Examples include trips to the Netherlands that cover art, business studies, history and science, or to Venice to cover art and textiles.

A trip to Florence can combine maths, science and art as students learn about Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo.

Geography tours cover topics as diverse as coastal systems, plate tectonics and ecosystems. More unusual subject areas might cover globalisation, tourism and urban environments.

A history trip to NYC can be linked to various wars, the economic crash and the Depression and the Civil Rights era. Meanwhile, a language trip to Berlin introduces students to local cinema, political life and the city’s cultural heritage.

Beyond specific subjects, students can build a host of personal skills through international travel with a group. Children must exert more independence than they might at home or school. They have to manage money, keep track of luggage and equipment, and learn to handle new places on their own.

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Details of risk assessment

Rayburn Tours provides safety management handbooks that cover general risks and crisis management as well as one specific to snow-sport trips. The company has options for teachers planning ski trips to conduct an inspection visit as well as for conducting their own risk assessment.

The general risk handbook covers the unique risks of travel abroad, such as public transport, high altitudes and concert venues. Teachers can access 24-hour emergency contacts on all student trips.

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