Education Destination

Education Destination

The Island Classroom

Education Destination is an Isle of Wight based business specialising in providing bespoke, curriculum-focused school trips to our lovely island. We help you create outstanding curriculum-led learning visits to the Isle of Wight and can provide a full door-to-door service, taking care of all your requirements, or simply support you in making your own arrangements.

We will ensure that your visit is directly relevant to the key stage of your student group and the curriculum subject(s), unit(s) and topic(s) that you are planning to teach.

Your whole trip is made enjoyable and stress-free because we help you design your perfect itinerary and provide all of the supporting materials you are likely to need. We offer the UK's most comprehensive collection of unit-specific teaching resources, along with unprecedented levels of support for trip organisers.

We have made it easy for you to create outstanding educationally relevant day trips and residential visits.

About Our Island

Just a few miles off the south coast of England, the Isle of Wight offers an incredibly diverse range of learning opportunities for all ages and abilities, all within a small geographical area and supported by a rich network of experienced hospitality service providers to ensure a safe and successful educational visit without sacrificing any of the FUN!

It's like going abroad, but without the hassle! You can cross to the Island in as little as 12 minutes, and we're within a couple of hours' travel time of central London, making the Isle of Wight the ideal school day trip venue as well as being perfect for a residential of any duration.

Our Approach

Our Island Classroom concept allows cross-venue learning to ensure your objectives are fully met. Take only what you need from each of dozens of fantastic learning venues to home in on the skills and knowledge that you need to impart to your students. Or soak up everything that our unique range of venues and locations have to offer for some excellent cross-curricular learning opportunities.

With a range of 577 high quality teaching resources available and another 39 in development right now, you'll almost certainly find activities to suit the subjects and topics you are trying to teach. All are prepared by qualified, experienced teachers and are differentiated for age and ability. All are supplied with comprehensive teacher notes, to help you slot them perfectly into your schemes of work, and helpful parent notes to help you sell the advantages of the trip.

Our impressive resource packs are FREE when you book via Education Destination.

By working with local venues and service providers on a revenue sharing basis to promote out-of-season tourism, booking with Education Destination usually costs no more than arranging everything yourself - but without all the hassle! Our quotes are completely FREE and without obligation, so you've nothing to lose by asking!

 

Venue Category: 
Tours
Activities provided: 
Animal Encounters
Arts and Crafts
Bird Watching
Bushcraft
Camping
Climbing
Concerts / Performances
Drama / Performing
Music Tuition
Sports
Activities for people with SEN/Disabilities: 
No
Curriculum: 
Art
Citizenship
Computing (ICT)
Drama
Economics / Business
English
Geography / Geology
History
Languages
Mathematics
Music
Physical Education
Politics
PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)
Religious Education
Science
Technology / Engineering
Residential?: 
No
Locality: 
Overall Rating: 
0
Educational Experience: 
0
Safety: 
0
Fun Factor: 
0
Value for Money: 
0
Venue Address: 
Unit 1 Pritchett's Way
Rookley
Isle of Wight
PO38 3LT
United Kingdom
Venue Contact Number: 
01983 216220

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British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland

hotel corridor

A viral video shows a black girl being assaulted by a white woman in a corridor.

Police in Iceland are investigating after a British schoolgirl was slapped and chased by a tour guide in a hotel corridor.

The schoolgirl, 13, who attended Harris Girls’ Academy, was assaulted whilst on a school trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights. The incident occurred at Hotel Örk, Hveragerdi on 13th October.