After a fantastic week in The Gambia, it is time for us to return home. The lobby is full of packed bags, and students who are a little tired but full of stories. It has been a brilliant trip. The students have worked incredibly hard and thrown themselves into every activity and shown fantastic...

Project Gambia - Day 7 Our final day in The Gambia was every bit as busy, brilliant, and slightly glitter-covered as the rest of the trip. It was a day filled with creativity, community visits, and a few emotional goodbyes to the wonderful schools that have welcomed us so warmly this week. The...

Day 6 in the Gambia started with breakfast where students were fuelled up with enthusiasm, knowing that a very important event lay ahead: Sports Day. Miss Seleshe got everyone in a team huddle and briefed the Earls students for the chaos to come. Later that morning we headed to the venue where...

The day began, as all great school-trip days should, with breakfast. There was a steady flow of toast, Nutella, and watermelon. Fuelled and mostly awake, we set off for Spring of Life School. On arrival, we separated into groups and got stuck straight into classroom activities. There was plenty of...

We are officially on Day 4, and it’s safe to say the students are no longer tourists, they are now fully-fledged classroom leaders (with surprisingly confident “teacher voices”) and part-time decorating professionals! After breakfast, we split into three groups and headed off to Bright Minds...

Another fantastic and very busy day for our students here in The Gambia — full of creativity, teamwork and just a little bit of healthy competition! The day began at 8:00am with breakfast, where students fuelled up and prepared for the day ahead. Shortly after, they split into two groups — proof...

The first of many unforgettable days on our Gambia Project adventure — and this one came with early alarms, energetic teamwork, and some surprisingly impressive pestle-and-mortar skills! We kicked off the day with breakfast and a briefing at 8:00am. By 9:00am, fuelled by toast and enthusiasm, we...

And we’re off!! The coach departed the Earls at 00:20 in the early hours of the morning, with a mixture of excitement and sleepy smiles from our students. e made a scheduled stop at Oxford Services at 2:30am, giving everyone a chance to stretch their legs and recharge before continuing our journey...

A Ski Trip Finale Well folks, we made it. Against all odds, questionable decisions, and at least three “last runs” that were absolutely not the last run… we survived the mountain. All of us. Every limb accounted for and maybe one sporting a new cast. The Final Day Feels There’s something magical...

Big Slopes Energy Day Five = promotion day. This morning there was BIG news. Almost all the groups got moved up to the bigger slopes. Yes. The actual big ones. The ones we stared at on Day One thinking, “Absolutely not.” Suddenly we were those skiers. The ones riding higher lifts. The ones looking...

Day 4 – Blue Skies and Race Day Day four of ski trip and miraculously, we are still skiing. We woke up to actual blue skies. Not the suspicious “it might clear later” kind. Proper postcard, sunglasses-required, “this is going on the school website” blue skies. The sun was shining so brightly that...

Day 4: Confidence, Chaos & Competitive Bowling Day 3 on the slopes has arrived… and we are officially skiers. (Or at least we look like we know what we’re doing from a distance.) This morning, something magical happened. People who spent Day 1 sliding sideways and apologising to the snow were...