OFSTED look at ‘Building resilience and confidence’ Steve Ranger February 4, 2020 Blog, Outdoor Education From September 2019 OFSTED has changed its way of looking at schools, with greater emphasis on a more holistic view of education. A few points from the Government website give us a flavour of the new...
Winter Trip to Utah Steve Ranger November 29, 2019 TrekCo News In November we ran our fifth staff trip to Utah and Arizona, mountain biking in the world capital of biking, Moab. Five of us from TrekCo and our mountain bike park next door, Deers Leap Bikes, flew out to...
Gold DofE in the Lake District Steve Ranger August 29, 2019 Blog, D of E, Latest News This year TrekCo have organised Gold DofE expeditions for schools, as well as Open Gold expeditions in the Peak District...
What3Words Steve Ranger August 10, 2019 Latest News, Technical For the last couple of years the 'latest thing' in locating yourself, especially if you want to give a really accurate position to the emergency...
Peak District Residentials Steve Ranger May 23, 2019 Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff We've had great fun on this year's Peak District residential courses so far, with students taking part in climbing, abseiling,...
GCSE Climbing for Spring 2019 Steve Ranger December 5, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education Our regular courses for GCSE PE Rock Climbing cover all of the specifications for each exam board and are run mainly in the winter ...
Harriet’s 21st Anniversary Steve Ranger December 1, 2018 Latest News, TrekCo Life Harriet, our Admin Director, has been working for us for 21 years now! In fact it's so long ago that she started, it's our best guess. From being a shy and retiring young assistant instructor...
Autumn Activities Steve Ranger October 3, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life Autumn is a great season for school trips and activities at TrekCo - we're running school residential camps both indoors...
What We Did This Summer Steve Ranger September 2, 2018 Blog, Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News TrekCo staff get up to all sorts of things in their holidays - we've been in the French Alps doing via ferrata, canyoning, climbing, hiking and whitewater rafting; and running DofE expeditions in the Lake...
The tents go up… Steve Ranger June 8, 2018 Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News No school residential is as good as a camping trip! We've been busy putting up tents at Blackland Farm for upcoming...
Autumn 2018 GCSE PE Climbing Steve Ranger February 19, 2018 Latest News, Outdoor Education Following the great success of our GCSE PE climbing special offer periods, TrekCo will be offering a season of GCSE PE climbing courses ...
GCSE Courses Under Way Steve Ranger February 15, 2018 Outdoor Education, TrekCo News We're already in full swing with this spring's GCSE PE climbing courses. Despite the cold, residentials and day courses ...
2018 Free Teacher Alps Trip Steve Ranger January 24, 2018 Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News Free TrekCo Teacher Alps Trip Since 2012 TrekCo have run 4 free trips to the Alps, open to teachers - try whitewater rafting, canyoning, climbing and via ferrata for free! This trip isn't designed to...
Nepal and Utah – TrekCo Report Steve Ranger January 11, 2018 Blog, Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News Last autumn TrekCo staff went on several trips to aid staff development and their outdoor experience - most notably a trek to Everest...
Plan your expeditions now! Steve Ranger December 28, 2017 D of E, Latest News Gold expeditions with TrekCo couldn't be any easier to organise, whether you are a teacher with a large group of ...
