On Monday 30th April, thirteen Year 10 GCSE Leisure and Tourism students, Mrs Carter, myself and Mr Brotherton set off for a magical revision tour in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire. In June the students will be sitting an exam worth 33% of their double GCSE course. The idea was to experience real examples of leisure and tourist attractions and activities to use as case studies for the exam.
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On the Monday we squeezed into the minibus and headed to Whipsnade Zoo where we spent all day researching the facilities available for visitors and looking at the animals (the lemurs were the friendliest by far). We then checked into a luxury youth hostel for our short break and settled ourselves in. Mrs Carter cooked us a yummy dinner of spag bol and the students then washed up without being asked! Some students were shocked to discover that the television was broken so Mr Brotherton took us on a nice little drive in the minibus.
Early on Tuesday we headed to Dunstable Downs for a short country walk that included some slopes. Year 10 defined it as a hike in the mountains. Milton Keynes National Bowl was our next stop.
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This is a large open-air concert venue where Greenday and Robbie Williams have played recently. A study of the retail therapy facilities in Milton Keynes followed once we managed to lock the minibus! We all decided it reminded us of America with lots of straight roads and malls. We then headed to Luton Airport to find out what you could do whilst waiting to board a flight (not a lot as it turned out).
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