A GROUP of Weydon School students have returned from a geography trip to Sicily.

More than 40 students from the Farnham school in Weydon Lane, made their way to the largest Mediterranean island.

During the trip, they visited Taormina, a panoramic town in eastern Sicily, for a pizza-making evening and a tour of the ancient amphitheatre.

One of the highlights of the trip was said to be in Alcantara, a river valley with a gorge where the students went river trekking and canyoning from the gorge cliff face.

This was followed by a visit to Mount Etna South and a trip on a cable car which took the students up to 3,000 metres.

During the excursion, the students and staff also visited Vulcano Island.

They took a boat ride from northern Sicily through the Messina Strait to a volcanically active island to climb Vulcano Mountain.

This was followed by a trip to a natural mud bath.

Students saw their learning of geographic landforms in action; river gorges, river landforms, volcanic landforms and how people can live close to natural hazards.

Miss Chloe Meckaniuk, a geography teacher who accompanied the 44 students to Sicily, said: “This was a fun-filled and informative trip. The students learnt a great deal while enjoying the trip. This will definitely help towards their future learning and I’m glad they all enjoyed the trip.”