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The Newcastle Magistrate's Court fined the school last week. The supervisors checked the weather report before setting off but ignored a warning against climbing past the snow line, the court found.
Counselors at the Gateshead Cheder, which was made to pay $40,000, ignored warnings on the field trip, which ended with an injured student.
Gateshead Cheder school took pupils on trek up Helvellyn mountains, without any safety or climbing equipment, during which one was injured and another went missing
Staff leading the group up Helvellyn ignored warnings to turn back and had to be rescued after dark.
A court heard that Year 10 pupils from Gateshead Cheder 'were placed in serious danger' when they climbed the Lake District's Helvellyn mountain without proper planning, equipment or training.