Duke of Edinburgh

My favourite part of DofE is the expedition section. This is because you get to have fun with your friends and meet new people.

Last year the Year 10 students had the opportunity to take part in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. The Duke of Edinburgh award is a challenging but enjoyable award that requires commitment, organisation and team work. New skills are also gained like compass and map reading.

To complete the Duke of Edinburgh award four sections had to be completed; physical, volunteering, skills which are completed over three or six months. The fourth section is the expedition which the students completed last summer.

All the students took part in a practice expedition in June 2011. The students started their expedition near Stoney Cross in the New Forest. They were required to carry everything they needed; Clothes, tents, food, sleeping bags etc. They set off into the New Forest with a member of staff and hiked for about 6 hours, ending up at Sandy Balls campsite. The students worked really well even though the weather was not great. The students then camped overnight; making their own meals and the following day they completed their practice with a few hours of hiking.

On the Friday and Saturday of activities week the students completed their qualifying expedition. This time it was in the Purbecks. The students again had to carry everything they needed but this time they had to complete two full days, again in typical British weather! All of the groups did incredibly well and were very positive even though it rained a good deal of the time.

All students that completed the expedition were successful; they are now finishing off their other three sections and hopefully soon will gain the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award.

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