Bronze D of E group

19 May Bronze D of E group

Congratulations to the current Year 10 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award group who all completed their practice expedition in the Lea Valley and Enfield area on the 12^th and 13^th May.  All three groups made the campsite in well under their route card time of three hours on the Friday evening.  They demonstrated that they remembered the lessons learned from their training weekend and cooked a hearty and nutritious meal.

After a few games of catch and frisby golf, the group decided that eight hours of sleep was needed to tackle six hours of walking the following day.  Everyone sensibly got a good night’s sleep and all groups were up and away from camp by 8:45am.  This was the day when the groups would be left to their own devices, meeting staff at designated check points.  By the afternoon, all three groups were working on their own and, though everyone got a little lost from time to time, no-one missed a check point and all managed to get back on track. Well, you don’t really know how to navigate till you get lost and then find yourself again!

Well done to all the Year 10 students involved: Jovan Nenadovic and Daniel Gill (both 10A), Liz Mwaura, Yewande Ogini, Emma Smith and Esther Aluko (all 10B), Edward Stemarthe, Temi Oluwole, and Faizaan Mahmood (all 10C), Ryan Maun and Lauren Simson (both 10D),  Davaughn Smith 10F, Filip Fois, Billy Smith and Nathan Rehmat (all 10H).  An LOC for establishing resilience is on its way to each of you.

Many thanks to the four staff who helped out with the weekend: Mr Hill, Mr Kilminster, Mr Kirkbride and Ms Davies, they couldn’t have done it without you!

Good luck to all these students for their bronze qualifying expedition on 9^th and 10^th June.

Ms Montague

D of E Manager