D of E

19 May D of E

Congratulations to the students who completed their bronze practice expedition last weekend in the Lea Valley and Enfield area. They completed their walks on both days within route card time, (even though some people forgot to bring a watch – an essential navigation tool).  They planned the rest of their packing really well and most people had everything that they needed for the journey.  The students involved were: Georgina Hart 10A, Abigail Jacobs 10B, Paris Tankard, Nathan Batt and  Jyotika Ahtty 10D, Emilia Vanagaite 10E, Faith Barovbe, Yasmine Raji, Karolina Derlukiewicz and Hanan Abdulhamid 10H.

A big thank you to all the staff involved for their time, effort and enthusiasm throughout the trip: Mr Dignam, Mr Kilminster, Ms Davies and Mr Hill, thank you also to Bill Lockton for supplying our dinner.

The very best of luck to these students when completing their qualifying expedition on 10^th and 11^th June (or 1^st and 2^nd July for Emilia).

Year 8 and 9 applications

The deadline for applications for the Duke of Edinburgh Award for Year 8 and 9 is Friday 27^th May.  Year 8 are applying to start bronze award in Year 9 and Year 9 are applying to start silver award in Year 10.  Year 9 who have already begun their award will be interviewed after half term to assess their suitability to proceed with the expedition training in Year 10.  They are reminded that they need to provide evidence on their eDofE account that they will complete at least two areas of the award by the end of the Summer term.

If any Year 8 or Year 9 students need extra copies of the application form they can be down loaded from the school website. From the home page go to Information then Duke of Edinburgh – scroll down and click on the Year 8 or Year 9 tab.  All the information that you need and the application forms are in the downloads at the foot of each page.

Ms Montague

D of E Manager