Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition to Morocco

Our Post 16 pupils taking the Duke of Edinburgh at Gold level attended a spectacular week-long residential trip to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.  During the trip, the pupils climbed Mount Toubkal, Morocco's highest mountain at 4,670 meters. It took the pupils 3 days to reach the summit of Mount Toubkal, before descending and spending some time and an overnight stay in Marrakech, before the trip home. 

Throughout the trip, each of the pupils demonstrated resilience and perseverance to achieve this huge challenge. All the pupils also worked extremely well together as a team throughout the week, and I was impressed and proud of each pupil and of just how much they achieved.  It was great to see what a positive impact this experience had on each pupil's self-confidence and self-esteem.

Having conquered Mount Toubkal and most of the criteria required for Gold level at DofE, this group will all go on to achieve Gold and attend a Celebration event at Buckingham Palace.