DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME

Year 9 

The Year 9s went on a hike up Box Hill to practice their navigation skills, which have progressed excellently. They all took a step further to completing their Bronze Award by finishing their Skills section, for which they have been learning new camp skills such as tying useful knots. Well done Year 9s, particularly Dylan S, who shows a natural ability to remember the more complex knots, and Lewis E, who can make all sorts of group shelters out of tarpaulins. 

Year 10 

The Year 10 group have also been adding some more camp skills to their DofE skill set, particularly looking at using knots such as bowlines, clover hitches and stop knots when creating different cooking setups. This term, they cooked fajitas, popcorn and burgers over a live fire. 

Year 11 

Year 11 also went on a day hike up Box Hill, but were given the extra challenge of carrying full kit and walking for over 3 hours. They did exceptionally well and had some lovely weather on their side. Alfie G and Arthur M showed their adventurousness and confidence with the Trangias by cooking up some rather protein -heavy lunches! 

Post-16

The Post-16 group were the luckiest out of all the groups in terms of weather, and had a lovely hike from Shipley back to the school, where they were tested on more precise navigation around forested areas. They all did superbly well and even found a rope swing to enjoy!