DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Bronze DofE
Practice
Expedition
Future DofE’ers….
If you would like to get involved with the DofE award we will be enrolling new participants in September. Year 10 – Bronze, Year 11 – Silver, Year 12 – Gold.
You will need to complete activities for the following sections
over the required time:
Volunteering /Physical Skills / Expedition /
Residential (Gold only)
For further information visit www.dofe.org or see Miss Houston.
Look out for the enrolment meetings in September!
DofE Achievements:
•Well done to Andy who has achieved
his Silver DofE by volunteering at a
youth club, paying badminton, learning to cook and completing two 3-day
expeditions.
•Well done to Jess who has achieved
her Silver DofE by volunteering with
a special needs group, doing pilates,
learning to knit and completing two
3-day expeditions.
•Well done to Elise who has achieved
her Bronze DofE by volunteering with
the youth cabinet, dancing, learning
the guitar and completing two 2-day
expeditions.
•Well done to Matt who has achieved
his Silver DofE by volunteering at a
stables, horse riding, learning the
saxaphone and completing two 3-day
expeditions.
•Well done to Kim who has achieved
her Bronze DofE by volunteering with a
youth group, dancing, developing her
drama skills and completing two 2-day
expeditions.
•Well done to Lydia who has achieved
her Silver DofE by volunteering at Rainbows, doing ballet, learning the piano
and completing two 3-day expeditions.
•Well done to Alex who has achieved
his Silver DofE by volunteering with
the cubs, paying badminton, learning
the drums and completing two 3-day
expeditions.
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DofE Mentors:
•A special well done to Lucy and
George (Gold DofE’ers) who qualified
as DofE mentors and are currently
mentoring the Bronze DofE’ers and
supporting them with logging evidence
on the online part of the award, as part
of their own volunteering section.
Well done to the Year 10’s who
successfully completed their practice
expedition for their Bronze DofE on
the 15th and 16th June. Each of the
four groups spent the Saturday walking
across the countryside in Bewdley
accompanied by a member of staff,
learning valuable navigation skills.
Saturday evening they all learnt how
to use the gas stoves and cooked
themselves a tasty meal (well, tasty
if you like very burnt sausages or
beans mixed with smash!). On Sunday
morning, tents were packed into
rucksacks, more bacon was stuck to
frying pans and the groups set off
unaccompanied. Two groups made it
to the first checkpoint in good time
and continued on their route. The
third group arrived a short while later
and the final group eventually got the
map the right way up and made it to
the checkpoint after covering a few
‘leisure miles’. The afternoon was spent
walking along the river into Bewdley.
A little sunshine was seen over the
weekend but the British summertime
didn’t fail to give us a good soaking
too! Good luck to all the Bronze
DofE’ers for their assessed expedition
in July.
Miss Houston
This year has seen
DofE’ers travelling to
the following areas:
•Bronze Practice
Bewdley
•Bronze Assessed
Cotswolds
•Silver Practice
Long Mynd
•Silver Assessed
Elan Valley
•Gold Practice
Brecon Beacons
•Gold Assessed
Yorkshire Dales