Our Year 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award participants are continuing their preparations for their expedition next month. This half term they have planned a menu for the expedition, learnt about risk assessment and basic first aid in an emergency, practised navigation and map reading around our local area and had a go at pitching a tent on school grounds. They have also learnt more about cooking with a Trangia gas stove, how to pack a rucksack to ensure that they have everything they need for the expedition without carrying too much and caring for their tent and other camping equipment to ensure that it is ready to use when they need it.
As well as preparing for the expedition section, students are continuing to work towards the physical, skill and volunteering sections of the award with pupils involved in a huge range of activities, from working with youth groups in their parishes to running sports clubs in school and learning to cook healthy and nutritious meals for their families and friends.
