Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition
March 7th, 2009
Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh students visited the Surrey Hills for their Practice Expedition. This involved a two day walk and I was very impressed with the map reading and navigation skills demonstrated by the girls (the less said about the parents’ navigation, the better!). In fact all groups completed the trek in record time.
The camping went smoothly with the girls soon tucking into meals of pasta and soup and getting an early night. We were very lucky with the weather and the wind and rain that started at about 3.00am was finished by breakfast, the only interruption to the packing up was the explosion of a saucepan and that was caused by a teacher. In all, the girls did really well, showing a high degree of confidence and ability that bodes well for their assessment expedition on 9th and 10th May. The expedition would not have been possible without the help of parents and Mrs Gingell, Mrs Oakley and Miss Breach.
Mr D Rock
Head of Geography
