It has come to my attention that although I thought the DofE expedition dates were in the school calendar that actually they weren’t so apologies for my mistake.
The dates for the Bronze practice expedition are the 11th April to 12th April and the Qualifying expedition are 25th & 26th June. These dates are also mentioned in the ‘dates for your diary’ on the DofE website and were on the consent forms.
The practice / training expedition will take place locally in Askern. Students will do a supervised training hike to learn navigational skills and then camp overnight returning to school the following morning. The morning will be spent de-gunging equipment and then debriefing the expedition in preparation for the qualifying expedition in June.
Students have spent the last few weeks learning how to pitch tents, cook on the expedition stoves and plan their group’s menu. Each group has to complete a Planning Document before going on expedition which proves to me, their expedition supervisor and assessor that they have completed the training and are competent to go on expedition.
Click Here to view an example of a group’s expedition planning doc.
This week students will be learning some basic campcraft skills, looking at equipment such as survival bags, trowels etc (ask students after Friday why each group carries a trowel……)
I hope this gives you a better insight into what we are doing in DofE sessions each week.