What a fabulous view at the finish point for a couple of the
@DofE
Bronze groups today. Last group coming in now and that completes a great first day walking in the sun.
@DofE_Ellie
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Russell
After a long drive we finally arrived in Shropshire for our DofE Silver Practice Expedition. Camp is all setup, dinner has been made and everyone is now playing football.
@WyHighAcademy
What a fabulous but chilly start to the day with everyone up and making breakfast by 6.30am. First groups were out at 8.15 to be driven to their start points.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
Whole group debrief completed and I have to say that I am so proud of all of our Bronze. They have been brilliant today and have been an absolute pleasure to walk with.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
@DofE_Russell
Day two of the Bronze assessment and it feels even warmer. We have a few tired participants out there, but they are all doing so well and water drops continue at every available opportunity. Very proud of them all.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
@DofECentral
After lots of planning, the van is packed and two minibuses are waiting to be loaded with participants for the start of their
@DofE
Silver training expedition. Fingers crossed for the weather.
@georgie_dofe
@WyHighAcademy
The weather was not kind this morning and one participant had a great way of keeping dry. All groups have done really well dealing with the rain today and poor visibility today and the last two should be back in camp soon.
@DofE_Russell
@WyHighAcademy
A beautiful chilly start to the last of Bronze training and groups are up at 6.30am, tidying tents, packing bags and cooking breakfast. Fingers crossed for a bit more sun.
@DofE_Ellie
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Russell
Thank you so much to our amazing volunteers and school staff who gave up half their Sunday to make our annual
#DofE
Sponsored walk possible this morning. With out your help none of this would be possible.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE
@georgie_dofe
A massive well done to all our
#DofEbronze
who completed there practice
#expedition
today. You should all be very proud of you selves you represented yourself and the school with pride.
@WyHighAcademy
What an amazing first day of our DofE Silver practice expedition. We might have got very wet at the end of the day but everyone was amazing and the team work between groups made me very proud. Now let's get day two done.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
@DofE_Russell
Looking forward to our annual
#DofE
sponsored walk that starts at 9am today. Good luck everyone and fingers crossed for the lovely morning to stay with us till the end of the walk.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
Morning preparations are well underway for day two of DofE Silver Practice and the sun is shining. Not sure for how long, but we will take what we can get. All groups are doing well.
@WyHighAcademy
An extremely busy day with 14 bronze groups split between two sites today. All groups have done amazingly and I have had some great reports back from our 28 volunteer instructors regarding behaviour.
Groups are doing really well on the second day of Silver Practice. Cloud's rolling in so we may have a bit of poor visibility navigation practice coming up.
@DofE_Russell
@WyHighAcademy
A big thank you to our volunteers who gave up their time to be out in the wind, hail, rain and sun to make our
#DofE
#bronze
assessment run so smoothly. You are all amazing and we couldn't do it without you all.
@WyHighAcademy
I want to say a huge thank you to the 26 volunteer
@DofE
instructors who made our two Bronze expeditions possible this weekend. I cannot praise you enough, as without you none of this would be possible for the students.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
@DofECentral
@DofE_Russell
Everyone did an amazing job today and are all on camp and cooking their tea. Some of them have made so much food they are even feeding the instructor's.
@WyHighAcademy
A rare photo of some of the amazing volunteers who help me make these expeditions possible. These volunteers and others are the backbone of
#DofE
and allow it to be available to all. Thank you so much for your amazing help.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
@DofE
@DofE_Russell
So very proud of our
#DofE
Silver Participants who just completed their assessment expedition. We had to make some changes due to the heat, but they just never let us down following instructions and looking after themselves and their team. Just brilliant.
@WyHighAcademy
Let the drying begin after a wet finish to DofE Silver Training. There would be a lot more if it wasn't for the great volunteer instructors who have taken some tents home to dry for us. Thank you very much.
@georgie_dofe
@WyHighAcademy
A very cold evening, but all the groups where amazing and are all smiling this morning. Everyone is now out walking in the lovely sunshine.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Jack
@georgie_dofe
#DofE
#bronze
All groups gone and camp site spotless which I think is amazing considering there was almost 70 of us here. A big thank you to Carlton Park for having us.
@WyHighAcademy
@Michiejames
So amazingly proud to have two members of the public come over to tell me how lovely and polite one of our Bronze boys group was when they saw them.
@DofE_Ellie
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE
Saturday started off with drizzle, followed by heavy rain and then clearing from 2pm to give us a lovely sunny evening for games. This is one of the lovely views we get from walking near Shotley.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Jack
@georgie_dofe
@DofE_Russell
All groups have had an excellent day and some amazing weather. Now all back in camp and getting ready for food. Then we will get the games out.
@WyHighWellbein1
@WyHighAcademy
Well done to our two
#DofESilver
groups. They all had a long, hot and tiring 3 days with a few detours on route. But they all pushed through and corrected any mistakes and made it to the end. You should all be very proud of yourselves.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
@DofE
Our
#DofEBronze
have done an amazing job this weekend. A couple of groups got a little bit lost but that is what this is all about. They all put a huge amount of effort into the weekend and should be very proud of themselves. Well done everyone.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
@DofE
I am very privileged to work with some amazing
#DofE
volunteers. Some new and some for almost 20 years. Thank you to you all for all your hard work.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
@DofE
#DofE
Silver, I have allowed our groups to leave the tents up this morning as they have extra water and were out so early. As you can see they left it immaculate. Well done everyone.
@WyHighAcademy
@georgie_dofe
Groups did a brilliant job of taking advantage of the good weather this morning to get all the camp packed up by 7.30am. A huge well done.
Now to complete the last day of their assessment expedition.
@WyHighAcademy
@WyHighScience
@georgie_dofe
This is what I love about DofE. A lady just pulled up to my group and asked if they where doing DofE and then gave them a big bag of sweets to share as a well done. What a random act of kindness.
@DofE_Russell
@lshsnews
@DofE_Ellie
@DofECentral
What an amazing end to our final DofE Silver expedition of the year with groups running into camp to complete their assessment. It has been a real privilege spending the last two years with these groups doing their Bronze and Silver awards.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
@DofECentral
Well done to our amazing DofE Golds who have just spent four days and 78 km in the Lakes to complete their assessment. So proud of them all.
@Wymondham_High
@DofE_Russell
Not sure how to take my group asking if televisions were around when I was young. I might have to make them walk a little further.
@WyHighAcademy
@DofE_Ellie
So proud of all of our DofE Golds who will be getting their awards very soon, with the first of them going down to Buckingham Palace this week. Well done everyone.
@WyHighAcademy
@WyHighWellbein1
@WyHighPe
After a very busy day with the usual mixed weather the groups all got into camp safely and were treated to some lovely sunshine for at least an hour.
@WyHighAcademy
Final part of day two saw the groups complete two different routes at exactly the same time. They should all be very proud of themselves. Well done everyone. 1 more day to go.
#DofE
#Silver
@WyHighAcademy
Looking forward to getting away with our last lot of
#DofE
Bronze for their assessment expedition this weekend. 6pm at school for a kit check then we are off to the Suffolk Coast. Sorry
@georgie_dofe
but I do prefer Suffolk for DofE.
@DofE_Russell
@WyHighAcademy
All groups off on their final day of
#DofEbronze
training. Everyone did a great job of getting up and ready this morning and leaving on time.
@WyHighAcademy
Day 4 (pm) Open DofE Bronze completed ✅ all 3 groups were brilliant and came through some testing weather conditions ending with hale 😳🌨 oh and I picked up a random dog on my way 😯🐕
@bertpark99
@KelvinIves
@DofEWymHigh