Monday, 4 July 2016
Duke of Edinburgh expedition
12 Students set off to do their Duke of Edinburgh expedition recently. Their mode of travel was Canadian Canoe which they mastered;
negotiating bends, banks, trees and vessels throughout the two days on the
Oxford Thames. Their project was to visit two museums and compare. So, on the
first day we paddled down the Thames to Oxford's History of Science museum,
where we met both dinosaur, bear and bee. The next day we visited the Modern
Art Museum to encounter a church full of bath tubs and an interesting wall
showing possible picture progression. At night students were responsible
for putting up their own tents and cooking for themselves; after which
they enjoyed marshmallows around the campfire. For some this
was their practice expedition, but for four students, Amber, Abbie, Thomas and
Jane Marie it was the final expedition and meant the successful completion of
their DOE Bronze Award. In the words of the assessor 'I saw
fantastic team work, and was impressed with the cooking and the way they have
helped each other'.