Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition

The Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition took place over the last weekend of June. Students took part in two walks of 15km, one from Clevedon to Portbury and the second was a great loop of Beacon Batch, through Velvet Bottom and over Cheddar Gorge. At the end of the first day they pitched tents and cooked lots of rice and camping food, - some of it even looked half decent apparently!

Mr Hodgson reported: 

"It was a really heart warming experience, after the year we've had to see students outside, smiling, dancing and singing their way around the countryside. It was a challenge for all of them, either physically when climbing hills, figuring out how to work as a team or navigating independently. It was great to see them all persevering and they should be very proud of themselves and what they have achieved."

The students seemed to enjoy it too: 

• "I enjoyed being outdoors, spending time with my friends"
• "The feeling of reaching Beacon Batch and knowing that I have completed, it's an amazing sense of achievement"