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A beautiful day in the white peak. DofE Bronze training walk Winster Elton Bradford Dale. Means 1 thing. The best time of the year is around the corner. DofE 2026 is still officially open. Well done everyone who took part

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DofE season is back training begins for the class of 2026. Today it was the turn of year 9 and the first Bronze training day. A good turn out of 42. Map reading and route planning done

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Great news for all dofe participants to share you achievements in the modern world

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Gold DofE qualifier completed it mate. Well done to our 11 amazing students who were excellent. That is a wrap for 2025 another great year. Well done all students and as always thanks to all the staff who make the magic happen. Cannot wait for summer DofE season 2026.

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Congratulations to the 14 year 10 students that have successfully passed their Silver DofE expedition. A great few days in the white peak. Well done everyone. Only 2 years till gold whose going to reach for the top tier of DofE awards

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Day 2 begins

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Silver qualifier 2025 good luck everyone

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DofE gold qualifier in the dark peak. Walking, talking, exploring and developing. Overall doing a great job. #dofedaysthebestdays

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What a great 2 days in the white peak with Bronze DofE. A slow start with a few small problems. All students grew and developed and passed the qualifying expedition with flying colours. Congratulations everyone 👏👏👏👏

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DofE bronze practice walk around Shirley wyaston and osmaston. 2 weeks till the full expedition well done to all involved

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A few more from the weekend

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Dofe season is back. This weekend it was the turn of year 10 for silver practice. A fun, challenging entertaining and memory making weekend. A pleasure as always to work with the student’s who opt for the challenge. Lessons learnt and onto the Staffordshire Moorlands in July

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DofE season is approaching today we were out and about in the white peak with our wonderful bronze year 9 students. A beautiful walk around Winster Elton and Youlgreave. Lots of great navigation and teamwork

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Applications are open for students

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Another great training day for DofE silver this time. Things are taking shape for summer 2025

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Another good training today. This time the turn of Bronze

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DofE gold training day 1 complete. 16 turned up great numbers for
The second year running. Well done to everyone for taking on the challenge. Route planning for practice expedition is complete

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A great practice camp for our new DofE Bronze students last night. Great engagement in walking, map reading, camp craft, pacing and compass work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Starting early this year first camp for Bronze 2025 to see if they will enjoy it. Acclimatisation and practice walk, cooking, campcraft and lots of fun. A small group but bags of energy.

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Another season closes on the DofE at Saint Benedict. Thanks to all the staff who have worked so hard to deliver the best dofe programme to our students. And finally well done to the students themselves. Remember the expedition is a 1/4 or a 1/5 of the whole award though.