St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award

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Up and out on this fine Sunday morning! The coach is booked for 12pm so arrival time at school is estimated for 1:15pm
We will get your wonderful children to text once they’ve set off and I’ll update asap.

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

All back safe! Showers in sight 👀
Most of our photos are like this until our participants send them through…

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

All groups have survived Great Hograh Moor and are onto the Esk Valley walk.
Some difficult navigation today (even without the fog!)
We’re very proud of everyone’s effort so far #DofE #SilverExpedition

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What a morning 🌧️ everyone is well underway. The fog over the moor has lifted which is most welcome; groups are stopping in different places for lunch.
I’ve taken a photo of a great little ford and pedestrian bridge for our Engineers out this weekend…every day is a school day

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Everyone is back and there are smiles all round. We’re back at one of our newest campsites for this assessment and we love it. No signal and plenty of wildlife, sorry for the lack of updates to families!

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We spoke too soon. All groups are powering through the fog 👀

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

The last two groups are off to their start point in the minibus! All other groups are underway. Let’s hope the weather holds! ☀️🥾🏕️ #DofE #SilverExpedition

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We hope our students have the best few days! It looks like a scorcher across Europe! Scotland, not so much…
Follow @stlcsdurham for updates ☀️🇮🇹🇫🇷🇳🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Tomorrow, over 150 pupils will be heading off across Europe on a range of fantastic educational visits, keep checking back here for updates!

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Not long till we arrive in Amsterdam, despite the result, a great night on the ferry with lots of compliments about the pupils from staff and fellow passengers, next stop Feyenoord Academy!

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Huge congratulations to Owen Farmer and Andrew Thomas, winning the Brittania and Thames Challenge Cups respectively today. Joining the ranks of only a handful of ex-St Leonard's @HenleyRegatta winners. See the final moments of Owen's victory below #Obelisk

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They’re on the coach and heading back to school! ETA 14:15 - pupils have been advised to contact parents and I’ve double checked the time this week! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Well done and the biggest thank you to Mr McMullan 👏🏻🥾🗺️⛺️🧭

[St Leonard's Catholic School Durham @stlcsdurham]

Well done to all our students with @STLDDofE as they complete their weekend away. And a thank you to Mr McMullan who led the weekends this year and all the teachers who have given their time. 5 weekends, 300 students, 100 miles and a fair few midges! Definitely worth it!

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

These are some of our fantastic teams this weekend! We have some shy bairns when it comes to taking photographs but I have more from staff incoming 😎 #DofE #SilverAssessment #GoldPractice

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All groups are about an hour in to day 3 🙌🏻🥾🗺️🧭

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

They’re all back!! There are some sun kissed faces despite the cloud cover ☀️

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

Nobody fell for it 😬
One group to return and we have a full house! We’ve had great weather today and everyone is still smiling-challenging routes all round! #DofE #Silver #Gold

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No children were spotted on this train 🚂

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

And they’re off! Again! Day 2 is underway 😎 #dofe #SilverAssessment #GoldPractice

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

Lots going on on our new campsite ⛺️Tents galore.
We have 2 groups to get back but the end is in sight! #DofE

[St Leonard's Duke of Edinburgh Award @STLDDofE]

I spy with my little eye…
Two groups are back! Tremendous effort today from Carter and Foreman groups 🥾🧭🗺️
The remaining teams are still out there and doing well. We’re spotting them in all of the right places #goodsign #DofE