This Easter our Silver DofE students went on their much-anticipated expedition as they left the Park at 4.30pm on Thursday 30th March and the expedition lasted until Tuesday 4th April when they all came back very tired!
Their journey started at Llangorse Activity Centre, through the Brecon Beacons National Park and ended up in Crickhowell. All students camped for the duration of the trip but as they were doing the practice and the expedition back to back they were in a bunkhouse accommodation for a night to break up the two journeys and ensure they were better rested after lots of walking!
All students undertook six planning sessions earlier in the term during their CAS lessons and planned appropriate routes for the duration of their expedition.
Richard Duckett, Head of Politics and keen DofE trip leader, commented:
At Leighton Park we deliver the national DofE Bronze experience as part of the curriculum, then students can choose to do Silver (usually in Years 10 and 11) and Gold in the Sixth Form.
As part of all DofE programmes, remote supervision was used along their journey where the student’s safety and well-being of the group was monitored at a distance, with limited direct contact with the pupils to check they were okay!
Leighton Park Staff members and external Mountain Leaders were impressed at the integrity of the students, as everyone positively persevered to reach their end goal; they did so with much enthusiasm.
We are very proud of our participants as they showed great resilience building up their self-confidence and independence whilst feeling a strong sense of purpose, leaving themselves and the adults on the expedition inspired.
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