Gold Practice Expedition

 

This weekend Students were out on D of E practice expeditions

Lower 6th Navigation

 

 

They found the first Tor no problem

 

 

 

We found the last of the snow left over from the weekend

 

 

 

It wasn't all walking down hill!

First years intorduction to navigation at Down Tor

The weather said wet, but we were greeted with blue skys

 

 

 

The 'race' to all get into the group shelter

 

 

On top of some rocks

 

 

 

 

 

End of a good day out

Second day of Hills Skills for the BTEC Students

Totally different conditions for the Second day of Hill Skills, where ticks were more of an issue than the rain.  Well one to all who completed.

Silver D of E

Congratulations to those who took part in a Silver D of E expedition this weekend on Dartmoor.  The weather stayed dry for them and despite tiredness and blisters all 7 completed. Well Done

Not so sunny on Dartmoor

The Upper Sixth spent Tuesday being blown around on the moor while searching for tiny contour features.  Good use of compasses and pacing.

Sun on the Moor



The Adventure Bac students were out on Dartmoor today for their NNAS assessments. The sun shone and it was a beautiful day. Well done to those that passed their Bronze Award.

Navigation on Dartmoor in the cloud

The Lower 6th students did well with navigating in the 100m visability.  We went into the woods for lunch and spent the next hour discovering why we don't spend all day navigating in the woods.  We also found out why route choice to avoid bogs is a good idea.

NNR's & SSSI's on Dartmoor

Today the Lower VI spent the morning on Dartmoor, delivering presentations thay had made about various SSSI's, National Parks and acts of parliment, before we headed back into the class room to write it all up as the final part of an assignment. 

The Outdoor Ed team in Scotland

Over half term the Outdoor Ed department relocated to the Caringorms for some winter walking and climbing.  It was sunny for two days, very cloudy for the other three days and super windy throughout.

A blowy day out on Brent Moor

Numbers were down due to Triathlon Winter Training camps, so we only had six for Navigation today.  The day was mostly sunny, always windy and threw a few showers of hail at us with a little bit of gentle snow at times. 

Orienteering

Today we had hoped to go to Mountain Biking at Holden Hill, but this was closed due to the recent wind knocking a number of trees over on the track and the recent rain washing sections of the track away.  So we had a day looking at orienteering as part of the navigation element of the Lower VI 'Skills for Land based Adventurous Activities', based on the courses in Central Park and Saltram. 

All change as the BTEC students swap from paddling to Navigation

Today the Lower and Upper Sixth Form students had their first day of navigation on Dartmoor, on and around the Down Tor area.  Significant improvements were made thoughout the day, finding smaller and smaller features.