Fantastic year 10s show real resilience during extreme Duke of Edinburgh weekend

Thirty four of our year 10s showed what they are made of this weekend in their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh assessment expedition. As the mercury crept ever higher, the students battled with rucksacks containing all they needed for the two days, with lots of extra water of course.
Starting in Bishopstone and Norton, the students had immediately to walk steeply over the South Downs, before flatter terrain led to the welcome respite of the camp site at Wick Street Farm. Here there was a convivial atmosphere as the expeditioners prepared their evening meals whilst listening to the commentary of the England- Sweden game (radios were a special dispensation for this particular day!). 

Sunday saw early starts to avoid the worst of the day’s heat as the teams made their ways north to finish near Halland. Some difficult navigation was demanded by the deteriorating state of some of the paths, but the main challenge remained the heat. Mr Latus did his best to alleviate the impact of this by driving his portable freezer full of ice lollies to each of the checkpoints.
Well done to this exceptional group of young people. You didn’t give in today; you won’t give in at anything. A special thanks to Mr Langford for his tireless work making the expeditions work.