I did check the calendar; it was August; we were in the Northern Hemisphere and it was still supposedly summer.…
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Silver DofE Expedition – Summer 2019
End of term prom the night before, probably wasn’t the best prelude to any DofE expedition. Nonetheless, 17 Silver candidates…
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Bronze D of E Qualifying Expedition
As usual the advent of a Bronze DofE Expedition was heralded in the Houses by additional trip hazards cluttering up…
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Bronze Practice Expedition
Fifty one students set out on their Bronze Practice Expedition this weekend on the 28th April. The weather held up…
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Gold DofE Expedition
On Monday 8th April the team met at the OEC, checked kit, re-packed and loaded onto the bus before making…
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Gold DofE Practice Expedition
While the rest of the School was filing into Speech Hall for final assembly, the first of the Gold DofE…
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Gold D of E Assessed Expedition: Lake District
This year the Gold group decided to visit the Lake District for their Assessed Expedition. Stunning scenery, wonderful wild camps…
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Silver D of E Assessed Expedition
Having had their Prom only hours before, the ‘arrival of the living dead’ best describes the gathering of bleary eyed candidates…
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Bronze D of E Expedition
We are just back from a glorious Assessed Expedition in the local Surrey Hills. Twelve separate Bronze teams were on…
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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
For many of the Lower Fifth Formers coming out on their Bronze practice expedition last weekend, this was their first…
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Gold Practice Expedition
This year the Gold practice was significantly earlier than other years, as was abundantly clear from the paucity of lambs…
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Silver Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
Surrey Hills: Wednesday 21st – Friday 23rd March Despite snow and ice only 48 hours previously, the weather turned kind…
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Bronzing on D of E Bronze Qualifying Expedition
Inevitably spirits were a little jaded at the end of a long and testing term, so it was understandable that…
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Assessed Silver D of E Expedition
Not just mad dogs and Englishmen evidently…22 stoic Cranleighans endured the midday sun last week across the open heathland of…
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Gold D of E Qualifying Expedition to Mid-Wales
Well that was a turn up for the books! Most of our training is focused on how to navigate in…
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Bronze D of E Practice Expedition
The Bronze Practice is always an interesting expedition, as for many of the candidates it is the first time that…
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