{"id":712,"date":"2018-10-19T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=712"},"modified":"2023-12-13T13:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:42:54","slug":"year-11s-take-on-silver-duke-of-edinburghs-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-11s-take-on-silver-duke-of-edinburghs-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 11s Take On Silver Duke of Edinburgh&#8217;s Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE2-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Year 11 girls walking in the spectacular Peak District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adventure was in store for 20 Year 11s last weekend, as they went on an expedition for the Silver Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n<p>The Peak District\u2019s White Peak was the destination and the students were all set to tackle a 30-mile route in the popular National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Most navigated the trail around Wetton and Dovedale well, reading the maps accurately and following the footpaths, with only one of the groups getting lost and needing help to get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>The students camped on a very basic campsite for two nights and encountered some strong winds and a great deal of rain.<\/p>\n<p>An early start on the last day saw students packing in the dark by torchlight and walking into the dawn across mist covered fields for an atmospheric experience to remember.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DofE1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A team of Year 11 boys taking part in the two-day expedition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The picturesque Peak District village of Longnor, with its traditional market square and hall, was the final stop, where all groups celebrated their success.<\/p>\n<p>Bridgnorth Endowed DofE Coordinator, Mr Mark Clayton, comments: \u201cDespite the bad weather conditions, the students were in good spirits throughout the expedition. They did extremely well and left the campsite spotless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bridgnorth Endowed School offers\u00a0all three levels of\u00a0the Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award \u2013 Bronze, Silver and Gold.<\/p>\n<p>The school is also a Directly Licensed Centre (DLC) and works with the Award Scheme to manage a highly-developed programme, which is supported by experienced staff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventure was in store for 20 Year 11s last weekend, as they went on an expedition for the Silver Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award. The Peak District\u2019s White Peak was the destination and the students were all set to tackle a 30-mile route in the popular National Park. Most navigated the trail around Wetton and Dovedale &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/year-11s-take-on-silver-duke-of-edinburghs-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Year 11s Take On Silver Duke of Edinburgh&#8217;s Award&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duke-of-edinburghs-award","category-extracurricular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}