Overview
As of today, I have finished my Bronze Duke Of Edinburgh, as I have received my physical assessors report and I am about to receive my skills report. I have enjoyed many aspects of D of E including the expedition, which had provided experiences that I have never had before. Because of this, I will most likely join Silver Duke Of Edinburgh.
Thank you for reading my blog posts on this subject.
Expedition
Me and my silver group went on the Silver Practice Expedition which is equivalent to the actual Bronze Expedition, as we couldn’t attend the actual expedition as one of our members would be on holiday when it was taking place. On the expedition that we did, we walked as a group, with some supervision at different points, for 7 miles. We had to make our way to the campsite through woods, hills and sometimes water.
When we reached our destination, me and my sister set up our tent using communication and teamwork skills. We eventually cooked hot dogs as our main meal, also using teamwork skills. We slept overnight, which was difficult at times, as the weather made it hard to sleep.
The next day, we packed up our things and walked another 7 miles back to the bus. Unfortunately, we did get lost on this part of the expedition but we eventually found our way by backtracking and even asking for help at one point. This terrain was easier to walk through, as there was much less hills to climb and more fields to walk through.
Overall, I did find the experience enjoyable, although it was difficult at times. I learnt useful skills such as setting up a tent, cooking, communication skills and teamwork.
Here is a photo of me and my group on the walk:
Practice Expedition
Today we went on a practice expedition around Rothbury for 5 miles. We also practiced map reading skills and how to find where you are. Overall, it was a very pleasant experience with pretty views throughout. Here is an image:
Karate-Part 2
Today I went to a karate session. We did activities such as sparring forms, different combinations of moves and imaginary free sparring (sparring without contact). As promised, here is a video of me doing one of my sparring forms-water. Continue reading “Karate-Part 2”
Physical-Karate
For my physical section, I am doing freestyle karate at the Sporting Club. I am currently working towards a brown belt. We practice sparring, spar forms and other freestyle routines/moves for the grading. In the video that is coming in a week, you will see me practicing one of the four spar forms, which is called water. I only know two of these spar forms, due to the fact that I am currently a purple white belt, which is seen in the photo below.
Volunteering at Cragside
For the past six months, me and a few others have volunteered at Cragside c of e primary school which is the primary school I went to. We have done things such as cleaning up the library, cleaning up classrooms, sorting paper into the right boxes, helping children etc. We did volunteering on the 3rd of April and we took some photos. These photos are down below: Continue reading “Volunteering at Cragside”
Introduction
Hello! This is my first post on this website so I will explain what this blog will consist of.
Each post will document the experience of either volunteering, skills or physical. These are the three main sections for the Duke of Edinburgh bronze. For volunteering, I am working in Cragside c of e Primary School (additional volunteering at St John’s Ambulance). For physical I am doing karate (aiming for brown belt) and skills I am updating this blog.
In summary, I will update this blog weekly to show the activities in these sections.
Thanks,
Alice