So excited to finally receive my Gold DofE Brooch in the post! I loved the whole DofE experience (except maybe the blisters!) and would recommend the programme to everyone. Looking forward to the formal ceremony as and when it’s possible to attend one! The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award KEGS DofE

What a great day for a walk! KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofE students have set out for a day walk to practise navigation and discuss other expedition aspects in the sunshine with our wonderful leaders. Thanks to the OCs for the start/finish location...great to keep the connection.

Great to have our first KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award training day of the year...tents, cooking, and creating maps of cones on the playground using compass bearings and pacing. Students were awesome and the brilliant leader team imparted a wealth of knowledge!

A wonderful evening at Chelmsford Cathedral celebrating KingEdwardVIGrammar DofE Gold participant and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award leader achievements and service. Thanks Essex Youth Service DofE South East . Current expedition leaders' years at KEGS total 175 years!

Our KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofEers have had a busy day planning their training walk and their practice expedition...lots of good mapwork, route card, risk assessment and meal plan work done! Thanks to a brilliant group of leaders who ensured there was plenty of help and advice.

Our KingEdwardVIGrammar Gold DofE participants and leaders are back from a fantastic weekend of walking, navigation, safety chat and so much more in the Brecon Beacons. Particular thanks to Brecon MRT for their insightful evening talk/tour, and to our very experienced leaders.

Well done to our Bronze KingEdwardVIGrammar DofE participants today and a huge thank you to our wonderful leaders and the OCs. It has been a wet day with learning to deal with flooded routes being part of the useful training but there were many smiles when everyone arrived back.

A wonderful weekend with our KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofE students. These groups have experienced floods (training walk) and v hot conditions (practice exped) so they were grateful for more suitable walking weather. Impressed that one group successfully cooked pizzas!

A fantastic Gold DofE training walk on Kinder Scout with KingEdwardVIGrammar students. Sunshine, hail, wind chill to about -5°C along with peat bogs, stream work and contour challenges. Lots of safety and outdoor training covered.

A fabulous session from @moorsforfuture at Edale this evening as part of our Gold DofE training weekend. Having spent time exploring Kinder Scout's peat bogs today it was great for students to learn more about their importance and conservation.

Bronze The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award training day is taking place KingEdwardVIGrammar today with lots of v experienced leaders passing on valuable campcraft and navigation skills. Meals being trialled, tents being checked, and accurate maps being drawn.

We've had an excellent 2nd planning day today for our KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofE expeditions. Thanks to our fab volunteer leaders, all groups have used their paper and digital maps to plan suitable routes. We're looking forward to exploring them!

We've had another fantastic KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofE weekend with students developing a wide range of skills and enjoying the fresh air. Registration for next year's cohort closes on Thursday so it won't be long before we work with the next group of outdoor adventurers.

Another brilliant KingEdwardVIGrammar Bronze DofE weekend with our y10s. Thank you to all of our leaders for volunteering their time for free again. Well done to all our students for completing their expeditions.

Tonight was Gold DofE low visibility training. Circumstances meant a change of plan but challenges were still had with students testing pacing and bearing accuracy whilst blindfolded! Lots of lessons learnt on the pitfalls and thought processes for tricky navigational conditions.

Bronze DofE students from KingEdwardVIGrammar have been practising their outdoor skills today (and taking in opportunities en route!). Thank you to our volunteer leaders for freely giving up their time and expertise to enable our young people to experience 'the outdoors'.

Miss Fryer was delighted to represent KingEdwardVIGrammar at a DofE Buckingham Palace garden party today, celebrating the achievements of many young people, including alumnus Jonathan Hosking, who successfully had his award off just before his 25th birthday. Lots of great memories!