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The Official Twitter page for the Duke of Edinburgh and Outdoor Education Team at The Priory School, Hitchin

Joined October 2014
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A reminder that tonight is our Duke of Edinburgh’s Award parents evening. From 6.30pm in the 6th Form Centre you are welcome to come and find out all about DofE this year!
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It’s always a pleasure to hand out certificates. Yesterday we were delighted to celebrate the first 36 completions of DofE Bronze with year 10. Looking forward to handing out even more soon!
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Minibus expected back at school at 8.50
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Massive congratulations to both teams who, after a very early start, have completed their @dofe Gold expedition!! Aiming to get on the road asap and current eta is 8.30-9 back at TPS
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Big day today as the teams went from Seathwaite to Langdale. Beautiful weather and a great location!
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Some slightly better shots of the teams in action today!
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Day 2 of the qualifying expedition. To make the most of the visibility (a rarity in the Lakes!!!) let’s start with a game of spot the DofE group. Answers on a postcard…
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We have our green team and pink team making good progress!
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Day one of the expedition. Suns out and the teams are going well!!! Just to give a sense of the achievement, the second picture is zoomed in and they’re still tiny!!
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Gold qualifyer 2025 has begun! Today we’re enjoying blue skies as we go back over navigation ahead of the official expedition start tomorrow!
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Slightly delayed to 5.20
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All in all an amazing trip and well done to our climbers who are heading home knackered! Current ETA 17.00 will update with any big changes!
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It also gave us more chances for students to try seconding some routes
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Day three has seen us try some Limestone at Harborogh Rocks!
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To try and avoid the day today we changed plans and headed to Birchen Edge to try some more moves in the high 4s/5s.
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Even Mr Findon and Mr Ankers managed to squeeze a go in, before we headed to our basic accommodation for the night.
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Day one of our climbing trip saw us exploring the upper tier and skyline area of the roaches
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Congratulations to all the students who got involved in archery today at sports day part 1!
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Today was our annual TPS Award cook off! Great to see students embrace the simpler things!
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Slight delay to 4.40
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