{"id":8135,"date":"2026-04-24T06:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bealhighschool.co.uk\/?p=8135"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:01:24","slug":"duke-of-edinburgh-bronze-award-practice-trips-20th-and-21st-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bealhighschool.co.uk\/fr\/2026\/04\/24\/duke-of-edinburgh-bronze-award-practice-trips-20th-and-21st-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award practice trips \u2013 20th and 21st April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8135\" class=\"elementor elementor-8135\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f0614 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"94f0614\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31eae288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31eae288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the Monday 20<sup>th<\/sup> April twenty or so Year 12 Beal students made their way to The Forest Academy (TFA) \u00a0to meet similarly intrepid students based at TFA to participate in a number of different workshops throughout the day in order to prepare students for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. These workshops enabled students to learn the requisite skills needed to hopefully navigate the expedition successfully later in the term.<\/p>\n<p>A number of areas were covered including during the training day including an appreciation of the Countryside Code, how to read a map correctly (\u2018along the corridor and up the stairs\u2019), how to use a compass in the correct manner (\u2018red in the shed\u2019), learning basic first aid (\u2018staying alive\u2019), how to pack a rucksack efficiently, how to put up (and put down) a tent and how to light a fire safely using methylated spirit to boil water in order to cook a meal.<\/p>\n<p>On the Tuesday 21<sup>st<\/sup> April many of these skills were put into practice when students used OS maps and compasses to navigate a route around Hainault Forest Country Park.<\/p>\n<p>The students are looking forward to the real expedition on the 20th and 21st May when hopefully the weather will mirror that experienced during the practice 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