28th July 2017Andrew Gray

Students and staff involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award at Burnside spent the first few days of the holidays in the Yorkshire Dales taking part in Silver and Gold expeditions. Silvers had to walk for 3 days and Golds for 4 – each carrying all that they would need; camping overnight on different campsites each night and doing a project along the way. Miss Wallis had a ‘bit of a moment’ on the way home when she realised that this was her last adventure with the Golds; many of whom have been doing activities with DofE & Mayor’s Award since they were in Year 7. We are pleased to say that everyone passed with flying colours and were a credit to the school in the way they looked after each other and worked as a team. Many thanks go to all the staff that supported the award and the assessors who also volunteered their time.