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Tuesday 30 June
Change to program

Meet at the Saracens Head car park at 8pm for some Map and compass training. finish by 9:45pm
Because so may got lost on the Orienteering evening we have added in an extra evening to practise map and compass skills.

Gold DofE group will meet at the Church Hall to be assesed for their hike by an external assesor.

Tuesday 7 July

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award - Presentation to parents
 
Parents are invited at 9:15pm for a presentation by the Bronze DofE hike groups.

Leaders will be in the hall from 8pm to help set up presentations.

Reminder:- 
Each group will make a 10 minute presentation on the hike, and each member of the group will be expected to provide a contribution to the presentation.
 
The talk will cover:
1) Personal equipment for the hike
2) Group equipment for the hike
3) Food and cooking on the hike
4) Route planning
Each of these topics should be covered by a different member of the group,plus
5) Challenges of following the route plans in the Shropshire hills, which everyone will contribute to.
In addition the group who had 5 members will also cover 6) First Aid precautions for hill walking.
These topics were allocated last Tuesday.
 
A computer projector will be available for the presentation. All presentations should use powerpoint slides. These must be saved as version 2003 of powerpoint! (click on SAVE AS and select file type of "powerpoint 2003 or ealier"
A slide template for DofE presentations is available on the Web site.