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Bronze Expedition for current Y9 students
Bronze Expedition for current Y9 students
(Last updated Sept 2025):
These are the key dates we request students to keep free to ensure they can attend all the expedition activities.
Training Evening
Training Evening
Held at Students School
For Coombe Boys Students - Tuesday 17 March 2026, 3.15 - 4.15pm (Y9 students only)
For Coombe Girls Students - Thursday 19 March 2026, 3.15 - 4.15pm (Y9 students only)
Assessed Expedition
Assessed Expedition
Practice Day - Friday 8th May 2026 (school hours)
Students from Coombe Boys and Girls meet at Barton Green opposite Coombe Girls School at 8:30am.
No uniform - come in your expedition kit. Bring packed lunch (we will have a few spare lunches for students who receive free school meals)
Bring all your equipment to school that morning as if you are going on the expedition.
Barton Green Location:
Friday Night - Students go home after the training day at 3pm
Expedition Day 1 - Saturday 9th May 2026
All Groups - Students to be dropped off by parents/carers at the following locations:
Groups 1-17 (Coombe Girls)
Groups 1-8 Meet at 9am
Groups 9-17 Meet at 10am
Jubilee Field, Church Close, Milford, Godalming GU8 5HG
OS Grid Ref SU 945 420
Please note - There is plenty of parking all around the field. If people drive to the church down to church close it is a dead end and will cause significant congestion. We advise using the following roads around the park which are a 2min walk to the field; The Manor, Oak tree Road, Cherry Tree Road, Milford Lodge.
Groups 30-42 (Coombe Boys)
Groups 30-36 Meet at 9am
Groups 37-42 Meet at 10am
Puttenham Common Top Car Park, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BG
OS Grid Ref SU 919 461
Saturday Night - Students Camping at Heron’s Wey, Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, Farnham, GU10 2AQ
Expedition Day 2 - Sunday 10th May 2026
All Groups - Please note 3pm is an estimated time. Students to be picked up by parents/carers at the following locations once they have handed in their equipment and met with their assessor.
Groups 1-17 (Coombe Girls)
Puttenham Common Top Car Park, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BG
OS Grid Ref SU 919 461
Groups 30-42 (Coombe Boys)
Jubilee Field, Church Close, Milford, Godalming GU8 5HG
OS Grid Ref SU 945 420
Please note - There is plenty of parking all around the field. If people drive to the church down to church close it is a dead end and will cause significant congestion. We advise using the following roads around the park which are a 2min walk to the field; The Manor, Oak tree Road, Cherry Tree Road, Milford Lodge.
DofE Timeline 2025-2026 CHECK YOUR PROGRESSION
September - October 2025 promotion and registration (deposit payment, Google form and Google Classroom), looking for volunteering/physical/skills placements
November - December 2025 - eDofE log-in details provided, registration of the volunteering/physical/skills placements (including full names of the assessors and their contact details). Full payment deadline: 10 Dec.
January-April 2026 - continuing (and finishing) the volunteering/physical/skills placements that started in the Autumn Term. An after school training session in March.
May 2026 - practice and assessed expedition, signing off the assessors' reports (and finishing the placements if necessary)
See the videos below about DofE Bronze opportunities:
A few useful reminders:
1 When recording a placement on https://edofe.org/ remember to enter your assessor's FULL CONTACT DETAILS (name, surname, email, contact number)
2 Please remember to record your weekly activity on your ACTIVITY LOGS https://www.dofe.org/do/activitylogs/
3 For IDEAS, check out https://www.dofe.org/do/ideas/
4 If you're looking for some VOLUNTEERING opportunities, remember that you can find a virtual placement too:
https://www.dofe.org/thelatest/how-to-volunteer-remotely/
5 If you're looking for some SKILLS opportunities, remember that you can find a virtual placement too.
https://www.dofe.org/thelatest/skills-opportunities/
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