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Duke of Edinburgh Award

Participating in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gives young people the chance to develop skills for work and life and to fulfil their potential. At Icknield Community College we know that completing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award can be a life changing adventure for your child.

Levels

The Award offers 3 levels:

  • Bronze
  • Silver 
  • Gold

 At Icknield, we currently provide the opportunity to complete the Bronze Award in year 9 and the Silver award in year 10.

The Bronze Award is launched in October with a taster walk after school followed by sign up and registration before Christmas. Most participants start their volunteering, skills and physical sections around this time and finishing their Award with the expeditions that usually occur in terms 5 and 6.
The Silver Award is launched after the October half-term with sign up also before Christmas. The expeditions also occur during terms 5 and 6 of year 10. This allows students to complete their silver award before year 11 starts and reduce the pressure of juggling too many commitments, whilst still giving them important time management skills.
Sections

You achieve your Award by completing a personal programme of activities in four sections: Volunteering, Physical, Skills and an Expedition.

For the Bronze Award two of the sections are completed for 3 months and the other for 6 months. The expedition involves a 2 day walk with one night of camping. Participants complete a practice and qualifying expedition.

For the Silver Award one of the sections is completed for 3 months and the other two for 6 months. The expedition involves a 3 day walk with two nights of camping. Participants complete a practice and qualifying expedition.

In preparation for the expedition there is after school training and route planning during terms 3-6 for Bronze participants and a Saturday training day before the expedition for Silver participants.

Your programme can be full of activities and projects that get you buzzing; along the way, you will gain experiences, friends and talents that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Importantly, you choose your own activities to make up your own programme.

Full details of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award can be found on the official website at www.dofe.org

For more information, please contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

DofE update

Due to the Covid-19 lockdown and following restrictions, we are still trying to reorganise the expeditions from the 2019-2020 season for both Bronze and Silver participants. Any students currently enrolled on the either the Bronze or Silver award should continue working on their activity sections and complete their assessors’ reports when they have finished. They will then be awarded their certificate of achievement until we complete the expeditions, whereupon they will receive their full awards. Please speak to Miss Scane if you have any questions. Once we have finalised expedition plans we will be in touch.

We hope to have more information for new Bronze participants, in year 9, after half term. We currently anticipate that we will not be able to offer Silver to participants in year 10 due to the need to complete the expeditions from last year. We hope this might change but it will also depend on government guidance.

 

Attachments:
Download this file (Activity Log Physical Section.pdf)Activity Log Physical Section95 kB
Download this file (Activity Log Skills Section.pdf)Activity Log Skills Section95 kB
Download this file (Activity Log Volunteering Section.pdf)Activity Log Volunteering Section95 kB
Download this file (Combined Programme Planner.pdf)Combined Programme Planner178 kB
Download this file (DofE BRONZE Enrolment Form 2020.pdf)DofE Bronze Enrolment Form 2020159 kB
Download this file (DofE SILVER Enrolment Form 2020.pdf)DofE Silver Enrolment Form 2020161 kB
Download this file (Duke of Edinburgh Kit list.pdf)Duke of Edinburgh Kit list475 kB
Download this file (Duke of Edinburgh Programme Ideas.pdf)Duke of Edinburgh Programme Ideas101 kB
Download this file (ICC kit hire form 2019.pdf)ICC Kit Hire Form 2019198 kB

 

 
 

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