Our latest round of Duke of Edinburgh Award presentations rolled through with 30 students receiving their Bronze Awards.
The presentation weas carried out in accompaniment with Grace Morrall-Kelly, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Lead for Staffordshire.
These presentations built on the successes of seeing two groups of 4 run their Gold expeditions and a sizeable group successfully negotiate the Silver programme/
Looking for the year ahead we have arranged the following programme:
|
Level |
Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| Offered to | Y10 | Y11 Y12 Y13 |
Y12 Y13 |
|
Sections (Volunteering, Physical and Skills) |
3 months + 3 months+ 6 months |
3 months + 6 months + 6 months volunteering |
6 months + 12 months 12 months volunteering |
|
Apply |
October | October | October |
| Train | November – February on sections and adding evidence Registered attendance – 3 unexplained missed sessions – do not progress to expedition |
Drop in weekly on Friday |
Drop in weekly on Friday |
|
Commitment on sections |
2 complete and 3rd started to go on expedition in May | 2 started and 3rd planned to go on expedition | 2 started and 3rd planned to go on expedition |
| Meetings in school | Monday lunchtimes C5 or C10 with assigned leaders |
Friday lunchtime C5 |
Friday lunchtime C5 |
|
Expedition training and route planning |
Spring Half-Term 2 March – April |
Spring Half-Term 1 January – February + navigation days TBC |
Spring Half-Term 1 January – February + navigation days TBC |
| Practice | 5 April 2025 | 20-22 June 2025 |
20-22 June 2025 |
|
Assessed |
17-18 May 2025 | 13-15 July 2025 |
July 2026 – unless Y13 students apply this year |
| Presentation | October 24 2024 February 6 2025 (TBC) |
October / February |
October/February |
Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “I am hugely grateful to the staff who voluntarily run this wonderful Duke of Edinburgh Award programme, giving up their evenings and weekends, to give our students such fantastic opportunities. These awards look great on CVs and UCAS forms and all of our Gold students will now head forward to receive their awards at Buckingham Palace. As a school that routinely goes above and beyond for our students, this is still an impressive commitment.”
