Duke of Edinburgh Award

 

We offer students in year 9 and above the opportunity to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Students can register for the Bronze award in the Autumn term of year 9.  Students will then work on the qualification during year 9. There will be a practice expedition and an assessed expedition during the summer term. 

The Silver award is offered to student in year 10. They will work on the qualification during the school year and then the expeditions will take place at the vey start of year 11. 

The Gold award is offered to students in the 6th form. 

 

What the award entails:

There are four parts to the award and participants need to complete all four sections in order to gain the award, (five for gold). The different levels of the award have different demands in terms of time. Participants are given support in selecting activities to give them a broad range of opportunities.

	Volunteering	Physical	Skill	Expedition	Residential
Bronze	3 months	3 months	3 months	2 day, 1 night
	All must undertake a further 3 months in one of these sections
Silver	6 months	One section for 6 months the other for 3 months		3 day, 2 night
Gold	12 months	One section for 12 months the other for 6 months		4 day, 3 night	Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights

Our expectations:

We do expect participants to have completed two of the three sections before undertaking the expedition. Participants are also expected to attend training sessions.

Contact details:

E-mail: joanna.bayley@chauncy.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/chauncydofe

DofE website: https://www.dofe.org/