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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award

Polam Hall invites all pupils entering Middle 5 to join the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme at Bronze level. The Award consists of 4 sections:

  1. Skills
  2. Physical
  3. Volunteering (new name for service)
  4. Expedition

Training

There are weekly training sessions. In past years these have taken place on Mondays 4.15pm to 5.15 pm but the night will depend on the other commitments of the students. During these sessions Miss Booth prepares the students for the expedition section and gives advice on completing the skill, volunteering and physical sections. Training is very varied and includes navigation, emergency drills, camp craft and team building tasks. The students need to make a commitment to attend one session each week.

2010/2011 Dates

DAY WALKS

Saturday 6th or Sunday 7th November 2010 Richmond walk (10 –2.30pm)

Saturday 19th or Sunday 20th March 2011 Reeth walk (10 –3 pm)




EXPEDITIONS

Saturday 14th May to Sunday 15th May 2011 - Practice expedition in Swaledale.

Saturday 25th June to Sunday 26th June 2011 - Assessed expedition - Wensleydale.

Saturday 2rd July to Sunday 3th July 2011 - Reserve expedition date.

The expedition dates are provisional and there may be changes once the GCSE examination timetable is published.

What’s New?

The Duke of Edinburgh Award is trying to get with it. Currently there are two major changes planned.

The new name is just D of E because that’s what everybody uses.

The more drastic change is NO MORE RECORD BOOKS. All records are going to be kept by the participants online in a controlled version of a social website like facebook to be called eDofe. Students will go online and upload their pictures, evidence, blogs on completing each section. When the students complete the award it will all be printed out to create a portfolio of achievements which will become a keepsake and part of the certificate. There is a lot more to it than that, so Miss Booth is looking forward to the challenge of mastering erecords!


Further information about the D of E Award can be found out at dofe.org or by asking Miss Booth.

Pictures from past expeditions are shown below.

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Bronze D of E Practice Walk

Bronze D of E Practice Walk