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Welcome to the Duke of Edinburgh’s award at Ridgeway!

What is the D of E? An internationally recognised achievement 3 levels to the award: bronze, silver, gold You can start bronze at age 14 Finish gold by age 25

The 4 Sections Volunteering Physical About an hour per week Skill Expedition About an hour per week

The 4 Sections Volunteering Physical Skill Expedition 3 months Plan, train for and undertake a 2 day, 1 night expedition All participants must undertake a further 3 months in one of the volunteering, physical or skills sections

Volunteering Examples of past volunteering sections: Helping younger children at brownies / cubs Charity shop Student librarian Volunteer at park run (Lydiard park) Helping older people (gardening or cleaning) Coaching at a sports club

Physical Examples of past physical sections: Running or cycling, either with a club or keeping a log of personal achievements Dance Any sports club Fitness classes Horse riding

Skill This cannot be a physical activity – working on your backhand or golf swing can’t count Past skills sections have included: Music exam Any extra GCSE tutoring outside school Dog training Drama (Les Miserables) Flying / gliding

Expedition 2 day, 1 night expedition Must undertake a practice expedition and training first You will plan your own route, be completely self-sufficient for 2 days, walking in groups of 4-7 friends

SILVER

GOLD

Expedition kit Things that we provide: Tent Roll mat Rucksack Stove and fuel Map & compass Some waterproofs (not enough for everyone)

Expedition kit Things that you will need: Walking boots (Must support ankles). Clothes to walk in (Artificial fibres to wick out). Sleeping bag (Low profile which has a small pack size).

You will receive a pack and you can fill in pages like this: eDofE Your activities will need to be logged online and verified by an adult (not related to you!) You will receive a pack and you can fill in pages like this:

eDofE You can then take a picture / scan the page and upload to eDofE Or if the assessor is happy to do it online they could go to the website and type their comments in themselves

Commitments 1 After school and enrichment expedition training 2 Mountaineering Club Activities 3 Practice expedition & Assessed expedition 4 Being a role model in and out of school

What next? 1 Hand in an enrolment form by break-time on Thursday 15/09/16 2 Make the first payment on parent pay by midnight on Thursday 15/09/16 3 Sign up for the A Mountain Club walk

Dates 22/10/16 Mountain Club 12/11/16 Mountain Club 26/11/16 Mountain Club 10/12/16 Mountain Club 07/01/17 Mountain Club 04/02/17 Mountain Club 11-14/02/17 Yorkshire Dales(Mountain Club) 11/03/17 Mountain Club 25-26/03/17 Y10 Bronze Practice Expedition 20-21/05/17 Y10 Bronze Assessment Expedition

ANY QUESTIONS?