Silver & Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award St. Wilfrid's RC College Silver & Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Martin Simpson Head of Centre

Who are we? We are South Tyneside’s Outdoor Education provider www.simonsidedoutdooradventure.com Based locally in South Shields Have a good working relationship with School Been delivering Adventurous Activities for over 30 years We are partnered with Thurston OEC

How its going to work We are working in partnership with the school. School staff are; Miss. Stirling – Bronze Mr. Moody – Silver Miss. Russell & Mr. Granton – Gold SOA Staff are; Clare McRae & Simon Woolley

What is D of E? The Worlds leading personal and social development programme for young people A progressive programme covering four themes at each level and five at Gold Evidence based online recording programme which tracks a young persons progress called eDofE.

Benefits of a D of E Award Key life skills; time management, decision making, team work, resilience. Self belief and self confidence A chance to give back to society Employers and Further Education providers hold the D of E in high regard and holding a Gold Award as equivalent to an A Level.

Commitment The Silver Award will take a minimum of 6 months with 1 hour per week per section (if you have completed Bronze & 12 months for Direct Silver’s The Gold Award will take a minimum of 12 months with 1 hour per week per section (if you have completed Silver) & 18 months for Direct Golds It is up to you to complete the three/four sections with support from School staff if needed with SOA deliver the expedition section and all of its requirements

Sections & Timescales

Sections & Timescales

What can you as parents do? Support through encouragement Support through eDofE Ensuring that the efforts being made are recorded through eDofE so achievements can be recognised. Ensure the use of the ‘keeping track’ book to record assessor evidence

eDofE

Expedition Section An Aim Adventure Self Supported Teamwork Challenge Presentation

Groups we deliver Expeditions to Keelmans Way School (B,S,G) Whitburn Academy (B,S,G) Bamburgh School (B) Mortimer CC (B) St. Josephs Academy (B,S,G) Park View (B) Jarrow School (B) Simonside Youth Groups (B,S,G) Newcastle School for Boys (S) Southmoor Academy (G) South Shields School (B,S)

Expedition Requirements Completing a 3 or 4 day journey where you are in small groups, are self sufficient in navigating, camping and working together to meet the aims of their expedition. Is assessed by someone who hasn’t been involved with the training and practice expeditions.

What we offer Registered AAP & Licensed Organisation for DofE. South Tyneside Council DBS cleared employees Fully Qualified and experienced staff Proven track record Local Authority Activity Insurance An all inclusive price

Cost Our foot based expeditions are £225pp for Silver & £249 for Gold Details can be found on our webpage www.simonsideoutdooradventure.com/duke-of-edinburgh

What you get 5 x 2hr training sessions/full day for Gold 1 Practice expedition 1 Qualifying expedition All equipment Campsite fees D of E assessor All transport Insurance Assessor report All eDofE support & training

Our Priorities Safety, Safety, Safety DBS cleared staff, NGB qualified & experienced staff, High quality equipment, AALS licence Quality expeditions that uphold the ethos and spirit of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Any Questions ???

Next Steps Take a DofE registration form, these need to be handed in to the appropriate member of school staff Take a list of dates for expeditions To view this presentation, visit our webpage resources section www.simonsideoutdooradventure.com/resources