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| − | The Duke of Edinborough Award is an award scheme designed to reward pupils for volountering in the community keeping fit and learing skills and generally looks good on a Personal Statement or CV. | + | The Duke of Edinborough Award is an award scheme designed to reward pupils for volountering in the community keeping fit and learing skills and generally looks good on a Personal Statement or CV. It is run by Mr Gray and thus has the longest meetings of any extra curriclar activity at BRGS. |
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Residential - An outward bounds trip were you look after yourself. | Residential - An outward bounds trip were you look after yourself. | ||
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| + | =Evidence= Until 2009-2010 all evidence had to be put into a record book and signed by Mr Gray. Then The Prince Phillip decided that the best way to reach kids is to use the internet and eDofE was born ! Now you have an account and upload pictures and scan in evidence. Then at the end you can download all the pictures that you uploaded in the forst place and put them together on your computer ( yes thats right you can download everything you already have on your computer or school account. | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 15 October 2010
The Duke of Edinborough Award is an award scheme designed to reward pupils for volountering in the community keeping fit and learing skills and generally looks good on a Personal Statement or CV. It is run by Mr Gray and thus has the longest meetings of any extra curriclar activity at BRGS.
Levels
The Award is divided into three levels - Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level becomes harder and requires more time as a volounteer and eventually includes a residential.
Bronze
Requirements
Volounteering - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.
Physical - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.
Skills - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.
Please note one section can be for six months and 24 hours in total and one can be backtracked by a month
Expedition - An two day trip were you are completley isolated.
Silver
Requirements
Volounteering - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Physical - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Skills - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Please note one section can be for three months and 12 hours in total and one can be backtracked by a month
Expedition - An trip were you are completley isolated.
Gold
Requirements
Volounteering - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Physical - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Skills - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.
Please note one section must be for 12 months and 48 hours in total and one can be backtracked by a month
Expedition - An two day trip were you are completley isolated.
Residential - An outward bounds trip were you look after yourself.
=Evidence= Until 2009-2010 all evidence had to be put into a record book and signed by Mr Gray. Then The Prince Phillip decided that the best way to reach kids is to use the internet and eDofE was born ! Now you have an account and upload pictures and scan in evidence. Then at the end you can download all the pictures that you uploaded in the forst place and put them together on your computer ( yes thats right you can download everything you already have on your computer or school account.
