Duke of Edinburgh's Award

We encourage all students to work towards achieving the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) at Bronze and Silver level. This prestigious award will make a student’s application to college, university or to a workplace stand out from others’ applications.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award embodies the three school values:

• Respect
• Responsibility
• Resilience

Ms L. Conning-Wild has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. You will receive a letter in Year 9 and you should directly any queries to Ms L. Conning-Wild: l.conningwild@olqp.lancs.sch.uk.

Congratulations to all those students who completed the award this year!

What does it involve?

There are various sections to the award: Volunteering, Physical, Skills and, of course, the Expeditions.

Volunteering: Helping someone, your community, or the environment. For example, with a charity, assisting younger students at football clubs, or in primary schools. Helping an older person with their gardening or shopping.

Skills: Developing existing talents or trying something new. For example, showing progress with a musical instrument, fishing, a refereeing course, or other activities after school.


Physical: Becoming fitter through sport, dance, swimming, gym or fitness activities.

Expeditions: Planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey. Two-day walks and two expeditions with overnight camp – Practice and Qualifying.

Commitment

Taking part requires time and a sustained commitment. Students must show progression and sustained interest over a period of time in each of these sections. There are also weekly training sessions which run from October to April.

Further information

Click the following website link for more information: 

DofE