Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award

The Bronze award is offered to all students at the at the beginning of Year 9.

Bronze Award Timescales

Volunteering section: 3 months

Physical section: 3 months

Skills section: 3 months

Students also have to do 3 more months in one of the Volunteering, Physical or Skills sections. (Totalling 6 months for one section)

Expedition section: 2 days/1 night Qualifying. We also complete a full set of training sessions and some after school sessions to ensure they are fully prepared for their remotely supervised qualifying expedition.

The Physical, Skill and Volunteering sections can be completed concurrently or one after the other. We ask that students complete 2 sections and have started the third before they go on the expedition in June. We find that those who have made this commitment go onto complete their award and often then go on to Silver.

Assessors

The students will need to find an assessor for each of their three sections, this person must be over 18 and have an interest or expertise in the section and MUST NOT be a family member. The students will meet with their assessor BEFORE they start their section to discuss their aims for the 3 or 6 months. The assessor will then monitor progress and write a report at the end of the time.

The report will need to be submitted to www.eDofE.org/assessor, or handed written on the participants record book and then photographed and uploaded to the participants eDofE account. Full details and training will be given in lunchtime session throughout the academic year.

How much does it cost?

The cost of registering for the award is £70. And is payable via scopay. This covers your welcome pack, an administration and full insurance for the Licenced Organisation.

It will also cover all training and many expedition costs. This includes full supply of expedition equipment including 2/3 man Tent, 65L Rucksack, Trangia Stove, Group Emergency Shelter, Maps, compass.

Additional personal cost to consider is expedition food, clothes, sleeping bag and walking boots.

All other sectional costs will depend on what you choose to do.

Bronze Award Key Dates

ScoPay registrations by end of October Half Term.

Online training sessions - November - December

After school sessions - Dates will be confirmed on Seneca - January - February (Usually Mondays)

Training / Practice Expedition March/April

Deadline for completing assessor’s reports for Volunteering, Physical and Skill: Easter

Qualifying Expedition July during School Activities Week

Before each expedition there will be a kit collection and kit return

If a student is unable to attend the school expedition, there are many other opportunities on offer; full details can be found on the DofE web site. Here you will find a list of Approved Activity Providers (AAPs) who do “open expeditions”. Any student can apply to do these expeditions in their own time and still complete their award with school. Find AAP’s here

For more information about the award visit the DofE website.

To contact the DofE manager Mr Marklove please email: pmarklove@hartfordhigh.co.uk.