WHY SHOULD STUDENTS CHOOSE ASDAN?

The ASDAN Award offers an imaginative way of developing, recording and certifying a wide range of your personal qualities, abilities and achievements as well as introducing you to new challenges and activities. It is a nationally recognised Award and is an activities-based course which will support all the other subjects you decide to take. You will start off by working for the “Bronze” Award and we aim for all students to achieve the “Silver” Award by the end of Year 11, some can go further and achieve “Gold.” You may also have the opportunity to study for the COPE qualification, Level 1 is equivalent to a three at GCSE and level 2 is equivalent to a six.

SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS

The ASDAN Award will support you to develop a range a different skills ranging from the ability to study independently through to managing money. ASDAN includes many of the skills you will require for the other subjects you will be studying and for “real life” when you leave St Andrew’s. The “plan, do and review” approach supports development across other core subjects.

Course DEscription and content

You will select a number of challenges from the 12 modules that make up the Bronze/Silver Award programme:

Information Handling; The Community, Sport and Leisure; Home Management; The Environment; Technology; Number Handling; Health and Survival; World of Work; The Wider World; Expressive Arts; Beliefs and Values.

You can also include a short course of a further three modules or your own independent choice of up to two modules.

Assessment

You will gain one or two credits for each section completed, with each credit representing about 10 hours of activity (this will be completed in lesson time).

Six credits are needed to complete the Bronze Award and 12 credits are needed to complete the Silver Award. To achieve the Gold Award, you must gain a minimum of 18 credits, showing evidence of planning, recording of achievements and reviewing. You must also provide a portfolio of evidence.

All modules will be completed in the classroom, there may be some homework for students who take the gold award. At the end of the course, there is no exam but your portfolio is submitted with your challenge workbook, a summary of achievement, and a personal statement for external assessment.

FURTHER EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAYS

Due to the make of up this course, it can support the students in a variety of different subjects, opening up various vocational opportunities for students post-16.