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Important Dates (23/24)
Important Dates (23/24)
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9th March 2024 - Training Day:
Held at UCS, students plan their expedition routes and are introduced to important outdoor skills.
10th – 12th May 2024 – Practice Expedition.
Overnight expedition, where students walk, camp and practice skills such as cooking that will be required for the assessed expedition
Attendance is compulsory and supervising staff must be satisfied that participants have the skills and maturity to allow participants to progress to the assessed expedition.
21st – 23rd June 2024 – Assessed Expedition. Participants undertake a 3-day and 2-nights unaided expedition in order to qualify for their silver award. This expedition is remotely supervised by qualified staff.
Overview of Silver Award
Overview of Silver Award
DofE-Silver-recruitment-presentation-midlength.pdf
Note: Any student who has not completed bronze is a 'direct entrant'.
Participants are responsible for sourcing and organising their own volunteering, physical activity and skill, although they should check with us before beginning their section as we can advise on the suitability of their proposed activity and ensure it fills the necessary criteria. In short:
Volunteering: This should be an activity where the participant is giving their time and effort for a community or charitable cause, for which they receive no reward. A typical example might be to work in a charity shop, but we encourage participants to use their imagination. It may be possible for some to volunteer in school.
Physical: This should be an activity which requires a sustained period of physical exertion. Typical examples would be sport, fitness training, or something like rock climbing.
Skill: The skill can be anything where participants can show progressive learning. Typical examples might be learning a musical instrument, or learning a language.
The last section, the expedition, will be run through the school. Further information is given below.
Each activity requires the supervision of an appropriate adult. We ask parents to use their discretion in helping their son or daughter identify an appropriate supervisor for each activity.
Expedition Phase
Expedition Phase
The expedition section is often one of the most exciting aspects of a DofE Award. Participants will form expedition teams in school, and are given a programme of training and practice in expedition skills before progressing onto an assessed expedition. The assessed expedition, and some of the practice, is remotely supervised so that the participants are navigating, cooking and camping, by themselves without outside help. Adult supervisors and assessors will be close by to safeguard and assess participants, but in order to pass their assessment participants must complete the assessed expedition self-sufficiently and unaided. This is easily achievable if participants engage with and take on board their training and advice from instructors, but we will make no apologies for deferring (this allows participants to attempt another assessment) any team or individual if they cannot or do not reach the required standard. The standard required is high, and includes ensuring all kit and equipment is returned in good and clean condition at the end of the expedition. Participants must also complete a short project based on their expedition.
The expedition programme this year will be run by Mountainwise, an approved DofE expedition provider. mountainwise.co.uk/
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