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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Bronze evening

Tonight we will run through

• The skill, volunteering and physical sections
• Training day
• Expedition weekends
• Emergency information
• Food, medication and equipment
• Behaviour
• Any questions

We are in our 5th year of running DofE We have had 595 students complete Bronze so far. 1st in the county for completion.

(98% completion rate – compared to 40% nationally).

The average secondary school in Hertfordshire has 20-25 students entering the Bronze award each year, this year we have 134.

Sections

• All students have logged their sections on eDofE
• Many should now be completed…..
• They need to upload evidence and their

assessors report to their eDofE – please check the dates carefully.

• Your username is your name eg. JohnSmith, you

can reset your password via your security question which you set up in September.

• All students need to have completed their sections

before the expeditions. 1st June 2017 deadline.

Training Day

• Saturday 13th May 9:30am – 1:30pm Assembly Hall
• Will need to bring casual clothes and a snack.
• Four Training stations – first aid, rucksacks, food

and cooking, campcraft and equipment.

• 1 hour for Practice Route planning.
• Must attend the training to be able to undertake the

expeditions.

Route planning sessions

• 13th May (practice expedition route planning)
• Assessed route planning in lunchtimes with your

leader

• Must attend with the whole team
• Will plan the route and submit the route to us at the

end for approval

Route cards

Expedition

Aim

• To inspire young people to

develop initiative and a sense of adventure and discovery, by planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey as part of a team.

Timescales for qualifying expeditions

Level Duration Minimum hours of planned activity each day Bronze 2 days and 1 night At least 6 hours during the daytime (at least 3 of which must be spent journeying)

Team Aim: Each team must have an aim for their expedition. They will present their findings to me at school after the assessed expedition.

Expedition Weekends

• Practice Cohort A Sat 10th and Sun 11th June
• Practice Cohort B Sat 24th and Sun 25th June
• Assessed Cohort A Mon 3rd and Tues 4th July.
• Assessed Cohort B Wed 5th and Thurs 6th July
• Drop off and pick up by parents - set times from 09.00

– 10.00am. Pick up will be between 2.00- 4.00pm on Day 2.

• Please share lifts within teams
• First day of practice students will be accompanied
• Assessed will be run by Vertical Relief Outdoor

Company and staffed by Mrs Howard, Mr Cullis and Mrs Wadhams.

Practice drop-off / pick up Ashridge

Camping – Hudnall Park

Assessed drop-off / pick up

Camping – Braid wood Scout camp

Emergency Procedures

• Each team will need to nominate two participants to

bring their phone. These will be kept in rucksack and left on.

• Leaders carry copies of ALL the teams route plans and route
• utlines. Leaders also carry copies of all medical and contact

information.

• Designated check points / drop points where students will be

checked while under remote supervision.

• Leaders will also ‘pop up’ on their team along the routes.
• All teams will carry emergency cards with their leaders

number on.

• Teams are meant to have no contact with the outside world! If

they do they fail! Hence why we ask you to keep it in your rucksack.

• We suggest each person brings a card with key numbers on

in case they need them.

• Students have completed training in what to do in an

emergency – we trust them to use that training.

Food, Medication, Equipment

• Food – teams will plan their menus before the expedition.

They will need to purchase the food for their team. Has to be nutritious e.g. can’t be pot noodles! No Nuts.

• Medication – must be carried by the students. Leaders will

be aware of medical conditions. The team mates also need to be made aware of any conditions within their team so they can respond accordingly while under remote supervision.

• Equipment – list issued in September and on website.

Discount cards. Group kit includes tent, group first aid kit, maps, trangia, group shelter, gas, maps etc. We have limited rucksacks (11). Must have own boots, waterproofs and sleeping bag.

• All group kit must be returned cleaned and dried after the

assessed expedition.

Behaviour

• Please read and sign the code of conduct.
• Students are expected to be sensible while on expedition.
• Students are completing an award – if they don’t behave

appropriately, they fail.

• We have external assessors and leaders with us the whole time

who expect the highest standards of behaviour.

• Camping has to be sensible – in own tents, getting up about

6am as it takes roughly 2 hours to cook breakfast and pack up

• camp. Torches off and quiet by 10pm. Camp area should be

spotless and all kit kept in tents. If we have to intervene at camp then they fail.

• Pen knifes yes but only the D of E issue one.
• No lighters or aerosol cans even deodorant ones!
• You are being assessed constantly, you won’t always know

your leader is watching you!

Final Checklist

• Students should be signing off their sections
• Attend all training sessions on Saturday 13th May

and then the assessed route planning sessions during lunch over the following weeks.

• Return medical confirmation form and code of

conduct on Saturday 13th May.

• Get equipment together and wear boots in.
• Sit down with your leader to plan your meals and

divvy up who is brining what.

• Get ready for expeditions!

Any Questions?