DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE 2020-2021

APPLICATION PACK

Contents: Attendance Agreement (Complete and return)

Enrolment Form (Complete and return) Letter of interest (Complete and return) Bitesize Planner (Complete and return)

Programme Ideas (Please retain) Invitation letter (Please retain)

Application Tips and Advice (Please retain) Expedition kit list (Please retain)

Please fully complete and return attendance agreement, enrolment form, letter of interest and bitesize planner by post or email to Mrs Rayson

by the closing date of 4th September 2020

TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMY

Y9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Attendance Agreement 2020/2021

The aim of Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) sessions at Tudor Grange Academy is to support students in gaining the skills

necessary to take part in a self-sufficient expedition in a safe and competent manner; to promote independence and

explore the world outside school.

Student Agreement:

To ensure a successful and enjoyable programme we would ask you to adhere to the following:

- I will attend all DofE meetings as agreed with my DofE Leader.

- If I am issued with a private detention I will arrange it for an evening when I do not have DofE.

- If I am absent from school I will provide my DofE leader with a note signed by my parent/guardian and liaise

with a different DofE leader to attend their session on the topic I missed.

- I will be willing to learn and take part in the set activities.

- I understand that I need to complete and submit evidence for at least one of my Volunteering, Physical and

Skills activities before I can participate in the Expedition section of the award.

- I understand that if I haven’t completed all the training requirements of the DofE programme, it will be unlikely

that I will be deemed competent and therefore will not be able to attend the practice or qualifying expeditions.

- In addition to this agreement, I will complete and submit the DofE Bronze Award Bitesize planner and return

to Mrs Rayson in OG11 by Friday 4th September 2020.

I ……………………………………………………………….(student name) agree to the above conditions of the DofE programme.

………………………………………………………………………………………..(student signature)

Parent/Guardian Agreement:

I agree that my son/daughter can participate in the DofE programme and must adhere to the conditions of the Student

Agreement above. I understand that if my child does not attend all DofE meetings, complete at least one section of

their award and meet the training requirements of the DofE programme then he/she will be unable to participate in the

Expedition section of the award.

I will complete and return the DofE Participant Enrolment Form to Mrs Rayson by 4th September 2020.

If my son/daughter receives a letter of acceptance, I understand that a payment of £25 for E-DofE registration must be

paid via ParentPay by 21st September 2020. [Note: ParentPay payment option will not be available until letters of

acceptance have been issued, week commencing 14th September 2020]

I understand that an additional payment of approximately £200 must be made by ParentPay to cover the expedition

programme costs and that my son/daughter will not be able to participate in the expedition if these costs are not paid.

………………………………………………………………………………………..(signed parent/guardian) Date: .......................................

Please complete and return to Mrs Rayson in OG11 along with completed DofE Participant Enrolment Form, letter of

interest and bitesize planner by Friday 4th September 2020 [Mrs Rayson is available 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Thurs,

8.30am-4pm Fri]

DofE Participant Enrolment Form

eDofE participant enrolment 2018

Please print clearly in CAPITALS or type your details in. You must complete all of the questions.

DofE Centre and group details (if you know them):

DofE Centre: Tudor Grange Academy Solihull DofE group: Bronze 2021

DofE level:

Bronze Silver Gold

Have you registered for any previous levels of the DofE? No Yes

If YES – please give the name of the DofE Centre you were registered at:

eDofE ID number (if known) :

Personal details:

First name: Last name:

Date of birth: / / Primary language English Welsh Other

Email address:

Date you wish to start your DofE programme if known (enrolment date): / /

When you first sign in to eDofE you will be asked to record some personal details such as your contact details, ethnicity and personal circumstances along with details of any medical needs you may have. This data is used to enable your Leaders to support you doing your DofE programme and for the DofE’s statistical and reporting purposes. You will always have a ‘prefer not to say’ option. Declaration:

I agree to enrol as a participant on a DofE programme. I understand that I will be managing my programme

using the online eDofE system. I acknowledge that this system has a set of terms and conditions that I agree to. These terms and conditions are available at www.eDofE.org

Print Name Signature Date

/ /

Consent to enrol from parent or guardian (if applicant is under 18 years old). I agree to my son / daughter / ward doing a DofE programme. I note that it is my responsibility to check that any activity my son / daughter / ward undertakes for their DofE programme is appropriately managed and insured, unless the activity is directly managed or organised by their DofE group, centre or Licensed Organisation.

Print Name Signature Date

/ /

DofE Participant Enrolment Form

eDofE participant enrolment 2018

Note: Data supplied on this form and in eDofE and information about DofE activities recorded in eDofE will be used by the DofE Charity, the Licensed Organisation and DofE centre to monitor and manage DofE participation and progress by young people and manage and support Leaders. The DofE Charity will use personal data to communicate useful and relevant information to either help participants complete a DofE programme, Leaders/LOs to run DofE programmes more effectively or help the DofE Charity to improve the quality and breadth of its programmes. We also send emails that contain information about the Charity, DofE negotiated privileged discounts and invites to events and other activities however if you would like to receive these emails you will need to opt in. Once you have opted-in to this you can opt out at any time by visiting www.dofe.org/preferences, or clicking the unsubscribe link that can be found at the bottom of all non-programme related email.

For Licensed Organisation/Centre administration only:

Date registered onto eDofE / /

Expected start date / /

Participant Fee received Yes No

Username

User ID number

DofE Letter of Interest

Please outline below why you feel you should be accepted onto the DofE Bronze

Programme. You should write no more than will fit in the box below.

Name: ................................................................................

This has been designed to help you when setting up your eDofE account.

Your name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date of Birth: _____/_____/_____

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Postcode: ________________

Email address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your emergency contact’s name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Their relationship to you (parent/guardian): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Their telephone number: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Volunteering section planned start date: _____/_____/_____ for: 3 or 6 months? (please circle)

Type & details of activity: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Where are you going to do it: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

List personal goals you want to achieve: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your Volunteering section Assessor’s name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Their job/position: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assessor’s Email or phone number: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Physical section planned start date: _____/_____/_____ for: 3 or 6 months? (please circle)

Type & details of activity: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Where are you going to do it: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

List personal goals you want to achieve: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your Physical section assessor’s name: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Their job/position: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assessor’s Email or phone number: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Skills section planned start date: _____/_____/_____ for: 3 or 6 months? (please circle)

Type & details of activity: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Where are you going to do it: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

List personal goals you want to achieve: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your Skills section Assessor’s name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Their job/position: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assessor’s Email or phone number: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your DofE Leader will advise you on what to put in the Expedition section.

THE DUKE OFEDINBURGH’S AWARD®

Bronze DofE Award Bitesize planner

VOLUNTEERING

Helping people• Helping children• Helping children to read in

libraries• Helping in medical

services e.g. Hospitals• Helping older people • Helping people in need• Helping people with

special needs• Tutoring• Young carer• Youth work Community action & raising awareness• Campaigning• Cyber safety• Council representation• Drug & alcohol education• Home accident prevention• Neighbourhood watch • Peer education• Personal safety• Promotion & PR• Road safety

Working with the environment or animals• Animal welfare• Environment • Rural conservation• Preserving waterways• Working at an animal

rescue centre• Litter picking• Urban conservation• Beach and coastline

conservation• Zoo/farm/nature reserve

work Helping a charity or community organisation• Administration• Being a charity intern • Being a volunteer lifeguard• Event management • Fundraising• Mountain rescue• Religious education• Serving a faith community• Supporting a charity• Working in a charity shop

Coaching, teaching and leadership• Dance leadership• DofE Leadership• Group leadership• Head student• Leading a voluntary

organisation group - Girls’ Venture Corps

- Sea Cadets - Air Cadets - Jewish Lads’ and Girls’Brigade - St John Ambulance - Scout Association - Air Training Corps - Army Cadet Force - Boys’ Brigade - CCF - Church Lads’ & Girls’ Brigade - Girlguiding UK - Girls’ Brigade • Sports leadership• Music tuition

PHYSICAL

Individual sports• Airsoft• Archery• Athletics (any field or track

event)• Biathlon/Triathlon/

Pentathlon/Aquathon• Bowls• Boxing• Croquet• Cross country running• Cycling• Fencing• Geocaching• Golf• Gymnastics• Horse riding• Modern pentathlon• Motocross• Orienteering• Paintballing• Pétanque• Roller blading• Roller skating• Running• Static trapeze• Supercross• Ten pin bowling• Trampolining• Wheelchair fencing• Wrestling

Water sports• Canoeing• Diving• Dragon Boat Racing • Free-diving• Kite surfing• Kneeboarding• Rowing & sculling • Sailing• Skurfing• Sub aqua (SCUBA diving

& snorkelling)• Surfing/body boarding • Swimming• Synchronised swimming

• Underwater rugby• Wakeboarding• Windsurfing

Dance• Ballet• Ballroom dancing• Belly dancing• Bhangra dancing• Ceroc• Contra dance• Country & Western• Flamenco• Folk dancing• Jazz • Line dancing• Morris dancing• Salsa (or other Latin styles)

dancing• Scottish/Welsh/Irish

dancing• Street dancing/

breakdancing/hip hop• Swing• Tap dancing

Racquet sports• Badminton• Matkot• Racketball• RacketlonRackets• Rapid ball• Real tennis• Squash• Table tennis• Tennis• Wheelchair tennis

Fitness• Aerobics• Cheerleading• Fitness classes• Gym work• Medau movement• Physical achievement • Pilates• Pole dancing• Running/jogging• Walking• Weightlifting• Wii-fit• Yoga

Extreme sports• BMX• Caving & potholing• Climbing• Free running (parkour)• Ice skating• Mountain biking• Mountain unicycling• Parachuting• Skateboarding• Skydiving • Snow sports (skiing,

snowboarding, snowkiting)• Speed skating

• Street luge

Martial arts• Aikido• Capoeira• Ju Jitsu• Judo• Karate• Kendo• Mixed martial arts• Self-defence• Sumo• Tae Kwon Do• Tai Chi

Team sports• American football • Baseball• Basketball• Boccia• Camogie• Cricket• Curling• Dodge disc• Dodgeball• Fives• Football• Frame football• Futsal• Gaelic football• Goalball• Handball• Hockey• Hurling• Ice hockey• Kabaddi • Korfball • Lacrosse • Netball• Octopushing• Polo• Quidditch • Roller derby• Rogaining• Rounders• Rugby (union/League)• Sitting Volleyball• Sledge hockey• Sledge ice hockey• Softball• Stoolball• Tchoukball• Tug of war• Ultimate flying disc• Volleyball• Wallyball• Water polo• Wheelchair basketball• Wheelchair rugby

SKILLS

Performance arts• Ballet appreciation• Ceremonial drill• Circus skills

• Conjuring & magic• Majorettes• Puppetry• Singing• Speech & drama• Theatre appreciation• Ventriliquism• Yoyo extreme

Science & technology• Aerodynamics• Anatomy• App design• Astronomy• Biology• Botany• Chemistry• Coding/ programming• Ecology• Electronics• Engineering• Entomology• IT• Marine biology• Oceanography• Paleontology• Physics• Rocket making• Taxonomy• Weather/meteorology • Website design• Zoology

Care of animals• Agriculture (keeping

livestock)• Aquarium keeping• Beekeeping• Caring for reptiles• Dog training & handling• Horse/donkey/llama/

alpaca handling & care• Looking after birds (i.e.

budgies & canaries)• Pet care – health/training/

maintenance• Pigeon breeding & racing

Music• Church bell ringing• Composing• DJing• Evaluating music &

musical performances• Improvising melodies• Listening to, analysing &

describing music• Music appreciation• Playing a musical

instrument• Playing in a band• Reading & notating music• Understanding music in

relation to history & culture

Natural world• Agriculture

When completing each section of your DofE, you should develop a programme which is specific and relevant to you. This sheet gives you some ideas of things you could do or could use as a starting point to create a programme of your own. You can find more information at DofE.org/sections and there is a range of exciting opportunities to help you complete this section at DofE.org/finder. You can use the

programme planners on the website to plan your activity with the support of your DofE Leader.

NOTE: Before you commit to a residential it is important to have approval from your DofE Manager to ensure that it meets all the criteria (see DofE.org/residential for the requirements).

PROGRAMME IDEASTHE DUKE OF

EDINBURGH’S AWARD®

• Conservation• Forestry• Gardening• Groundsmanship• Growing carniverous

plants• Plant growing• Snail farming• Vegetable growing

Games & recreation• Cards (i.e. bridge)• Chess• Clay target shooting• Coxing• Cycle maintenance• Darts• Dominoes• Fishing/fly fishing• Flying• Gliding• Go-karting• Historical period re-

enacting• Kite construction & flying• Mah Jongg• Marksmanship • Model construction &

racing• Motor sports• Power boating• Snooker, pool & billiards• Sports appreciation• Sports leadership• Sports officiating• Table games• War games

Life skills• Alternative therapies• Cookery• Democracy in action• Digital lifestyle• Driving: car maintenance/

car road skills• Driving: motorcycle

maintenance/road skills• Event planning• First aid – St John/St

Andrew/BRCS• Hair & beauty• Learning about the

emergency services• Learning about the RNLI

(Lifeboats)• Library & information skills• Life skills• Massage• Money management• Navigation• Public speaking and

debating• Skills for employment• Young Enterprise

Learning & collecting• Aeronautics• Aircraft recognition• Anthropology• Archaeology• Astronautics• Astronomy• Bird watching• Coastal navigation• Coins• Collections, studies &

surveys• Comics• Contemporary legends• Costume study• Criminology• Dowsing & divining• Fashion• Forces insignia• Gemstones• Genealogy

• Heraldry• History of art• Language skills• Military history• Movie posters• Postcards• Reading• Religious studies• Ship recognition• Stamp collecting

Media & communication• Amateur radio• Blogging• Communicating with

people who are visually impaired

• Communicating with people who have a hearing impediment

• Film & video making• Journalism• Newsletter & magazine

production• Signalling• Vlogging• Writing

Creative arts• Basket making• Boat work • Brass rubbing• Building catapaults &

trebuchets• Cake decoration• Camping gear making• Candle-making• Canoe building• Canvas work• Carnival/festival float

construction• Ceramics• Clay modelling• Crocheting• Cross stitch• DIY• Dough craft• Drawing• Dressmaking• Egg decorating• Embroidery• Enamelling• Fabric printing• Feng Shui• Floral decoration• French polishing• Furniture restoration• Glass blowing• Glass painting• Interior design• Jewellery making• Knitting• Lace making• Leatherwork• Lettering & calligraphy• Macramé• Marquetry• Model construction• Mosaic• Painting & design• Patchwork• Photography• Pottery• Quilting• Rope work• Rug making• Snack pimping• Soft toy making• Tatting• Taxidermy• Textiles• Weaving and spinning• Wine/beer making• Woodwork

EXPEDITION

On foot• Studying how insect life

differs from woodland to open fields.

• Exploring teamwork by nominating a different leader each day.

• Searching for forms of fungi, recording and sketching them.

• Planning a route and create a signpost selfie guide.

• Considering the impact of tourism on the flora and fauna of the area you are in.

• Drawing all the different star constellations you can see.

• Creating a photo guide to the Countryside Code.

By bicycle• Using a cycle system to

undertake a research project on the provisions and quality of cycle paths.

• Producing a nature guide of your route for future visitors.

• Investigating features of the Thames using the Thames cycle path.

• Plan a cycle of remembrance which visits war memorials to understand the scale of the losses.

• Creating a video diary of the expedition, recording each team member’s experiences.

• Following part of the Gerald of Wales route of 1188 through Pembrokeshire.

By boat• Sailing the Norfolk Broads

to explore modern and ancient uses of the area.

• Exploring different team roles needed on a boat and giving everyone an opportunity to do a new one.

• Rowing along a large river recording the types of boats and their uses.

• Planning a significant sea journey under sail to record the effects of coastal erosion.

• Using simple mapping techniques to produce a map of an estuary on the expedition, comparing it with a real map when you return.

By canoe or kayak• Recording the wildlife

found on a large inlet or loch.

• Taking a series of photos to come up with a guide to a section of canal systems.

• Making a study of the locks and lochs on the Caledonian Canal.

• Investigating samples of the river bed en route and

comparing them with each other.

• Carrying out a canoe trip and create a storyboard (photo/painted/drawn) of your expedition.

• Choosing several points along a river and measure speed of flow, width and depth and comparing the differences along their route, trying to explain why this may be.

By wheelchair• Creating an expedition

music play list that reflects the team’s experiences.

• Following a disused railway track noting the current use of previous railway buildings.

• Planning and doing a challenging route in the Peak District, making a video diary.

• Preparing a users’ guide of a country park or National Trust estate, explaining how it can be used, e.g. fishing, picnicking, conservation.

• Planning a route in a forest to take a series of landscape photographs to use in a calendar.

• Producing an illustrated guide to a stretch of canal. Research the history and then travel along the towpath using the expedition to gather photographs and sketches to illustrate the guide.

On horseback• Exploring bridle paths

and create an A-Z of the outdoors from the trip.

• Planning an expedition with sea views, taking photos along the way so that you can paint a picture of your favourite scene when you return.

• Creating a series of team games to play whilst on expedition.

• Going on an expedition through woodland, noting the different types and ages of trees you see.

• Going on a horseriding expedition and writing a poem on your return to describe your experiences.

RESIDENTIAL

Please note: The programme ideas listed below are thinking prompts, we cannot guarantee that these programmes are actively run by providers.)

Service to others• Being a leader at a UK-

based holiday camp for disadvantaged young people.

• Undertaking a voluntary teaching placement overseas.

• Being part of a service

crew at a large summer camp for Brownies.

• Volunteering on a YHA residential summer camp.

• Volunteering at a residential summer school.

• Being an assistant to support an eco-friendly waste project at an outdoor education centre

Helping out on a pilgrimage.

Environment and conservation• Joining a tree planting

project with your local environment trust.

• Attending a conference on climate change as a youth representative

• Helping the preservation team of a railway or canal

• Studying coral bleaching in Australia.

• Joining a National Trust working holiday and join different conservation projects in various locations across the UK.

• Taking part in a Field Studies course learning about biodiversity and conservation.

Learning• Undertaking a cookery

course.• Doing a photography

course and exhibiting your work.

• Taking part in a bushcraft residential.

• Spending time on a narrowboat and training towards becoming a skipper.

• Taking part in a field studies course.

• Learning to write and produce music and putting on a show.

• Taking part in an astronomy course, learning about constellations, black holes and solar systems.

• Taking part in a week-long Gaelic or Welsh language and culture course.

Activity based• Taking part in a sport

based residential developing your basketball skills.

• Taking part in multi-faith residential, studying different religions.

• Joining an ACF activity week with members of different detachments you don’t know.

• Learning to snowboard on an intensive course in Scotland.

• Joining an historical re-enactment society.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a Registered Charity No: 1072490, and in Scotland No: SC038254, and a Royal Charter Corporation No: RC000806Registered Office: Gulliver House, Madeira Walk, WINDSOR, Berkshire SL4 1EU DofE.org 20/08/18

Tudor Grange Academy Solihull

Dingle Lane Solihull

West Midlands B91 3PD

t. 0121 705 5100 f. 0121 703 8226 www.solihull.tgacademy.org.uk office@solihull.tgacademy.org.uk

July 2020 Dear Parent/Guardian

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh : Year 9 Students I would like to invite you and your son/daughter to view our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) information presentation video, made available to you via your child’s Show My Homework account. The purpose of the presentation is to inform you of the benefits of taking part in the DofE programme. The DofE programme consists of four sections: volunteering, skill, physical and expedition. It would be an expectation that your son/daughter works to complete all sections except the expedition section independently. Students should be aware that the DofE Bronze programme will take around 6 months to complete. We expect at least one of the volunteering, physical and skills sections of the award to be completed by 28th February 2021 if students are to commence the expedition section, with a second completed by 30th April 2021 in order to take part in the qualifying expedition and the final section being completed before the end of the academic year. The DofE team at Tudor Grange, in partnership with Rich Adventure*, will support your child in developing the skills required to complete the expedition section. Please be aware that during the expeditions students will be remotely supervised during the day. This means that students will only meet staff at agreed checkpoints throughout the day. Students must agree to attend all meetings arranged by their DofE leader and understand that if they miss meetings their place on the scheme may be lost. This is to ensure that students have the necessary skills to take part in the expedition section of the programme. Students must be available for the training day in Spring 2021, the practice expedition/route planning event in Spring 2021 and the qualifying expedition in late Summer 2021. Due to the 2020 pandemic, dates for these events are yet to be confirmed. Expeditions and training events will be held during weekends, but some meetings and route planning events will be held either during the school day or after school. The cost of the programme will be £25 for initial registration and estimated expedition programme fees of approximately £200 per participant. This covers: staffing, accommodation, navigation activities and camping site fees. Please note, participants will be required to make their own transport arrangements to and from the start and end points of the expeditions/training events. For successful applicants, payment of the registration fee should be paid through the Duke of Edinburgh option on ParentPay by 21st September 2020. Should your child successfully complete one section of the award, payment of the expedition programme will be requested in instalments. Depending on their progress, we would expect all payments to be concluded through ParentPay by 31st May 2021. You should be aware that the format of the expedition programme may be subject to change due to the pandemic and that costs and full details of the expeditions will be confirmed as soon as possible.

Page 2 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award 2020-2021 July 2020 Application forms will be available to download via our website (Events – Trips – Duke of Edinburgh] and contain an attendance agreement, a letter of interest, an enrolment form and a bitesize planner (giving details of the activities students decide to complete for the physical, volunteering and skill sections). The submission deadline for all 4 of these documents will be 4th September 2020, with applications to be posted or emailed to the address indicated below. Letters of acceptance to successful students will be given out on Monday, 14th September 2020 and the ParentPay Bronze DofE 2021 payment option will then be made available to these students. The £25 registration will need to be paid by 21st September 2020. We hope your child is interested in joining the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme and look forward to receiving your completed application in due course. Yours sincerely

Mrs A Rayson Duke of Edinburgh Manager *: Rich Adventure are a DofE approved activity provider. We are required to share data relating to your child with Rich Adventure in order to safely deliver the programme. Rich Adventure store data securely in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Return address for completed application packs: Mrs A Rayson Duke of Edinburgh Manager Tudor Grange Academy Dingle Lane Solihull B91 3PD Email: arayson@solihull.tgacademy.org.uk Submission deadline 4th September 2020 Should you be unable to print at home, please let Mrs Rayson know. Paper copies will be available during the first week of the new school year, but as students do not return until 3rd September you will need to consider activities for your child in advance to avoid missing the submission deadline.

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze 2020-2021 Application Tips and Advice Useful dates: 4th September 2020 - Final date for receipt of fully completed application pack 14th September 2020 - Successful applicants notified 21st September 2020 - Final payment date for eDofE registration fee (£25) 28th February 2021 - One section of award (minimum) must be completed If one section completed : Spring 2021 - Expedition programme 1st instalment due (£100) [remaining balance £100] tbc Spring 2021 - Training day (on site at TGAS) tbc Spring 2021 - Practice expedition and route planning tbc Spring 2021 - Final payment date for expedition programme (£100) tbc Summer 2021 - Qualifying expedition tbc

Advice on completing application: - Please do not rush to hand in your application forms, take time to complete them as

fully as possible. - Think carefully about the activities you could do for each section. - Why not try something new and challenging? - Could you extend or continue an activity you have done before? - Use the opportunity to meet new people. - Check the Duke of Edinburgh website for ideas (www.dofe.org). - What do you want to get out of the award? - Who might assess each activity? (Note: This must NOT be a family member or other

DofE participant) - Are you prepared to work independently to complete the evidence needed for each

section? (Successful applicants will be given an online account after payment of registration fee)

- Do you have time? (Each of the three sections Volunteering, Physical and Skills will require an hour each outside of your normal school timetable for a minimum of 12 weeks – see website for further information)

- Please do not apply if you really only want to do the expedition. Expedition kit list: See the kit list included with this pack and check the Duke of Edinburgh website for further information (www.dofe.org). - Consider what items you need to purchase. - Might you use some items again? (eg rucksack for travelling in future, walking boots

for hiking with family and friends, taking part in Silver and Gold DofE awards) - Do you know anyone who has completed a DofE award previously who may have

equipment you could borrow or purchase? For further information on Duke of Edinburgh: Please visit the Duke of Edinburgh Website : www.dofe.org You may find this document useful: DofE Parent Guide

TGAS DofE recommended kit list 2020-2021

* Items may be borrowed from the DofE store cupboard.

Clothing Check

Boots with ankle support

Trainers / sandals (optional)

Socks

Underwear

Walking Trousers

Walking shirt/t-shirt

Warm jumper polar fleece jacket

Warm headwear / Sun hat

Mitts or gloves

Waterproof over jacket

Waterproof over trouser

Personal and Emergency Equipment

Map (provided by TGA)

Water proof Map bag

Watch

Torch (with spare bulb and batteries)

Emergency food rations (1000 Calories)

Food (3000-5000 Calories per day)

Spare clothing (spare socks, underwear, trousers and fleece/jumper )

Mobile phone (1 per group)

Personal medication

Personal Camping Equipment

Rucksack *

Rucksack Liner

Sleeping bag (inner sheet lining optional)

Sleeping mat *

Toiletries (soap, towel, toothbrush, toilet paper)

Mug and plate

Knife, fork and spoon

Water bottle (2 Litre min)

Whistle

Group Equipment

Compass 2 per group *

Bivvy bag (large poly bag) 1 per tent group

Tent *

Trangia meths stove *

Fuel (meths) *

Cleaning materials (scouring pad, detergent)

Matches (in a waterproof container)

Tin opener (if required)

First Aid kit

Toilet paper

Please see https://www.dofe.org/shopping/dofe-expedition-kit-list/ for DofE full kit list