SSLSD-DofE International Award

This is a leadership programme for young adults aged between 14 and 24, aiming at teaching them valuable skills, practices and experiences for life.

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What is Duke of Edinburgh Award?

Allows students to gain loads of new experiences, discover talents, challenge themselves and meet new people

Gives them skills, confidence and a view on life that everyone is looking for, from employers to colleges and universities.

Qualifies them to receive a certificate from UK which is accepted anywhere in the world as an extra curricular qualification

Why do this?

The programme we conducted at school has been in line with the actual programme

Therefore those who completed any level will be directly absorbed to the next level of the Edinburgh Award

They will also be given a certificate from school for the levels they completed

What happens to those who completed Bronze /Silver in former programme?

So far only the excursion and skills were done in school and in new programme children will train in skills, physical and volunteering categories

Silver award students went only to Sri Lanka; they will go to new destinations like Oman, Dubai etc.

Gold award will be added to the programme and they will go to Europe for their excursion

Children will get certificates from UK

What new has been added?

Orientation Online registration of candidates Distribute record books Appoint assessors to monitor volunteer

work ,skill, physical activity Leaders supervise whether candidates get

their record books signed Leaders organize expedition Coordinator communicates with DofE and

arrange awarding of certificates for each category

General Programme for all Levels

Volunteering

Physical Skills Expedition

3 months 3 months 3 months

Plan, train for and undertake a 2 day, 1 night expedition.

All participants must undertake a further 3 months in the Volunteering, Physical or Skills sections.

Bronze(14+)

Volunteering

Physical Skills Expedition

6 monthsOne section for 6 months and the other section for 3 months

Plan, train for and undertake a 3 day, 2 night expedition.

Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

Silver(15+)

 

Volunteering Physical Skills Expedition

Residential

12 monthsOne section for 12 months and the other section for 6 months

Plan, train for and undertake a 4 day, 3 night expedition.

Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights.

Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

Gold(16+)

 

  Bronze Silver Gold

Class Grade 9 Grade 10 & 11 Grade 11& 12

Starting date April January(2016)

February(2017)

Finishing date December January(2017) March(2018)

Proposed School Time Scale for Present Grade 9

Team

Senior Manager overseeing the Award

Principal

Award Coordinator Sampath priyashantha

Award Leaders/ Adventurous Journey Supervisors

Darshana Edirisinghe,Natalie Remond

Assessors Dayangika Kapugedara ,Nirmala Obeysekara ,Ranil Fernando ,Shanez, Fazil, Sabra,Nandun, Dunali

Helping people Community awareness programmes Conservation progammes Fund raising for charity Teaching children with special needs Beach cleaning Religious education

Volunteering Ideas

Skills Ideas

Performance art Ballet ,circus, speech & dramaScience & technology Biology ,ICT, ZoologyGames and sports Chess,carrom, table gamesMusic Playing an instrument, Djing,composing music or songsLife skills Cooking, drivingNatural world Agriculture, forestry, conservationMedia and communication Amatuer radio,film and video makingCreative art Drawing ,clay modeling,hand workLearning and colecting astronomy, coin or stamp collection,bird watching

Individual sports Dance Team sports Martial arts Racquet sports Extreme sports Water sports Fitness

Physical Ideas

Expedition

BRONZE – Two day / one night expedition with atleast six hours planned activity every day, innormal rural countryside or on appropriate water.If the expedition is on foot, an average Teammight achieve a distance of between 24 - 32km/15 - 20 miles.

Excursion CostsCategory

No of Days

Destination Approximate cost per head

Bronze 2 Within Qatar QR 200

Silver 3+ Sri Lanka/Oman QR2000/1000

Gold 4+ London/Geneva/Oman QR 7000/1000

Closely monitor how your child progresses in each award category

See to his/her financial and other needs in order to complete the award

Communicate regularly with school and keep yourself updated about any important events of the programme

Parents’Role

Thank you