The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme is a great way to meet friends, learn new skills, get physically active, help the community, and explore the natural environment.

Shalom College is currently offering the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award program for Year 9 to 11 students who are 14 years of age before the end of 2022.

To complete the Bronze award program students must complete 4 award sections:-

• Service - get involved in your community and give service to others
• Skill - build your skills in something practical or creative e.g., drawing, painting, fishing or music
• Physical recreation - take part in something active such as football, dancing, swimming, surfing, the gym
• Adventurous journey - discover a sense of adventure and do something challenging with your friends - practice and final journeys (2 days & 1 night).

Skill, Service and Physical recreation are 1 hour a week for 3 months for two areas and for 6 months for your major. A lot of what students are already participating in outside school hours can be counted towards these award requirements. E.g. Music, swimming lessons, sports training and playing.

Costs: 2023 $170 - Bronze, $175 - 'Silver, $180 - Gold

• Additional Costs for adventurous journeys (these are kept to a minimum)
• camping fees
• Canoe hire
• Travel costs

Shalom is tentatively planning a Canoe adventurous journey or the weekend of Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 March. 

Over the next week or so Mr Eke will be holding a meeting at lunchtime to talk about the Award program for this year. Please keep an eye out on the notices on SIA for the venue, date and time. Otherwise, feel free to contact him by email david_eke@shalomcollege.com if you have further questions.

Kurt Hahn, the founder of Outward Bound once said, “There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less”. This is the challenge of the Duke of Edinburgh award.

Mr David Eke
Responsible Thinking Process Coordinator
Engineering and Technology Teacher
David_Eke@shalomcollege.com