Oswestry School

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Oswestry School

• Duke of Edinburghs
• Award Scheme

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The school offers the award at all three levels

• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold

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Sixth Form students can normally be a direct
entry Gold candidate

• Gold involves
• 12 months service
• 12 months physical recreation
• 12 months skill
• One of these must be followed for a further 6
  months if a direct entry
• An expedition of 4 days and 3 nights
• A residential project of 5 days and
• 4 nights

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Service Section

• This is where members of the community
• benefit from the actions of those undertaking
  the service section
• Students have
• run a tuck shop
• helped with the Oswestry in
• Bloom preparations
• undertaken prefecture and CCF

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Physical Recreation

• Examples of this are
• membership of a sporting team
• an individual pastime such as
• cycling or walking
• other activities such as archery
• and sailing are also covered in
• this section

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Skills Section

• A skill is an activity that necessitates
• the participant assimilating knowledge
• and practicality in order to take part
• The list of skills ranges from
• agriculture to zoology with over 50
• other suggestions in between

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Expeditions

• This requires the group to undertake a 4 day, 3
  night expedition, where the team is self
  contained both from the point of view of food and
  also travel
• Teams are currently undertaking both
• foot and water borne expeditions
• During the expedition the team undertake a study
  on which they report
• their findings at the end

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Residential

• This is where the participant undertakes a
  residential project mainly with people they have
  not met before
• The residential will have an aim and is a total
  of 4 nights and 5 days
• There are numerous opportunities

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Summary

• Having a D of E Award is like having an
  unofficial GCSE
• Attaining a D of E Award demonstrates a persons
  depth and commitment
• For more information contact Mr Othen at the
  school or
• www.theaward.org.uk