Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Fearnhill School is proud to announce that we are now licensed with the Duke Of Edinburgh Foundation, which will allow our Year 9 and 10 students to take part in the DoE Award Scheme.

Founded in 1956 by the previous Duke of Edinburgh, the DoE Award takes place in 114 nations and offers students the chance to take part in a series of activities to challenge them and push them to try new things, which they may not have otherwise attempted.

Mr Fowler and Mr Fox are both keen on as many students as possible completing the Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award as it helps develop the “soft skills” that will help them in life: communication, teamwork, and organisational skills are essential to completing the DoE Bronze award.

Mr Fox said: “We at Fearnhill pride ourselves on our four traits and recognise a Fearnhill student should be kind, confident, self-aware and resilient.

“The Duke of Edinburgh award embodies these four traits, and we can think of no better way to reward our students for doing what they would do naturally. The school has invested heavily into specialist equipment for the students so they can take part in this scheme.”

The Duke of Edinburgh award is split into four sections: volunteering, skill, physical activity and the expeditions. For the first three sections, students must complete two activities for three months, and the third for six months. The expeditions will take place in the summer term, after a small number of practice walks to get students used to map reading. Their main expedition will feature an overnight stay in one of the brand new tents the school has purchased for the Duke of Edinburgh award, and cooking their own food on one of the cooking stoves, again purchased by the school specifically for Duke of Edinburgh.

Once completed, the DoE Bronze Award makes an excellent addition to a CV, and allows students an extra thing to be able to discuss at a job interview, or use on a college/university application.