The Flagpole

Timetables for peripatetic music and LAMDA lessons for this term can be found on My School Portal, please follow the link here.

Whilst the enrolment deadline has now passed for moving up to the next level, there is still time to complete your award from last year in full. Please continue to prioritise signing off your volunteering, physical and skill sections. Guidance can be found on a DofE Completion email sent to you and your parents, the advice documents are also available on MySchoolPortal.

Lunchtime drop-in clinics continue in January, lunch 1 – LG01 and lunch 2, in LG02. The Certificate Presentation Evening takes place on Thursday 16 February 2023.  Please do prioritise signing off your sections as we will be sending out invitations in the new year.  We would like to celebrate all of your achievements on the scheme!

Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education - DofE Manager

A reminder to Y10 Silver group, your expedition training takes place in The Limes on Saturday 28 January, 9am – 4pm and Sunday 29 January 2023, 9am - 1pm.  You will receive an email with full details.

Online eDofE accounts have been created and you have been sent an email with the login details. Please sign in as soon as possible. The DofE will then send a participant handbook directly to your home address.

The enrolment packs have been distributed at the DofE Start-Up meetings and the next steps explained. Please could all new bronze, silver and gold participants complete the steps listed below as soon as possible.  If you haven’t already, all should be aiming to start their volunteering, physical and skills sections this month.

1. Download the DofE app or find www.edofe.org.

2. Login using the username and password sticker on your folder (or the email sent directly to the address you put on your enrolment form).

3. Update your personal details.

4. Set timescales (for example at bronze physical 6, volunteering 3 and skill 3 months).

5. Complete programme planners for the physical, volunteering and skill sections. This includes;

- selecting the activity  
- inputting start dates
- setting a goal to achieve
- recording your assessor details (please speak to your potential assessor to ask permission before you upload the details)

Submit your ‘programme planners’ online to your DofE Leader for approval. Once approved you can start your award.

6. Get used to the app/website by experimenting with other features, for example: manage evidence, contact your leader and DofE card.

Additional guidance will be emailed directly home, please could participants spend some time reading through this information with their parents. Further resources can be found on My School Portal.

Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education - DofE Manager

It is always great to hear about our pupils' successes that take place outside of school; please do keep us updated if your son or daughter has won a competition, is performing in a show or competing at a high level with a sporting team outside of school, we would love to hear more. 

We would like to invite parents to submit this information to us via a nomination form by clicking here so we might celebrate these achievements in school too.  

Neil McCollin
Assistant Head - Co-Curricular

Thursday 16 February 6.30pm

The DofE Certificate Presentation Evening will take place on Thursday 16 February 2023 from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. The event will start with tea and coffee in the Limes Atrium followed by the presentation in the Sports Hall.  

Invitations will be sent out to all who have completed everything on the eDofE website and all who completed the Gold qualifying expedition last summer.

A number of those who took part in the scheme last year have yet to complete their award.  Please follow the instructions provided in this guide to complete your sections and guarantee your invite to this exciting event.

Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education