A reminder to Year 10 Silver participants, your expedition training takes place in The Limes on Saturday 27 January, 9.00am – 4.00pm and Sunday 28 January 2024, 9.00am - 1.00pm. You will have received an email with full details. Attendance on both days is mandatory in order to be adequately trained for the practice expedition in April.
Well done to all who met the first deadline by completing the steps listed below by Wednesday 20 December. You should now be logging your hours for the volunteering, physical and skills sections and uploading evidence on your eDofE account. Gold participants should also book their residential.
For those who failed to meet the deadline, please sign in and get started as soon as possible. The DofE will then send a participant handbook directly to your home address. For help, DofE clinic takes place every Tuesday at 1.05pm in LG02, or refer to your ‘eDfoE Start Up’ email and MySchoolPortal.
A reminder of the start-up steps required:
- Download the DofE app or find www.edofe.org
- Login using the username and password sticker on your folder
- Update your personal details
- Set timescales (for example at bronze physical 6, volunteering 3 and skill 3 months)
- Complete the 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.
It is fantastic to see the wide variety of activities pupils have chosen to complete. Good luck in logging your hours, I hope that you enjoy your sections and achieve your goals.
Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education
