There are 3 levels of the award: Bronze, Silver and Gold. For each level of the award, students must organise and participate weekly in the following disciplines:

Physical
This includes sporting activities, which may be team sports or individual activities, e.g. football, dance, aerobics, etc.

Skill
e.g. learning to play an instrument, appreciation of the arts, drawing or painting, cooking, astronomy, etc.

Service
This could involve voluntary work outside of school or helping in our primary school. It may include working with young people, disabled people, old people, environmental agencies, fundraising, etc.

In addition to this, the students must complete a challenging expedition in the Czech countryside. The expedition requirements are:

Bronze level	2 days and 1 night	walking approximately 24km
Silver level	3 days and 2 nights	walking approximately 48km
Gold level	4 days and 3 nights	walking approximately 80km

Apart from regular meetings on Mondays, after school, here are the dates of D of E events.

27 September 2008	Bronze/New participants practice walk
18-19 October 2008	2 days hike with team building activities for ALL levels
21 March 2009	Practice walk and compass work for all teams
24-26 April 2009	Practice expedition for all teams. Leave promptly after school on the Friday
16-17 May 2009	Bronze expedition
6-11 June 2009	Gold expedition
18-21 June 2009	Silver expedition

For further information, please contact David Tamplin or Katharine Leech at the school.