Borough D of E Celebration 2017

28 Apr Borough D of E Celebration 2017

Tuesday night saw the annual award ceremony for all those in the borough who have achieved their Duke of Edinburgh awards during the last year.  The event was hosted this year by Trinity School and was kicked off in style by their excellent rock band’s rendition of ‘I wanna hold your hand’.  Peter McPartland, Headteacher of Trinity School spoke about the importance of the award for his students and Peter Fleet, Regional Director of D of E also spoke about the growth of the award in London, and encouraged those receiving awards to continue to the next level.  All at JRCS are very proud of the following students who completed their awards this year:

Bronze Award: Georgina Hart, Teri Keenan, Jyotika Ahtty, Jodie Chesney, Megha Alam, Lucy Whyte, Jake Sanchez, Matthew Norris, Emilija Vanagaite, Jennifer Taborda Da Silva (all Year 11)

Silver Award: Tolulope Oluwole, Oliwia Husak, Ebunoluwa Ajala, Ibukunoluwa Aluko, Teresa Tu, Maryam Heydari, Anisha Makwana, Kelechi Ogbonna, Aiesha Francis, Moyin Adetoye (all Year 12).

Three ex-students also achieved their Gold award this year and will be attending either Buckingham Palace or St James’s Palace in the coming months to collect their Gold certificates and be presented to a member of the royal family, they are Katherine Pirie, Martyna Kotarska and Yinka Egbedeyi.

Four members of staff also received their Diamond awards, part of the celebrations for the diamond anniversary of the award for last year.  These staff all raised collectively nearly £1,000 towards disadvantaged young people doing their Duke of Edinburgh Award, they were: Mr Hargreaves, Mr Dignam, Miss Montague and Bill Lockton.

Miss Montague

D of E Award Manager