D of E Awards

27 Apr D of E Awards

I was extremely proud to be present at The Broadway Theatre Barking on Monday 23^rd April for the annual Barking and Dagenham Duke of Edinburgh Award Celebration event.  This year the school had another record number of recipients: eighteen Bronze awards three Silver awards, and seven Gold awards.  Two members of staff who support D of E, Mr Kilminster and Mr Hargreaves, also received awards in recognition of their efforts, they were supported in this by Mr Dignam and to raised over £300 for the D of E charity.  The students and ex-students receiving awards were:

Bronze award: Jovan Nenadovic and Daniel Gill 11A, Liz Mwaura, Esther Aluko and Yewande Oginni 11B, Edward Stemarthe, Temi Oluwole and Faizaan Mahmood 11C, Emily Fawsitt, Ryan Maun and Lauren Simson 11D, Davaughn Smith 11F, Filip Fois, Billy Smith and Nathan Rehmat 11H

Silver award: Teri Keenan 12D, and Jyotika Ahtty and Georgina Hart (both ex-students),

Gold award: Billy Simson and Stephanie Taylor (ex-students), Gabriele Sartauskaite and Moyin Adetoye 13B, Aiesha Francis, Maryam Heydari and Kelechi Ogbonna 13D.

We were also very proud to see Harry Ely and Seidu Salifu 11A (pictured on the front page with John Amaechi OBE, NBA star and D of E Trustee) who both received their Bronze awards which they completed through Trinity School.

I really hope that all of these students will tell future employers and teachers about their achievements, and be really proud of them.  Through completing their awards they have discovered and followed their passions, learned their strengths and gained a sense of achievement and recognised accreditation for their commitment.  As John Amaechi OBE, who presented the awards said these young people are truly inspirational and surely the leaders of our community and further afield whom we should look to for the future.

Year 8 recruitment for the start of year 9

I will be at Year 8 Parents’ Evening and will be coming into assemblies in the next few weeks to start the conversation with the year 8 cohort about starting their D of E award in Year 9.  There will be an important presentation in Boothroyd Hall on Thursday 10^th May at 1:40pm which students will need to attend in order to go ahead with applying for a place on D of E.  Please make a note of this date in your planners and read the information on the JRCS website under Duke of Edinburgh Award – Year 8 tab for further information.  You can also come and find me in SD3.  In the meantime, the most important thing you can do to prepare for doing the award is develop your interests, activities and hobbies and follow your passions on a regular basis both in and outside school.

Ms Montague

D of E Manager