Year 12 Duke of Edinburgh Award
Ray Francis – Head of PDHPE
Year 12 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants strike GOLD!
Congratulations to Samuel, Lara, Rachel, Oliver and Adam who were all presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s (D of E) Awards by HRH Prince Edward last Friday at the Sydney Town Hall.
With recipients travelling from all over Australia to attend the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award program in Australia, it was a very special ceremony.
Guest presenter Eddie Woo received the biggest cheer of the afternoon from the young audience, so HRH was just the second most famous ‘Eddie’ in the room!
Our Gold students began their D of E journey with the Bronze award in Year 9, with their commitment increasing as they moved through the three levels of the award.
To achieve the Gold award students participated for a minimum of one year for an hour each week in a sport, learning a new skill (not a sport) and volunteering. They also had to complete two 4 day/3 night Adventurous Journeys and a Residential Project.
Congratulations to our 2019 Gold award recipients!
Samuel Dawson Kelly, Adam Riesel, Oliver Evans, Lara Rutstein and Rachel Jammy