duke of edinburgh
Starting this year, all students at The Malling School participate in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme during Year 9. To find out more about the award and the opportunities available, please watch the assembly video below, then parents/carers can follow the consent link to get students started.
Sections
You need to complete you first three sections (Volunteering, Physical and Skills) for three months each.
You need to pick one of these sections to complete for another three months.
Your expedition sections will be carried out through the school, but you are expected to find other activities to complete for your first three sections.
You can find lists of potential activities by clicking on these links:
If you’re stuck at anytime, get in touch with your tutor, head of year.
Skills Opportunities
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Why not try Mrs Fay’s online art skills course? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJOLr5BXP9jZQ5f9wM2fTkg
- Below are full programmes of weekly activities you could engage in under a theme. You’ll need to find an assessor (ask your tutor for help if you struggle to find one). Each programme can last 3 or 6 months.
- Music Appreciation: https://sway.office.com/lDQraicP89kBXEy8?ref=Link
- Travel and Tourism: https://sway.office.com/y5ZljMUBmOiZ4QPw?ref=Link
- Art and Design: https://sway.office.com/rm1GyNM2IAKTBJgA?ref=Link
- Science and Technology: https://sway.office.com/o7XDUHVjO2IaDpEz?ref=Link
- Dog training: https://sway.office.com/iRzyLRsLpCxqcHS2?ref=Link
- Sign Language: https://sway.office.com/N9nvhCAGS8THbTbO?ref=Link
- Cooking: https://sway.office.com/wmZurP5bgaX5UR5D?ref=Link
- Photography: https://sway.office.com/spOyadi0oj60ouIC?ref=Link
We hope that school clubs will be running as soon as possible:
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Day |
Lunchtime |
After school |
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Monday
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Choir/Miss Cox M6 |
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Tuesday |
Drama-Games/Mr Addis Drama Studio Games/Strategy club/Ms Rowe T10 Unit Radio/Mr Whitehead/T4 Computer Games club/Mr MaiseyB3 Ecology Club/Mr Ryder B10 |
Cooking GCSE/ Mr De Roeck B2
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Wednesday |
Ukulele Club/ Mr Addis/M6 Debate Club/Mr Millard. Unit Radio/Mr Whitehead/T4 Creative club/Mrs Laker Mrs Smith T1
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Sea Cadets/ Mr Hammell B1 Dance club/Mrs Cook/Dance studio |
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Thursday |
Hair and beauty/ Mrs Baker/Hair salon Girls club/Mrs Cook T21 P1 TMS Band/Miss Cox M5 Reading club/Mrs Kelly T10
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Cooking/ Mrs Devine/ B2 3.30-5.00 The Malling Makers/Mrs Sherwood-Farnfield B14 Malling Players Drama Club/ Mr Addis Drama Studio Market wizards stock exchange club Yr 9 and above/Mr Rottcher/R20 |
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Friday
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Journalism R11 Mrs Finlay Lego Club/Ms Rowe T1 Geography Club/Mrs Logan/B18
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Volunteering Opportunities
During lockdown, volunteering is difficult, but why not try one of these?
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Mentoring a younger sibling, helping with their homework each week in a subject you really enjoy.
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Coaching a sibling or other family member to learn an instrument or develop another skill
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Organising arts and crafts sessions or sport sessions in your garden, for someone you live with to participate in.
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Show your support to key workers through the crisis projects (letter writing) https://www.thecrisisproject.com/
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Help humanitarian agencies have accurate maps through tracing satellite images onto street maps https://www.missingmaps.org/
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Participate in scientific research, like searching for stars, identifying species or mapping earthquakes https://www.zooniverse.org/
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Volunteer for NASA, become a citizen scientist: search for undiscovered worlds, train computers to think or track comets https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience
Physical Opportunities
When we are back at school, we hope to have the following sports clubs back running during the winter:
Rugby, Football, Netball, Handball, Fitness, Basketball, Dance
We hope the following clubs will be running during the summer:
Rounders, Cricket, Athletics
If you’re interested in joining a school sports team, speak to Miss Barnes
If you’re still stuck, why not take some inspiration from what members of staff have been up to?
Volunteering
You could make sensory square like Mrs Rowe, for dementia patients in hospitals and care homes - CLICK HERE
You could clear local footpaths like Mrs Bridges - CLICK HERE
You could help a family member with their homework like Mrs Platt - CLICK HERE
You could do a sponsored event like Mrs Thompson’s 26 mile hike - CLICK HERE
Physical
You could go running like Mr Addis - CLICK HERE
You could play golf like Mr Fielding - CLICK HERE
You could go play football like Mrs Gubalova - Click HERE
Skills
You could learn to garden, like Mrs Steiner, Mr Addis, Mrs Gubalova and Mr Potter (click the name to view)
You could practice baking like Mrs Gubalova - CLICK HERE
You could learn dog training like Mr Potter - CLICK HERE
You could be like Mr Addis and practice Bike Maintenance, Ecological Study, Playing the Guitar, Painting and Palaeontology! (click the skill to view)