Gold
Minimum age 16 years old
There are 5 areas to the Gold Award
- Service
- Skill
- Physical Recreation
- Adventurous Journey
- Residential Project
The Service, Skill and Physical Recreation components require students to undertake activities for a commitment of 12 months, either as;
- 1 hour of activity every seven days or;
- 2 hours of activity every fourteen days or;
- 4 hours of activity every 28 days
- Totalling 52 hours
If students are direct entries into the Gold Award, ie they have not completed the Silver award. They will need to select 1 component (service, skill or physical recreation) to complete an additional 6 months. Totalling 78 hours (18 months) in one component
Adventurous Journey:
4 days/ 3 nights practice journey.
4 days/ 3 nights qualifying journey.
The Outdoor Education department run an 8 day hike every second year, which fulfils these journey requirements.
Residential Project 5 days/ 3nights (sports camp, language trip etc.)