Success Story - MAC Strikes Gold in Duke of Edinburgh Awards

In 2006, eight of our students - Will Austen, Hannah Beaufoy, Jody Direen, Tayah Johnston, Jillian Macfie, Whitney Mulqueen and Hannah Sutherland all completed their Gold Awards.

Six of these students started the Award at Bronze Level and two at Silver Level and all put in a huge effort to achieve at Gold Level.

To achieve at Gold Level each student had to complete:

60 hours of Community Service over 12 months
Follow a skill for 12 months
Take part in some form of physical recreation for six months
Complete a practice and qualifying expedition each involving four days and three nights
Complete a residential which involved spending five days and four nights with a group which is not your regular peers doing something that will benefit others.

Community Service

The group completed a range of services to the community which included:

	Youth Support -		Assisting at art club
			Coaching junior sports teams
			Helping at pre-school
			Assisting at Junior Drama Group
			School leadership
			Disabled horse riding
	Elderly Support -		Reading at the old people's home
			Assisting with gardening and odd jobs
			Entertainment for the elderly

Skills Followed:

Fashion Designer
Singing
Graphics and compilation of the school magazine
Drama Teaching
Debating
Piano

Physical Recreations:

Netball
Rugby
Outdoor Pursuits Course
Horse Riding
Rock Climbing

Expedition

For their qualifying expedition all eight students completed the Dart Rees Tramp in two separate groups. One group, despite it being November, had to cope with extremely challenging weather conditions.

Residential

Two of the groups attended a Rotary Leadership Course
Two were volunteer leaders at a YMCA youth camp
Two completed a 21 day Outward Bounds course
One did a week of volunteer work in a breeding stable
And one member had ten days on the Spirit of Adventure

Every year, up to 50 students start the programme in our school and it takes great commitment and perseverance to complete it to Gold Level over four years. These eight students have displayed great personal organisation and fully deserve this prestigious award that they have gained.

They have set a fine example to follow and made Mount Aspiring College very proud.

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