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Money Saving Expert Showcase – Tues, 15th Nov 4.30pm – 6.30pm

We are delighted to be able to invite you to our Money Saving Expert Showcase evening on Tuesday, 15th Nov from 4.30pm – 6.30pm. 

 

Family Cooking Session 

If you wish to take part in our family cooking workshop, please complete the Microsoft Form using the link below.

Places are limited for this session.

Family Cooking Sign-up

Family Workshops

Christmas Needn’t Cost the Earth

Join our family workshops on: present re-gifting; the ‘Brand or Bland’ taste challenge; Sustainable Christmas Gifts and Decorations; Christmas Survival Tips and more.

Confidential Support and Advice

Access private and confidential advice from the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and East Renfrewshire’s Money Advice and Rights Team.

Free Bus Pass

Receive the help and support you need to apply for free bus travel.

Re-gifting

If you have any unwanted gifts you would like to hand-in to be ‘re-gifted’, please hand these in to the school office by Monday 14th November.

More info here: Money Saving Expert Showcase

S3 DofE Parents & Carer Information Evening – Monday, 10th October @ 7pm (online)

To all S3 Duke of Edinburgh students: Our DOFE Parents & Carer Information evening will take place on Monday, 10th October @  7pm.

All students should now have access to our new S3 DOFE Google Classroom (GC), and the online meeting will take place using the posted link in the Google Classroom.

The main focus of the meeting is to familiarise parents/carers with the requirements of the Bronze DOFE Award, including costs and timescales.

It is imperative that students do not attend this meeting by themselves. Typically, students that are supported at home, and in school, go on to achieve the Bronze DOFE Award. We, therefore, request that students join the meeting accompanied with a parent or carer.

Still time to join

If any S3 student has not had a chance to sign-up for DOFE, they should see Mr Boag ASAP. Our first student DOFE meeting will be held on Thursday, 6th October at 3.35pm. All S3 students wishing to undertake DOFE this year should attend this meeting.

DOFE Twitter

For up-to-date information on the Bronze DOFE group, please follow us on twitter @Barrhead_DOFE.

Duke of Edinburgh (S4 Bronze Award)

If you undertake DOFE with Mr Boag, please note the following:

 

 

Previous DOFE posts are here:

  1. DOFE post, 25th August

2. DOFE post, 19th August

Expedition – Kit List

If you are unsure what kit to bring on your expedition, then this Kit List might be useful.

Students should ensure they have clean dry clothes for both days. All clothes and sleeping bag should be put inside a plastic/rubble bag to keep everything dry. Students should note the weather, both for during the day and at night, and ensure they have sufficient warm clothes, including  waterproofs.

Students should be aware of the above, this has been discussed at the last two DOFE meetings.

2. Pick-up Points

After some negotiation, some students have asked if they could be collected from the Barrhead train station.  The minibus will leave from Barrhead High around 9am on Tues, 6th Sept, and collect the remaining DOFE students at the train station around 9.10am.  Students must let Mr Boag know which pick-up point they will be at.

 

3. Preparing Expedition Dinners/Breakfasts

Student should note all the information contained in the DOFE Presentation on 31st May 2022 regarding food preparation. Students have organised themselves into tent-groups (pairs or threes). Food should be pre-cooked prior to the expedition. One person in each tent should bring dinner for everyone in the tent, another should organise breakfast for everyone in the tent. Students should split the cost of this equally between them.

Each student should bring their own lunches for both the Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as snacks and water.

4. Returning Kit

All kit should be returned, clean and dry, to the Fairweather Hall on Thursday, 8th Sept between 4pm and 5pm.

Please note: The kit may well be handed straight back out to another school that same day, so please ensure all kit is returned at this time. £50 deposits should be collected to.

5. Following the DOFE Expedition

To get up-to-date information on how the groups are progressing with their DOFE Expedition, including the time we will return to the school, follow @Barrhead_DOFE on Twitter.

Duke of Edinburgh Award (S4 Bronze Award)

For all students attending the DOFE expedition on the 6th & 7th Sept.

Further to my previous DOFE post of 19th August, please note the following:

  1. All expedition kit will be issued from the Fairweather hall (G77 6BB) on Tuesday, 30th August at 5pm. Students should remember to bring their £50 deposit. Ideally students should group together and have one parent/carer collect kit for two or three students, rather than each individual student making their way to the hall.

Consent Forms

A number of students received their consent forms for the expedition prior to the summer holidays but have not yet returned this to me. Can all consent forms be returned to me by Tuesday, 30th August.  If a student has lost their consent form, they should ask at the school office for another copy.

Travel Arrangements

With a few students dropping out of the dofe expedition we will be able to travel to the Greenock cut by minibus rather than train.  All DOFE students should meet Mr Boag at Barrhead High School at 8.45am on Tuesday, 6th Sept.  We will return to the school by 4pm on Wednesday, 7th Sept.

Returning  Expedition Kit

I have been given Thursday, 8th Sept between 4pm and 5pm as the date and time for kit to be returned to the Fairweather Hall.  This will be confirmed during the expedition.

DofE Account Evidence 

Having reviewed all eDofE accounts this week, all students (baring two) need to put some serious time and effort into having as much evidence as possible uploaded by the expedition date.

Students were set a target of having all three sections (Physical, Skill and Volunteering) completed prior to going out on any expedition. As a compromise, all students must fully complete two sections before going on expedition.

A completed section would consist of 12 separate text pieces of evidence, four photographs and an assessors report. Students also  need to have had their section submitted for approval, and once all evidence has been uploaded, submit the completed section for final approval by Mr Boag.