Children’s wellbeing is linked to having purpose and a feeling of community and this goes hand-in-hand with teaching them real-life skills such as cookery, domestic chores, bike maintenance, budgeting, trip planning etc.
Schools place so much importance on academics but could also help students to grow in other ways such as independence, resilience and confidence. The Junior Duke Award leads children aged 4 to 13 through nine levels of life skills learning making them into confident, independent, capable young adults.
Some of the objectives of the Junior Duke Award include:
The takeaway is a simple addition to your school, which doesn’t impact curriculum time and hugely benefits the pupils.
By the end of watching this webinar, participants will know-how to run the Award in their schools and have the opportunity to ask questions.
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