Last Monday I had an invite to Buckingham Palace. Two
students were to be presented with their gold awards for the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. James Bevan and Aoife Hooper were the recipients and it was a very proud occasion
for students’ family and school. It was
such a pleasure to be there along side Mr Davies who puts so much time into all
things D of E. It was such a wonderful
event and I was delighted that Aoife and Ed got to meet the Duke himself. The
award is a real challenge and achieving gold is no mean feat. I think there are
55 students this year in year 10 working towards the bronze award.
This week I asked some students which co-curricular
activities they took part in and the answer surprised me, “none”! Even more
shocking was the fact that they didn’t take part in activities outside of
school either. This is a rare thing at Cathedral and I emphasised the
importance of taking part in the full school assembly on Friday. Education is
so much more than the subjects we teach and learn, it is about developing into
well rounded, confident, articulate young people. We have changed the title to
co-curricular subjects deliberately, perhaps we should get rid of the co!
