The Asdan Youth Award Scheme is a nationally recognized skills-based course offered at Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels that enables students to develop key skills like communication, ICT, working with others, and problem solving. Students complete practical challenges in flexible modules like sports, technology, and work experience. Employers value the key skills, and the credits earned can complement any combination of GCSE subjects. Students are assessed through a credit system, and portfolios are externally moderated with feedback. A Bronze Award requires 6 credits while a Silver Award requires 12 credits, with the option of 2 coming from the Bronze Award. The course is suited for students likely to follow a less academic path who prefer work broken into small challenges

1. What will I study? The Asdan Youth Award Scheme is a nationally recognised, skills-based course offered at different levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold awards. In Cambridgeshire alone, over 20 secondary schools deliver the course. Each award is based on a series of practical and flexible challenges, which enable you to develop key skills in: Communication ICT Working with others Problem solving Applying number Improving your own learning ASDAN Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network

2. Employers, training providers and post 16 colleges value key skills and are increasingly looking for evidence of wider social and practical experience. Asdan compliments any combination of GCSE subjects. Asdan is an awarding body, approved by QCA and is currently running in over 4,000 schools and colleges .

3. How will I be assessed? The challenges are based on a credit building system and each section of a challenge is given a credit rating Portfolios are externally moderated and individual feedback on attainment is given. A Bronze Award requires 6 credits A Silver Award requires 12 credits (2 of these can come from the Bronze Award)

4. Who will this course suit? The Asdan Award Scheme is not a GCSE. If you are likely to follow a less academic route in the future and prefer pieces of work broken into small challenges you will prosper. You will also need to be able to work together, be willing to undertake visits outside of school and keep an organised folder of work. You may follow some modules according to your own interests, for example , sports and leisure, technology, local environment, art, work experience, foreign study

5. Plan a visit to London

7. Visit Covent Garden

8. On the ‘wobbly bridge ’ in London

9. Learn First Aid skills with Anton and Lorna

11. CPR with Little Anne

12. Learn basic driving skills and road safety

14. Drive real cars with real instructors

15. Test your Climbing skills at Bassingbourn Barracks Army Day

17. Follow instructions

18. Home skills

19. Preparing a healthy lunch

20. Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Green Salad