The Springmead Award: a programme of personal development

The Springmead Award provides an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding programme of personal development for our young people with participants proving their commitment to various activities that they may not normally experience. The Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold Springmead Awards are taken by pupils in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively and contain the elements of:

a hobby;

a physical activity;

community service;

undertaking a first aid course;

participating in a residential trip;

and joining in a hike.

The children are provided with an Award booklet at the beginning of the year. As they undertake the various elements they collect a signature to verify participation. The Award is presented at the end of the year to those who have completed each of the elements.  

There are very obvious links here with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme that runs in most senior schools. Similar to the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme the Springmead Award Scheme develops the ‘whole child’ and enables them to ‘achieve’ with confidence in many different areas.