Starter Task; in pairs can you answer the following questions?

1. Starter Task; in pairs can you answer the following questions? What does DYA stand for? Can you name the 4 capacities of Curriculum for Excellence? How many merits were on offer to S2 before Christmas? Can you name one of the overarching challenges to do with DYA? How do you achieve your DYA?

2. S2 PSD Visit

3. How it will work from now? • When you achieve the Merit, your teacher will enter it onto the Seemis system. • Achievement Assembly before Christmas lots of people gained high numbers of merits, hardly anybody got none. Community Challenges still a way to go. • In June there will be a major assembly to present Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards. • Same a S1!

4. The 5 overall challenges; Successful Leaner – Improve how I learn as a person. Confident Individual – Show a “can dae” attitude and improve my own confidence. Effective Contributor – Make a positive contribution to my school and community. Responsible Citizen - Show that I am a responsible and reliable young person. Community Challenge – Involve myself more in my community.

5. So what's this got to do with Merits? • Ties in as each merit is awarded for a CfE capacity • Need to choose merits that are going to be used for DYA carefully. • i.e. if you choose Responsible Citizen you need to look for merits awarding RC capacity. • You need to pick 3 merits to achieve DYA. • 2 can be school based, 1 should be community based as a minimum.

6. Who’s responsibility? • YOURS! Needs to be about you and your journey. • Log Books kept in reg time to update weekly. • Only collecting evidence on the 3 merits identified for DYA. • Can complete more merits but just use and log evidence of 3 chosen ones for DYA. • Evidence includes diaries, photos of work or activities, statements which are signed by teacher/coach/community leader or Miss Little/Mrs Irvine/Mr Cockburn. • Peer assessment – buddy in class.

8. Successful Learner Challenges

9. Confident Individual Challenges

10. Effective Contributors Challenges

11. Responsible Citizens Challenges

12. Community Challenges

13. Your Journey – DYA Its about you! Looking back….. • To achieve a Dynamic Youth Award the award needs to be personal to you. • So that’s why the log books are important. • You need to think and reflect on what have been and are learning, achieving and developing through your merits. (see your overview sheet) • You can do more merits but only as a minimum need to log 3. • Example of official log books can be seen. • Remember you need a peer assessor to sign you off to agree you have completed the challenges.

14. Some Key Reflective Questions • How did you feel about the challenge at the start of the term/year? • Why did you choose the challenge you did? • What did you learn from doing the challenge about the subject? • What did you learn from doing the challenge about yourself? • How do you feel you have you got on with the challenge? • Have you found the challenge difficult or easy? • How did you manage to do the challenge? • How has the challenge helped you?

15. The Challenges on Offer (Feb – May 2013) • Art – Take part in a test drawing and completed a related piece of homework (SL) • Business – Use spreadsheets to make a comparison of supermarket trolley contents. • Computing – Design a computer of the future (SL)

16. English – Complete the Great Reading Race; (SL) Eco –Schools – Regular help in the school garden growing edible plants; (RC/EC) The Challenges on Offer (Feb-May 2013) • Home Economics – Complete the Individual Dietary Needs Project (SL)

17. The Challenges on Offer (Feb-May 2013) • Maths – Complete a mini maths investigation; (SL) • Modern Languages – Produce a tourist brochure (French) or an unusual menu (German) (SL) • Music – Regular attendance at the school show or music club; (EC/RC)

18. P.E. – Plan and lead a warm up in PE to a small group of pupils. (CI) PSD – Produce a learner statement and skills statement. (SL) The Challenges on Offer (Sept – Dec 2012)

19. The Challenges on Offer (Sept – Dec 2012) • Faith and Philosophy – write an imaginative diary of Ann Frank; (SL) • Science - Construct a wiring model of a house or car; (SL/EC) • Social Subjects – Take part in fair trade activities in March; (EC/RC)

20. Technical – Research a specific product and write a short report (SL/RC) Young Engineers – build either a stereo amplifier or flashing lights pattern; (SL) The Challenges on Offer (Sept – Dec 2012) • Community Challenge – Run a charity event; or join HHS Radio Fundraising Team; or get involved in a community project etc; (SL/CI/EC/RC)

21. Dynamic Youth Award • You can achieve either a 1/2/3 star Dynamic Youth Award • * = 5-15 hours (3 merits) • ** = 16-30 hours (approx 8 merits) • *** = 30+ hours (approx 12 merits) • The figures above are dependent upon the merits you pick as each is worth a set number of hours (see handout). If you are going to go for 3 stars you could do some challenges before Christmas and some after as it runs until June 2013. Check with us for details!

22. Some Key Reflective Questions • How has the challenge helped you? • How do you feel about your own learning and the challenges you have undertaken? • How have you got on with the challenges – have you found them difficult? If so what has this helped you with? • How have you changed and developed and met your target through the challenges undertaken?

23. Be Inspired! – Take the Challenge! • Ask your teachers about the challenges on offer; • Come up with your own challenges to gain merits; • Ask us! We’ll be coming into reg classes in November to see how you are getting on. • Do your very best to achieve merits – everyone in S2 can achieve at least 3. • As a result you should gain a nationally recognised qualification – The Dynamic Youth Award. • Good Luck!