‘Triple A’ Challenge Programme
Aspiration, Achievement, Ability
Welcome to our new ‘Triple A Challenge Programme’ at Okehampton College!
The Triple A Challenge Programme is a Dartmoor Federation Award scheme designed to inspire
young people to aspire, achieve and celebrate their ability, throughout their College career.
The Triple A programme is comprised of a series of challenges which aim to stretch, challenge,
engage and motivate our students in a wide range of skills and subjects. There is no limit to the
number of challenges a student can achieve.
The challenges can be completed in any order and once completed earns them a coloured pin badge
to wear on their College jumper.
Number of challenges completed
Pin Badge awarded
2 Challenges
Red
4 Challenges
Blue
6 Challenges
Bronze
8 Challenges
Silver
10 Challenges
Gold
Most importantly, the challenges encourage students to learn new skills, aspire to go beyond their
comfort zone, seek high levels of achievement, make positive contributions to society and
better themselves academically, socially and emotionally.
The series of challenges can be found attached, along with information on what has to be produced
and which teacher to find, in order to get a challenge signed off for completion. Students simply take
a ‘Challenge Completion Card’ to the designated member of staff and once enough challenges have
been completed, the student will be awarded with his or her pin badge and certificate.
The completion of a challenge is held in high esteem and will be celebrated across the College. We
will notify you via letters and certificates when your child completes a new challenge.
The Triple A Challenge Programme has been launched with Year 8 and will be College-wide from
September 2015.
We hope that your child is excited about starting the Triple A Challenge and we look forward to
celebrating their success with them.
Mrs Nichola Offer
Assistant Principal
‘Triple A’ Challenge Programme 2015
Aspiration, Achievement, Ability
Aspire to complete as many of the challenges throughout your College career and we’ll celebrate your
achievement.
Challenge
Complete two reading passports
What students have to
produce
Reading passports
Learn to spell the top 50 most challenging
words
Visit at least one University
Be part of a team or group over a one year
period or more
Enter a National Art competition
Spelling test carried out in
school
Visitor’s report and diary
Signature from team/group
leader
Art work for entry
Learn an instrument to Grade Six
(with Grade five theory)
Raise £500 for charity independently
Certificate
Attend a
trust course
Achieve a high level of performance in Art,
Drama, Music or Sport
Complete Ten Tors and/or a Duke of
Edinburgh Award
Complete Maths Challenge to silver or
gold level
Make a positive contribution to the
environment or impact on sustainability
Win a Design and Technology competition
(including the British Nutrition Foundation
Healthy week entry)
Complete the Language Leaders course
and/or Enter the "Routes into Languages"
competition
Compete in the Rotary Club’s ‘Youth
Speaks’ competition
Taking a lead in three Debating club
sessions
Complete a Science Olympiad
Complete an ecological sampling survey
and monitor their populations over time
The Royal Society Science Challenge
Take a lead role in an enterprise challenge
and raise £50 profit
Lead teacher for signing
off achievement
Miss Sum/
Ms Griffiths
Mrs Sizmur
Mr Brett
Mrs Offer
Mrs Buchanan/
Mrs Lecouilliard
Mrs Berry
Proof of collected sums of
money
Attendance certificate
Mrs Offer
Recommendation from
subject specific staff,
coach, teacher or leader.
Competition winner or
county representation.
Ten Tors Certificate and/or
D of E certificate
Maths Challenge
Certificate
Report on action made and
evidence of impact
Competition certificate
Mr Sweeney
Competition certificate
Miss Welsh
Qualify through the first
round in the competition
Successful leadership in
three sessions
Certificate
Sampling survey
Dr Fear
Scientific report
Evidence of sums raised
Mrs Fernandez
Mr Coton
Mr Henderson
Mr Speyer/Mr Bailey
Mrs Carter
Mr Webber
Mr Henderson
Dr Fear
Miss Dean
Mr Every