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Programme ideas: Skills section

When completing each section of your DofE, you It’s your choice… should develop a programme which is specific Developing a skill helps you get better at something you are and relevant to you. This sheet gives you a list of really interested in and gives you the confidence and ability to programme ideas that you could do or you could use this skill both now and later in life. use it as a starting point to create a Skills programme of your own. Help with planning You can use the programme planner on the website to You can find more information atDofE.org/skills and work with your Leader to plan and agree your activity there is a range of exciting opportunities to help you before you start. complete this section at DofE.org/finder.

Performance arts Physics Music appreciation Rocket making Playing a musical instrument Ballet appreciation Taxonomy Playing in a band Ceremonial drill Weather/meteorology Reading & notating music Circus skills Website design Understanding music in relation Conjuring & magic Zoology to history & culture Majorettes Puppetry Singing Care of animals Natural world Speech & drama Agriculture (keeping livestock) Agriculture Theatre appreciation Aquarium keeping Conservation Ventriliquism Beekeeping Forestry Yoyo extreme Caring for reptiles Gardening Dog training & handling Groundsmanship Science & technology Horse/donkey/llama/alpaca Growing carniverous plants handling & care Plant growing Aerodynamics Looking after birds (i.e. budgies & Snail farming Anatomy canaries) Vegetable growing App design Pet care – health/training/ Astronomy maintenance Biology Games & recreation Pigeon breeding & racing Botany Cards (i.e. bridge) Chemistry Chess Coding/ programming Music Clay target shooting Ecology Church bell ringing Coxing Electronics Composing Cycle maintenance Engineering DJing Darts Entomology Evaluating music & musical Dominoes IT performances Fishing/fly fishing Marine biology Improvising melodies Flying Oceanography Listening to, analysing & Gliding Paleontology describing music Go-karting continued over... Historical period re-enacting Criminology Fabric printing Kite construction & flying Dowsing & divining Feng Shui Mah Jongg Fashion Floral decoration Marksmanship Forces insignia French polishing Model construction & racing Furniture restoration Motor sports Genealogy Glass blowing Power boating Heraldry Glass painting Snooker, pool & billiards History of art Interior design Sports appreciation Language skills making Sports leadership Military history Sports officiating Movie posters making Table games Postcards Leatherwork War games Reading Lettering & Religious studies Macramé Life skills Ship recognition Stamp collecting Model construction Alternative therapies Cookery Painting & design Democracy in action Media & communication Digital lifestyle Amateur radio Photography Driving: car maintenance/car Blogging road skills Communicating with people who Driving: motorcycle maintenance/ are visually impaired Rope work road skills Communicating with people who Event planning have a hearing impediment Snack pimping First aid – St John/St Andrew/ Film & video making Soft toy making BRCS Journalism Hair & beauty Newsletter & magazine Taxidermy Learning about the emergency production Textiles services Signalling and Learning about the RNLI Vlogging Wine/beer making (Lifeboats) Writing Woodwork Library & information skills Life skills Creative arts Massage Basket making Money management Boat work Navigation Brass rubbing Public speaking and debating Building catapaults & trebuchets Skills for employment Cake decoration Young Enterprise Camping gear making Candle-making Learning & collecting Canoe building Aeronautics Canvas work Aircraft recognition Carnival/festival float construction Anthropology Ceramics Archaeology Clay modelling Astronautics Crocheting Astronomy Cross stitch Bird watching DIY Coastal navigation Dough craft Coins Drawing Collections, studies & surveys Dressmaking Comics decorating Contemporary legends Costume study Enamelling

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