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29 • Adventurous journey • Residential project (Gold level only). At each level, participants increase the time, commitment and challenge they need to invest in order to achieve an Award. Participants need to find an assessor with the relevant knowledge and experience in their chosen activity for each section of their Award programme. The assessor writes a short report on the activity once the participant has met the required time, and signs it off in the participant’s online record book. We organise practice and qualifying expeditions (adventurous journeys) for students to attend on a weekend, usually either at the Kaitoke or Makahika Outdoor Pursuit Centres, as well as doing the training they require for this in the Education Outside the Classroom week at the beginning of the year. Students can sign up for Silver once they have completed Bronze or once they turn 15. While it is possible for students to do Silver without having done Bronze first, they will have to do each of the activities for longer. Similarly, once they turn 16, they can sign up for Gold. If a student is doing the International Baccalaureate Diploma, there are a lot of activities that can count toward both the Diploma and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Chaplain Each girl up to and including Year 11 receives one lesson a week of Religious Education. The programme seeks to make clear the basic concepts of the Christian faith, to allow an introductory glimpse of other world religions, and to engage with the implications of ethical living. The course is compulsory and there is no attempt to impose a world view on anyone: the intention is to be informative and thought-provoking. Once a week, all girls attend a Chaplain’s Assembly. Years 7–13 meet in one forum, and the Junior School separately. On these occasions, the school Chaplain or a designated representative presents a theme to reflect the school’s religious nature and to relate it to current life.