Programme ideas: Skills section
When completing each section of your DofE, you should develop a programme which is specific and relevant to you. This sheet gives you a list of programme ideas that you could do or you could use it as a starting point to create a Skills programme of your own!
For each idea, there is a useful document giving you guidance on how to do it, which you can find under the category finder on www.DofE.org/skills
It's your choice...
Developing a skill helps you get better at something you are really interested in and gives you the confidence and ability to use this skill both now and later in life.
Help with planning
You can use the handy programme planner on the website to work with your Leader to plan your activity.
Performance arts
Ballet appreciation
Ceremonial drill
Circus skills
Conjuring & magic
Dance appreciation
Majorettes Puppetry
Singing
Speech & drama
Theatre appreciation
Ventriliquism
Yoyo extreme
Science & technology
Aerodynamics
Anatomy
Astronomy
Biology Botany Chemistry Ecology Electronics Engineering Entomology IT
Marine biology
Oceanography Paleontology
Physics
Rocket making
Taxonomy Weather/meteorology
Website design
Zoology
Care of animals
Agriculture (keeping livestock)
Aquarium
keeping Beekeeping
Caring for reptiles
Dog training & handling
Horse/donkey/llama/alpaca handling & care
Keeping of pets
Looking after birds (i.e. budgies & canaries)
Pigeon breeding & racing
Music
Church bell ringing
Composing
DJing
Evaluating music & musical
performances
Improvising melodies
Listening to, analysing & describing
music
Music appreciation
Playing a musical instrument
Playing in a band
Reading & notating music Understanding music in relation to history & culture
Natural world
Agriculture
Conservation
Forestry
Gardening Groundsmanship
Growing carniverous plants
Plant growing
Snail farming
Vegetable growing
Games & sports
Cards (i.e. bridge)
Chess
Clay target shooting
Cycle maintenance
Darts
Dominoes
Fishing/fly fishing
Flying
Gliding
Go-karting
Historical period re-enacting
Kite construction & flying
Mah Jongg
Marksmanship
Model construction & racing
Motor sports
Power boating
Snooker, pool & billiards
Sports appreciation
Sports leadership
Sports officiating
Table games
War games
Life skills
Alternative therapies
Cookery
Democracy in action
Digital lifestyle
Driving: car maintenance/car road
skills
Driving: motorcycle maintenance/
