Junior Duke Award

23/10/2026

We’ve had a complaint…

A founder’s worst nightmare - Subject: A complaint…

However, this complaint was bittersweet! 🍰

Thank you Kate, for sharing the buzz of the Junior Duke in your school, it’s messages like this that mean the most, hearing that children are genuinely excited to be helpful, independent, proactive and happy! We do, however, apologise for forcing delicious bakes on you!

16/10/2026

We are reminiscing on World Championships past…

Who remembers the Wall Sit Competition from 2024?!

We’ve had some great fun over the years hosting the Junior Duke World Championships. One of the highlights of the Junior Duke calendar, what could we have in store for the next World Championships? There may be a clue in this post! 🤔

Check your inbox for more info! 🙌

14/10/2026

Click the link to join the webinar! 🙌

What experiences do children need in the real world to become confident, capable and independent young people?

Join us next Wednesday for a webinar exploring how a structured framework of age-appropriate, real-world life skills and challenges can create a bridge between school and home.

Register here for the session delivered by Junior Duke Award: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KQgIJKk_TrCQz4PJ5_rnDA #/registration

08/10/2026

Murray is heading to KENYA! 🇰🇪

Dawn’s younger son (and original Junior Duker!) Murray has been selected as part of the Scotland Rugby 7s team as they head to Nairobi for the Safari 7s tournament.

If you are one of our Junior Duke schools in Africa and are travelling to Nairobi to support the tournament, give the Scotland boys a big cheer, particularly the blonde number 1! 🌟

If you get the chance to say hello to Murray, grab a picture with him and send it to us, and we will give you a level of the Junior Duke Award for FREE! 🙌

Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) Glasgow Hawks

02/10/2026

Ever wondered how the Junior Duke Award came to fruition? Here’s a snippet of the story. 🙌

You can find out even more about how the Junior Duke Award will add to your curriculum and impress school inspectors, as well as uncover every helpful tip on how to run the award in your school by completing the CPD course.

In just 40 minutes you will be clued in on what to do first, where all of your resources are, and how the award will most effectively run in your school. We highly recommend completing the CPD course when beginning the award, it’s your personal roadmap to success!🌟

30/09/2026

PART 2: The challenge is over and here are the results… The sound of a classroom full of learning 🙌✨

There is no better noise for a teacher than hearing collaboration among the students, working together to learn.

Together, the children of Mosshead Primary in Glasgow completed the Saving the World Junior Duke challenge, discovering the harmful effects of carbon dioxide, and the dangers of producing too much while transporting food from further afield.

Working together they were able to successfully calculate how far certain foods had come to get to their classroom and come to a conclusion that more trees are needed to tackle the issue of carbon dioxide, as well as shopping locally to reduce food miles.

Thank you to Mosshead Primary for working so hard! 👏

25/09/2026

PART 1: Did you know that garlic can come from China, all the way to the UK? ✈️

Dawn challenged the children of Mosshead Primary School to think about where their food comes from. Dawn took her weekly shop to the school, handed it out to the children and asked them to:

🌍 Look on labels for the word 'origin'.
🔢 Use a food calculator to get distances from other countries to the UK, as well as how many kilograms of Carbon are produced by going that far by plane, car or train
➕Do the maths to see how far the food in your group's bag had travelled
💨 Discover the different gases we breathe in and which we want less of in our atmosphere
🤔 Consider what that all means for our weekly shopping choices

Come back for Part 2 to hear their discoveries!

16/09/2026

Are children equipped for modern life?

Our founder Dawn explores the importance of equipping children with essential life skills from a young age, a mission the Junior Duke Award has been undertaking for the past 20 years.

Join the webinar to listen, learn and find out more!

📆 17th September
⏰ 9am (BST)
🔗 https://zurl.co/eBqls

Thank you for the opportunity, we are very proud to be an Affiliate Member of FOBISIA

11/09/2026

It isn’t just a badge…🏅

On completion of every level of the Junior Duke Award, each child receives a corresponding badge. But it represents so much more than that.

A Junior Duke badge is a tangible symbol of every challenge a child has completed. Every time they’ve tried, failed and tried again; learned something new and put it into practice; or simply given it a go and discovered what they’re capable of.

And perhaps, most importantly, being presented a badge at the end-of-year presentation gives children who may not usually shine academically their moment in the spotlight.

A moment to recognise what they have achieved.
A moment to feel proud.
A moment to shine. ✨

So, if you have one, wear your Junior Duke badge with PRIDE!🏅

08/09/2026

“Practical life-skills education can do something much bigger than simply teach children how to complete useful tasks. It can change how children see themselves.”

Have a read of this blog from Junior Duke Award on how practical life skills can help boost a child’s confidence: https://www.cobis.org.uk/our-network/blog/blog-demo-page/~board/blogs/post/how-being-competent-in-practical-life-skills-impacts-childrens-confidence