Fiona Heath

Club Colours Southampton University Athletic Union Apr 2014 I received club colours from the Athletic Union to recognise my contribution to the Southampton Vixens throughout my time at the university.

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award - Jun 2010 In order to complete my DofE gold award I undertook in a variety of activities that had to constitute a skill, service, physical activity, four day expedition and a week long residential activity. My skill was cooking wherein I taught year ten students how to cook in an hourly session, which also helped me gain a better understanding of how to cook.My service involved assisting the teacher at school with training the bronze DofE students who were to undertake in their first… Show more In order to complete my DofE gold award I undertook in a variety of activities that had to constitute a skill, service, physical activity, four day expedition and a week long residential activity. My skill was cooking wherein I taught year ten students how to cook in an hourly session, which also helped me gain a better understanding of how to cook.My service involved assisting the teacher at school with training the bronze DofE students who were to undertake in their first expedition. I additionally volunteered at a special needs school for a term assisting in the classroom once a week with a group of 12-14 year olds with varying disabilities. This involved helping in PE with motivating the children or problem solving when doing maths lessons. This helped my verbal and non-verbal communication skills.The physical activity undertaken was sailing in both keelboats and dinghies. I sailed a Laser for two seasons competing in regular club events. On alternating weekends, I was a crew member on a beneteau 34.7 keel, which competed in the second division of club's keelboat cup. The expedition was completed in the Al Hajar Mountains in late February 2010, which required me to be prepared for a variety of varying conditions including dune. This also required excellent teamwork and communication skills as the team of six had to stay motivated throughout the expedition.The residential project involved participating in an Insight summer school in June 2009, in order to better understand the opportunities available in engineering. This week helped me make my decision to study engineering whilst at university. Show less