A physical activity: This section is designed to encourage participation in physical recreation and improve performance.

An Adventurous journey: This expedition will encourage a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst working in teams.

These four sections are designed to promote self confidence, independence, lifelong interests and a willingness to try new things; all skills which make the Award highly favourable to universities and employer.

The Award is based on three levels, each successive level requiring a greater degree of commitment. The gold award also requires the student to take part in a residential project which broadens the participant’s outlook and horizons

THE AWARD@NCBIS 2009/2010

The Award has now been running at NCBIS for 4 years and many students have been successful in gaining both the  bronze  and  silver award over that time.   Participation has encouraged these pupils to develop their self confidence, independence and has helped to broaden their horizons and interests.

We hope to offer the gold award in the future & are encouraging students to complete this level within NCBIS.

NCBIS Award Participants this year have taken part in a range of activities. The table below shows just some of the activities that pupils have done over the past number of years.

All award participants have planned and taken part in a range of expeditions including  Wadi Digla and Mount Sinai within Egypt. Some pupils were also lucky enough to summit Mount Meru in Tanzania or  Mount Kenya last year as part of their additional expedition experience. On these expeditions, pupils have learned about navigation, camp craft, team work and problem solving.  

THE AWARD 2009/2010

 EXPEDITIONS

TRIP TO UGANDA: SILVER EXPEDITION FEBRUARY 2010

Silver pupils will have the opportunity to make their final expedition in Uganda this year. . The trip will take place during expeditions week and a full itertanary can be found on the following link . The trip will primarily focus on trekking through the rainforest but  will also include a day on safari trying to spot the BIG 5, white water rafting and refurnishing a in a school in Uganda .

SILVER TRIP WITHIN EGYPT: FEBRUARY 2010

For those silver students who are not attending the Uganda trip, we plan to offer  a trip to Mount Sinai during expedition week. Further details on this will be added shortly.

The expedition is one of the highlights of the Award and is often the part of the Award that attracts the most attention & leaves highly memorable experiences.

EQUIPMENT AND KIT LIST FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARD

In order to benefit from this experience we suggest the following kit lists. We suggest that you try & purchase as much as possible prior to moving to Egypt or while traveling as quality & choice can be limited here.

CLICK HERE for Uganda Kit List Suggested for over seas expeditions

CLICK HERE for Sinai Kit List for trips within Egypt

CLICK HERE for Illutstrated Kit List.

SERVICE

We hope this year to be able to offer more community service opportunities for international award students.

Possible projects will include…

• Working with pupils at the local Sudanese Refugee School. It is hoped that some of our students will give up their free time to help these students to improve their English and gain a better quality of life.
• Helping the school move towards an ECO school. International award pupils will be helping with environmental projects in and out of school and it is hoped that some of them will run a ‘green team’ ECA for younger students.
• Organising and running charity events and days in school to raise money for local community projects.

The International award is tough. It is not just an ECA and it involves commitment over a long period of time. However as well as being challenging it is also fun and rewarding and those who are determined will inevitably succeed! It is also very highly thought of by universities as its illustrates commitment and is a programme of individual challenge.