Course Programme: 2010/2011
Weekend 1
Friday 12 to Sunday 14 November 2010
Venue: Cedars Coaching Academy
Friday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Introduction to the course
• Remit of the award
• Course programme
• Assessment process
Saturday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Team building and leadership
• Reviewing skills
• Navigation: map work
• Fitness and training
Saturday: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm:
• Equipment
Sunday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Expedition clothing • Food and nutrition
• Water supplies
• Stoves and cooking
• Sanitation and hygiene
• Lightweight camping
• Standing camps
• Safety equipment
• Equipment maintenance
Weekend 2
Friday 10 to Sunday 12 December 2010
Venue: Cedars Coaching Academy
Friday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Child protection
• CRB procedures
Saturday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• First Aid: Primary Care/Secondary Care
Saturday: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm:
• First Aid: Care for Children
Sunday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Instructional methods
• Navigation: compass work
• Orienteering training
• Candidates plan Weekend 3’s orienteering event
Weekend 3
Friday 7 to Sunday 9 January 2011
Venue: Cedars Coaching Academy and Vandyke Upper School
Friday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Local authority and legal requirements
Saturday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Candidates run orienteering event for Vandyke Upper School’s Bronze D of E participants
• Hazard awareness
• Risk assessments
• Consent, dietary and medical forms
• Insurance
• Transport
• Communications
• Emergency contacts and back-up
• Costings and accounts
• Planning an expedition
Saturday: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm:
• The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions
• Weather and obtaining forecasts
• One-to-one candidate-tutor meetings
Sunday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Emergency procedures
• Navigation: route cards
• Navigation: Memory-Map
• Candidates plan Weekend 4’s expedition
Weekend 4
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 February 2011
Venue: Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire
Friday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Campcraft
• Walking at night
Camping overnight at:
The Old Dairy Farm, Orchard Mill Lane, Stoke Hammond, Milton Keynes, MK17 9BF, GR: SP883308
Saturday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Leadership and party management
• Living out of doors
• Practical navigation skills in rural countryside
• National Navigation Award Scheme: Bronze Award training
Saturday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Conservation and access
• One-to-one candidate-tutor meetings
Camping overnight at:
Milton Bryan Campsite, Church End, Milton Bryan, Milton Keynes, MK17 9HR, GR: SP969310
Sunday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• National Navigation Award Scheme: Bronze Award assessment
• The local environment
• Candidates plan Weekend 5’s expedition
Weekend 5
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 March 2011
Venue: White Peak District
Friday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Countryside code
• Rights of way
• Remote supervision
Bunkhouse overnight at:
YHA Sheen Bunkhouse, Peakstones, Sheen, Derbyshire, SK17 0ES, GR: SK112614
Saturday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• Emergency scenarios
• Practical navigation skills in open countryside
• National Navigation Award Scheme: Silver Award training
Saturday: 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm:
• Aims and purposes of expedition ventures
• Review logbooks
Camping overnight at:
Pomeroy Camping Park, Street House Farm, Pomeroy, Flagg, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9QG, GR: SK116674
Sunday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm:
• National Navigation Award Scheme: Silver Award assessment
• Identifying additional training needs
• Identifying placements for leadership opportunities
• One-to-one candidate-tutor meetings
• Course debrief and summary
Organisation
Sessions based at: Cedars Coaching Academy, Mentmore Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AE. Candidates research, plan and deliver teaching and instructional sessions throughout the programme (session briefs provided the weekend before). Leadership opportunities comprise assisting in the training of Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award groups in Bedfordshire/Buckinghamshire in 2010. There will be a maximum of twelve candidates on the course. Total cost for the course is £300.00 per candidate. Cost includes registration with Sports Leaders UK, “Hillwalking” (MLTUK) handbook and equipment hire. Cost doesn’t include travel, food or accommodation.