March 2008
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To celebrate our 21st
anniversary we are organising exciting reunion
expeditions to Morocco for past Challengers to rekindle
all those amazing memories at discounted prices. 
Places are limited on these heavily
discounted expeditions:
Go4it has teamed up with
World Challenge to help this national award launched for
‘can do’ schools by Heads, Teachers Industry (HTI) to
encourage innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in
students. 
We, at World Challenge, have our own box
in our 
After receiving their World Challenge t-shirts
Katherine, Chris, Alix and Clarissa wore them on their 20 mile
sponsored bike ride on Sunday, 
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The Panda Research Centre is located in the Sichuan Province of China. It is the largest and best known panda reserve in China and holds approximately 70% of the world’s pandas. Team 2 from Lord Williams School stayed in the centre for a week last summer. They were divided into 5 small working groups, reporting to a panda keeper and responsible for two pandas. The team was given staff overalls and their first assignments were to clean the cages and feed the pandas on a daily basis.
The team’s effort and initiative were very much appreciated in the Wolong Centre. Lord Williams School made the most of the project and had a positive impact in the environment. More World Challenge teams will be going to the Wolong Centre during their expedition to keep up with the good work in a responsible way.
“It turned out to be an excellent project” a member of the team said. The group enjoyed the interaction with the children at the kindergarten, which was set up to enable the children who were living in the slums to be cared for so their mothers could work during the day. The aims of the project were achievable both in time, technical skills and budget. The team had plenty of space to work without disrupting the kindergarten.
On the last day the Challengers organised a party and grand opening for the children at the kindergarten. In return the kindergarten gave them cards and certificates and the children did a little performance. It was very successful and for many of the Challengers it was the highlight of the expedition. The kindergarten was an extremely nice environment to work in and there is plenty of potential for more project work to be carried out there.
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One of the teams from Lord Williams School did their
expedition project in the Wolong Panda Research Centre last summer
in China. Not only did they take care of the pandas but they had
great team initiative to propose improvements in the centre.
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| We often get thank you letters from Challengers,
parents and teachers and we thought you’d like to see this one from
a School Leader of one of out international schools: Inter-Community
School Zurich.
From talking to the students before, during, and after the expedition I am always impressed with how much confidence and leadership qualities they acquire throughout the expedition. The learning takes place at different stages for different people. Sometimes a large part of the learning takes place before the expedition, whilst the students are raising the money and learning about the country they are about to visit. Some students learn so much during the expedition, especially when they are the leader and realise that their thoughts and actions count. Many students learn the most when they are back at school and planning the parents’ evening where they present, and reflect on, the experiences they had.
We are building on our outdoors programme all the time at ICS and the World Challenge expedition is one of the culminating experiences to aim toward. This builds on various kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, cycling and travelling field trips that take place in the younger years. I also run the Sports Leaders Award programme for Grade 11 students and it is often the students that have been on expedition that sign up for this optional course. These are the students that we, as a school, are proud to send out into the world. The students that come back from expedition are more confident, enthusiastic, passionate and sensitive to others. They have seen parts of a country that they would never have seen travelling with their families. They have made connections with locals who have such a different life and culture to themselves. They have played football and cricket with children who live in remote villages in the mountains and laughed and communicated with them with very basic gestures and words. This close connection with local children and adults invariably touch our students’ hearts and will stay in their memories forever. We are confident that these experiences will help to shape the choices and decisions that they will make in their future lives. As a school we endeavour to give our students as many opportunities and open them up to as many experiences as possible. The World Challenge expedition is a perfect way of reaching out further into the world and allowing more of the world to touch these very fortunate students. Vickie Haken “ The best
thing about the expedition was being with the group 24/7, the most
challenging thing about expedition was being with the group
24/7”
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I have also had students approach me two years after their
World Challenge expedition and tell me how the experience has helped
them choose a course at University and made them feel more confident
about leaving home. I see some students after they have been to
university tell me how it helped them with budgeting, and being
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Don't miss out:
Save 1/3 off remaining residential activity dates for Spring/Summer 2008 Whether planning events for activity weeks or preparing pupils for the transition to their next year group, residential activities are perfect for raising self-esteem, attendance and awareness of others. These fun, multi-activity 3 to 5-day residentials are tailored to each age group. See below for the last few available dates where you can save 1/3 off the price. Contact us to reserve your course or to find out more T +44 (0)20 8728 7200 E enquiries@world-challenge.co.uk
Key: * remaining availability
Real exploration, amazing experiences with 10% discount Expeditions to shorrt haul destinations are ideal for Key Stage 3 pupils, have real educational value and can fit into one or two weeks all year round with an average flight time of just 3 hours from the UK. Each destination has its own exciting adventure too: Amazing trekking in Iceland Canoeing in Norway Cultural interaction in Morocco Kayaking in Croatia Explore the Tatra Mountains in Poland Diving in Gozo Project work in Romania Book an expedition to depart in October 2008 half term and receive 10% discount. Please quote “October discount”. Contact us to reserve your expedition or to find out more T +44 (0)20 8728 7200 E enquiries@world-challenge.co.uk
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Meet World
Challenge staff and other School and Expedition
Leaders
Attendance is compulsory for all School Leaders and Expedition Leaders. If you haven’t registered for a conference, please do by completing this form. Read more about World Challenge:
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Cotswold Outdoor
You can also arrange a private appointment for the whole team to go to your nearest Cotswold store. At the store you can try on rucksacks, boots and all the other equipment that need experienced fitting advice for your specific itinerary. If your school is too far from a store please call + 44(0)870 442 7755 and where possible a Cotswold representative will visit the school with equipment suitable for the destination you are travelling to and advise on what you need. To find out who is the Cotswold store manager in your region, please click here.
Nomad Travel Clinics
Health and hygiene kits - if you are preparing for your expedition now and trying to pull all the things together for your own first aid kit you might like to visit Nomad Travel's website by clicking here. Nomad Travel have put together a health and hygiene kit specifically based on the needs of those participating in World Challenge expeditions. This kit could save you money as it is offered at 25% off to all World Challenge participants, and will also save you the time it would take to put together your own kit. If you are interested in the vaccination service, please contact Nomad: Aly Newall, Nurse Manager E manchester@nomadtravel.co.uk T +44 (0)161 832 2134
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Get more out of our relationship with expedition kit
specialists Cotswold Outdoor and book a Cotswold representative to
come to your school and give an equipment talk to teachers, students
and parents. 
You can book a Nomad Travel Clinic health
nurse to come to your school and provide vaccinations for the
whole team and as a World Challenge participant you will receive 10%
off the published price (N.B. this does not include
anti-malarials). This service will be provided free of charge
and vaccinations will still be offered with a discount of 10%.
Nomad stores can also be found in London, Bristol and
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