NNAS Silver Navigation Award

​The Silver National Navigation Award develops the navigation skills acquired at the Bronze level. It adds skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks. It teaches accurate compass work. It will also teach you to select the suitable navigational techniques to cross open country.

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These skills support the Geography gcse curriculum and will also be put to good use when the girls start their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award in Year 9.  

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• ​Confident use of the skills detailed in the NNAS Bronze Award

• Plan a strategical navigation route using tick off features to keep on course

• Apply the following navigation strategies: aiming off, attack point and collecting features.  

• Use these skills in varying terrain

• Identify contour features

• Route choice and influencing factors

• Accurately measure distance using timing and pacing

• Relocation strategies

• Accurate use of a compass to follow bearings

• Understand the effects of weather, fatigue and physical discomfort 

• Understand emergency procedures

• Basic first aid

• Understand countryside responsibilities and the effect of walkers and access legislation

• Plan and implement a safe walk using the above skills​

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2 day course in The Chilterns

Day 1 Berkhamsted - option to meet at Watford Junction

Day 2 Wendover - option to meet at Rickmansworth station

£199 inc map

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