The Duke of Edinburgh International Award requires students to complete 6 hours of purposeful activity on each of two days. In addition, the students had to set up their tents and prepare their own food for one night. This is one of the four sections of this award, but for many students the most exciting section.

One group had an expedition topic to look at the demise of Kosmaj tourism, and the other the religious buildings in the area and their significance for the area.

Having planned their hikes around the mountain in order to get to/from appropriate locations they set off on Saturday morning, maps in hand. They successfully navigated around some lovely scenery on the mountainside for many hours in lovely weather and both groups arrived, late afternoon, at their camping area. There they had to set up their tents and cook their own food over a fire. Being tired they decided that a party was out of the question and they were asleep far earlier than normal! The next morning (having been awoken at 6 am) they had to take down the tents and clear the site. Following this they had a second day of hiking and exploring the local area, using their map reading skills to navigate around.

Come Sunday afternoon both groups arrived at their final checkpoint, tired but very happy. They, and we, are proud of their achievement – well done to all involved.

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Special congratulations go to several of these students who have managed to achieve both the Bronze and the Silver level award.

The Ceremony represented one of the peak events in the life of our school community this year. It also reflected the true educational ethos of BIS, giving our students an opportunity to rejoice in their accomplishments.

We are most thankful to HRH Crown Prince Alexander and HRH Crown Princess Katherine for their hospitality. We are also thankful to the Ambassadors and First Secretaries of various countries posted to Serbia, as well as to a number guests who attended the Ceremony.

The evening began with a welcome speech from HRH Crown Prince Alexander. After that, Mr Howie introduced the audience to the concept of  iDEA award programme and the tasks our students needed to complete in order to achieve their Bronze and Silver awards. The students were then presented with their award certificate by HRH Crown Prince Alexander and the BIS Principal Ms Keserovic. Ms Keserovic closed the formal part of the evening by thanking their Royal Highnesses and the guests and by congratulating the students on their success.

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