Happy Chinese New Year from Léman 1!
This evening we had a wonderful dinner together with the entire Boarding communuity, to celebrate another culture belonging to some of our Boarding students. The food was delicious and enjoyed by all. This is the year of the Tiger and it is said that people born in this year are brave and strong-willed.
This weekend the entire CDL Boarding community travelled to Crans Montana for our first Winter Mountain weekend. The students maximised the skiing and snowboarding opportunities, and there were a range of other incredible winter activities for our students. These included snowtubing, ice skating, bowling, as well as a trip to Sion for an escape room activity. Please find pictures below of the Léman 1 students and staff enjoying the mountain air!!
Living in a boarding community and surrounded by an amazingly diverse range of people, it is impossible to not find common interests and make new friends.
We promote diversity and internationalism within boarding and encourage students to mix with people from other cultures.
With the huge amount of different activities, trips and excursions on offer, these are excellent ways to interact and meet others in the community.
Wellbeing Pillar 3- Building Positive Friendships
@thatboardingvibe Friends good friends #wellbeing #pillar3 #thatboardingvibe #schoolstaff #boardinglife #goodfriends #positivefriendships #toxicrelationships #rob #max ♬ You’ve Got a Friend in Me – From “Toy Story” – The London Film Score Orchestra
This week we continued on our Wellbeing Journey of Pillar 3- Building Positive Friendships. We explored the topic of Boundaries and how these should be a healthy part of any friendships, partnership and relationship.
An example of this within the context of boarding are the boundaries we have as part of our boarding rules, or indeed the agreements in place with roommates. These are normal parts of our lives. We should feel comfortable and open to be able to share our boundaries with friends too. Even more so in relationships.
Being so close to the Swiss Alps we have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful snow on the mountains. Each weekend we have been able to offer activities on the slopes, from snowshoeing – to snow tubing- to sledging- and of course this coming weekend to Crans Montana for our 2nd Mountain Weekend.
Including, running, tennis, cooking, photography, woodwork, climbing and badminton.
Happy Birthday to Vlad, Mishaal, Baudelio and Junqi who ALL had birthdays this week. We hope you had great days boys. Now it’s time to eat the mountains of chocolate cake we now have in the office!!
This weekend we introduced an all NEW Weekly Badminton Tournament, with our very own Mr Max! Well done to all our boys who took part today.
This week we introduced Wellbeing Pillar 3 Building Positive Friendships. Next week we will discuss with the boys in the House: What is a Toxic friend? and how can we identify them?