Happy birthday, dear Jane. We wish you the best! It is so nice to have you in New Portena 🧡🏡

Bon anniversaire Jane!! 🥰🥳

We introduce you to Nippy, the owl pumpkin that New Portena girls had fun to carve last Monday 😀

Yesterday evening New Portena house and its living room decorated with fake spider webs, bats, cockroaches as well as a table full of candies, marshmallows dipped in chocolate, scaring Oreo biscuits and much more hosted students from other houses who had a lot of fun playing board games and baking ghost, bat, pumpkin, brain-shaped sweets with New Portena girls! 🍭🧁

The whole house is decorated and everything is ready for the evening of Halloween.

We made every effort to complete the decorations before the arrival of the girls from holidays and we are very happy that they enjoyed this surprise.

During the October break Melissa joined an amazing trip in Vietnam and Cambodia with other students of the school. The two weeks were filled with exciting activities and places to visit. Trips like this can be incredibly enriching and provide a wealth of experiences and memories.

Vietnam 
After being in Hanoi, students went to Sapa which is one of the most interesting towns in North Vietnam and where there are beautiful mountain-spaces, diversity of minority people, and rice terrace fields, especially Fansipan Mountain well-known as Indochina Top. Students had the opportunity to interact with the locals during a visit to a Primary boarding school in the area and they did a boat tour in Tràng An. They also did a one-day cruise where they could do some kayaking in a lagoon and visit Sung Sot Cave. They visited the Vietnam Military Museum to learn about their history and enjoyed a rickshaw tour of the city and shop for souvenirs.

Cambodia
Memories of Cambodia will also always be unforgettable for the students. In Siem Reap they embarked on a culinary adventure with a cooking lesson, where everyone learned how to cook traditional Cambodian dishes and received certificates for their culinary achievements! 

It was a great luck also to have the opportunity to visit an orphanage: the time spent with children was truly heartwarming.
The 15 students who went on this trip generously donated school materials to 65 local students in need, a seemingly small gesture which meant so much to these children. We are so proud of Melissa and all the students for taking time to do such a beautiful thing.

Students were delighted to have a traditional dinner while enjoying a lovely Apsara Dance show.

The visit to the Angkor Wat and the Tomb Raider temple captivated them and after that they journeyed to the capital, Phnom Penh.

On their last day they had the privilege to interact with the local students, an enriching experience that touched their hearts.

Yesterday the 0-5 km race took place in Collège du Léman: the aim of the event was to initiate the student to healthy habits as the run. Everyone was free to participate by covering the distance best suited to their abilities and it was amazing to see the enthusiasm of the students in trying to push themselves harder than what they originally planned.

It was also a nice way to spend a sunny Sunday morning in the open air, in good company, among many laughs… ❤️ just like a real family!!! 🫶🏼

Tonight Miss Fana was back with her cooking skills! 👩‍🍳
Last year she taught Ana Karina how to make a flavourful sweet potato soup with onions, garlic, and thyme. Ana was looking forward to preparing it with her again. 😍

We are so happy to watch Aliki attending her first aerial silk lesson and feeling so comfortable in doing it. This can be a great sign that she might enjoy and excel in aerial silk, an activity which can be both physically challenging and artistically rewarding, so it’s wonderful that Aliki is off to a positive start.

Saturday and Sunday are the perfect days for students to refuel their soul and to be grateful for each and every one of their blessings.
During this weekend New Portena girls chose different activities: climbing, rafting, chess club, stretching and relaxation. Jane also helped in the community service.