Another weekend spent in the glorious sun over the mountains of Crans Montana.
Category Archives: Boarding School
First Ski Weekend
The girls had a great time during their first Ski Weekend away in Crans Montana enjoying a range of activities including skiing, snowboarding and ice skating.
We can’t wait to get back up on the mountains on Friday!
Aquatis Trip
The first weekend of the new term has come and gone and today the girls enjoyed a trip to the new aquarium Aquatis, in Lausanne.
We learnt about freshwater fish and habitats across all continents of the globe, and some of the girls even decided to be part of the Komodo Dragon exhibit.
Welcome back!
Welcome back to the boarding house everyone and happy new year!
Christmas Break
The first term has drawn to a close and the girls are slowly leaving New Portena and heading back to their family and friends for a well deserved break. The past few months have flown by with the girls showing dedication to their studies as well as engaging in a wide variety of activities and house events.
Last Saturday we celebrated all our achievements at the Christmas Dance, a lovely evening including a delicious meal followed by a dance, partly DJed by our very own Natalina!
From all of us here at New Portena we wish you a lovely holiday season and a great start to 2018.
Terri, Jemma, Costanza and Tharyne x
Winter concert
Louise, violinist from New Portena, performed in the Winter Concert with the String Ensemble on December 7, well done Louise!
Sunday Trip to Chocolate Factory & Gruyere
On Sunday Alina and Romina visited the beautiful village of Gruyere, and Maison Cailler, the famous Swiss chocolate factory.
The girls explored Gruyere in the snow before moving on to learn about the story behind how chocolate is made. A great day was had by all!
Christmas Spirit has arrived in New Portena!
The tree is up in New Portena and as the cold weather has well and truly arrived, the girls are feeling more and more festive every day!
Thanksgiving
New Portena girls enjoyed Thanksgiving celebrations at Mr Usher’s house!
They also wrote on coloured cards what they are thankful for in their life.
House Competition: Masterchef
Today was the sixth house competition of the school year; Masterchef. New Portena were given the challenge of making a Starter and the girls decided to focus on the diversity of our house to create a colourful and healthy dish.
Well done Dahlia, Natalina, Irina, Alessia and Alina! And a big thank you to Dahlia’s Mum for Facetiming us and making sure we didn’t face any culinary disasters.
Now to wait for the results….
