On Friday, Sakura and Sabine enjoyed the beautiful forest nearby in Signal de Bougy and climbed some trees around.

Not touching the floor, what an experience!!

Happy Eid-ul-Fitr (Eid Mubarak) 2021

The holy month of Ramadan has come to an end and the Muslim community is all geared up to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. The religious festival is celebrated on the first day of the month of Shawwal, on which people do not observe fast on this day. Eid is usually celebrated a day after the crescent moon sighting in Saudi Arabia, which is considered sacrosanct

Observed by the Muslim community around the world, on this day, loved ones come together to break the fast. Not only that, on this day people express gratitude and pray to Allah for everything they have. They wake up early in the morning, dress up wearing new clothes and wish their loved one

Queen Victorias, well done gils 🙂

The important part is that we had soooo much fun together!!!

We hope you have a really good day!

Love, New Portena

Congratulations to Sakura who came runner-up in Day 9 of the May Fitness Challenge- How many cartwheels can you do without stopping? Sakura aced this challenge by doing 50 cartwheels! Well done as well to Elise and Bianka who got 20 and 25 respectively.

On Wednesday evening, we took some of our bravest girls to take on ConchAttack in the Boarding Basketball Tournament, and….. WE WON! 26-24.

Thank you for a great game, and great team spirit (and also lending us one of your players…).

Onto the next match…

It’s a lovely day, so for lunch Terri and Sarah cooked and prepared a lovely barbecue for the girls. We had a great time, and everyone enjoyed the sunshine, music and laughter.

Have a great day!

Love, New Portena

‘Making Safe and Responsible Choices’: Last Wednesday, we sat down in groups and discussed the positive and negative consequences of different decisions. We discussed topics surrounding; smoking and vaping; sexual activity; bullying online and in person; judging others online; underage drinking; not following your dreams.

We were very impressed with the answers and comments the girls gave us and hope they will put into practice these types of pros and cons mentally before making risky decisions.

Kokoro  and  Sofia made their favourite Japanese meal

A home made take away, the best one!