Nov
08
2020

Just Another Wonderful Weekend

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Well-being takes many forms…. Here we  may see it on two wheels… on two tomatoes… or even two onions. It’s just another wonderful weekend. The leaves are turning yellow, brown and red. The boys rejoice!

Fran, Tony, and the rest explore the central European landscape.

 

Hanwen, Fran, Arsenii, Aoto, Ryunosuke and Tony… sometimes happiness means a pair of wheels.

 

Our animal friends

 

Francisco and Mirsadi partake in the joys of French cooking…. watch out Julia Child!! We’re sure the meat was ”au point”

 

Said, Francisco and Mirsadi pose in the midst of their creation. Happiness sometimes is just a full stomach. Bon appetit, boys!

Nov
07
2020

Mid-autumn Saturday Wellbeing

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The boys partook in some very engaging activities today that kept them entertained and boosted their Wellbeing.

Mr Jaime guides Ilya, Francisco and Boris through bootcamp… excellent to maintain a healthy mind-body balance.

 

The boys were very tired by the end of the activity…. mens sana in corpore sano, boys!

 

Arsenii and Nihad cooked a very elaborate brunch. Wellbeing for their stomach!

 

Tony looks on in awe and disbelief….it’s the joy of French cooking.

 

Iyowuna participated in the photography activity in nature… is this our future Henri Cartier Bresson ?? Time will tell!

David channels the work of Ansel Adams by taking a black and white picture of nature, Give him a LIFE magazine cover already!

Nov
04
2020

Mr Usher goes Virtual!

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This was our First Virtual Boarding assembly, Mr Usher spoke to the whole boarding community, Mr Antonio introduced us to the Second Pillar in our well-being program and Mr Rob gave us some news from around the world.

Nov
01
2020

Olympus put the P in Spirit

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The Olympus boys got together today to be part of Spirit week. Together with the rest of the boarding community, they created the word spirit, Olympus being the P.

The WIFI also went down this weekend which resulted in some great board game fun…… This was the start of a marathon 6 hour game of Monopoly

Harry was designated dice roller.

 

Oct
31
2020

Well-being in Olympus… Pillar 2, Respecting Diversity and protecting against Bullying

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This week the Boys in Olympus began their exploration of the second pillar in our Well-being program. Over the coming weeks we will explore, discuss and educate each other on the topic of Respecting Diversity and we will look at methods and examples of ways we can protect ourselves from Online Bullying.

For this Second Pillar the boys will again choose an individual project for them to complete, some of the boys have already started to research and educate them on the topic of Diversity. Some of the boys decided to listen to podcasts weekly the learn more. Each of the boys will be helped to choose a project to help them grow emotionally.

Oct
31
2020

Happy Birthday Iyowuna!!

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¨The boys got together this evening to celebrate the Birthday of Iyowana, We all had a good sing song and shared some cake.

Chocolate and Cherry Cake is everyone’s favorite in Olympus.

Oct
29
2020

Thursdays are Busy in Olympus!!!

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 Tonight the Grade 12 boys explored the second pillar in our well being program, Respecting Diversity and protecting against Bullying. The boys discussed the meaning of Diversity and we explored the many differences to all people and the dangers of opinion being confused for fact. The boys also performed a small activity where they spoke of the similarities and difference that each student could see in one another, and showing how we all see and prioritize are views differently.

 

Charles showing Mr Rodrigo how to play table football.

As we are currently restricted to within House activities, the boys took advantage of the empty football pitch and got together for some in house competition.

 

Oct
28
2020

Welcome back!!

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We had our first all house meeting of the new term. We discussed the new and updated Covid regulations here in Switzerland. We also discussed the start of pillar 2 of our Wellbeing program. In pillar 2 we will cover Respecting Diversity and Protecting Against Bullying.

 

Arsneii carving out the pumpkin for the house competition tomorrow.

 

Finished product. The pumpkin is also taking the Covid regulations seriously here in the house.

 

Max cooking himself some tea. Max loves spending time in the kitchen and trying out new recipes.

Oct
17
2020

Happy Holidays Boys!!!

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As the October break now begins, with such an uncertain start to the school year, I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Holiday and a relaxing week with your Families. Plans have changed and everyone has been affected in one way or another, but the boys in the house have been positive and motivated throughout this first term. Well done boys, we look forward to welcoming you back next week.