This evening we celebrated the birthday of our very own Tim!
Coming back to the Boarding House was not going to be all about fun activities, going to downtown Geneva or enjoying the Concha pool. The kids have also returned to their previous routines, which involve study halls. During these hours, they finish their homework, ask us for help, put their organisation and time management skills into practice and prepare for their summatives.
With finals coming up in June, our kids are aware they have to make the most out of these hours and make extra efforts to ensure success in their exams. Come on, Concha boys! You can do it! 💪🏻
Martin did not like the idea of going back to Study Halls but…in the end he enjoyed it! 🙌🏻
Look at these hardworking little men! 🤩
Gianni was concentrated on his Maths homework 📚
With summatives coming up, the best thing to do is to study together!
After two intense weeks of holidays, this weekend we have been gradually receiving our Concha boys, who were looking forward to coming and sharing their holidays stories with us and their other friends in the house.
Some of them stayed at home, others went to the beach and others went back and forth different exotic destinations we were impressed to hear about. Since they came back from different Asian, American and European countries, most of them were jet-lagged and needed to rest for a couple of hours. Then, they went on doing what they enjoy the most whilst here: play basketball, grocery shopping, visiting Geneva and eating in some nice restaurants and spending time with their favourite House Parents and Concha friends!
Since they had no school on Monday, we decided to take advantage of the good Swiss weather and took them for a walk to the lake once they were done unpacking. It was a nice way to breath some fresh air, spend time outside and catch up with the rest. At night, they went to bed early to recharge their batteries for the first day of the last term!
Some of the Concha Boys having a blast at the lake
Martin arrived safe and sound after his holidays between Russia and Armenia!
Our favourite basketball players are back at it 🏀
This iconic duo is ready for more adventures to come this last semester…
Enjoying the views
Chilling, chatting while witnessing a beautiful sunset
Most of our kids found it a bit strange that we had our dinner at home today. As they are leaving this week and by Thursday some of them will be already gone, the Boarding Team decided to make it happen today so as for a greater number of kids to enjoy this bonding experience with their House Parents.
This week we had food from the Middle East. The main dish was chicken kebab with potatoes on one side. We also got to drink some peach iced tea and taste delicious, mouth-watering cream puff pastries. As the weather was nice, we sat with the Concha Boys in the garden and enjoyed the view.
Fanyang helped Mr Tarun serve the food 🍽️
This looks delicious!
They were the first lucky ones to try today’s dinner 🤩
Good company + great food + nice views = everlasting memories
“Guys, look at the camera!”
This selfie is worth millions!
Dinner with a view
Fun fact: after dinner, João, Gianni and Adrian headed to the gym. Yes, it was a heavy meal 😮💨
Today, Fanbo, Jiarui, Emir, Tim, Vincent and Sam had an important basketball match against the day students team. They trained hard to do their best in the match. Some of them scored some points and their moves and strategies were impressive! They communicated, passed the ball to one another regularly as an actual, united team and cheered one another up even from the bench!
They have demonstrated they fight hard to reach their objectives and do not lack strategy skills. Well done, boys!
Boarders and Day Students’ picture with their coaches! 🏀
Training session before the match
Give it all, Emir!
Sam, Fanbo, the victory has to be ours! 🏆
A long second before scoring a well-deserved triple 🙌🏻
Energy-draining match, but it was absolutely worth the experience!
Joao, Eduardo, Henrique and Emir spent some time on Sunday afternoon with the amazing Ms. Rym in the Champs des Bois garden, helping her take apart some pallets, prune some trees, dig up some soil…and jumping on the trampoline!
Another lovely evening of reading goes by.
Javier and Firdavs compete to see who is further in the Outsiders, Zhengtai explores the Secret Garden and Sam delves into the human anthropology of Sapiens.
Our dear Joao graced us with his presence this evening as he read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and later, in our sharing session, talked about his opinions on some the books the other boys were reading.
Our words for this evening are Meaningful, Themselves, Sleeve, Dumbfounded and Menagerie.