Today we had the privilege of celebrating Firdavs 15th birthday!

It was a lovely day filled with balloons, a lovely cake made by Fanbo and Martin (with the guidance of Fanyang) and – at the request of the birthday boy – an evening of flashlight tag!

This month’s dinner at home took us to Italy, whose delicious food always leaves the kids wanting to repeat!

The Concha boys got the opportunity to have a mouth-watering lasagna and some salad. Also, they drank some peach ice tea and had some tiramisu for dessert. All of us enjoyed this moment as we could sit in the garden and chat while having a tasty meal. 🍽️

Mr Tarun and Mr Manu serving the food to the ravenous kids!

Food appreciation post

Only cool kids allowed in this table 🙅🏼

What a crew!

It is true that the weather has generally been great this weekend but, unfortunately, Sunday evening is being a bit rainy. Today, the kids spent some free time in the afternoon outdoors, playing some sports in the Concha garden or simply enjoying some time off around Versoix. Some of them gathered in the living room to study together, finish work projects and spend some quality time before the start of the new week.

Sam showing his art off

Focused 🙇‍♂️

Henrique looks motivated!

“Mr Victor, don’t be loud! We are studying”

As the good weather arrives, the kids get to join a wide range of outdoor activities to keep themselves busy on the weekend. Some of them tried wakeboarding and others went cycling. But there is something all of them have done: enjoy practicing physical activity in the sun! ☀️

They will be start deciding their activities for next weekend soon. Will they be the same? Will they go for something different? Stay tuned to find out!

Eduardo proved to be a wakeboard professional!

Gianni right before his running session with Mr Joe started 🏃🏻‍♂️

Every weekend, Sam learns some new boxing movements 🥊

Fanbo making a delicious cake during his cooking lesson 🍰

Kike and Joao reached the top!

Daniel and Tim about to hit the ball ⛳️

Look at these four enjoying gardening! 🪴

This morning myself and the boys went on a beautiful Sunday morning bike ride as part of the training for the Leman Journey Adventure!

A little informational session about safety from Mr. Mike!

Sam raring to go!

Javier looking fly!

And away we go!

This lovely, sunny Saturday, I took Emir, Eduardo and Henrique away into town to handle some basic errands. Our initial journey took a longer turn once I found out that they basically only knew one street in town: Rue de Rive…

What started with a quick jaunt up through the old town over to Parc des Bastions ended at the Jardin Botanique! We walked over 22,000 steps (Emir said that’s the most he’s walked in one day in his life!)

You can juuuuust see us

I wonder what put such lovely smiles on their face?

Contemplating the overall weight capacity of the “Longest Bench in the World”

Leafy roaming through the old town

After all the times over the last two years that his mother recommended for him to come here, Emir finally visited the UN!

As we all know, Joe plays for FC Versoix and is utterly devoted to his role in the club. He goes training on a daily basis and plays matches regularly. What is more, he has made a bunch of friends there, which allows him to get to know more people from the area and come into closer contact with the Swiss culture.

A few weeks ago, Adrian joined the football team too, as he is quite passionate about football as well. In fact, yesterday was his debut and it went quite well! Come on, Adrian, keep it up! 💪🏻

Just about to score a goal…

Go, go, go, Joe!

It’s yours, Adrian! ⚽️

Focused on the game

Another Thursday in which our Concha 8th graders gather after their evening shower to read their favourite books together. We sit for approximately 45 minutes and encourage them to note down those words that may be new for them as well as summaries of what they have read.

Some new words they have learnt today are wrecked, moan or wonder.

Mr Sam finds this moment truly inspiring!

Zhengtai and Fanbo were mesmerised by their books!

For today’s international dinner, it was the turn of New Zealand! 🙌🏻

The menu was tasty and varied and most importantly, the kids found it particularly enjoyable. The first dish was a Kumara salad with honey vinaigrette. It was then followed by a kiwi roasted lamb with potatoes. Last but not least, it was high time for the kids’ favourite part of the meal: the dessert! It is always nice to have something sweet after our meal, and in this case, they had the chance to enjoy a delicious kiwi pavlova and some red fruits.

All in all, a dinner to remember!

“Come on, Mr Tarun! We want to eat!”

Some of them even finished their plates some minutes after, impressive!

Look at those almost empty plates! They are definitely enjoying their dinner!

Today we had the privilege of celebrating Fanyang’s 16th birthday!

He had a lovely day, with balloons in the morning, a lovely early dinner with some of his close friends in afternoon, and a surprise cake with the Concha lads in the evening!

Some early morning wishes

A lovely dinner in Geneva!

We had the cherry cake for the first time, it was delicious!