This evening Sasha did some baking, with the help of his housemates. We made delicious banana bread that we will donate to a school bake sale tomorrow. The money from the bake sale will be donated to UNICEF. Sasha was very passionate about doing this and finds it very important that we all do a bit to help those in need – wherever they are in the world. Thank you for this amazing work, Sasha.

It has been another incredible weekend full of exciting times and enjoyable activities. Our students got the opportunity to take part in a range of amazing activities including cooking, woodcrafting, badminton, table tennis, chess, photography, tennis and horse riding. We also had the wonderful moment of celebrating the birthdays of some of the younger members of our community. Happy birthday boys.

This afternoon, together as a team, we created a piece of art for our chosen community project of the second pillar of wellbeing – ‘Protecting against bullying and promoting diversity’. This art project aims to represent all the different nationalities and cultures we have in our Boarding House. We are a diverse group here in Concha, from 9 different countries in total, but we still treat each other like we are in the same family. This canvas will be displayed proudly on the wall in the living area of our Boarding House.

The time has come to put up the decorations in ready for Christmas. Thanks to some of our Primary Boarders, we now have a wonderful tree in our Boarding House.

This week, we celebrated Thanksgiving. It is important for us to celebrate holidays from anywhere in the world. We had an amazing meal and the boys were able to do some important reflection about what they are truly grateful for.

Those who know our Boarding House well, will already know how passionate we all are about LEGO. We want to congratulate Liam on finishing his LEGO train. He has been working on this everyday for the last two weeks and he is very proud to have finally completed it. Excellent work.

It is so important that after a long day of hard work at school, that we get outside, run around, exercise and play some sports as soon as we can. For Bernardo, a release of energy through the sport of Rugby is just what the doctor ordered at the end of the school day.

This evening we welcomed some of the former Concha boys back into our Boarding House. We all enjoyed an amazing and delicious meal together, cooked for us by Mr James. Thank you so much! It is truly special whenever we do things together, and especially when it involves other members of our community as well. Congratulations also goes to Loris who won the quiz of the evening :).

Thank you to Miss Jody for visiting our Boarding House this evening. We learnt some very important techniques about how we can manage difficult situations involving conflict. We learnt about empathy and the importance of understanding other people’s feelings, especially when offering support or perhaps when involved in an argument with somebody. Well done to the boys for their brilliant cooperation and knowledge on these topics.

Thank you to Loris who has now completed his individual project for the second pillar of wellbeing – protecting against bullying and promoting diversity. He prepared delicious burgers for his housemates – the aim was to celebrate his American heritage by serving up American food and embracing his culture through cooking.