Have a lovely half-term break! See you in a week 😉
Some spring crocus flowers that visit our garden once a year for a few weeks.
And So, We Go!
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“There Is No Frigate Like A Book…
…to take us lands away.”
– Emily Dickinson
This evening our boys spent some more time in lands away.
Zhengtai started a new Sherlock Holmes mystery, Sam moved on to a non-fiction business related book, Jiarui started his second book from the Diary of A Wimpy Kid series and Firdavs is discovering the fun of the Magic Tree House books!
We had some pretty complex words today:
Abstruse, Cussed, Poise, Incumbent, Dazed, Attached, Transcendental, and Remonstrate.
Martin looking comfy!
Multitasking at it finest!
The return of Javier, we’ve missed you in Reading Club bud, especially Feydya!
In Firdavs own words “Maximum effort!”
Fanbo’s looking comfy…a little too comfy…
Zhengtai delving into some more Holmes mysteries
“That’s The Thing About Books”
“They let you travel without moving your feet”
– Jhumpa Lahiri
Another evening of reading flies by as the boys continue on their little travels through their books.
We learnt lot of new words today, myself included! Patrick Rothfuss has quite an extensive vocabulary.
I learnt the words askant, which means to regard something with suspicion or disapproval, and effulgent, which is when something is particularly radiant or shines brightly.
Adrian inquired after the word homeroom, which the other boys were a bit perplexed about…but then Adrian explained that in the French section, it’s called Vie Scolaire.
It’s always quite entertaining finding different ways to explain words in the context of the house, and we definitely have some very… creative…examples.
Here are some of the other words:
Calmly, Receiving, Silence, Exclaimed, Indecisive, Fortunately, Genius, Wrapped.
What A Wednesday!
Wednesday are always quite a busy day, with so much going on that it goes by in the blink of an eye!
For our international dinner, we enjoyed some delicious Chinese food!
Our dear Mr. Jack reunited with the lads!
Yet another round of spot the Roner!
Nice to see that Gianni’s evolved to a thumbs up!
Matthew and Vincent, livin’ la vida loca like usual
“Wait, wait! Daniel will be here in a sec, he’s just going for round 3!”
After our House Meeting, all the boys gathered round to see their rewards for being punctual and discuss some trading strategies.
Samwise hunting for rewards, no one is safe!
Pillar 3: Building Positive Relationships
This evening we launched Pillar 3 of our Well being Program!
This pillar focuses on building positive relationships, and what better way to kick it off than to talk about one of the most important relationships you could ever cultivate: the one with yourself.
Self-acceptance, self-love, understanding your emotions and your thoughts; these are all vital aspects of positive friendships as they impact they way you interact and develop relationships with others.
We spoke about how self-acceptance can be difficult sometimes, especially at this age and provided some tips to help our boys in case they found themselves struggling with it.
Lastly, we played a game where we threw a ball around and each of us said something we liked about ourselves or that we felt proud of. It was lovely to see that so many people were quite proud of helping others! There was a lot of giggling and clapping, but overall a lovely way to get the boys to see how great they really are.
Joao’s turn with the ball!
Xīnnián Kuàilè!
This evening some of our boys celebrated the Lunar New Year by going out and enjoying a meal together!
Some of our boys stayed home, but we celebrated with them here by ordering some delicious food of our own and sitting down to eat it together here in Concha!
Strumming Time!
This evening, our very own Daniel, courageous that he is, performed for us in the High School Musical Showcase!
Novel Nights
Tonight we enjoyed another round of our Reading Club!
We had quite a few new words tonight, and the boys had a lot of fun coming up with examples of how the words would be used.
Many words were quite similar and context was important to define them, like whisper and muttered or astonished and perturbed.
Some words made it quite clear the tone of the chapter they were reading, like paranoia, bitterly, and fitful.
Others were more whimsical, like glitter, brandish, decorate and soapy.
And then there’s copperplate…which is just fun to say.
Lunar Dumplings!
For some of our boys, the act of preparing dumplings and eating them together during the lead up to the Lunar New Year is a common practice that is supposed to bring prosperity, luck and success in the new year, and the amount increases the more dumplings you eat!
So together with the guidance of their parents, they prepared some traditional dumplings from scratch!
Fanbo working away, smiling at the thought of how delicious these are going to be
Jiarui laser focused
Fanyang after over 30 min of chopping away! Joao stepped in as relief for a moment
Look at how green these finely chopped green onions are!
Now for assembly, an arduous process that requires focus and some dexterous hands
A little flour toss to avoid sticking
We just love it when a plan comes together
Getting all our dumplings in a row
The delicious final product. The boys did such an incredible job for their time making these by themselves!
Welcome Back!
Hello everyone!
We are back!
We’re looking forward to welcoming all of the boys back to Concha and we are excited for all that is to come in this new semester!
