Today, most of our Concha boys had the best Sunday plan: ski! 🎿

They woke up very early to head to La Tzoumaz, a ski station near Verbier. Once arrived, they prepared all their equipment to start skiing or snowboarding for some hours. Some of them were brave enough to try new activities, such as sledding, which they found particularly fun. Although last weekend they went to the same place, they are still amazed by the views they have while they practice one of their favourite sports, and the best thing is that they get to practice it together! 🤩

After a full day of skiing, they came back on campus, had dinner, tidied up their rooms and prepared everything for tomorrow. One thing they do not like that much is that they have to go back to school tomorrow, but next weekend is only in 5 days!

Fanbo and Juze or models for a fashion brand? 🙌🏻

Breathtaking views! 🏔️

Martin had such a good time! 💪🏻

After a week full of summatives, assignments to submit, study halls and readings to finish, the weekend finally arrived and the kids had tons of plans on their to-do lists.

From the early morning to dinner time, there was something to do inside or outside the house. Some decided to join activities before going to their long-awaited free time in Geneva, including cooking, boxing, climbing or basketball. Others preferred to stay in, study a bit and enjoy their free time afterwards. Both alternatives are totally valid! At night, we thought it could be a good idea to watch a film with the kids, so we made some popcorn and enjoyed a Batman-starred evening!

All in all, it was a fun day the kids took advantage of to rest and do those things they have not enough time to do on weekdays.

Go, go, Edo! 🧗‍♂️

Look at this duo! 🤩

A break after an exhausting climbing session…

Martin absolutely enjoys climbing lessons on Saturdays!

Don’t think it twice, Zhengtai, you got this!

Hopefully you are not scared, Fanbo 😬

Juze + horse riding = ❤️

Fanyang was over the moon!

Who’s gonna win? 🏀

This fight got tense!

Emir was very focused!

Jump, jump, jump ⬆️

Voici Gianni et Adrian en train de recréer Le Classique en eSports. Le Classique est la rivalité entre les clubs professionnels de football français du Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) et de l’Olympique de Marseille (OM). Les deux clubs sont les plus titrés du football français et les seules équipes françaises à avoir remporté des trophées européens majeurs. Il s’agit donc de la plus grande rivalité en France.

Première Match: (Gianni) PSG 4 – 1 OM (Adrian)

Deuxième Match: (Gianni) PSG 4 – 5 OM (Adrian)

Match de la vengence demain….Allez les gars!

Choisissez votre équipe

Nous sommes prêts

“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.

In the evening we love getting the boys out the house to kick the ball around. Mr. Sam and the boys had a great time. Boys enjoying time together and making sure to show Mr. Sam who is boss.

The Squad

Eduardo, Martin, Sam, Emir and Quique joined the Climbing Club this weekend. Lots of time spent on new challenges and tougher boulder problems.

The boys are focusing a lot more on not concentrating all of their strength through upper body but using thier legs more. Prioritising footwork and body positioning is key to finding their centre of balance, once they start putting these techniques in place their climbing level will sky rocket.

Keep your feet up Edu!

Push with your legs Martin!

Just hanging out with Sam

Started from the bottom now we’re here – Emir

Swinging from the top

Fancy footwork

Celebrating Friday nights in. Sam found the weather too cold this evening so we decided to watch a comedy film together in the common room.

A sofa all to himself.

Calm down time and having a little read with the Grade 8s. It is nice to see them in their own worlds and how their vocabulary is flourishing each time we run through the tricky words.

Top words of the evening:

Resignedly: (adverb) in a way that expresses giving in to the insistence of another or to circumstances beyond one’s control.

Busted: (adjective) in trouble; caught doing something bad or wrong.

Hyper: (adjective) overexcited; overstimulated.

Fanbo, Javi & Firdavs – Caught in the plot.

Jiarui found a quiet spot to himself.

Well done to our young ones for being great students. Our Head of Boarding Mr. Usher wanted to give a big thank you to the students for being great examples here at Collège du Léman. Our Concha representatives are Alex, Juze, Eduardo and Fanyang – good job boys and keep it up!

Congratulations!

Juze & Fanyang on stage.

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!