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.

Today we had the privilege of celebrating Fanbo’s 14th birthday!

The day started with a hallway full of balloons and ended with a belly full of cheesecake!

Kind of looks like it could be a painting from the Renaissance

Daniel, you absolute legend

Jiarui, Fanyang and Daniel helping me blow up balloons the night before Fanbo’s Birthday…we did our best to stay quiet, but The Giggles got us

The Lads, our for a celebratory dinner the night before. Looks like it could be an album cover!

This bright Sunday afternoon Fanyang, Daniel and Juze spent some time out on the greens, working on their swing. While the wind worked against them, the sun shining down on them made any shot – no matter how curved it might be – a good one.

Looking gooood…

….and driving goooood

Juze shot so high he had to look for it

Looking like a movie star…

…driving like Tiger Woods

After a cold snowy winter and a rainy beginning of spring, the sunny warm days we deserved have finally arrived! 🌤️

Although the temperature is slightly low compared to what we normally get in summer, the weather was perfect to do activities outside and get to enjoy some of the things Switzerland has to offer: crystal lake waters, breathtaking landscapes and tasty food. In the Boarding House, we went out to our garden and had some quality time with the kids, talking about their favourite topics and playing frisbee. Other kids went to Geneva or down to the lake in Versoix. The view to the mountains is simply outstanding and the kids feel absolutely lucky to witness it!

We do not know how long this weather will last for, but we will enjoy it as much as we can, as some rainy days will come. They often say “April showers, bring May Flowers” 🌺

I tried to take a cool upside down picture but guess who were not in the mood…

Second attempt also failed 😭

Look at this beeeeeeautiful picture! 📸

Zhengtai, Sam and Martin went down to the lake together. Such a nice roommate bond! 🙌🏻

Sam reluctantly enjoying the sun ☀️

Beautiful cherry blossom tree shot by Mr Tarun! 🌸

Flowers start to bloom and give colour to the school ✨

The Concha Garden is the ideal place to relax! 🧘

The April Break is getting closer and the Concha Boys know it! However, before leaving, they wanted to take advantage of their last weekend of activities and leisure time in school and do what they like the most in the best company.

As every weekend, a wide range of activities was offered and the kids did not hesitate to choose what they do on a frequent basis or even try new activities they found interesting a long time ago but did not dare to try. After the activities, while some stayed in the Boarding House or Versoix doing grocery shopping or walking around the lake, others went to Geneva to buy clothes for the holidays and have nice food in their favourite restaurant. Once back in the house, they told us what they did and had a nice time together. ✨

Zhengtai is much getting into climbing!

Come on, Nathan!

Learning some boxing basics 🥊

We can tell Sam needed a short break after giving his best!

Adrian was focused on his creation 👨🏼‍🍳

It’s neither the first or second time Fanbo signs up for cooking. We have a potential cook here!

Gianni really enjoys the streets of Geneva 🇨🇭

Last Wednesday it was an important day for the kids: they got the boarding picture taken! 📸

Our Concha boys woke up earlier than usual for them to have enough time to get ready, put their suits on (yes, the key elements of the dress code were blazers) and have breakfast. They were lucky, as the picture was taken in our garden so they did not have to go far. They were arranged by height alongside other boarders and boarding staff by professional photographers. While they were waiting for everyone to be organised, they had time to chat, make jokes and spend some quality time together. Once everything was set, it was high time to get the picture taken, and after a long minute, it was over!

After this, they went back to the house to get changed quickly and go back to class. However, not everyone wanted to get changed as they preferred to go to school in their suits; it was a special day for them and they wanted their classmates to see how fancy they looked! Special mention to Firdavs here, Ms Manuella from Marketing told us he asked her for a couple of pictures…Someone loves the cameras! 🤩

In a couple of weeks, we will receive the picture and check how good our kids look in it. We are looking forward to sharing it!

Getting ready…

Look at these two partners in crime wearing their suits for school! 🙌🏻

Mr Manu and Mr Víctor also got dressed to impress!

After a few weeks of intense training for our talent show, this evening we returned to our regularly scheduled reading!

Incredible participation from our Concha Team to represent our house in the Climbing Cup.

This is the first Climbing Cup where the children have had a chance to earn points for the House Competition. We had a total of 16 students taking part from 11 Boarding Houses. For the Concha athletes from Grade 8 we had Firdavs and Martin, from Grade 9 we had Joāo and Fanyang.

The Team were giving it their all and climbed hard for 2 hours. After a long climbing sesion like that it was nice to sit down together and have a few snacks together while talking about different climbs and which muscles hurt!

Hello Mister!

Trying hard!

Amazing strength!

Don’t look down!

Sharing the same passion for watches, Kiké and Emir took a moment tonight to take care of their timepieces.
Mr. Stéphane, a watch enthusiast as well, brought his tools so the three of them could spend time together learning how to change a bracelet or a battery on their favorite pieces of jewelry.

Even though it may seem easy, the process actually requires a lot of patience and dexterity