Today, it was the International Day at school, where all the kids got to celebrate their diverse backgrounds by bringing flags and decorations from their countries of origin as well as some food for everyone (students, teachers and staff) to try.

There was also music, played by our favourite Concha DJs, Emir and Eduardo, with the help of the best assistants they could have asked for, Joao and Henrique. They nailed it and everyone absolutely loved their performance!

You can tell Emir takes DJing seriously!

¡Vamos, Eduardo!

We had 4 strong members form a team of super brains for the Internation Quiz, earning points for us in the House Competition! The Concha Lads competed against the other Boarding Houses in quizes about international knowledge, geography and flags.

Our boys competed very well and took home with them many points to help us move up on the overall scoreboard.

Well done Concha Lads!

Concha Lads are on fire!

The brainiacs themselves

Another fantastic goal we want to acheive with the Middle School students this year is to cycle around Lac Leman. Of course this is a big task so we must start with small steps. This Sunday the children, led by staff, cycled to Nyon and back to Versoix. A great starter to help improve stamina and road saftey.

Zhengtai is ready to ride!

Boarding is always busy and we have so many options for clubs and activities but we still find time to add in more. This weekend we set up a fundraiser for cancer research that the children and staff could donate to and take part in.

We set up a 24 hour relay run! Staff and students took part by running in slots of 30 minutes from 11:00am Saturday until 11:00am Sunday. Some students wanted to run more than their allocated slot which was amazing to see. The enthusiasm and dedication to such a great cause is truly inspiring.

Thank you to all who helped make this happen!

Gianni at his 10:00AM running session – Merci Gianni!

Martin in a great mood for the 08:30 slot

Always a pleasure to have some of our boys from Concha join the Climbing Club. We have been working hard every weekend, drawing in more crowds to join this awesome group activity.

João has shown his upper body strength has improved massively, going straight into the cave and doing the most outrageous overhanging climbs. After a while his arms were too pumped to continue this rythm so he slowed things down and focused on footwork, body-position and balance as he moved over to the slab wall.

Martin and Fanbo are such natural climbers and have been leveling up fast. They work together as a team and always push each other to do more. So great to see them in this positive enviroment and truly encouraging themselves to try their best.

João climbing out of the cave!

“Come on, Martin!” – Fanbo. “Let’s go, Fanbo!” – Martin.

During this month’s assembly, which took place in bright sunshine and fresh air, many significant points were covered.

Mr Antonio presented the charity projects to the students, encouraging everyone to participate and have a positive impact on the local and global community. The first of these will be the 24-hour fun run challenge. It will collect money for thyroid cancer research.

Just 10 points from the podium! We fought, we competed, and we’re almost there! We can easily reach the podium if we maintain our competitive mindset and determination to win. As Optimus Prime said, ‘No victory without sacrifice’.

We were extremely excited to see the new boarding trips planned for the 2025/26 academic year, with exclusive destinations such as Monaco, Nice, Costa Rica and Florence.

Mr Mike presented the schedule for the coming weeks, which includes some exciting projects, such as a trip to Ticino — Switzerland’s most beautiful canton — and the Adventure Middle School Léman Journey. This involves cycling around Lake Léman, also known as Lake Geneva.

The Fitness Challenge has been a huge success, with today’s challenge being the Flip Bottle.

Mr Usher took the time to introduce a positive mindset and a variety of new activities that will be taking place over the next few weeks, particularly the water sports such as sailing and wakeboarding.

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! 🪴