The students and staff had the most incredibly rewarding weekend in the mountains. We are all feeling very grateful! 🏔
We have arrived in Leysin! 🏔
This evening, we arrived in Leysin, had dinner and then participated in some fun activities in the hotel. Tomorrow, the boys will go mountain biking and orienteering.
Today we spent the day in Lausanne for Jeune Genevois
Group photo by the lake where we sat and ate our lunch.
All of the boys went to the Olympic Museum today. We got a House photo with Mr.Nathan and Mr.Ronan
Chaddy who arrived to the House yesterday, stood for a photo by the lake.
Erik, Antonio, Manuel, Masafumi and Yuto joined Chaddy for a nice photo by the lake!!
Louis really enjoyed the day in Lausanne and especially by the lake
Herman and Dymtro before leaving to go up to the museum
Antonio and Aryan playing a reflex game in the museum
Louis standing beside The Tokyo 2020 Gold Medal
Wellbeing Wednesdays!!
Tonight we had our Wellbeing meeting where the boys chose their individual projects. As our community projects, we choose to participate in the football tournament, where we had our first game tonight against AC Leman. We also Welcomed Chaddy who arrived at the house today!!
Today Manuel, Erik, and Antonio wore their new House hoodies.
Herman, Loris, Masafumi, Dyma, Louis, and Erik also wore their hoodies to school today.
This morning Erik and Antonio had a quick game of x’s and o’s on the bench with the morning dew
Some shots from tonight’s game! It was a great game. Both teams played extremely well. The game finished 5-5. Great start to the tournament and a fair result for both teams.
The boys are all happy after a great performance!!!
House photo after the game. Well done boys!!
How can sleep affect your brain?
Sleeping is definitely one of the most important functions of our body and it plays a key role in the regulation of all the other systems.
Lack of sleep provokes an unhealthy balance which can have visible effects in the short and long term. Obviously, one bad night of sleep is not enough to hugely disrupt our “machine” but several nights, in a row, without proper recovery can lead to several health problems and a dramatic lack of energy.
Hand in hand with it we also used our session to introduce our Boarding Counselling team who challenged us to try a few minutes of very simple meditation. The aim was simply to allow us to relax and it is visible that some took the challenge seriously while those in the back row, were quickly overwhelmed by the benefits of meditation and the help it provides to fall asleep.
All in all a curious experience for some and we will surely continue to work on this in future sessions.
A Weekend full of Fun and lots of Activities
Aryan took part in the STEAM club on Saturday. The challenge was to see if you could make and build some that would protect the egg from breaking if you dropped it from a height. Aryan managed to do this!! Nice work Aryan
Manuel was putting up some shorts after coming back from dinner Sunday evening
Erik also joined where he was working on his lay-ups and footwork!
All of the boys from Concha along with other boarding students got to enjoy the beautiful weather we had at the aquapark today. They all loved it!!
On Saturday the boys took a visit into Geneva. Some of them needed to collect items for the upcoming Mountain Weekend next week. After we all enjoyed the weather by the beautiful lake and Jet d’Eau
Dmytro and Herman stopped for a quick snap.
Also Antonio and Maneul.
Herman, Dmytro and Aryan all enjoyed a game of Beach Volleyball.
Saturday evening Cooking with Antonio & Manuel
Manuel and Antonio snapped before starting to cook the Spaghetti
Manuel cooked one of favorite snacks! Bread, dripped in egg then lightly coated in cinnamon! All the boys loved it!!
Antonio delighted as he started to cook the pasta!
Antonio cooked pasta for some of the boys in the House tonight! The boys loved it! Antonio’s pasta lives up to the Italian standards!! It was delicious!
Louis, Loris Herman, Aryan, Manuel and Antonio enjoying the pasta while watching a movie .
Perfect Saturday night for the boys!! Pasta and Movie before bed.. All of them looking forward to visiting the Aquapark in the morning!
September Fitness challenge day 2 – How many baskets can you score in 1 minute
Aryan making a shot. All boys scored high numbers!
Louis takes a great shot!
Antonio the amazing shooter and his fan Manuel!!
Manuel was on fire tonight!!!
Wellbeing Wednesday
After dinner, we held our weekly house meeting where we discussed upcoming events for the weekend. We also discussed different options for the boy’s individual Wellbeing project for our Wellbeing Pillar 1 Healthy Body and Minds.
Some of the boys chose to practice Mindfulness for their individual project for Pillar 1. Masafumi, Yuto, Erik, and Manuel followed a guided body scan for 10 min before bed.
Antonio took part in the Golf Club tonight along with Manuel and Aryan.
Aryan played golf for the first time which he really enjoyed!
Manuel managed to land 4 balls in the umbrella! He only started playing Golf 6 months ago
Wellbeing – Pillar 1 – Nurturing Healthy Bodies and Minds
Welcome to the first pillar of our Wellbeing Programme – Nurturing Healthy Bodies and Minds.
If we don’t look after ourselves in healthy ways, other areas of our lives can be negatively impacted. Our aim with the wellbeing programme, is to introduce a balance to our lives, to help us to reach our full potential and most of all are happy and healthy. This pillar we can split into two parts:
Healthy Mind
This is how we relax, switch off, de-stress, and deal with the pressures of school and everyday life. I would like to encourage our students to use their free time positively and use something they are interested in as a form of relaxation. This could include anything from sports, music, reading, walking, or art.
Healthy body
This is all about keeping fit and healthy, as well as what food we put into our bodies. Our students are able to achieve this achieve through the wide range of sports, activities, and clubs that we have available for them.
There are 2 points I want our students to come away from this pillar with, and I want our students to think about how we can factor in these 2 points into our everyday lives:
- How can we use our hobbies to de-stress?
- Why is sleep is important?
