Happy birthday Egor!

Are you falling off here or finding it so easy you thought you would do a little dance?

Hope you have a great day!

Happy birthday Alibek, I hope you are having a great time with your family.

I see here that Alibek is so tough he has to wear a tree instead of a cycle helmet!

Happy Birthday Andrey – hope you have a ball!

Have a great day Jia Hao – You should be jumping for joy at being 1 year older!

What an evening it has been for Champs des Bois!

Tonight was the annual boarding house talent show and this marking period’s awards ceremony.

Firstly to the awards:

Aslan received the “boarding life” award in recognition of the fact that he is always tidy, polite, punctual, helpful and respectful (except for refusing my high 5 after he was presented with the award!). Congratulations Aslan – very well deserved!

Akhmad was presented with the “activities award”. He is always keen to get up to the sports dome each evening and willing to take part in any activity which we do. He has also become much more involved with the social side of the house recently. Well done Akhmad, long may it continue!

For the second marking period in a row, Vladimir was recognised for having the highest GPA in the house. Congratulations Vladimir, I know it has taken a lot of hard work to get this far and I am delighted to see that you are willing to do still more to keep on improving.

There was a new category this marking period for the most improved student. I am thrilled to announce that the prize for the whole of the high school section is back in Champs des Bois this evening. Congratulations Alibek – an improvement of 300%! That was actually the biggest improvement in the whole of boarding – we are all proud of you and looking forward to seeing your GPA soar to even greater heights next marking period!

I must say that while these four were awarded this evening, each and every one of the boys has impressed me greatly this marking period. They all deserve thorough congratulations!

Here are our winners with their medals:

However, the good news doesn’t end there. Every house either does a live performance or showcases a video for the talent show section of the evening. Our boys have been working hard on a spoof video about life in Champs des Bois. So hard in fact that it was judged to be the winning performance of the evening!!!

Well, we actually shared the podium with Ferrari boarding house but the boys were very pleased to be judged to have been as good as them. The Ferrari performance was a very creative dance routine. The stage was in total darkness and the girls were dressed entirely in black with glow-sticks attached to them. The result was a terrific display of dancing stick figures with flashing teeth; it was great to watch!

Of course the boys were perfect gentlemen and insisted the ladies took the trophy home first but I am sure we will put a picture up when they eventually get their hands on it!

In the mean time, here is the winning video – enjoy!

We are back! The boys have all returned from what seems to have been a very enjoyable break. It’s hard to believe that a week has passed already and the February break is already within sight (not that anybody is counting)!

The boys are now back in to the swing of things, we are all looking forward to some enjoyable activities and rewarding high grades in school this marking period!

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Happy birthday Aslan. Remember – birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake – enjoy!!!

The boys have all made it safely away from a snowy Geneva and will now be spending some well earned time at home. It’s just me and Frosty the snowman here now, and soon I will be leaving him in soul charge when I go to Chamonix to enjoy my own holidays!

I hope all the boys and their families have a delightful time over the next three weeks. Whatever you chose to celebrate, a family get-together is always reason for cheer!

Have a great time and I look forward to seeing everybody again (with the possible exception of Frosty) in 2013!

Jamie Robertson

Tonight was our awards ceremony to mark the end of the first marking period of the school year.

Huge congratulations are due to three of our house:

• Alexey Baryshev was given a medal for his eagerness to participate in as many extra curricular activities as he can squeeze around his studies.
• Mauro Yin was given a medal for his excellent attitude towards boarding life.
• Vladimir Rebrik was awarded the prize for the best academic performance in Champs des Bois.

I should also add that these are just three snippets of lots of great stuff the boys are achieving in Champs des Bois. I am constantly impressed by their ability to keep up with the busy social, sporting, artistic and of course academic schedules that are asked of them at CdL.

Well done boys – great job!

The holidays are coming and the boys are all looking forward to heading home and abroad to see their friends and families.

So much so in fact that they thought they would send you all a message!!!