Tomorrow morning, the Boarding House will close for the Winter Break.
We hope all of our boys have safe trips and a fabulous time at home with their families. We hope everyone enjoys a well deserved break and we look forward to welcoming everyone back in January. Everyone has worked very hard during the first term and we hope everyone returns with their batteries fully re-charged for a prosperous second term.
Merry Christmas one and all.
Saturday evening saw a wonderful event, our annual Winter Dance.
The whole of the Boarding community made a tremendous effort and all of the Leman 2 boys were looking very smart indeed.
A brilliant evening all round – Happy Christmas everyone !!
L’Escalade, or Fête de l’Escalade (from escalade, the act of scaling defensive walls), is an annual festival in Geneva, Switzerland, held each December in celebration of the defeat of an attempt to conquer the Protestant city by the Catholic Duchy of Savoy. Troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, attempted a surprise attack during the night of 11–12 December 1602, but according to legend, were repulsed by a cook who dumped boiling vegetable soup on the invaders before raising an alarm. The celebrations and other commemorative activities are usually held on 12 December or the closest weekend.
The tradition this day is that people get little chocolate marmites (where once was the boiling vegetable soup ) full of sweets and share them with family and friends. Thank you Mr Usher for sharing those with us. Who said History can’t be sweet??? 😀
As we approach the end of the topic we decided to step back a little and have a little insight about our lives and how we manage our goals, as this is definitely an important part of our Well-being.
The video above, tells us about this inspiring experience, run by the Sky Cycling team and amongst other things, teaches us how little steps can play a big part in achieving higher goals. Sometimes we underestimate the importance of taking care of little things that can play an important part in a bigger picture. Our instinct is to look ahead and only aim at the final outcome but maybe this is something we should fight against.
As it states on this little tutorial, things like Commitment, Ownership and Responsibility lead to Excellence and these little features should be part of everything we do.
We felt this is fully within the scope of our Well-being topic because as a real team, we should all play together towards the same goal, and team spirit, support and effort are key elements to success in our House.
There is definitely a link between these facts in sports and in the boys’ academic life, in terms of preparation, making slight changes that can make a difference.
The boys seemed interested and we hope they could take some learnings out of this topic.
Introducing the winner of the Boarding Chess Tournament 2019……..
Leman 2’s very own……. Aryavir !! Well done Aryavir, a fantastic achievement.
This weekend, Rayaan, Aryavir and lots of other Boarding students enjoyed a fantastic trip to Germany to visit the amazing magical wonderland of Europa Park. All students had an amazing time in this truly wonderful place.
Congratulations Kotaro on a very successful performance during a Volleyball tournament this weekend. The team did very well and even managed to each come away with a medal. Well done to Kotaro and the boys. It is such a proud moment for us to report so many sporting achievements to you all.
Many congratulations to John and the rest of the Collège du Léman Rugby Team for their brave and courageous performance during their match on Saturday morning. Well done to John and the boys.
Many congratulations to Leman 2’s very own Tuna for winning the prize of highest GPA in his grade. This award displays a tremendous amount of work, effort and ability. We are thrilled for Tuna on this amazing achievement.
