We are back… and it feels good to be back.

As we approach the first day of school, the team is already working to make the arrivals as welcoming and smooth as possible.

We have made it through the tense and uncertain times and we are looking forward to the near future with positivity and energy to make this year as fantastic as possible, hoping our students will also come refreshed and with a great drive to make the best of what’s ahead.

One can’t deny that things are slightly different and changes are still required so we can all adapt to the new situation and always thinking of everybody’s safety and well-being… This should not stop us however from enjoying every single day. Our focus is, as always, in our boys who we are looking forward to welcoming soon.

See you all soon and have a safe trip 🙂

… in a very strange way we got to the last day of school.

Strange feeling as it doesn’t feel like the other last days of school. We are going through strange times but as the sun is high up in the skies so is our hope and commitment to make more and better for our students next school year.

It is now time to rest and reload batteries, for everyone. We have all been through so much in the past months. And these past weeks have not been a rest for anyone… but we made it and in August we will be here with a smile in our faces ready to welcome all of our students.

Enjoy, be happy, live, be careful and keep safe.

Wash your hands, keep social distancing and do something nice for another person every day:)

Despite these times, there are good reasons to celebrate 🙂 A wonderful school and a place of tolerance and joy.

David is here too… Another smiley face in our House. Welcome back 🙂

A huge welcome back to Anuar who has now returned to our Boarding House and will be staying with us for the coming weeks. It is really incredible to have some students back in the House and we are delighted to see them again.

Despite this troubled moment, the joy of being together is still there as you can see by Anuar’s smile.

So great to see friendly faces again… 🙂

As indicated in previous posts we have challenged the boys to stay active and fit busy during the break. We have already seen some images of some of them studying and others exercising.

We are joining now a few more captions of things they have done!

1- Iman wants to keep fit so he exercised a lot during the break. The video below shows him “playing” with the rope 🙂

2 – Nikita keep up working out and has developped some more muscles.

3 Masanobu loves football but instead he took time to walk his dogs out. Important to notice that he took the time to wear a mask as a prevention gesture against the Covid19 virus

4 – Finally we are sharing John’s project and work in his garden. John took things from the scratch and did a great job in preparing his garden this year. Great crops ahead we think 🙂 Well done to the boys for being so active and energetic.

John loves skiing and he doesn’t miss an opportunity to do so. Grand Massif, near Cluses in France was the spot chosen for today’s excursion. The group reported a lovely site and a pleasant winter sun during their adventures in the slopes.

Next one, this coming Saturday.

It was David’s day today. He got a cake and lots of pranks from his friends… and he got a dreamy Kotaro to take this photo with him 🙂

Wishing you the best David. Happy birthday

It’s everywhere on the news and we are not ignoring it. Coronavirus is a global matter where each and every one of us plays a part in preventing it and protecting ourselves and the others.

With this video, we could illustrate to the boys, how a safe choice can go a long way in terms of helping to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Not only we are helping ourselves but also we are taking responsibility towards the others. And if everybody does the same, certainly we could help to sort out the situation.

Here is a great example of how simple things, can possibly help on a global scale

It is always a subject that opens a lot of debate and we are glad we are now discussing this in our Well Being periods.

Today, we have brainstormed on 4 main concerns:

1- What is a safe and responsible choice?

2-Do we always make the best choices?

3-What if we don’t?

4-What stops us from making them?

As usual, a nice little debate and exchange took place and it was interesting to see the word “pressure” being mentioned by many of the older boys… we also heard “laziness”, “consequences”, “prevention” and “regret”.

We were curious to see how the older ones tend to relate immediately with their own experiences, as they project themselves into adulthood. We are positive this topic is possibly one of the most exciting ones we are going to have as there are lots of room for reflexion and exchange.

More to come, next week 😉