Did you know that England colonized 25% of the world?

Did you know that Angola’s former president ruled the country for over 40 years?

Did you know that in Jordan and Iran there are two different types of Muslim religion?

Did you know that China has over 5000 years of history?

Did you know that Chernobyl was a huge disaster in Ukrainian history and that it happened 33 years ago?

Did you know that Indian’s Diwali is originally a celebration about a son getting back home to his parents?

Did you know football was invented in England and that the Tea tradition in UK was introduced there by a Portuguese princess?

All these are some of the things we shared and learned today in our session about Diversity. Sharing parts of our culture and countries is a way of putting forward our unity and developing a sense of respect. The boys say they feel that respect of diversity is one of the strengths of this school. The R of our Rise motto ( Respect ) is something we take seriously and the good atmosphere in the Boarding Houses is nice example of how rich we are to have so many different students, living together in a peaceful and friendly manner.

Under a cloudy sky, the Geneva Bains Bleus are the perfect combination to keep warm and in contact with the nature.

Here are three good friends enjoying the thermal waters, in a relaxing moment.

One of the things that makes us proud is to see our students getting better in areas they are passionate about. Yida’s tennis skills are visibly impressive and the quality of his game as been noticed by our coach. This is representative of the Spirit ( from RISE ) that we want our students to put in place. Well done to Yida for being so reliable, enthusiastic and for all the effort 🙂

This evening we had the third House Competition of the year, the Pumpkin Carving!! Well done to Rayaan for his fantastic work and spirit. Happy Halloween to all!!

With a new half term, we have started discussing the new topic on our Well Being Program. This is a special one that we do take very seriously as an international school. We have covered what we consider bullying and diversity to be and we were happy to see that the boys think that bullying is not a major problem in our school which is quite reassuring to hear.

Over the next weeks we will deepen our dialogue on this and explore what diversity has to offer and how can we promote that as an important and positive part of our lives here at CDL.

We hope all the boys had a great break with their families and we look forward to welcoming them all back into Leman 2. We wish the boys all the success for the rest of Marking Period 1.

After a final week of half term with Parents – Teachers meetings it’s time for a moment of relaxation and rest. We will be back in a week but in the mean time have a Happy Fall break. See you soon

Huge congratulations go to everybody who participated in the poetry and music event this evening. Special well done to Amro and Rayaan!! Congratulations boys, you did brilliantly =).

The Léman 2 boys gathered this afternoon for the last well-being session before the October break.

The first part of the session was recapping from the session a couple of weeks ago – the boys shared their current exercise habits and wrote down targets for their future sport and activity participation. We will get together again after the break and review these goals. We have been very impressed with the current amount of sport and exercise that the boys do and the fact they are very motivated to do even more and achieve their newly set targets, is a fantastic thing to see.

When relaxing, a lot of the boys will still be on their phones or watching movies. We would like to encourage more effective methods of relaxation, for example, breathing techniques, meditation, reading, sport or listening to music. In addition to this we showed the boys a short mediation disk to give them an idea on how they can effectively relax / relieve stress. The boys responded positively and we will continue to encourage this. Some of the benefits of meditation include:

• Reduces Stress.
• Controls Anxiety.
• Promotes Emotional Health.
• Enhances Self-Awareness.
• Lengthens Attention Span.
• Can Generate Kindness.

Smiley faces on Kotaro’s celebration. We wish you the best 🙂