On Friday, we took our boarding students to the beautiful alpine village, Verbier and had an incredible time! ❤

During the weekend, the students were able to choose various outdoor and adventurous activities including, rock climbing, trottinetting, ropes park, hiking and mountain biking 🛴🚴‍♀️🧗‍♀️

All of these activities provided the girls with wonderful, yet challenging new experiences, helping them develop plenty of personal skills ✨

Alongside this, the girls were able to enjoy their free time exploring the popular village of Verbier 💕

On the final day, we took part in some team games where the students competed against each other in order to win the overall competition 🏆

I am pleased to say that we have some very competitive, strong girls in our house who did us proud and won the competition! 🥇

Overall, it was a wonderful weekend, full of so much fun and positive energy all round 🥰

The Jeûne Genevois is a public holiday specific to Geneva. It falls on the Thursday after the first Sunday in September. On this special day, the people of Geneva traditionally eat prune tart.

The practice of fasting could be observed in the. Swiss cantons as far back as the 15th century. The Diet, an assembly of the representatives of the cantons in place until 1848, organised penance and thanksgiving days. Each canton could decide what form these fasts would take.

The origin of the Jeûne Genevois dates back to the first fast recorded in Geneva, at the beginning of October 1567 following the repression of Protestants from Lyon. From 1640, fasting was seen as a moral and religious act and became an annual practice at the initiative of reformed cantons. It was seen as an act of humility and solidarity with the poorest members of society.

Our “ Louis Dégallier 56 ” Boarding House is ready to celebrate a holiday! And since we don’t have to go to school tomorrow, we are all looking forward to the trip to Lausanne which is going to be organized thanks to our great Boarding Activity Managers! !! You will be able to see the beautiful pictures of these trips tomorrow.

A wonderful opportunity for the students to explore new experiences within the school environment in the Swiss Alps .

As the weather still allows for temperatures of 30 degrees, our girls have been enjoying the beautiful Lake Geneva, engaging in their hobby of wakeboarding 

Brigadeiro is a homemade chocolate truffle typical of Brazil. Cocoa, condensed milk and chocolate chips.

This weekend part of our Brazilian community has gathered for dinner and prepared a delicious brigadeiro typical of their country. Thank you girls! It was delicious !

The CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) portfolio is a requirement for passing the IB Diploma Programme. The portfolio needs to be kept up to date and completed by the end of the year.

This academic year, Lucy has made a good start by enriching her experiences and projects, including spending one afternoon with middle school students.

She must now begin compiling her CAS portfolio, which should include developed reflections on all major activities and learning outcomes, illustrative materials, supervisor references, and a final reflective essay. 

At CDL, we are deeply passionate about community service, and we strive to instil this value in all our students. The school’s REACH program encourages students to engage in Health and Activity, Responsible Citizenship, and Creativity. Each student is required to complete thirty hours of community service per year during their time at the school.

In the Boarding House, we provide various activities and opportunities for students to participate in events and projects to fulfil their community service requirements.

We want to thank Sally for taking charge of collecting and sorting the trash today