As part of our friendship wellbeing pillar, a few girls painted some rocks to symbolise what friendship means to them.
“In the cookie of life friends are chocolate chip”
Have an amazing break and gets lots of rest.
Lots of love,
The New Portena Team
xxx
The beginning of crochet art club at new portena joined by some of the kids from champs des bois.
we had lots of fun painting and relaxing as well as finding out Carina is a natural at crochet !
lots of love,
The New Portena team xx
Our girls participated in a range activities this weekend.
Coco, Defne, Sara and Sabine had an amazing day on the slopes.
Molli and Rei enjoyed a lovely nature walk and a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Carina, Maria and Samira learned how to make frittatas in their cooking class.
Lots of love,
The New Portena Team
xxx
The Power of a Balanced and Healthy Friendship
Friendships are vital for our wellbeing and in them we create some of the most powerful bonds we can experience throughout our existence. But with that term, which is friendship, there come many broad meanings to it, that can mean different things to different people. Our overall being can impact the way we view and experience that friendship. Most of the typical friendships are formed through:
Benefits of Healthy Friendships
Connecting with other people is one of the most urgent impulses of us humans. With examples of life experience and research, having a life with the inclusion of friends helps makes us better adjusted in life. Having healthy friends helps to deal against negative mental health outcomes. Friendships improve our confidence and self-worth, help us cope with serious life events or trauma like break-ups, illness, or losing a job, improve our feeling of belonging and encourage us to avoid unhealthy behaviors or change them when it comes to numeros things in life.
Toxic or Unhealthy Friendships
While close friendships often serve in order to bring usz positive, protective, and healthy feelings, some friendships can have the opposite effect causing antagonism, conflict, and inequality in ourselves and the overall friendship. These relationships are considered toxic, unhealthy for our us. Examples of toxic friendships include:
Tips for Supporting Friends
NOURISH YOUR FRIENDSHIPS !
The boarders all went to Crans Montana this weekend for a lovely little getaway.
The girls had fun skiing and snowboarding, they enjoyed the town of Crans Montana and the city of Sion as well as an escape room!
we can’t wait to go back in March!
lots of love,
The New Portena Team x
We are now in the second week of our third well being pillar which focuses on boundaries.
We all watched this video during our weekly house meeting and had a really enlightening conversation with the girls. They seem to understand the importance of having boundaries and also enforcing said boundaries. We hope you also give it a watch and maybe learn a few things.
Our girls enjoyed a range of activities this weekend.
Taisiia and Kate played a few rounds of tennis.
Zoya enjoyed a game of volleyball and her skills are very impressive.
Carina went to an escape room and was doing equations without a calculator.
Maria and Molli had an amazing time on donuts in the snow.
lots of love
The New Portena team
xxx
Rei, Sara and Sabine all received academic awards for having achieved high honours for the last semester.
We are all very proud of them.
Lots of love,
The New Portena Team xxxx
After a long week of school we are all incredibly excited to welcome everyone back for a new year and semester.
Everybody enjoyed their fun weekend activities from skiing to wood crafting.
lots of love,
The New Portena Team
x
We are very happy to welcome a new addition to New Portena house. This is Maria-Clara and we all look forward to getting to know her.
lots of love,
The New Portena Team
xxx