Old Portena team wish you Happy Holidays!!! Enjoy the summer!!!!

Today was the graduation of Chisa,Lola, Yustyna and Elsa.Well done!!!

Today Taissia,Arina,Raquel,Roberta and Anna  graduates. We are so proud of you!!!

Miss Maria’s personalised cakes      are so delicious that we may need more than one!

This evening the girls had so much fun at the end of year party! They played in laser tag, water activities, slides and many more, while enjoying some delicious ice-cream!

Today all the girls went to the Lake to do the Dougnut activity.

Arina won a gold medal for her incredible art work this year!

today Arina, Taissia and Paria went to Coop for the Samedi Du Partage they went in the first group at 8 am. We are so proud of you girls!!!!!

Over the past year, Old Portena have made wonderful memories with friends and taken part in so many activities, that we have enough photos to fill up our Memory Books! The girls will be able to keep these books forever to remember our special year together! We are looking forward to seeing the finished books next week!

Today we enjoyed a beautiful walk in Lavaux.

Today as a House Activity we went to SENSA. We had so much fun and full of sensations.After we had McDonald’s and our Geneva time.

Even that the girls don’t have School they did Biking, STEAM Club and Volleybal.

Paria and Anna represented Old Portena in our Annual House Competition! Good job ladies!

On Saturday the girls participated in Cooking, Running Club and  Photography where they took amazing photos with Dia.

This week the Old Portena ladies took time to think of someone that had been truly inspirational in their lives, and they wrote a letter of gratitude thanking them for all the ways that they had made a difference. Soon afterwards, the girls sent these special messages to the person that they had in mind via photos of their letters, phone calls, and emails. Many families, members of staff, and friends were contacted throughout the evening. These tokens of appreciation brought much love and true happiness to both people involved. It was a special evening as we heard of the truly inspirational ways that people can make a difference in another person’s life, and of the power that a grateful heart has towards everyone’s happiness.

Today the girls did Tennis, STEAM Club m, Volleyball and Football. The rain don’t stop them 💪🏻

Today the girls did Tennis and Cooking where they cooked delicious crepes with orange.

On Friday Arina,Karina,Paria,Rin,Anna and Lola went to  Signal de Bougy to do the Accrobranch they love that!!!

Yesterday the girls went to the Jumping Park in Lausanne. They had so much fun like Kangaroos!!

We a visitors in Old Portena. The ducks couples 😍

To the mothers of all these blessed kids who are far from their children on this special day; we are thinking of you and wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day! Your kids are very special to us, each one unique in their own extraordinary way; all gifted and talented in different areas that create our CdL family.

Today was another Recycling Day where the Old Portena gilrs, with the help of their friends, all had fun being Environmentally Friendly! Great job!

This  Weekend the girls enjoyed Tennis, Cooking  and STEAM Club.

Today we went to Cailler and Gruyere. We came back to the school with our pockets full of chocolate 😄😄

The girls went to visit the tulips in Morges  and also enjoy the day  in a theme park.

Today the girls did  this activities Tennis , Biking in the forest and Cooking where they made Sushi.

you have all left and the House is quiet without you! We are comforted by the fact that you will be back in a couple of weeks and fill the House with fun loving energy, each one of you in your unique way. In the meantime, we wish you the Happiest of Holidays with your families and friends!! See you in a couple of weeks..

Miss Monica coooked a wonderful House meal of burgers, fries and salad for all the girls to enjoy! Thank you!

The Individual and Community Projects have enabled the girls to research and understand, for themselves, the importance of online safety, which will stand them in good stead for many years to come.

It’s been a great evening of laughter, listening to music, enjoying pizza and spending time together!

Each Wednesday, we are very privileged to enjoy a meal from a different country around the world!

This week was delicious Japanese food!

Yustyna is painting a drawing from Mr.Corbin. Thank you!!!

The girls were so happy because the shops are open and we could go to Geneva!!!

The 8th of March is International Women’s Day that grew out of the labour movement to become a recognised annual event by the United Nations. The seeds of it were planted in 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. The idea to make the day international came from a woman called Clara Zetkin. She suggested the idea in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women there, from 17 countries, and they agreed on her proposal unanimously. It was first celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland and in 1975 the United Nations started celebrating the day officially.

International Women’s Day has become a date to celebrate how far women have come in society, in politics and in economics. Please join Old Portena as we celebrate this day by honoring our Director General, Pauline Nord, and thanking her for building an excellent school community and helping our students achieve outstanding academic results by inspiring them with her hard work and dedication, to becoming the world’s future leaders.

This week we began our new project on etiquette and manners. The focus in our meeting last night was on the importance of greeting people correctly.

The girls enjoyed the role-plays and we hope to provide them with some life skills which they can use with confidence and grace.

Karina, Annie, Amy and Elsa  have been having a wonderful day of celebrations and have sent us some lovely home photos of their special meals. The Old Portena girls thoroughly enjoyed the  Chinese dinner in the dining hall last night too!

Our students enjoyed a day of skiing unlike any other! In fact, the yellowish light and brown skies that you see are not a photographic error but rather a rare meteorological phenomenon that occurs around three times a year in Switzerland due to dust sand travelling from the north-west African Sahara Desert and upward towards Europe. Until next Saturday!

A lovely healthy meal, served with chopsticks!

Part of building positive friendships in our house has come from the fun games nights! After much laughter, we have made many great memories together!

Getting ready to start Speed Smarties and Trying to beat the two dice chocolate game using gloves and cutlery!

Miss Jody, the Boarding Counsellor, gave a workshop on Peer Pressure to all the Middle school students last Friday. This was followed up by some positive and negative peer pressure acting! After these scenarios, we discussed how each of us felt about being in that particular situation and how we could help others in need or promote positive friendships.

After the all day skiing and tobogganing the girls deserve a dinner in the house.

Our Chain of Respect reminds us of all the qualities that are needed to make friendships stronger by respecting each other despite our differences, in our similarities and by standing up, together, against bullying. With all of these qualities that the girls identified this evening, we see that we can build feelings of trust, safety and wellbeing. We enjoyed Chisa’s birthday cake as we learned some valuable lessons.

Paria has opened her nail salon.

This evening the girls took time to think about this month’s ‘Take-away’s’ and did a Tik Tok challenge about Peer Pressure for their Wellbeing session.

Today we had the Options meeting for Grade 8 for High School. Now the girls can choose their subjects. We can’t wait!!!

Tonight after dinner the Primary Concha boys and Chisa went to the Wellbeing space with Mrs. Jody. Thank you Mrs. Jody!!!

These are the activities that the girls have done during the first weekend since returning from the holidays. They did Tennis, Cooking, Photography, Beauty  and Chess club.

Taisiia opened her salón in Old Portena.!!!

We wish you a Happy Birthday and have a lovely day. We will celebrate in January!!

Old Portena team wish you Happy Holidays!!!!!

We are closing the Boarding House from 20th of December until 9th January. See you next year!

To our lovely Housekeeping staff, Susana and Marta, we thank you for keeping our house beautiful and clean! 

For this Pillar 2 the girls from Old Portena decided to do different indivual projects. These are a few examples.

For this second Pillar, Diversity -Bulliyng, the girls from Old Portena decided to cook some dishes from their Countries ( Iran, Japan, Mexico, China, Russia, Ukranian and Gabon. All of the plates were delicous!!!. Thanks for sharing with us (of course we serve in different plates)

We had lots of fun activities for our last weekend before the winter holidays! Such as, tennis, biking, chess, cards and drawing!

Roberta got to celebrate her 14th birthday with friends, cake, and balloons!

We wish you a very special day 🙂

Tonight we exchanged the Secret Santa gifts in the house. Everybody was so happy!  😃😃😃😃

Tonight we had the Monthly Assembly. We wear masks even though we live in the same house.

This weekend the girls were so busy from Tennis, Coop, Biking, Beauty club, Chess club, Cooking and Horse riding.

Karina and Chisa are teaching each other Japanese and Chinese. So much fun!

Paria, Rin, Taisiia, Vlad, Sasha and Oscar all volunteered at Coop Versoix supermarket today to collect food and hygiene products from customers. These products are stored by the Geneva food bank Partage and distributed throughout the year to charitable groups all over the city, which collectively provide around 900 free meals every single day to those in need, thanks in part to the generosity of the public. Great Job guys!

This  weekend the girls from Old Portena enjoyed  Tennis,Photography, Biking and the Beauty club.

Last night we had dinner in the house. The girls helped me cook Moussaka. They really enjoyed the opportunity to learn different dishes and how to make a healthy dinner. GOOD JOB!! 👏👏👏

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This weekend the girls were super sporty! They played Tennis, went Biking and took part in a Photography workshop. Healthy bodies and minds- a good balance!

Every Thursday Sakura from New Portena comes to help Chisa to do her homeworks. We help each other😀😀

Marshall Rosenberg, an American psychologist, author and trainer, who came up with the jackal and the giraffe, explained them this way: “At an early age, most of us were taught to speak and think jackal. This language is from the head. It is a way of mentally classifying people into varying shades of good and bad, right and wrong. Ultimately it provokes defensiveness, resistance, and counterattack. Giraffe bids us to speak from the heart, to talk about what is going on for us, without judging others.”

One of Marshall Rosenberg’s key points is that it’s not just about communication. It is about two different worldviews: One that sees the world in terms of conflict, constant struggle, and competition; and the other, while recognising that conflict exists, sees the world in terms of harmony, empathy and cooperation.

So, which one would you choose? The Jackal or the Giraffe?

This past week we celebrated ‘Spirit’ from our school motto and each section of the school did a project to demonstrate their Community Spirit. Within the Boarding Community, we aligned this with our Wellbeing Pillar 2- Promoting Diversity and Protecting Against Bullying. We believe we have a strong bond as a Boarding Community and that together with the diversity among us we bridge cultures to come together and show our community spirit. To demonstrate this we created a video.

This weekend our girls enjoyed Tennis, Photography, and Biking on Saturday.

On Sunday they did a Beauty and Fashion club along with Tennis!

Our girls did Tennis, Photography ,Horse Riding and Biking. They had a fun time.

Paria helps Chisa reading a book. We are a family.

Chisa, Yustyna Victoria and Mrs. Joanne have fun playing basketball.

Today after lunch we went to Villa du Lac to do a workshop in Halloween. We did scary masks and make up. Thank you Villa de Lac for hosting it. This is the result.

Today Paria,Raquel,Chisa,Liam and Yuto went for a ride with Mr George in the forest.

Today we visited the Olympic Museum and Lausanne.

Today Paría, Raquel, Chisa and Hectorine went to Bern.

After baking a Banana Bread we decided to go to Olympus and then play Uno.

Today Rin, Karina, Roberta, Raquel and Arina enjoyed the activity of Climbing. They had so much fun.

Chisa inagurated the new corner that we have for relaxing and chill for them.

Today our girls did Tennis and Biking

Thanks to Champs de Bois for hosting the dinner.

Afther the dinner we came back to Old Portena to celebrate with the girls in the Boarding House.

Today some girls from Old Portena visited Montreux and the Château de Chillon. Of course during the visited of the Château all the students were the masks.

Today we celebrate Taisiia’s Birthday . We have so happy to celebrate witth you one more year!! Enjoy your day!

This weekend our girls did , Hip Hop,  Horse riding and Tennis.

Tonight as a part of the community project of the Wellbeing pillar 1our girls decide to cook. They decide the menu wheat pasta with tomatoe sauce, garlic bread and salad.They also set up the table. We served their plates individually. Good work!!

Last night in during our house meeting we talk with the girls about the plans for the weekend, the timetables, school while they having a hot chocolate.

For the Wellbeing program Pillar 1 (Healthy Mind and Bodies) our girls from Middle and Primary school made a diary about how their nutrition affects their sleep patterns and backed it up with the science that they researched.

Today it is Paria’s birthday and all the girl from the house decided that it was a lovely day and they had the cake outside in the terrace.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARIA

Our girls enjoy a lovely and sunny Saturday.Anna and Taisiia did donut Boat. Paria,Roberta,Rin and Chisa did Kayak and Hectorine did Tennis. Before we went to Geneva.

YUSTYNA and Chisa spent the evening with Mrs. Bea cooking a apple pie.

This Saturday the girls went to shopping and then on to BlackTap for some milkshakes and burgers!

Last Wednesday Mrs. Jody, our school Councillor, organised a workshop for our Wellbeing series on ‘Emotional regulation.’ The Middle and High school students that attended really enjoyed learning more about this topic.

Last Thursday was the Jeune Genevois and we celebrated it today with cake and ice cream! We also completed another Wellbeing session on Diet, Nutrition and Emotions. Everyone was also excited to hear about the nomination of our new House Captain- Paría!! Congratulations!!!

Taisiia spent her social hour in Villa de Lac doing her nails for Olga.

The first pillar of our Well Being programme is now being launched.

We consider Well Being a core element of what we do in Boarding. Well Being is the basis to everything and even above grades and academic or sport achievements we care and strive to ensure all the students are feeling well, in their bodies, in their minds, with their choices and with their friends.

The Well Being programme is scheduled to run along the school year and for each term, a different pillar will deserve our focus and work.

In this first half-term of the year, we will direct our energies, particularly to Nurturing Healthy Minds and Bodies with a particular emphasis towards Emotional Regulation.

How will we work? During the weeks to come, we will be discussing and directing students to a personal reflection on these topics and we will encourage them to develop some individual projects. These projects will aim at leading the student to reflect on his or her habits, see how they benefit their Well Being and extend this perception with the help of some creative activities.

Examples: Keeping a sleeping diary or take the time for a nature walk and see observe the nature.

Likewise we will develop some community projects, normally based by House but with the possibility of linking them to other Houses.

What we aim at, is leading the students to reflect and integrate these activities as part of their lives and encourage them to reflect so they can perceive the Take-Away points of such actions.

There are no right or wrong projects, as long as they lead the student to internally assimilate the benefits he can get from this or that activity. These projects can be based on habits the students already have and sometimes they didn’t even realize how beneficial they were.

Throughout this school year, students will be encouraged to complete an individual project and a community project for each pillar of well-being. These projects are focused on activities that are meant to support growth and self-awareness. We believe that this will allow our students of all age groups to take ownership of their wellbeing.

Parents, students, educators, walk with us this path. We count on your support to make the best for our students wellbeing.

We hope you will have a lovely day. We love Rin ! !!

Yvoire is a Medieval Floral Town on Lake Geneva, France. The town is well known for its medieval buildings and summer floral displays, as well as the Jardin des Cinq Sens a garden in the centre of the town.

This traffic-free village has managed to preserve much of its medieval look with town walls and gates, a historic castle, and narrow cobblestone streets. Yvoire is a beautiful town year-round but particularly attractive during spring and summer when it is filled with flowers blooming from seemingly every balcony and windowsill. Yvoire is hugely popular with day-trippers and thus has a large number of restaurants, cafés, boutiques, art galleries, studios, and souvenir shops.

 O.P. girls have enjoyed this Sunday there!!

Our girls doing the study hall. 👩‍🎓👩‍🎓

Today our girls went to school. Have a lovely day.

Today we did the cdl tour for the new students to show them where all the facilities and the middle school classes. We finish all this long walk in the Versoix Lake with an ice cream. Well done.

We are  looking forward to seeing you!! We are open and waiting for you.

Karina Graduated today! Next year she will be in Grade 6 – Middle school! We are so proud of you! Good job Karina!!