Yesterday we enjoyed a Valentine’s Day dinner with all of our friends. The dining hall was decorated for the special day and roses were handed out to the girls. How nice!
A Sunny Weekend
We were lucky to have a weekend full of sunshine on campus. The girls were full of smiles and were in a good mood because of it! They enjoyed their usual activities like tennis, cooking, an outing to Geneva, baking and chess.
After a nice weekend with great weather, it’s time to get ready for the week ahead by doing some homework and tidying up the house!
Old Portena weekends are always fun!
Old Portena is a busy House, but always full of fun and laughs!
This weekend was a very special one for two reasons: Mrs. Maral’s birthday and Isabella’s first time in Geneva. Of course, we celebrated together.
Friday night we had a special takeaway night with a movie to disconnect after a long working week.
Saturday we enjoyed our favourite activities: cooking, tennis, hip hop and football. After it, we went to Geneva together. Grade 8s had their first meal together in a restaurant, it looked fantastic, and Mrs. Maral and Mrs. Cristina got very jealous.
After a long afternoon enjoying the lovely Geneva sight seeing such as the Jet d’eau, we came back home to celebrate Maral’s birthday and sing and dance together.
Today, we went ice skating: SO MUCH FUN!!!
Wednesday is always a busy day!
Today we had our Monthly Boarding Assembly.
we enjoyed some amazing home made snacks
Of course a Wednesday can not end without our favorite dessert: crêpes, how delicious!
And … our internal House Competition:
Who can beat Mrs. Maral playing Rummikub?
Ashley is still thinking …
Another lovely weekend in Fiesch
This weekend was again spent in the beautiful Swiss Alps village of Fiesch. The girls and other boarders once again had the opportunity to enjoy the impressive alpine scenery and the various sports activities that were on offer such as skiing and snowboarding. Some also went on an excursion to the town of Brig!
What a great weekend we had!
Wellbeing Pillar 3 – Building Positive Friendships
Welcome to the third pillar of our well-being programme: Building Positive Friendships.
This pillar is a short pillar, only two weeks long however it is a topic that is at the forefront of our student’s progression and development.
The Takeaway point for this pillar will be:
- What are the benefits of an international friendship?
During our house meeting today, we discussed the importance of international friendships and the girls wrote down what being a good friend means to them.
We ended the meeting on a sweet note as the girls ate crepes, their favourite 😊
Welcome to Old Portena Isabella!
It is a pleasure to finally meet our lovely girl Isabella. We had a fantastic evening playing games and enjoying a chocolate cake that Angelina brought. Thank you very much, it was delicious!
Weekend in the Swiss Alps!
This weekend we spent a lovely time in the Swiss Alps. The whole school came together to enjoy the lovely landscape, sports activities, and wonderful sunshine.
Our girls enjoyed different activities such as bowling, billiard, snowboarding, skiing, and sightseeing.
We even had a round of BINGO! Unfortunately we were not very lucky 🙁
Badminton Tournament
This evening some of the girls participated in a badminton tournament and they had fun while being active! Lily won 2 games and Chihana won 1. Well done girls!
First Weekend of the Year
After the winter holidays, the girls are back at it again with their usual weekend activities! They enjoyed tennis, woodcrafting, stretch & relaxation, chess and baking. And of course they enjoyed some crepe time on Saturday. Check out some of them in action below.
