On Saturday Mr.Usher took some of the boys from the house onto Lac Leman on a speedboat. We had beautiful weather here this weekend so Mr.Usher and the boys took full advantage of the lake. As the weather improves we will be enjoying more and more activities on the lake.
Mr.Usher getting ready to set off with the boys.
Francisco, Aoto and Ryunosuke got a quick snap before setting off.
Today the boys took part in a charity event where each team of 4 they had to cycle the 4km. This meant each member cycling 1km each. They had to complete the loop on the Volcano Circuit on Zwift.
Daniel working hard on the bike for his team.
Albion working up a sweat for his team which paid off in the end!!
The winning team that were treated to a Black Tap burger for their hard work!! They ended up completing 4km in 6:05!! Good work lads!! The sponsorship money is still being counted and more challenges are being planned by Arsenii.
Remember Arsenii, who only started running in November, as one of the Founding members of the running club. He did his first 5 km in 2021, and what a huge achievement that was….. well he has just blown that out of the water and has just completed his first 20km run
Arsenii has completed the 20km in under two Hours, and has returned to the House with the knowledge, that every athlete experiences at some point, that our biggest limiting factor to physical exercise is our own minds. Arsenii told us this morning that 4 months ago he never thought he would ever run more than 10km, now he is planning a marathon before the end of the school year, combined in a challenge against Mr Tom, who is going to see if he can cycle round the Lake, while Arsenii does his marathon and see who finishes first, all for charity.
Tonight we celebrated Nihad’s official 16th Birthday.
A snapshot of Imanali with his Nike Swoosh Logo masterpiece! Imanali has been working on this piece since he arrived with us in February. He was a complete beginner when he first picked up a saw, but now he is proficient using woodcrafting tools and is creating amazing pieces of work.
Tonight we had our house meeting where we discussed the upcoming events for this week.
Tonight we introduced and spoke about some of the in-house activities we would like to do in the coming weeks. The House parents are looking to take the boys on some adventures in the Mountains, Electric mountain biking, Via Ferrata and rafting are all in the pipeline to be explored.
A shoot of a flying bee captured by Iyowuna last week. We entered this photo in for the Spring themed photo competition which ended up winning. The boys now have a pizza night tomorrow!! Well done Iyowuna.
After the meeting we took part as a house in the CDL May fitness challenge. Today it was to see how many jumping jacks we could do in 30 seconds.
We have a challenge for month, and we have been set a fitness Calendar to try and attempt each day. Arsenii has been hitting them hard this week, and tonight it was the turn of Mr Tom, Iluwona, Hamza and Nico to sprint 100m.
GO GO GO
The team in full sprint….. Iyuwuna takes a convincing lead, but the photo doest show the 2 seconds head start he took. it was then a close race between Mr Tom and Nico for 2nd. Hamza putting in a solid effort to come 4th.
Tonight the Grade 11&10 boys sat down and discussed the main topic for this week which was consequences as part of the Pillar 5; Making Safe and Responsible Choices.
The Grade 11 boys with Mr.Xavier.
The Grade 10 boys with Mr.Ronan
Tonight Olympus played Leman in a volleyball match where Leman came out victorious winning 2-0. It was a great match and well played by both sides in great spirits.
This weekend we have had a few special events to celebrate. Our G9 have been awarded as they won the Monthly house competition. Winning the house competition you know what it means: PIZZA !
Secondly, our beloved Nihad wanted to celebrate a bit in advance his birthday this weekend with his friends. He organised a lovely BBQ at the garden in Concha. Happy (in advance) Bday Nico ! but… 6th may the official one 😉
