Yesterday we’ve headed up to the mountains for our second session of ski and snowboarding. Weather conditions were challenging but did not stop our students from having fun.
Professional ski and snowboard instructors lead the groups of our students.
Hanwen taking his turn on the snowboarding exercises
Daniel was also enjoying his time on the board.
In the other side of the mountain Azamat and his group were exploring the resort.
Ilya took also part of the ski lessons.
Tonight we had our Wednesday night house meeting where we spoke about the upcoming weekend, the latest updates and some wellbeing
Nihad received boarder of the week for his help and positive energy around the house
Aoto and Ryunosuke decorated the welcome board to welcome guests into the house in Japanese
Mr.Jamie had his first wellbeing season tonight with the grade 9’s
The boys discussed what makes a positive and negative friend
Iyuwuna writing what he look for in a friend.
Today it was time for grades 10th and 11th to sit and talk about “friendships”
Students were questioned about positive and negative qualities of a friendship.
We also discussed the differences between encouraging someone and pressuring someone.
We finished the session talking about “Respect”.
Saturday saw the first Ski day of the season. Our students had a bright and early start before setting off for the beautiful mountain resorts in Leysin and Villars. It was a bluebird day with brilliant snow conditions!!
Some of our boys fueling up before hitting the slopes
Snow level nearly reaching roof level in Villars
The beautiful Tour d’Ai in Leysin
Said and Sultan getting ready
Omar ready to Rock&Roll
Quick snap of Daniel before putting a few turn together
Quick snap of Mr.Tom and Nihad in Leysin before getting ready to ski.
Mr.Ronan and Daniel in Villars
Next week here at CDL we Embrace the R in the schools RISE slogan, by dedicating the week to embracing and promoting RESPECT. The Boarding community has kicked things off early this weekend, by walking around the local area, having a little clean up and collecting litter. The student from Olympus were keen to be part of this initiative and collected bags for recycling and rubbish. The RISE week will be celebrated for the full week and we have more activities planned to promote this wonderful week of celebration.
We all have friends, but how often do we really think what they mean to us? Tonight the Grade 12 boys sat with Mr Tom and discussed Friendships and how to make sure we are surrounded by positive people. To identify this we have to go to the beginning, to the foundations we need to build a friendship. From the discussions we had the all revolved around a relationship that is built and based on Mutual respect for each other, the word RESPECT was brought up more than anything else.
The boys split into two groups and brainstormed…… One group talked about what they thought were the characteristics of a Positive friend and the other group did the same for a Negative friend. The groups list almost mirrored each other at opposite ends, and again the word respect and loyalty were top of the list.
The boys were then asked by Mr Tom, to write on a thin piece of card what a true friend meant to them, and what attributes they look for in a friend…….it will be no surprise that the most common answers were Trust, Loyalty and Respect. The boys are all very aware of the need for surrounding themselves with positive friends.
Cookies are always the best way to start the Wednesday meeting
Boris is this weeks Boarder of the week, earning his grade 50pts in the process from the lucky bag. Boris has been helping around the house as usual and also he was a key figure in the Global sports competition that CDLwere part of and Boris helped us achieve 3rd place out of 30 schools. Well done Boris
This week we spoke about this months Well-being topic, Building Positive friendships. We asked the guys who has ever felt the influence of peer pressure, shown here by them raising their hands.
We finished the evening assembly of as usual with a small in house competition. This week, it was all about the power of the mind. We took two members from each grade and Challenged them to a memory game. They had 30 seconds to look at 30 items on the table and then 3 minutes to try and remember as many as possible.
Grade 12 were the winners of this competition, getting 17/30 items on the list. The boys showed great teamwork, tallking to each other and splitting the table so they could work together to get the best result possible. Well Done Grade 12…. 100pts
Today we celebrated Max`s 16th birthday. Make a wish Max!
We all gathered to celebrate with Max.
Students of Photography club worked together to come up with this game of lights.
Fruit selection for BrunchBoris performing an abs exercise at Boot Camp Club
Hamzas angel version 👼🏻
Hamzas devil version 😈
Fruit selection at Brunch
Boris performing Abs exercises during Boot Camp Club