Dec
03
2020

The Pizza Prize 🍕❗

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Our grade 12 boys climbed to the top of Mt Olympus (in house points) to gaze out at their reward — a night of pizza galore. In non-covid times they would go somewhere outdoors, but the outdoors are currently cancelled. So they have earned themselves a whole slice of pizza wellbeing. Togther we watched the video that Jody kindly made for us on Non Violent Communication (NVC) and debated its content afterwards. It is beneficial to discuss our wellbeing with a full stomach 👍

Akihiro, Daniel, Vova, Marnix and Francisco enjoy their slice of wellbeing.

Francisco catches a glimpse of the camera: we’ve been spotted !

We watched the video Jody kindly put together about how to address each other in moments of stress and anger. Mr Rodrigo enjoys a slice of free pizza in the background.

Alas an evening of well being cannot end without a game of pool! Miguel and Albien on the table. Good night and good luck !

Dec
02
2020

Midweek Madness activities!

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Iyowuna working up a sweat on his new skateboard.

Iyowuna practicing his kick-flips. He managed to land a few of them and they looked awesome!!

We had a little 3v3 where the underdogs came out on top winning 4-3!! Arsneii, Ilya U and Mr.Ronan vs Aoto, Ryunosuke and Francisco.

Ryunosuke after hitting the target!! As always

Albion and Mr.Ronan had round two of pool tonight. Albion came out on top this evening. Well played Albion

Dec
02
2020

Wellbeing Wednesday

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Covid may restrict us celebrating all together.. We all still managed to celebrate Ilya’s 16th birthday! Happy Birthday Ilya!!

 

Mr:Rodrigro having an interview with the boys from CDB where he answers some questions in relation to promoting diversity and protecting against bullying, our wellbeing pillar 2 topic.

Grade 9’s wellbeing season where they are watching a video on non-violent communication

Nov
30
2020

Mr Ronan against all odds ! !

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The boys play a few games of badminton and pool against Mr Ronan. It’s a slice of wellbeing!

Aoto and Mr Ronan face each other on the court

And it’s a point for Aoto !

Boris and Albion play Mr Ronan at pool. Boris debuts his 90s bleached looks. It’s the talk of the boarding town.

It’s a win for Boris !

Nov
29
2020

Its the Well-Being Wall!!

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This is the Wall of Diversity in Olympus. As you enter Olympus you are now greeted by a wall celebrating the diverse Countries and Cultures we have within our Boarding House. The boys have each made posters to represent each of their countries and have been adding flags and items over the weeks that best represent their countries.

Omar, Karim, Boris, Aoto and Nihad create the posters for the presentations on their respective countries. Model UN!

Mr Rodrigo oversees the process of poster making. We discussed American foreign policy in light of Nigel’s poster, as he is from California.

Nov
27
2020

Happy Birthday Mirsadi

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Happy Birthday Mirsadi……today we celebrated Mirsadi’s 17th birthday.

Mirsadi celebrated with a delivery of Homemade cupcakes for all the boys in the House.

The House all come together to sing Happy Birthday to the Birthday Boy

Nov
26
2020

Can you riddle me this: What rhymes with agreeing❓

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It’s Wellbeing! Thursday at Olympus is a round of the Pillars for grade 12 with Mr Tom and grade 9 with Mr Rodrigo. Agreeing could almost be a synonym for diversity: we agree to respect each other despite our differences. After their respective activities, we had a planner check with our students. Hands up and show us your homework! It’s the planner police. We hope they haven’t been too busy watching The Crown to write down their homework…!

Mr Tom prepared an activity revolving around a Kahoot quiz with the group of grade 12. It gets the debate starting around questions of diversity and the boys’ wellbeing. The boys are on their phones in order to play the quiz.

Mr Tom unveils the results of the Kahoot. Wide grins !

At the end of Mr Rodrigo’s activity everyone got their planners out. Some have used them quite a lot.

And that’s a wrap! Planners back in their schoolbags and boys back in their rooms ready for bedtime. It’s the remains of the day.

 

 

Nov
25
2020

Olympus has Fallen…. the Big Jenga edition 😂 💯

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Wednesday evening means house meeting. We gather around Tom, as if the warm hearth, and he gives us the good and ill news. For this occasion we discussed our new system of house points…. a healthy dose of competition does wonders to the boys’ well-beings. Wednesday brings as well another nugget of joy: the house competition. On this evening we had a boy of each grade represent their group at jenga. Watch the pieces of Olympus come crashing down: things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

A grand panoramic of the house meeting. Revel at the enormous common area…!

Mr Tom shared his presentation with all the key points of the evening. Courtesy of Prezi.

We watched a video about knitting for charity. Tis the time to be charitable! Twas the Night before Christmas…..

Boris goes for…. what might it be?

It’s 50 house points! Boris is boarder of the week.

Mirsadi unveils the night’s challenge. Ilya watches in awe. The stars are aligned ! May the odds ever be in your favour.

Gabriel smiles at the camera’s candid eye. Ilya attempts his chance at success. Referees take pictures and encourage the players. They surround the almighty Jenga tower. Babel can shrink in comparison.

Mr Ronan is responsible for this great low perspective shot. Mirsadi tries his best at balance. Said watches on, probably hoping for it all to come crumbling down!

 

All victorious on the Western Front: Sasha smiles at his victory, Ilya stands proud as second in the game. The flag of Switzerland watches us always!

 

And an update on our house points mountain board. Mr Tom has enabled a system of magnets to slide the figures up and down hill. Grade 12 are back in the lead ! See you next for more competition, and Wellbeing. It’s a good night from us ! Over and out.