Global Citizenship

We all had a beautiful way of expressing our understanding around Global Citizenship. Our common ground was that

we are all equal and we should live life with understanding, inclusivity and respect towards all living things and our planet. We are a global community striving for a better world!

 

 

 

The Saint Loup team ❤️

Pre-holiday weekend

On Saturday evening, two of our boys, Eduardo and Luiz, celebrated their friend, Enzo’s, 18th birthday, by enjoying a lovely meal in Geneva .

The same evening, whilst on exeat, David found himself watching a football match in Paris.

On Sunday, some of our boys invited their friends over for some New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch, as well as a Mario Kart competition. They then finished their weekend by enjoying a game of football on campus.

Overall, a fairly quiet weekend before the holidays.

LET’S CELEBRATE INTERNATIONALISM Part 1 of the challenge 🎈🎉🎈 FRENCH CULTURE

                                                   

One part of our values in CDL is to promote internationalism.  It’s a real chance for our boarders and day students to have the opportunity to live and learn with so many people coming from so many different countries and cultural backgrounds. It allows them to enlarge their vision of the world and enriches their knowledge and it gives them a better sense of tolerance.

In our home sweet home (St Loup 9) we have 7 boarders, 2 house parents, 8 nationalities, 6 languages. A real chance to be together. The challenge I gave to our wonderful boarders, a few months ago, was to showcase anything that they would like to share to their home mates and even to other boarders from other villas, about their cultures and country.

Today Etoile from France was the first one to try the challenge, two of her housemates joined, and we also had the pleasure to welcome another boarder from another villa, and also a day student.

It was a magical time, with lots of joy, and fun. Etoile taught her friends how to make French crêpes, she played French music, and a very popular song from a very popular singer popped up. “Cette soirée là”, from Claude François. Etoile was happy to speak a little bit concerning this French artist, and gave a little bit of background concerning him. If you are curious, I would encourage you to have a look at that video too : Claude François – Cette année là (Clip officiel) (youtube.com)

Please let us know in the comments what you think about this song and choreography.

The most funny part of this afternoon was that suddenly the guests decided to make their own recipe, adding ingredients to the crêpes dough.

This is what we call a cultural melting pot.

It was a real success. And we are looking forwards to live another internationalism adventure, maybe next time we will have the joy to taste a special meal from Republican Republic or we will have the opportunity to hear a song from Bhutan, or someone will teach us a Ukrainian dance. Who knows who will be the next one to try the challenge, but for sure we are looking forwards to have another fantastic time together.

 

Special thanks to Etoile for being the leader of this wonderful time.

 

 

 

 

 

Home is where the heart (and the food) is 🍽️😎

Dear all,

Today we had the opportunity to have dinner at home, which suited the boys down to the ground. We also had a sepcial occassion to celebrate, as earlier this week the newest member of the Saint-Loup 9 house joined – welcome Mahan! Now that we have a full house (and full bellies!), we are ready to take on the world by storm!

The Saint-Loup Team

Eduardo, Luiz Eduardo, Mahan & David enjoying their dinner for the first time as a full house – including a partial cameo in the reflection!

Lunar New Year & Boarding Assembly

Dear all,

Today, the College du Leman community celebrated the Lunar New Year – Gong Xi Fa Chai, May you be happy and prosperous!

We celebrated the day by a special presentation brought by two of the Leman Boarding House students during our monthly Boarding Assembly, as well as making it the focus of our weekly International Dinner meal.

A sepcial mention, in regards to our monthly Boarding Assembly, must also go out to Saint-Loup 9’s very own Luiz Eduardo, who along with others students going on the Tanzania trip (a few places still available!), spoke  about a charity football competition, with funds being raised towards Tanzanian needs!

Happy Lunar New Year!

All the best,

The Saint-Loup Team

Saint Loup Team Meeting, Pillar Three & Cake!

Dear all,

Today the two Saint-Loup Houses met for the weekly house meeting, and to go through our well-being pillar movement together. And a sweet surprise awaited – there was cake at the meeting, life can’t get any better than that surely! A delightful touch to our well-being exploration!

In the final week of our Pillar Three, ‘Friendships’, well-being programme, our focus narrows on toxic friendships and relationships, emphasizing the importance of spotting warning signs. Together, through open dialogue, with one another, as well as within ourselves, we can recognise the signs of unhealthy and toxic behaviour, and equip ourselves with the tools to navigate the complexities of friendships and relationships, ensuring that we are a pro-active force in fostering and nurturing healthy friendships around us, and also for us.

May this newfound awareness guide us towards fostering connections that bring joy, support, and positivity into our lives.

The Saint-Loup Team ❤️

House Assembly for the Saint Loup Team

Here we are joining forces once again this Wednesday to discuss all the exciting new things happening!

Our new Climbing Club, Ski Club, Esports Club and our Book Reading Challenge are about to begin and we are ready for it! We also got together to practice our French with our weekly mini French course. This week we learned phrases that have to do with catching a cold. We made sure to eat a few oranges while doing that!

We also had a lovely discussion on our Pillar 3 about  International friendships and addressing microaggressions. Stressing the importance of respecting each other, celebrate our differences and be considerate of everyone`s feelings including being aware of our own.

 

 

We wish you all a wonderful rest of the week!

The Saint Loup Team ❤️