Year 7 Visit the Chalet

Miss Beckett's Year 7 English class wrote some Children's Stories as part of their English project work and brought them over to the chalet to read to Miss Coley and Miss Limburn's classes.  Great fun was had by all.

St. Patrick's Day .... time for a bit of Irish Set Dancing

Miss Hickey joined Miss Liddy and Miss Daly's Year 5 class and Mrs Shaws' Pre-Reception Class on Wednesday the 15th of March in the sports hall for a spot of Irish dancing.  A little early for St. Patrick's Day on the 17th but perfect for showing the students a typical Irish Set dance for groups of 8 people.

Making Dream Catchers with Mr Gillan

In History this term Year 8 have been studying Native Americans. As part of their investigations into beliefs, students made "dream catchers" a common feature for many tribes to protect children from evil spirits.  These students should all have sweet dreams!

Pictured left: Teddy, Deniz, Sophie, Morouge & Jay.

French Film Club

Winter is not always fun: days are shorter and evenings can sometimes be long and very dark.   This term, every three weeks, a group of boarders welcomed Mme. Bodenmann on to first floor to watch a movie in French.

The atmosphere was very relaxed and we all enjoyed drinking a nice cup of tea and eating delicious biscuits while practising our French!

The following day, a “French Table” was set at lunch in order to discuss the movie.

Student favourites included:

Un film passionnant: “Carnets de Voyage”
Un acteur drôle: Gérard Depardieu dans Bodu
Un film bouleversant: L’esquive 

Film Club participants Andrea, Alex, Daryna, Valeria, Charlotte, Ane & Jessyca

On Wednesday the first of March, students in Years 9, 10 and the Art students in Year 12 went to the Paul Klee Museum in Berne.  Let's hear it from some of the students from the Year 10 German class as to how the day went.

Ausflug Nach Bern

Wann? Mittwoch, den 1. März

Wetter? Am Morgen hat es geschneit und es gab Probleme auf der Autobahn. Wir hatten eine Stunde Verspätung! Am Nachtmittag gab es ein bisschen Sonne, aber es war kalt.

Was? Zuerst waren wir im Paul Klee Museum. Wir haben im Zentrum zu Mittag gegessen. Wir haben nur Supercard verstanden! Dann waren wir in der Einstein Ausstellung.

Wie? Im Paul Klee Museum gibt es viele Gemälde und Zeichnungen. Es gibt viele verschiedene Farben und auch Symbole. Die Gemälde sind meistens abstrakt.Wir haben die ‘Blauen Reiter’ gesehen. Es gab auch Marionetten ! Paul hat sie für seinen Sohn Felix gemacht.

Mittagessen: Wir waren im Restaurant CO-OP. Es gab viele Leute und wir mussten lange warten. Das Essen war nicht sehr gut. In Starbucks hatten wir ein Frappacino karamel. Das war MEGA GUT!!!

Einstein: Es gab zwei Etagen über sein Leben und seine Frauen und über seine Theorien. Es gab einen Korridor mit vielen Spiegeln. Es hatte einen Turm mit Ausssicht auf das Bundeshaus und auf die Altstadt. Das war ein schöner und interessanter Tag!

                    Die Deutschklasse 10 – Sonja, Claire, Sandra und Megan.

Fun at Mrs Struba's House

On St. Patrick's Day,  Mrs Struba invited Midori, Jessyca, Lilli, Christine and Mrs Solari for a girls' night in of cooking, relaxing and singing.  Food for the occasion wasn't Irish ... but Japanese, courtesy of Midori.

On Monday the 27th of March the students challenged the staff to a Volleyball match.  Results ..... a little embarrassing for the staff, who came 2nd in this event, but nonetheless enjoyed the chance to give their stiff old bones and joints a bit of exercise.

Staff Team:  Heide, Mr Hernandez, Mr Jones, Mr Britnell, Mr Gillan and Mr MacSweeney

Boarders Sortie with Mme Bodenmann

Taking maximum advantage of the beautiful sunny weather, Madame Bodenmann took the boarders on an outing to Vevey on Sunday the  26th of March.  From the smiles on their faces .... looks like it was a fun day.