The students decided that they would challenge the members of staff to two matches this week, football and basketball. The staff decided that they would accept the challenge even though the students were sure they would win easily. By the end of the matches, the staff won the basketball match, one football match and drew with the girls football team in their match. The students were very quiet at dinner!

The assembly this morning was all about working together. Year 1 & 2 told the story of the greedy brothers who had to co-operate in order to find a solution to their problem. We enjoyed listening to the children singing a song about the importance of working together and helping one another. Examples of when the children work together in class were shared with us and celebrated.

We also celebrated `International Mother Language Day`, it is a great opportunity to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The students and teachers enthusiastically took part in a quiz and shared some phrases in their mother language.

In class this week the children have been busy using feely bags with secret objects (nouns) to generate adjectives for poetry writing.

The children were challenged to think of questions about magnets and magnetism as they explored.

This week the students will attend the Villars Night Show. The annual show will be held on Wednesday evening on the ski piste with all the ski instructors and special guests putting on a show for the people in Villars. It is a fantastic evening and I am sure that all the students will enjoy the show!

Tomorrow we will be celebrating the Chinese New Year. The students will have a Chinese dinner and after dinner we will all participate in Chinese film night with different films for the students depending on their age. It will be a great experience and for the new students, something else to learn about whilst studying at La Garenne. 

The students had a fantastic weekend and the Valentine's party went well. The boarding committee helped Paula to set up the dining room and added all the balloons and cards. There were many cards and happy students, the meal was delicious and the roses were all over the school! One student ordered twenty-one roses for twenty-one different girls!