ACTIVITIES

Below you will find a non-exhaustive list of extra- curricula activities organised by the school during a typical school year.

Educational Activities

• “Dustbin day”: Recycling awareness day in the context of the Eco-Schools label, collection of toys, clothes and medicine for the charity Aide en Raid (all classes)
• Visits to Geneva university bioscope to study DNA (2nde class), digestion (5ème class) and neuroscience (1er S class)
• “Clean Up day”: rubbish pick up in nearby forests, parks and riversides (6ème class) School Science Festival: scientific discovery and experiments (classes of 6ème to 3ème)
• Visit to Geneva university: microbiology experiments (Terminale S class)
• Visit to Geneva university to study the experimental protocol and changes of states in the physioscope (Primary)
• Talent week: various student presentations (all classes)
• French Language Festival: assorted linguistic games (6ème to 3ème classes)
• World Poetry Day: presentation by poet and singer Pierre Alain and creation and presentation of poems by students 5 Primary to 2nde classes)
• Visit to Geneva university to study human behaviour in the bioscope (4ème class)
• Kangaroo maths competition (all classes)
• Trip to the Salève mountain: biology and geology experiments (1erS class)
• First Aid training (Primary and 3ème classes)Internet and Plagiarism Awareness campaign (Primary to 3ème classes)
• Traditional food specialities during Spanish class (4ème to Terminale classes)
• French and foreign language book club (Primary to 3ème)
• Penfriend letter exchange with Spanish high school in Barcelona (1er class)
• Highway code awareness (4ème class)
• Digestion workshop at University Medical centre (Primary classes)
• Visit to Geneva university bioscope to study stress and the human body
• Start-up creation with Graines d’entrepreneurs (3ème class)
• Eco-Schools cross-disciplinary project: Waste Land, the cycle of hazardous waste (2nde class)
• Book collection: Eco-Schools whole school project

Conferences

• Copyright conference organised by Swissimage (Primary to 2nde)
• Humanit Art humanitarian action conferences (all classes)
• Bullying conference by Mr Franchino (5ème to 3ème classes)
• Presentation of Marche de L’Espoir, sponsored walk in favour of the charity Terre des Hommes
• Fire Prevention presentation (Primary classes)
• Conference on the history of the UK and Ireland, given in English by Mrs Harris ( 2nde class)
• Eco-Schools label and information (Primary to 1er classes)
• Conference on Cyrano de Bergerac by C. Girard from the Carouge theatre ( ème, 2nd and 1er classes)
• Conference on Chekhov’s Swan Song by C. Girard from the Carouge theatre (2nd and 1er classes)
• Conference given by Eva Schloss, step-sister of Anne Frank and Auschwitz survivor (4ème to Terminale classes)

Museums and exhibitions

• “Labyrinthes initiatiques” by Chufy in the Humanit Art gallery (6ème class)
• The Saga of Giants in Geneva’s BFM (Bâtiment des Forces Motrices) (Primary classes)
• Australian Aboriginal Art in the Geneva museum of ethnography (6ème class)
• Guided visit behind the scenes at Geneva’s natural history museum (2nde class)
• Avenches Gallo-Roman museum (Latin students from every class)
• Lyon biannual modern art exhibition (1er and Terminale classes
• Maison du Salève: discovery of ecosystems and fossil construction (5ème class)
• La Cité du Temps: Works by Rey and Timer (6ème class)
• Ai Weiwei exhibition at Lausanne’s Beaux-Art museum (1er L and TL Art classes)

Study Trips

• Freiburg, Germany (Primary classes)
• Ardeche, France: prehistory around the Pont d’Arc cave (6ème class)
• Gliers mountain plateau: pot-holing (5ème class)
• Dublin (4ème, 3ème and 2nde classes)
• Language exchange with OBS school, Zurich (3ème)
• English immersion course, Bristol (1er)

Sporting Activities

• Initiation to mountain sports and via ferrata climbing with guide J.M. Boimond (6ème to 3ème classes)
• Ice skating (Primary to 4ème classes)
• Swimming (all classes)
• Football tournament (Primary to 2nde classes)
• Ski camp in saint Gervais, including a night in Amis Montagnards chalet (6ème and 5ème classes)
• Skiing in Sommand (Primary classes)
• Sports day at Bout du Monde stadium (Primary to 2nde classes)
• Cross country running at Vesy (Primary to 2nde classes)
• The traditional Geneva Escalade race through the Old Town, entrance offered to every student and teacher, participation optional
• Participation in Terre des Homme’s sponsored walk (Primary to 2nde classes)

Career Advice

• Geneva University Open Day and presentation of various faculties (1èr and Terminale class)Visit to career advice centre,
• Geneva (4ème class) and in-school presentation of the centre (all classes)
• In-school Career and Training Forum attended by Swiss and French universities, various companies, schools, etc. (All classes)
• Visit to EPF (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale) Lausanne (Terminale S class)
• Geneva University “Boussole” course and class attendance in chosen faculty (Terminale classes)
• Visit of Lausanne catering school (école hôtelière) (Terminale classes)

Shows

• “Lettre de non motivation” by V. Thomasset, Carouge theatre (3ème)“J’aime ma Planète”, “L’Empereur”, and “La Vallée des Loups” at Grütli cinema (Primary classes)
  “Phedon”
• by Plato performed by The company Plato’s friends in Annecy (Terminale L)
• “Le Chat du Cygne” by Anton Chekhov, Carouge theatre (2nde and 1er classes)
• “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand, Carouge theatre (4ème, 2nde, and 1er classes)
• “Cold Blood” by Michèle de Mey, Carouge theatre (1er L class)
• “Amour et Psyche” by Molière, Carouge theatre (2nde and 1er classes)
• “Hänsel et Gretel” musical, Ferme Marignac (Primary classes)
• The organ and the cinema, Claparède college ( Primary classe)
• “De la serenade à la symphonie” Youthe concert, Victoria hall (Primary classes)
• In-school End of Year show, out on by our students and their drama teacher (all classes)
• “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck in English, Espérance theatre (1er and Terminale classes)
• “La Cagnotte” from Labiche, Loup theatre (5ème)
• “The Fisherman and his wife” musical, Ferme Marignac (Primary classes)
• “La poésie en chanson” by Pierre Alain, Toepffer theatre (Primary to 3ème classes)
• “Frida Kahlo” – in the context of Spanish lessons, Galpon theatre (2nd to Terminale)

Fun Activities

• Induction Day: tree climbing (Primary and 2nde classes), indoor climbing (4ème and 3ème classes), bowling (5ème and 6ème classes)
• In-school chess tournament and voluntary participation in the Genevan inter-school chess championships (all classes)
• In-school table tennis and table soccer (all classes)
• End of Year show and prize giving (all classes)
• End of Year trip: Swiss vapeur parc (primary) and Aquaparc (6ème to 2nde classes), Bouveret