The Events Committee is delighted to announce one of the highlights of the year, and we hope you can all join us for this festive community event!
Christmas market, Santa’s Grotto and secret room, nail and hairspray bar, tombola and hamper raffle, bar, food trucks, and a Christmas disco will be part of the fun!
Anyone over 16 will require a Covid certificate to enter the fair, but there will be no need to purchase tickets ahead of the event.
Keep your eyes and ears open as your Class Reps will be asking for your help and donations (bottle tombola and hampers). Without volunteers on the day, the fair simply can’t go ahead.
Any help to create some craft, decorate the grotto etc… would be welcome, and we thank you in advance.
Next week is Anti-bullying Week 2021, and the theme is ‘One Kind Word’.
The pupils will take part in Assemblies, PSHE lessons and other activities to raise awareness of what bullying is, how to report bullying and how to stay safe.
To highlight the week, all GES students are encouraged to wear Odd Socks all week – the crazier the better!
You can also join in by learning the official song which can be found here.
A reminder that the School Day starts promptly at 08:30 for children from Reception upwards.
By 08:30 all pupils should be in their classrooms ready to learn, having sorted out their coats and bags.
Any child not in their classes by 08:30 is marked as late on the registers.
We are delighted to welcome two new babies to the GES staff community.
Many congratulations to Mr and Mrs Vavrecka on the birth of Charlie and to Mr and Mrs Gemma Livesley on the birth of Max.
Supervised Study sessions are now available after school at Secondary.
These study sessions are supervised by a qualified teacher, Mr Alex Rademaker, and are an opportunity for KS3, KS4 and KS5 students to do their homework in school in a quiet study room, free from the distractions of noise and mobile phones (as per school policy), but with support from a qualified teacher if required. Students may also find it useful to get a good part of their homework completed before going home or engaging in other extracurricular activities.
In line with Primary After School Care, the cost of these sessions is 20 CHF an hour. There are two sessions every day (Monday – Friday): Session 1 from 15.30 – 16.30 and Session 2 from 16.30 – 17.30. Students can be signed up for one or two sessions. If you are interested, please sign your child up for the rest of the term via My School Portal.
We are delighted that the Rising Stars concert on Thursday 2 December is able to go ahead in the Salle de Spectacle in Genthod.
All audience members aged 16 and above will have to show a COVID health pass and wear a mask.
Further details will be sent to the families of children involved.
Due to the audience restrictions for school sites, the scheduled Carousel showcases as well as EYFS and KS1 Christmas shows will unfortunately still have to be run without a live audience.
Our aim is to record the Carousel showcases and hopefully live stream the EYFS and KS1 Christmas shows.
Further details with links and props requirements will be sent by email nearer the time to the relevant families.
Congratulations to Katrina from Year 6 who won a Players’ player award at the Swiss Netball Junior Club Tournament in the Under 11 category.
The picture features her with some of the Swiss National team players and the team’s Assistant Coach.
Please note that the next General Meeting of the Association will take place via Zoom on Monday 6 December 2021 at 20:00.
All of the Year 12 mathematicians and 5 daring Year 11s took on the Senior Maths Challenge this week.
Mostly aimed at Sixth formers, the challenge provides a tough test, even for me and Ms. Brewin, who enjoyed working on the problems as much as the students.The Year 11s have been training for this in their weekly maths extension club on Wednesday afternoons, and this experience will stand them in good stead to take on the intermediate challenge next term.
We eagerly await the results!
Mr Pearce
Equally our Year 6 students will take part in the ‘Primary Maths Challenge’ next Wednesday 17 November. The challenge consists of 25 multiple choice questions of increasing difficulty and we’re hoping our Primary mathematicians will do really well.
Mr Vavrecka
For your calendars, please find here the exciting ski programme we have put together for our students this winter. There is plenty on offer, from great options for complete beginners right through to really competitive ski events.
Please email Miss Shibil with the following if your child wishes to be considered for the GES ski teams after Christmas:
