Our trip to Basel!!!

On the 10th and the 11th of December We went to Basel and it was groovy :)

On the first day we went on the train and when we arrived we got changed out of our uniform and had our lunch at a snazzy restaurant. We had a choice to have soup or salad and steak, chicken or the vegetarian option. Then we had a yummy chocolate cake for dessert.

After lunch we saw the actual Saint George slaying a dragon on the side of the big cathedral. After that we had a tour around the city and we went on a boat across the river which was attached to a wire so it wouldn't go down the river. After our boat trip we went to the main part of the city and had a chance to do some Christmas shopping.

After the Christmas shopping we went to the Christmas market. Some of us went on the rides, it was hilarious. After the amazing Christmas market we went on the tram back to the hotel and went to sleep.

The next day we had our breakfast buffet. Then we walked to famous Kunstmuseum with Mr. Uroz. We then looked around the galleries and we got into groups and researched our artists. Then we went to the Tinguely museum and we all got free postcards. It was fun, you had to pass by the art and it would come to life. You could even walk up one of the pieces, like a climbing frame of art. On the way back we saw Santa Claus in a tram and then had a pizza for lunch. Then went on the tram back to the hotel to pick up our suitcases and went home!

Thanks to Miss Beubry for organising such a fantastic trip, and to Mr. Uroz for being such a wonderful and knowledgeable guide around the art museums.

Curling With St. George's!

Last Wednesday, all of us at St. George's went curling. It was quite hard at first when we had to slide along the ice with a really strange shoe that made you slip. The best part of curling was the competition and yet again Neuchâtel house won. We had to practise a lot before the competition and we had to do things like learn how to slide on the ice with the strange shoe, how to 'throw' a really heavy stone across the ice (which made everyone fall) and how to brush in front of a stone while it was moving, which was the funniest part of the whole afternoon.

I think that St. George's is a excellent school because we get to do so many extra-curricular activities like going curling and going to laser tag. We can't wait until after the holidays when we can go skiing with the whole school!!!
Sebastien

Merit Points & House Points

Hello, I'm Anne-Gabrielle from Morat's House. In the school there are 3 different houses: Morat, Bienne & Neuchâtel. Each student is in one of the houses & can earn: merit points and house points, by doing good homework, exceeding expectations, after school activities or by doing a service to community. When you get 5 merit points you get a house point. I get most of my house points because of after school activities (sports, blog...). Last Friday we went to Fun Laser. A huge place where we have laser guns and we run around to shoot the people on the other team. Neuchâtel house won, I think because they have Alexander and Miss Fish! Alexander had the best score. This week we are going to go curling the day before we go to Basel!!!

Exams and Fun Laser

Congratulations to all our students on completing a gruelling week of exams. We are very proud of them for working so hard. We celebrated the end of the exam week with an inter-house competition at Fun Laser. After two hard fought games, everybody has been eagerly awaiting the final results. The winning team was the one with most point after both games. In reverse order...

3rd place went to Bienne house (who actually won the second game!) - 28300 points
2nd place went to Morat house - 40650 points
Which means the winning team was Neuchâtel - 44650 points

Here you can see Carla and Hannah from team Neuchâtel, getting ready to go into battle.
Special congratulations to Alexandre (Titi) and Agnieszka (above) who were our 'top guns'. Alexandre scored higher than anyone else this month, so his name is on the board of honour!


And as for next week's competition, the house curling teams are already in training.

Trip to Basel

Hi everybody,

Next week we are going to Basel (one of the biggest cities in Switzerland) for a culture trip from Thursday 10th to Friday 11th with the whole school. Our language teacher, Miss Beubry, organised this one.

The trip will be good for practising German for the others and for me because I'm a native German speaker and I can help them. We will also use this trip to practise our humanities and art skills, and have a lot of fun!

We will leave Neuchâtel early in the morning and will go by train. First, we will visit the city and in the evening we will go to the Christmas market which will be great to buy presents.

For the night we will stay in a hotel including a tasty breakfast. We will be two in a room and I will be sharing with my good friend Lucas ;). In the morning our great art teacher Mr. Uroz will join us to visit a famous and nice art museum in Basel (Kunstmuseum, and then Tinguely Muesum) which will certainly be very interesting!

We will come back to Neuchâtel Friday in the evening.

I'm looking forward to going there and think that everybody will like it and have a lot of fun!

This week we first have to pass our exams which is not so enjoyable and then: FUN,FUN,FUN!

Dario, 12, student of the junior class at the St. George's School Neuchâtel.

Bye!!!

Congratulations

CONGRATULATIONS

to Miss Kirsty Fish, our Head of Mathematics and Science

on gaining the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Diploma in Leadership and Innovation.

We are lucky to have at St George's School in Switzerland, Neuchâtel such a recognized leader in educational ideas and innovation.

I am sure she will help to keep us all, teachers and students alike, at the forefront of international education.

Phil Jones

Director

Parce Queue - A Tale of Tails

The middle class went to the natural history museum today, to look at the animal tails exhibition, as we have been learning about adaptations in science.

The Fish- it has a powerful tail to steer and to move along faster.
The Amphibians- they have a tail for the same purposes as a fish.
The Reptile - has a tail to keep its balance.
The Mammal - has a tail to keep its balance, and sometimes for climbing.
The Bird - its tail helps it move quicker in the air and helps it to steer.

We then went into another room where there were animal skeletons from the puma to the dwarf mouse and from the squirrel to the hedgehog.

In another room we were shown how the animals each use their tails differently. For example, the kangaroo uses its tail when walking as a crutch to support its back legs.

In another area we observed living animals. This was fascinating as you could see the animals tails in use. We also got to stand over a aquarium on a grill and on the bottom of the aquarium was a mirror so it looked as though we were in the aquarium.

We found the trip very good as it was extremely interesting. We learned a lot from it.