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If you ask the students of Collège Champittet in Nyon what was the most striking memory of the month of May, many will certainly answer the birth of the little chicks.

From cucumber seeds to a greenhouse of several square metres, the vegetable garden allows children to discover the magic of growing vegetables.

De plus, si la langue évolue constamment sous l’effet des pratiques collectives - ou si elle est parfois artificiellement mue par les fantaisies de l’Académie française...- elle ne sollicite pas, du moins pas tout de suite, l’originalité individuelle des élèves et leur créativité propre : son étude perd ainsi tout attrait et se résume à un acte de mémorisation qui n’a plus bonne presse dans la pédagogie contemporaine.

The organisation PET-Recycling Switzerland certified that Collège Champittet recycled 258 kg of PET beverage bottles in 2019, saving approximately 774 kg of greenhouse gases.

A study by Dr Glenn Wilson at London’s Institute of Psychiatry in 2005 concluded that constant interruptions can have a similar effect to missing sleep. We have all heard the various estimates of so called ‘concentration’.

Prendre conscience qu'il est une partie d'un tout immense est la mission ultime de l'éducation.

As a school, we can move away from a fear of failure, by opening ourselves up and being vulnerable.

The return of the school year on the 11th or 12th May took place in the joy of reunion and learning about the new health measures put in place.

What a special moment we are living in with the appearance of this virus! Suddenly, while we had many projects in progress, including a meeting with our alumni on Saturday May 16th, Covid 19 appeared and "confined" us to our houses and apartments!

Having grown up in the beautiful Blue Mountains of N.S.W. Australia, I spent an amazing amount of time running about in the bush (which is Australian for outdoors!). I learned life lessons about the value of nature and its importance in human health.

In many ways, the pandemic has transformed our work, we have had to reinvent ourselves as teachers and educators, multitasking more than ever before, providing support over screens and messages and now helping our students and boarders negotiate a brave new world that none of us could have thought of just a few months ago...

Last year, 551 universities from 80 countries across 17 regions and 6 continents were asked to submit data for the ranking and 462 were ranked.  This year a further 291 universities have signed up to measure their own performance with regards to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

To lead a meaningful life is to lead a creative life; they are not add-ons, the conditions for its development need to be integrated fully into every aspect of our working lives.

These have been truly testing times for communities and countries all over the world. Many of us will have never had to face the fallout of a global pandemic, and as such it has put undue pressure on schools all over the world, particularly those with boarding communities.

It is also a timely reminder for me as an educator to consider the contemporary landscape of education.

A testimony from Dana Bauer, an English teacher and chaperon on the ascent of Kilimanjaro.

As part of the Cultural Season, Champittet College had the immense privilege of hosting the prestigious Freiburger Barockorchester in a program entirely dedicated to Jean Sébastien Bach.

On Tuesday March 3rd, Collège Champittet received for the classes 11th to 14th the troop “Les batteurs de Pavés” for the theatre piece Germinal.

A testimony from Dana Bauer, an English teacher and chaperon on the ascent of Kilimanjaro.