Welcome Back! Bonne Rentrée!
The atmosphere was buzzing on Monday morning, as parents mingled over coffee and croissants at the Best Western Hotel, having
Category: School Life
The En Bref Editorial Team wishes you a wonderful summer break! ☀️
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Kermesse 2018 – La Chât Knows How to Have a Good Time!
We have uploaded some photos of this successful event. Have a look!
Summer Reading Recommendations
With the summer holidays a mere couple of weeks away, the En Bref team asked members of the many La Chât parent Book Clubs, for their holiday reading recommendations.
Spotlight on the PTA Student Humanitarian Support Fund
With the Kermesse on the horizon, it is worth reminding the La Chât community what the PTA does with the proceeds of this summer extravaganza.
Some Thirty Years at La Chât
The PTA was honoured to welcome Michèle Richard, retiring Vice Principal of the Primary School, to its recent AGM, where she shared some memories of her thirty year journey at La Châtaigneraie.
La Chât’s first String Orchestra Residency
With the generous assistance of the PTA Kermesse Grant fund and the support of the school, La Châtaigneraie has hosted its first string residency. Read to find out how the United Strings of Europe orchestra interacted with all sections of our school community during their one week visit.
Our journey towards a plastic free campus – a student view
We are delighted this week to have a student write for En Bref. Year 12 student Keli Sheng shares how we are moving towards a plastic free campus, why you need to drink from the tap and her hopes for a new normal without plastic.
Summer Buvettes
Summer is here – just! Perfect timing to visit one of the lakeside buvettes
Tanzania Trip
The 10,000CHF raised by the fourteen Y11 students who travelled to Tanzania last year, included matched funding from the PTA, and was spent on completion of a new boarding house and classroom at the WATU school, plus on supporting the work of the DARE organisation. Read on to find out more about the pupils’ visit to these projects.
