Kermesse Grants – Funding Ideas from the School Community
Parents! Get your thinking caps on, make a plan, and submit an application!
Category: PTA funds at work
How your PTA is using the funds raised by the events organised
The Typewriter Project – A Digital Detox
Read about this super initiative to help students to experience creative flow in the digital age.
Victoire du Tutti Frutti!
Radis noirs au lieu de snacks industriels! Cette initiative essaye d’éduquer les papilles gustatives de nos enfants.
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.
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.
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.
‘Angst’ – Raising Awareness Around Anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of mental disorders among young people, yet most struggle to talk about it, and only about a third receive the help that they need. The screening of ‘Angst’ at La Chât was aimed at raising awareness of anxiety and of getting a discussion started. We bring you the key messages from the event.
International Women’s Day at La Chât 2018
Last week, International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated at La Châtaigneraie campus. IWD has been observed since the early 1900s
Broadening Horizons – the Ecolint Speaker Programme
In the past ten years, 150 external speakers – many of them famous, all of them impressive – have taken to the podium as part of the Ecolint Speaker Programme. En Bref had a conversation with John Deighan, to gain an insight into the Programme – how it came about; the highs and the lows; plans for the future. Here’s what he told us…..
Educate Girls, Change the World – screening of ‘Girl Rising’ at La Chât.
On 8 March, to celebrate ‘International Women’s Day’, there will be a screening of ‘Girl Rising’, which tells the stories of nine inspiring girls. Read to find out more….
