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When school ends for the summer holidays, the work continues at Collège Champittet to deliver the best learning experience for our students. Every year, we undertake a range of renovation and development projects to keep our campus modern, welcoming and fit for the future.

The holidays are the perfect time for children to follow their passions and explore new experiences. At Collège Champittet, our Holiday Club camps give children the opportunity to do just that, no matter what your child loves to do best.

Before welcoming our students back to Collège Champittet, our teachers and staff gathered for several days of learning, collaboration and connection, paving the way for a successful academic year ahead.

Starting a new school year is exciting, but this period also brings many changes for students and parents. At Collège Champittet, we do everything possible to help our learners feel at ease from the very beginning.

From June to July, our Champittet Summer Leadership Camp brought together young people from across the world for an enriching journey of adventure, exploration and self-discovery.

With our beautiful forest – home to our beloved Forest School – on the shores of Lake Geneva, our historic Collège Champittet campus is an exceptional place for students to learn, explore and grow.

In June, a meaningful new art installation came to grace the ceiling of our Champittet chapel – a multicoloured dove, consisting of 3,000 handmade origami pieces.

We are delighted to share that Collège Champittet has once again earned the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award, recognising our ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental education.

From preschool to Grade 8, our Champittet primary students celebrated the end of the school year with an entire day for exploration, learning and friendship.

The summer holidays provide the ideal time to discover new experiences and forge friendships beyond the classroom. Here are some ideas to help your child make the most of their summer break while resting and recharging for the next school year.

A joyful atmosphere filled the Collège Champittet campus as we celebrated the end of the 2025-2026 school year with our community.

AI is transforming learning – and how schools should prepare students for an AI-driven world. With answers just a click away, the future isn’t just about what children know, but how they think.

For our students in Grade 14, the last few weeks have been marked by dedication, effort and a sense of achievement.

Contrary to popular belief, intelligence isn’t, in fact, the number one driver of academic achievement. It’s actually self-confidence.

On 9 May, the Collège Champittet Foundation invited our community to a charity dinner held at the Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne. Dedicated to supporting children with severe burns and their families in the wake of the tragedy in Crans-Montana.

May was full of nature and outdoor learning for our primary students at Collège Champittet. From Grades 1 to 4, our students enjoyed a variety of excursions that mixed art, science, animals and environmental discovery.

Our Champittet students took learning beyond the classroom in May with a stimulating variety of school trips. From outdoor exploration to cultural immersion and reflections on faith, these trips enabled our students to discover new frontiers and experiences.

School holidays are the perfect time to try something new – a new sport, a new hobby, a new talent! Over the Easter break, some of our students had the chance to do just that by joining one of our Holiday Clubs.

At Collège Champittet, we know that health and wellbeing are essential to academic success. Sleep – both quality and amount – matters. Healthy sleep plays a central role in helping students thrive. Even so, this vital need is often overlooked in busy daily routines.

At Collège Champittet, we believe that student wellbeing is the foundation for success. For students to achieve their best academically, they need to feel supported to excel – and that includes learning in an environment that supports mental and physical wellbeing.