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international
skills of the Maturité with the recognition of
the social skills valued by the International
Baccalaureate, this double course of study
effectively represents an additional challenge.
It requires its students to be assiduous in their
academic and personal commitment, which
we support through various personalised
measures, particularly for top sportsmen and
artists.
The school is renowned for its commitment to
digital technology. In this regard, what did the
Moser Lab create in 2020?
This commitment is deeply rooted in our
DNA. Imagine, the School of Geneva got its
first computer, a Honeywell Bull terminal, in
1977!
The Moser Lab is our entrepreneurial
innovation centre. It strives to be the point
of convergence, dialogue and stimulation
connecting the needs of users and students, IT
technologies, pedagogical research, teachers’
know-how and the School’s development
axes.
Nyon (art and science)
Since 2020, the Lab has been rolling out the
MOVE24 (Moser Virtual Experience 2024)
this way they coincide with the open, active and training plan, in particular through the
multilingual approach of the Moser School. integration of iPads Pro as school tools for
secondary school students.
In concrete terms, the majority of IBDP In addition to managing pupils’ work, the
subjects overlap with those of the Maturité, use of these tablets develops organisational
regardless of the option chosen: bilingual skills in the context of collaborative projects
English, bilingual German or classical. (application of a correct nomenclature for
documents, correct registration in the cloud
The Maturité term paper is equivalent to the to find and share them etc.).
IBDP etended essay. In fact, only two subjects
are new to the Maturité: TOK (Theory of We are also evaluating the use of VR headsets
Knowledge), taught in English, which teaches in the use of pedagogic sequences that would
students to be more aware of their views and illustrate and complete the courses. The team
assumptions; and CAS (Creativity, Activity, identifies and selects relevant sequences that
Service) which involves students in a range of are already available, establishes partnerships
activities throughout their studies. with creators and broadcasters and plans to
eventually develop its own material.
Is it a course designed for ambitious generations?
By combining the very high level of academic Finally, the Lab publishes dozens of tutorials
(Book Creator, Comic Life, Cybermenace,
To learn more about the school’s training courses, fees and Kahoot, Notability, Quizlet, Word etc.) to
philosophy, visit the websites: www.ecolemoser.ch and www. enrich the training catalogue for students,
matuonline.ch. teachers and the administrative centre.
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Discovering Saudi Arabia :
al Ula – the destination
that is simply out of
this world
By Evelina Rioukhina
Who could imagine one day that it would be Al Ula – undiscovered masterpiece. The main purpose of our
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possible to visit Saudi Arabia like this? Do not visit was Al Ula – less famous than its sister city of Petra in Jordann
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miss the chance to explore this undiscovered because it is much more difficult to reach. Although there was a
and fascinating country. It is already accessible full-day excursion proposed by the MSC cruise with a flight and
from Geneva by a direct flight to Riyadh and return, we did not want to risk missing anything important, so we
Jeddah, but now you can get there by a more disembarked to fly there.
exotic and ancient way – sailing. Jeddah port
now welcomes the Geneva-based MSC cruise Habitas Al Ula. We arrived in the evening, were met by the hotel
“Splendida”. You can embark or disembark in car, and drove through mysterious landscapes on a perfect road to
Jeddah, and the cruise also makes a stop in the hotel. It was here the magic started: our hotel was Habitas, and
Yanbu for excursions. if ever you get the chance to stay at one of their sustainable hotels
I recommend you do it for a once in a life-time experience. Fully
To dive totally into a fairy tale, I opted for the integrated into the dramatic landscape, the luxury hotel represents
cruise. The “Splendida” itself is wonderful: sustainable living in the desert, with breathtaking views for the
it was launched by Sophia Loren and has a soul and mind. Having travelled all over the world, I have never
staircase and piano decorated with Svarowski stayed anywhere like it. Even though I knew that the following day
crystal, making the voyage itself feel like we were due to see a more miraculous sight – Hegra - the Al Ula
something legendary. hotel itself is a living masterpiece. Habitas is a special concept of
sustainable living. Each visitor undergoes a special ritual, and by
Jeddah is a UNESCO heritage site, and its staying contributes to the Habitas philosophy. Afterwards, they
historic old town is fascinating: each building, receive a special bracelet symbolizing that they are part of the
window and door is different – there is not Habitas family. Now we have those bracelets too !
enough space in this whole magazine to
describe it fully. However, it has one similarity We had a private villa nested in the desert, overlooking a canyon.
with Geneva – the fountain. The Geneva Jete Whilst the villa itself was fascinating we could not stay inside and
d’Eau inspired King Fahad’s fountain, which is went for a stargazing tour around the hotel, looking out at the
listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the landscape. The blue swimming pool, the lit rocks, the fireplace, all
highest in the world at 260m. took us to a different world.
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