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Good morning everyone, my name is Camila, from Year 10 and I’m going to talk to about CGB camps. This year we went to El Cocuy. The first most important thing that the CGB camps taught me is that you stop yourself from taking so many opportunities and that in life, it is essential to […]

Good Morning, Today I was asked to talk about the school camps that happen annually. Having been here for most of my life, the Beyond the Summit Camps were always something I looked forward to every year because it was one of the few opportunities we had to go as a grade to an uncommon

Good morning, my name is Estella and I am going to talk about my school camp experience. This year, Y7 along with Y8 travelled to Santander. There, we did fun activities such as river rafting, rappelling, and we learnt the process building houses up of mud. My personal favourite was rappelling but I enjoyed all

The words of Jiho about CGB Camps: Dear CGB, For those of you who never ever went to the school camp, then listen, please. Most of you think that camp is boring, frustrating and dirty. I know what I it feels like when you first go to the camp. But I was wrong, I was

Reaching to help others in need is the most natural thing for humans to do, but the world we live in encourages personal gains and a win at all cost mentality, this is contrary to our natural instincts as humans to help each other. Speech given by Steve Martin at CGB’s Service Flag Raising, on

International Day 2017:   Hablar del International Day es hablar de colores, de razas, de idiomas, religiones, que conviven en un solo lugar. Este año, celebraremos los 20 años de nuestro CGB… Hubo fiesta, desfiles, tortas y juegos, el sol brilló y la felicidad nos embargó! Ver a todos los países ofreciendo su regalo al

Maria Cecilia Cely’s words for International Day: Good Morning, When I was asked to say some words today as alumni, I was not sure where to start or what to say. I finally came to the conclusion that because it is International Day I should talk about what it was like to grow up in

Mr. Tomalin’s Speech for International Day Welcome everyone! I’d like to extend a special and personal welcome to our founding family, the Fernandez family, and to Mr Walsh, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy. He has kindly agreed to talk to us on behalf of his Ambassador. How excited are we all

  I would like to start this off by allowing everyone to understand how grateful I am to have been been given this opportunity. From day 1 to day 6 I can honestly say I enjoyed every second. On day 1,  Gonzalo and I were amongst the first students to arrive. We were both a

It was obvious from the very start of the trip at El Dorado that organisation was going to be outstanding. Safety protocols were explained and followed by the OBA staff and CGB student and staff well-being was of paramount importance to Miguel Angel, Javier, Marianna and Doctor Esteban.   The meals were excellent when you

This was my second year attending CGB’s annual Health Brigade. After having experienced what it was like to stay within a station and assist doctors the first time around, I decided that this year, I wanted to challenge myself by committing to the supervision of 15 children, who I also had to take to 10