Between 8.00 am and midday there are five periods of class with a mid-morning “chocolate break” (this is Switzerland).

Every Monday at midday there is a school assembly which brings the whole school together for notices, reflection and sometimes for dialogue. On the other days of the week students are free until lunch unless a minor infringement of the rules means that “fitness” laps intervene.

At 1.15 pm, classes begin again and finish three periods later at 3.30.

From 4.00 to 6.00 pm the “Sports-Arts block” gives the students an extremely broad daily choice of activities with few restrictions – although all must respect a sports-arts balance and they need to keep to the programme they have chosen.

Following their shower, students do homework and “prep” in the first study hall from 6.20 to 7.20 pm – although at this time many are involved in choir, orchestra or drama rehearsals.

Dinner, for which students dress more formally (boys wear a jacket and tie, for example), is served at 7.30. Mealtimes at Le Rosey follow quite a strict formula: each term all students are allotted a place (with their own named napkin) at a table with between six and eight other students and one or two teachers. Dishes are brought to the table by students following a duty rota established by the “maître d’hôtel”. Students must stand at the arrival of an adult and they do not leave the table until allowed to do so by the boarding director after notices have been given.

Soon after 8.00 pm the main study hall begins and students study in their rooms or in the study hall itself depending on their “study groups” (see details on special page). A number of special activities may also take place in the evening: cultural or dinner outings, conferences, lectures, debates, the Forum”, the Académie, the Model United Nations, or staff-student sports competitions.

Bedtime (surely welcome after such a active day) is from 9.00 to 11.30 pm depending on the age of the student.