CURRENT EVENTS

• 2024.02.15Open Class Intermediate

  

  Today was the Intermediate Open Class. Class 4 has had a lot of fun with Mr.Mayor over the past month. All the children were very excited to complete Mr.Mayors challenge and receive a present. We spelled words and got to ride a bus to Mr.Mayors town. In the town there were various problems the children had to solve and with everyone demonstrating good team-work the town was saved. Once again thank you to all the parents and family members who came to watch today.

  Class 5 had a ton of fun completing Mr. Mayor’s challenges in January & February. Everything they learnt from those challenges we put to good use in today’s English Activity. The children could work together to complete puzzles of jumbled up letters and spell words together. They also used a big voice and spoke a lot of English when helping to save Mr. Mayor’s town from the disasters! Class 5 children showed they could work together, have fun in English and make their biggest efforts to impress their Mums and Dads. Well done Class 5 and thank you to the parents that came to watch our class today.

  Today Class 6 had their Open Class. Class 6 children worked together and completed Mr. Mayor’s challenges in January and February and received a ticket to go to his city. In the Open C

  lass, they used what they learned from English Conversation Time and Phonics to talk about their favorite color and they were able to sound out letters and spell words. They saved the town by getting different jobs and chose the correct items to help Mr. Mayor solve the problems. I am so happy that Class 6 friends could use English in front of their parents. We hope you enjoy the senior medals. You did such a wonderful job Class 6! Thank you to all the parents and family members who came today.

• 2024.02.14Open Class 9

  

  Class 9 had so much fun during English Open Class today. All of the children did well working together and speaking English with their classmates. They could “go on a safari” and look for animals like the characters we used, the Safari Kids. They could see “herbivores” and even some “carnivores” to. In teams the children could describe what the saw by saying “It has a tail,” for example. Then they could say full sentences like “I can see a lion.” The could sing the “Safari Song” and run away from the carnivores too. After that, the children described the “crazy” animals they made in front of their parents. The Class 9 children have grown up so much and gain lots of confidence. We hope all the parents who came enjoyed seeing them have fun and speak English. Great job, Class 9 Safari Kids!

• 2024.02.13Open Class ~ Class 7, Class 8

  

  Today the Class 7 children did a tremendous job helping the Safari Kids to check if their animals are all happy. After taking a jeep to the safari, the children searched for animals with binoculars. Luckily, there were not too many carnivores to worry about and the children could identify many animals for the checklist. Everyone also did a fantastic job presenting the ‘crazy animals’ that they had made in their teams to scare away poachers. Everyone had lots of fun and could use clear, confident and loud voices in front of all the parents that came today. Thank you to all the Mummies and Daddies that came to support their children today. Well done everyone!

  
  
  

  Today the Class 8 friends did an amazing job during the open class and helped the Safari Kids one more time. The mission today was to check and to make sure that all the animals were safe and happy inside the Safari. After going through our animals checklist and identifying the herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, the children took a fun ride in the jeep to the safari. Then the children searched for animals with their super cool binoculars. After returning to the kindergarten, the children did a tremendous job presenting the crazy animals that they had made in a previous activity, to scare away the bad poachers. Everyone had so much fun today and the children did such an excellent job, speaking with big and confident voices. A big thank you to all the Mummies and Daddies that came today to show your support. Great job Class 8!

• 2024.02.09観劇　劇団風の子

  

  今日は劇団風の子さんが幼稚園に来て下さり、全園児で劇を見に行きました。「どんな劇なのかな？」と期待を膨らませながら会場に到着すると、登場した風の子さんが手遊びや枝笛を使った遊びを見せてくれ、お子さま達は大喜び。今日は、「ババヤガーのしろいとり」というお話を見せていただきました。ペープサートや演者さんの体で表現する楽しい劇にお子さま達は大興奮で演者さんの表情や動きを見て笑ったり、いろいろな道具を使った音を興味深く聞いていたりと、視覚や聴覚を使って楽しんでいました。観劇の後には「楽しかった！」という声が自然と聞こえてきた、今日の観劇でした。

• 2024.02.08Today’s Class 9

  

  今日も元気に登園してきたClass9のお子さま達。今日は、外遊びやピアノのレッスン、絵本製作やCraftなど、楽しい活動が盛りだくさんの１日でした。朝と帰りの発見活動の時間に行った北風公園では、山の上に米ぞりがよく滑るツルツルの雪があり、お子さま達は友達と手を繋いだり、一列に繋がって滑るなど、色々な滑り方を編み出していました。また、雪合戦や雪だるま作りなど、体を思い切り動かし大満足の様子でしたよ。
  お部屋では、オリジナル絵本を製作する絵本製作で、挿絵を考える活動を行いました。先週の活動で、７つの場面のストーリーを考えて、「楽しい物語ができた！」と、完成に近づくことを楽しみにしていたお子さま達は、場面ごとに登場人物がどのような表情をしているか、周りの景色はどのようなものかなど、イメージをどんどん膨らませていました。皆さんの豊かな発想力で、素敵な作品が出来上がりそうですね！
  また、温泉に入るみんなを作ったCraftでは、「あったかい温泉って気持ち良いよね！」とお風呂に入った時の気持ちを思い出しながら、製作していたお子さま達です。おにぎりCookingを楽しんだLunch timeも、とっても楽しかったですね！明日は劇団風の子さんが幼稚園に来て楽しい劇を鑑賞します。楽しみにしていてくださいね！

• 2024.02.07Today in Class 8

  

  Today was a lot of fun in Class 8! We went to play in the snow at Kitakaze Park and we had such a good time sliding down the hill. After getting back to the kindergarten, we started the Morning Meeting and we practiced this week’s target phrase during English Conversation Time. All the children could ask the question very nicely and they could answer using a big and clear voice. Then we made a beautiful Hinamatsuri craft using paper cups and origami papers. We followed the steps carefully and the dolls are really nice. After the craft, we worked on our storybooks and everyone enjoyed drawing some super colorful pictures. After that it was time to eat our yummy packed lunch and play a Karuta game. Then we practiced the graduation songs and we could sing them very well. After singing and the doing Goodbye Meeting, it was already time to go home. Great job today Class 8 and see you all soon!

• 2024.02.06Today’s Class 6

  

  We had so much fun today in Class 6. We started the morning with some Discovery Time and then we went upstairs for our Music Lesson. We are trying our best to play melodions with Yasue Sensei. Today we cut out different colored stars and made shooting stars with colored streamers. We drew cute and funny faces on them. Working together is so nice! We played a Hiragana game and learned about words with the same beginning or ending letters. The children became so hungry by Lunch Time and many ate seconds and thirds. Food gives us so much energy for playing in the snow at the park. We ended the day with Goodbye Meeting and it was time to go home. Excellent job Class 6! See you on Wednesday!

• 2024.02.05Today’s Class 3

  

  Today was a very fun day in Class 3. In the morning, we enjoyed some Discovery Time, then when all our friends had arrived, we got to work making maracas out of paper cups. We used sponge stamps to decorate the cups and make them very colorful. After that we had our Morning Meeting and the Teacher’s Assistants gave everyone stickers for today. During Phonics Time, everyone could match letters to the ABC board and sing the ABC song. Soon after, it was time to get ready for lunch. After we ate, Class 3 friends did a great job brushing their teeth. After a quick Discovery Time, we said goodbye to the early course friends, and went to play in Class 2. Thank you everyone for a fun day. See you tomorrow!

• 2024.02.0321st English Speaking Contest

  

  Today was the 21st English Speaking Contest at International Yamanote Kindergarten. We are so happy so many children came. We are so proud of each and every one of them. The children did such a great job conversing in English with many English teachers and they all tried hard during our Listening Test. Some friends were nervous but as the day progressed they could gain confidence and we saw lots of happy faces. Congratulations to the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in each grade. Everyone did an excellent job. We hope to see you all next year at the 22nd English Speaking Contest. Please stay warm and see you on Monday.

• 2024.02.02Today’s Class 5

  

  Today in Class 5 was a super fun day. We started the day by going to the park and playing with our Junior and Intermediate friends in the snow. We went sledding down the hill, we threw snowballs, we made snowmen, and we played tag – everyone exercised a lot! Once we came back inside we got straight to the morning meeting and talked about our schedule for the day. Next, we opened up the walls, prepared our ogre crafts – because next came the ogre! He was running around IYK! The children were very excited and some were even a little scared – but they overcame their fears and threw their beans at the ogre until he ran away. After that, we returned to our classroom and finished our ogre drawings. Everyone is so creative and talented, bringing to life their imagination and creating their own versions of ogres. Finally, once we’d all finished our ogre drawings, we got ready for lunch time. Everyone was so excited to open their lunch boxes and see what they had for lunch today. Wow, what a fun day! Have a restful weekend everyone and see you on Monday.