CURRENT EVENTS

• 2025.02.17Today’s Class 4

  

  Today in class 4 we started out the day with some fresh air in Kitakaze park. It was such a great day for sledding! After getting plenty of playtime outside, we came back in and started a new origami craft. We learned how to fold a couple super cool penguins. We did our very best to master some new difficult folding methods and everyone’s penguins look so cute! Next, Class 4 did a fabulous job working on a number print. We impressed our teacher’s by counting backward–wow! Everyone is getting so good at writing numbers neatly. Today was so much fun! We can’t wait to keep working on the origami craft tomorrow!

• 2025.02.14

  

  Class 3 had lots of fun today. After everyone arrived, put away their bags and hung up their jackets by themselves, today’s Teacher’s Assistants led the Morning Meeting. Everyone lined up for English Conversation Time. Class 3 friends are doing well at asking each other where different animals are from. Then it was time to finish our Hinamatsuri craft. We used crayons and glue to make cute Hina-sama and Dairi-sama dolls to display. Soon it was time for yummy packed lunch. It’s fun to eat on picnic sheets. After brushing our teeth, we had Discovery Time until story time and the Goodbye Meeting. We had lots of fun today. Have a fun weekend, and see you on Monday!

• 2025.02.13Today’s Class 2

  

  Today in Class 2 was lots of fun. We colored some cute pictures about Canada’s culture during Discovery Time and then did Morning Meeting and Phonics Time. We had a music lesson today where we learned how to play the handbells, and after, we practiced writing the numbers six through ten. Our day ended after Goodbye Meeting and reading a book. Today was so much fun. Great job today, Class 2!

• 2025.02.12Today’s Bear class

  

  Today we did fishing with our Bear friends! But they were not regular fish, they were shape fish! We caught some circle, square and triangle fish. They were all different colors! We had a lot of fun catching the fish, saying the colors and the shapes. We also helped them to return home safely in the right aquarium. After class we tried out the new uniform for the next year. Our friends look great in it! Let’s have fun again next week!

• 2025.02.10Today’s Class 1

  

  In today’s Class 1 we had so much fun! Swimming in the pool was so much fun and and we had a great time. We practiced going around the pool like crabs. We also did our best jumping through the water and going under water. We have really enjoyed practicing our swimming all year, and today we had a little bit extra time to swim around freestyle. After swimming we went back to our room to dry off. While we were drying off, we worked on a craft! We are making a fun craft for the Dolls Festival and today we got to use paint to make dots with our fingers. We also practiced writing our names in English. We have worked so hard on the alphabet and we are getting really good at writing English letters. Today was a great day in Class 1, and we can’t wait for more fun this week!

• 2025.02.0822nd English Speaking Contest

  

  The IYK children, as well as the ESC students, who participated in our 22nd Speaking Contest today all did such a great job. The children did their best to speak and converse in English about a variety of topics. They also took a listening test that tested their comprehension ability. Some children had lots of confidence while others were a little nervous, but everyone tried really hard and we saw lots of happy faces. Before going home, we handed out medals to the children with the highest scores in each level, and all of the children got presents for their great effort. Thank you to everyone who came today, and thank you to the parents for your support and encouragement. We hope the parents are proud of their child’s accomplishment, and we are already looking forward to next year’s Speaking Contest!

• 2025.02.07Today’s Elephant class

  

  It was a wonderful day for some snow play! We went to the park, where we made snowmen and snow castles. We tried sliding down the slope and had so much fun! Our Elephant friends lined up, walked one by one, and checked for cars very nicely. We got really tired, so we ate our lunch well. After lunch, we played with blocks and built tall towers. We also read some English books. Our favorites are the ones about Anna and Elsa! We can’t wait to have more fun next week!

• 2025.02.06Today’s Elephant class

  

  It was a very busy day for our Elephant friends. First, we had some snow play. It was so fun! We rode a sled, ran in the snow, made some snow bears and played together. By the time we got back to IYK we were really hungry and ate well! Today is a bento day, so our mommies cooked us some delicious lunch. After lunch we tried on our new uniform. We have grown up a lot this year and we are ready to become Juniors! All friends look amazing in it. We can’t wait to see them wearing the uniform next year!

• 2025.02.05劇団Kazenoko

  

  　今日は『劇団かぜのこ』さんによる観劇『なんだこりゃなんだのチャッチャッチャッ』を鑑賞しました。今回は、みんなの身の回りにある「おもちゃ」をテーマに、様々な「なんだこりゃ」なストーリーが沢山でてきましたよ。こぶたのぬいぐるみがインターナショナル山の手幼稚園で１日を過ごしたり、ミニカーのトラックに動物達がどんどん乗ってきたり、へびが自分のしっぽに話しかけたり、小さいお家で暮らすおばあさんがシチューをつくっていたり、大きな松ぼっくりがなんだかゾウさんのうんこに見えたり、新聞でつくった葉っぱやお友達にみんなで風を送ってくるくるまわったり・・・どれもちょっぴりおかしくてあっという間のお話ばかりで、お子さま達も大笑いして楽しんでいましたよ。最後に、登場したおもちゃやぬいぐるみにお別れをして、素敵な時間を過ごすことができました。

• 2025.02.04Today’s Class 9

  

  The Class 9 children had such a fun and active day today. We had outside play, a piano lesson, and even an English Activity. During our English Activity, the children helped warm up some friends by giving them hats, mittens and gloves. Children could go to the winter clothes shop, ask “How much is it?” and select the correct amount of play money. Other children pretended to be shopkeepers and answered the questions by saying full sentences such as, “It’s 250 yen.” We had lots of fun and the children also learned a new song. They will practice it, and look forward to singing it in front of parents during English Open Class, which is coming up soon.