CURRENT EVENTS

• 2022.06.09Today’s Class 7

  

  Today in Class 7 we had swimming. It was so impressive to see the children’s confidence and to see them challenge themselves to improve their swimming abilities. After getting dry, we had English Conversation Time, followed by today’s yummy noodle and dumpling lunch. Before going home we had time for a Japanese book and short discussion about the overnight stay coming up towards the end of the month, ‘Adventure Quest’. Fantastic job today everyone.

• 2022.06.08Today’s Class 6

  

  　 今日のClass 6は、仲良しの友達と一緒に色々な活動を行いました！最近クラスで１番人気の「あぶくたった煮え立った」のわらべうた遊びでは、お鍋になった友達を「むしゃむしゃむしゃ」と味見したり、晩御飯やお風呂に入るジェスチャーが面白くていつも大笑いのお子さま達。「もう１回やろう！」と夢中になって遊んでいました。『ぴかぶー』が準備してくれた「数プリント」は、今日から穴埋め表にレベルアップ！空欄に当てはまる数字は何かをよく考えながら真剣に取り組んでいましたよ。ハンドベルの曲は、『かえるのうた』をクリアしたので『メリーさんのひつじ』に挑戦中♪音名で歌うことも上手なClass 6のお子さま達は、すぐにこのメロディーが大好きになり、とっても楽しそうに演奏することができました。

• 2022.06.07Today’s Class 5

  

  We had a great time today in Class 5! We started the day with swimming, every week the children get more skilled at swimming and really enjoy every lesson. After that we came back upstairs and finished part 2 of our Father’s Day craft activity – we are making Father’s Day belts. When we finished our craft activity we got ready for a big lunch of chicken nuggets to get our energy back and enjoyed playing together, solving puzzles, drawing and building with lego.

• 2022.06.06

  

  Today was a lot of fun in Class 4. First we went to Kitakaze park to play outside. A lot of children had fun making their own beaver houses in the park. We returned back to Kindergarten and we received another letter from the Earth Ninja. After learning about recycling we received a new Earth Ninja challenge. Class 4 had a lot of fun making parachutes and dropping them from different heights into a target. We followed this up with some Japanese writing and a yummy lunch which all the children enjoyed. Class 4 really enjoyed their Monday and are looking forward to swimming tomorrow.

• 2022.06.03Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Elephant Class had such a wonderful time and the zoo. We could walk all around and see many animals. Some were big and some were small and they were all very cute. The children were all very interested in watching the animals and did their best with our sticker rally. At the end they could all get a yummy treat too. Thank you everyone for coming today and have nice weekend. See you on Tuesday!

• 2022.06.02Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Elephant Class had so much fun at Maruyama Zoo. We were happy that the weather was nice and everyone could come. The children could see many animals. We saw kangaroos, monkeys, lesser pandas, elephants, and more. They were really interested in the animals and looked very carefully. A family of monkeys even began talking when we were nearby. It was very cute! The children could repeat the animal names and everyone got stickers too. We walked all around the zoo and at the end the children got a yummy present. Great job everyone and we had so much fun. See you back at school on Monday!

• 2022.06.01Today’s Bear Class

  

  Bear Class was so much fun today! The children did so well playing nicely and everyone is so friendly. Today’s activity was about colors. The children could practice saying “red”, “blue”, “yellow”, and “green”. They listened carefully and went to the same color house that the teacher said. Then, puppets came out and the children walked around the room like elephants, rabbits, and dinosaurs. It was so nice to hear many voices and see lots of smiles. Good job everyone! See you next week.

• 2022.05.31Today’s senior

  

  　今日はさつまいもを植えるために、クラスの友達とバスに乗ってさとらんどへお出かけです！バスの中では、“さつまいものお花はヒルガオのお花とそっくりなんだね”“さつまいもの切り口の白い液体はヤラピンっていうんだね”など色々なことを知ったり、じゃがいもとの違いについても学んだお子さま達。じゃがいもやさつまいもにたくさん栄養があることがわかると、「残さず食べなきゃ！」と食への意欲も高まっていた様子でした。さとらんどに到着すると、係員さんがさつまいもの植え方を教えて下さり、早速さつまいも植えスタート！苗の向きに気を付けながら植えた後は、軍手が土だらけになるくらい何度も土を手ですくって苗にかけてあげていました。最後には、さつまいもが大きく育つように「Grow！Grow！Grow！」とみんなでMagic wordを唱えましたよ！草むしりなどのさつまいものお世話をしに６月末にもう一度さとらんどへ行くことを伝えると大喜びのお子さま達。どのくらい生長しているのか楽しみですね！

• 2022.05.30Birthday party / 避難訓練

  

  　今日は５月生まれのお子さまと、先月Birthday partyに参加できなかった４月生まれの３人のお子さまのBirthday partyでした。ニコニコの笑顔で友達に手を振りながら、ピアノの曲とみんなの手拍子に合わせて入場してきたお子さま達。“What’s your name?”の質問に元気いっぱい名前を答えたり、少し照れた様子で答える様子がありました。“How old are you?”の質問には、自分の年齢の数を指でつくりながら張り切って元気いっぱいに答えていました。全園児の手拍子に合わせて、誕生児一人ひとりの名前を呼びながらBirthday songを歌い終わると、最後はクラスの友達からのBirthdayボードとBirthdayカードのプレゼントを嬉しそうに受け取っていましたよ。そして今月の先生達からのプレゼントは“大きなかぶ”の劇です。いつもの“大きなかぶ”の劇とは違い、おじいさんの他にはハリーポッターや科学者、忍者が登場しました。４人では大きなかぶは抜けなかったので、最後にはインターナショナル山の手幼稚園みんなのパワーも借りて、無事大きなかぶが抜けました！５月生まれのお友達、Happy Birthday!

  

  今日の避難訓練は、火事が起きた時の逃げ方を行いました。クラスで火事が起こった時の命の危険について考えてから訓練に参加したお子さま達の表情はとても真剣。クラスの先生のお話をしっかりと聞いて、慌てずに園庭に逃げることが出来ました。避難訓練が初めてだった年少組のお子さまも、”おはしも”のお約束について興味深々。みんなが集まってからのお話の中で意味を聞くと、「”おはしも”の”お”は、”押さない”って意味だよ！」などと、知っていることを教えてくれました。また、年中や年長組のお子さま達は、火事についてしっかりと理解しており、「家事は火だけじゃなくて煙も危険なんだよ！」などと、火事の危険について詳しく教えてくれました。次回の避難訓練でも、大切な命を守るための避難方法をみんなで練習しましょうね！

• 2022.05.27Today’s Class 3

  

  In Class 3 today, we had a lot of fun inside! Today we practiced our ECT phrase: What did you eat for breakfast? The children are starting to ask and answer the target phrase confidently with other children in the class. We also had some sketchbook time in which the children could color their favorite thing! Some of the children drew faces or their favorite character. The children were all excited to be able to pull out their sketchbooks for the first time in a while. Before going home, the children were able to enjoy some Physical Time. They went through an obstacle course jumping onto a mat, crawling through a tunnel, walking on balance bars, and hopping through some hoops.