CURRENT EVENTS

• 2022.05.09Today’s Intermediate

  

  　今日は年中組になって初めての体育教室を行いました。カワイ教室の『ゆうか先生』と一緒に、まずは準備運動からスタートです。足を曲げたり伸ばしたり、股関節を広げたりと怪我をしないためにストレッチをした後は、動物さんに変身！両手を頭の上に並べてウサギジャンプをすると、１番最初にゴールしたくて思わずジャンプというよりチンパンジーのように走り出してしまうお子さまも…「２つの膝をのりでしっかりくっつけてウサギさんのように両足を揃えてジャンプするのが上手になったら、縄跳びや跳び箱も上手になれるんだよ！」というアドバイスを聞いてからは、かっこいいウサギジャンプができるようになりました。次に行ったクマ歩きでは、両手で体を支える力や、お尻を高くあげる姿勢の練習をし、いよいよマットと跳び箱の登場！今日は前転と、跳び箱からの飛び降りジャンプに挑戦しました。少しドキドキしたけど、最後まで頑張ったお子さま達は「全然疲れてないよ！」「早くまたやりたい！」と、今から次回の体育教室を楽しみにしていましたよ。

• 2022.05.06Today’s Senior

  

  　今日の年長組は、種芋植えを行いました。じゃがいもの生長についての話や色々な種類あることなどを各クラスで話すと、「じゃがいもおいしいから大好きなんだ♪」「お家にもあるよ！」など親しみある野菜を育てることに大喜びのお子さま達。園庭の畑に行くと、種芋は切り口を下にして植えるというポイントをしっかり理解しながら植えており、「優しく土のお布団をかけてあげようね」と市野渡先生と会話しながら土に触れていました。最後はじゃがいもが大きく育つように「Grow Grow Grow!」と両手を前に出しながら、とても大きな声でおまじないを唱えました。教室に戻ると、「お水あげたいな」「いつお世話できるの？」などじゃがいもの育てることに期待を膨らませながらGrow Diaryを描いていましたよ！

• 2022.05.02Today’s Class 2

  

  Class 2 had lots of fun today. After everyone arrived and put away their water bottles, lunch smocks, and spare bags, we had a good time playing with Class 1, then exercising together. The children are doing well learning the moves! We then went back to our classroom for Morning Meeting, and learned this month’s new stickers. We saw some new words during phonics time, and asked eachother, “How are you today, ___ -chan/kun?” during ECT. We practiced jumping and crawling for our Physical Challenge before working on our Mother’s Day crafts. The children could use their glue to stick down lots of shiny paper. Soon it was time for a yummy lunch, and after a quick Discovery Time, it was time to get ready to go home. What a good day! Have a great three day holiday, and see you all on Friday!

• 2022.04.28Today’s Class 1

  

  Class 1 had lots of fun today. We started the day with doing a Phonics Activity. The children posted pictures into the matching letter postbox. After this we had Physical Time where we jumped from a box and crawled through a long tunnel. The children had big smiles on their faces as they emerged from the tunnel. Then Eric the Elephant came to the classroom and gave the children a present of glue. We used this present straight away when finishing our craft for Mothers Day. The children then drew pictures in their sketchbooks. There were some lovely pictures including a rainbow and a dinosaur. For lunch today we had corn soup, bread with jam, a colourful salad, an orange slice and chicken nuggets. The children enjoyed their lunch and there were many clean plates at the end of lunch. Before we knew it the day was over and it was time for the children to go home. Have a good 3 day weekend and we will see you on Monday.

• 2022.04.27Today’s Class 9

  

  毎日「今日は何して遊ぶ？」と１日の予定を嬉しそうに聞いているClass 9。発見活動では、動物や虫の模型のおもちゃを観察したり、模型の中からカブトムシを集めて図鑑で調べる姿や、Craftコーナーで紙飛行機を折って楽しむ姿が見られました。クラス活動では、シャボン玉を絵の具で塗って遊びました。年長になってからゲットした１２色の絵の具セットから好きな色を選んで、カラフルなシャボン玉を仕上げると、大喜びで友達と見せ合っていたお子さま達でした。

• 2022.04.26April Birthday Party

  

  Today was a very special day at IYK, because it was the April birthday party! All of the children were very excited to get together and celebrate with their friends! During the birthday party, we sang the Happy Birthday song with big, happy voices, and gave special birthday presents to the April birthday friends. The children were also visited by the Three Little Pigs, who were able to find some yummy foods. But then the Big Bad Wolf came and wanted to eat the Three Little Pigs – he blew down their houses and chased them! But the brick house was too strong, and the Three Little Pigs decided to share their yummy birthday cake with the Big Bad Wolf instead. At lunch time, the children had a special birthday lunch with delicious Genghis Khan meat and grape jelly! It was so yummy! It was such a fun day! Happy Birthday!

• 2022.04.25Today’s Class 6

  

  　今日のClass 6は、お当番カードづくりをしました。今年はお子さま達が「宇宙飛行士」に変身し、自分のカードの順番が回ってきたら、お当番の仕事を頑張ります！自分だけのカードが分かるように、まずはマーカーで名前を書き、その次は宇宙服をカラフルにデコレーションしました。最後に、宇宙服のヘルメットの中に入るお子さま達のスマイル写真を撮影し、準備OK！「早くカードできないかな」と完成を心待ちにしているお子さま達でした。お当番カードづくりの後は、文字プリントや、自分の名前プリントに挑戦し、いよいよ楽しみにしていた給食の時間。「スパゲッティ大好き！」と口いっぱいに頬張りながら食べた結果、お子さま達の口はオレンジ色に。お互いの顔を見合わせて思わず笑ってしまうClass 6でした。

• 2022.04.22Today’s Class 3

  

  In Class 3 today, we had a school tour challenge from IYK-kun. The children explored the first floor of the kindergarten and collected two stickers for their tour cards. On Monday, they will explore the basement and search for a special shiny sticker! In today’s English Activity, we reviewed patterns and colors by helping bunny hang up his socks. Class 3 also had a special phonics review activity. The children chose a vocabulary card and put it in either the A or B mail box. The children did a fantastic job at matching the starting sound of the card they had. So far, Class 3 has learned the letters A through D in phonics time!

• 2022.04.21Today in Class 7

  

  Today in Class 7 we had lots of fun with our brand new paints! Everyone listened so carefully to the instructions and could use their paint sets so well to create their Children’s Day craft. Today was also World Lunch and everyone was SO excited to eat everything and to get their first World Lunch Sticker of the year! There was enough time to play again after finishing lunch, before it was time to go home! It was great to see everyone again and the teachers had so much fun! See you tomorrow!

• 2022.04.20Today’s Class 8

  

  Today was so much fun in Class 8! The children arrived with big smiles and played with their friends during Discovery Time. We were then able to do our morning exercise and calming time with our friends in Class 4. Before the Morning Meeting, the children had lots of fun during English Conversation Time (ECT), asking questions to their friends in English. During the Morning Meeting, we had lots of fun singing and dancing to the ‘Colours’ song! The children worked very hard completing lots of phonics challenges, spelling and reading words, and writing the missing letters. We also got a letter from the Queen with a special quiz, in which the children worked together with their friends to choose the longest river, the tallest building, and the highest mountains in the USA, Japan, and the UK. It was such an eventful day, and we look forward to having lots more fun tomorrow! Good job, Class 8!