CURRENT EVENTS

• 2021.02.19Junior English Open Class

  

  Class 1 has been learning about festivals and events all over the world in February. We did many activities about Chinese New Year and all the intersting things you can see during the Chinese New Year festival. Everyone had a lot of fun learning about it, and we even made our own dragons and learned how to do a dragon dance! Today, we prepared a festival so Class 1 could celebrate together with Mr. Ox. We made a wonderful display, and showed Mr. Ox how to do the dragon dance. Everyone did a wonderful job, and it was so nice for them to show what they had learned.

  

  Over the last few weeks, Class 2 has been learning about different shapes. We have had lots of fun finding real shapes all over the kindergarten. Recently, the children used shapes to complete different pictures, such as rockets, turtles, flowers, and butterflies. Today, all the shapes that they used for their pictures were mixed up, so we had to ask each other what they need. The children could ask their friends what they needed and help them to get it. Then it was time for Class 2’s picture presentation, where small groups showed their friends what they had made while their friends asked them questions about their pictures and the shapes they used. The children were also able to match upper and lower case letters for the entire alphabet!

  

  Class 3 loves to role-play different kinds of shops, so over the past few weeks they have been having fun opening various different stores. Lately they have had different challenges from Cooking Cat to help him open his own restaurants. Last week they completed the challenge of making their own Juice Shop and choosing what different fruit and vegetables to put inside their juice. Today they had fun opening a Soup Curry shop and adding many different kinds of food toppings to their Soup Curry. Everyone was able to not only be a customer and customize the soup curry they wanted, but also play the shop keeper and ask the what the customer wanted. All of Class 3 did an amazing job speaking English and completing every challenge!

• 2021.02.18Intermediate English Open Class

  

  Today was the Intermediate English Open Class. Over the past month Class 4 has really enjoyed learning about food cycles and had fun getting to know the character called the Carrot Seed Boy. Class4 received three challenges from the Carrot Seed Boy. The first challenge was an English Conversation Time challenge. Everyone did a very good job at going through the obstacle course and could ask each other questions very nicely. The second challenge was from the ABC magicians. It was great to see all the children writing letters of the alphabet so confidently and presenting them to their friends. The final challenge was to feed the friends of the Carrot Seed Boy. The children did a very good job at answering a character quiz, identifying the different food groups and putting the right food in the box. Finally, another one of the Carrot Seed Boys friends Enchou Sensei revealed that he had been watching Class 4 all along and he thinks they are nearly ready to go to Class 7. Well done Class 4 everyone did a great job today.

  Today Class 5 and 6 got a letter from Ms. Winter inviting the children to play some indoor sports–basketball, ice hockey, and dart ball. The children did very well asking what their friends wanted to try and what they needed, then giving each other tickets for the needed items. After everyone had a ticket, the children were excited to come up and try the games together, and they had a lot of fun playing and supporting friends. The children got another letter from Ms. Winter, promising to play again next week, and then the children moved into a phonics activity. Each child got “PR” or “DR” card, which they placed under pictures of words that began with those letters. They then said the letters, sounds, and words out loud in a big voice. All the children did a great job. Class 5 and 6 are just about ready to level up as seniors! Wonderful work, Class 5 and Class 6!

• 2021.02.17Cooking ～Senior～

  

  今日は、Cookingを行いました♪年長組は、Mr.Danから世界の国のSweetsについて教えてもらいました。それぞれのSweetsがどの国のものなのかクイズに答えていく中で、ワッフルやお団子など馴染みのあるおやつもあり大喜び。今回は、フランスのお菓子であるガトーショコラに、フルーツやクリームをトッピングしました♪カラフルなスプレーをかけたり、フルーツを好きなように盛り付けてオリジナルのガトーショコラができました！友達と一緒に食べるガトーショコラは、とても美味しかったですね♪美味しいお菓子と楽しいクイズに、大満足のお子さま達でした。

• 2021.02.16Senior English Open Class

  

  For Class 7’s English Open Class, the children received a visit from Mr. Jobs! He needed the children’s help to get his glasses back, and the children did their best to complete a series of challenges. Telling their friends what they wanted to be in the future, directing each other using a map and taxi and working together in groups to fix Mr. Jobs’ favourite book, ‘Fly Us To The Moon’. The children were able to complete all of the challenges today, and Mr. Jobs was so happy to get his glasses back! Well done, Class 7!
  
  For Class 8 and 9’s Open English Classes, the children completed 2 quizzes from Mr. Quiz, a shape and sequence quiz, followed by a challenge to direct their friends through mazes to get all of the Elementary School items. After completing the challenges, the children sung the ‘Z, Y, X song’ before doing a great job spelling 3 letter words together in their teams. Everyone showed great enthusiasm and team work, well done Seniors!

• 2021.02.15年中組体育教室

  

  今日は、今年最後の年中組の体育教室でした。元気なかけ声で「（１・２・３・４）５・６・７・８！」と準備体操をするお子さま達。1年間の振り返りをして、鉄棒の前回りや、跳び箱を行いました。鉄棒では、1学期は教師にサポートが必要だったお子さまも、自信をもってグルんっ！と回転する姿がみられましたよ。跳び箱では、手を目印に置いてから足をグーパーさせて跳ぶことに挑戦しました。お尻がついても大丈夫！やってみよう！という、教師の声を聞いて安心したのか、4段の跳び箱にも恐怖心をもたず勇気を出してに挑戦する年中組さんの姿をみて、進級当初の姿を思い出し、とっても大きなお姉さんお兄さんになったと感動しました。次の体育教室は、年長組になってからです！それまで、お部屋でも、ゆうか先生に教わったことを継続して続け、体力づくりをしていきます！最後に、ハイタッチ鬼ごっこもして、楽しく汗を流した年中さんでした。

• 2021.02.12観劇

  

  今日は劇団風の子さんが来園し、楽しいパフォーマンスをしてくださいました。「どんなことが始まるんだろう！」とワクワクしていたお子さま達。シャボン玉やこま、けん玉などお子さま達が知っているものがたくさん出てきて、楽しい遊びをたくさん見せて下さいました。風の子さんがバケツの上でたくさんの数のコマを回したり、難しいけん玉の技に挑戦すると、「成功するかな・・・！」と、ドキドキのお子さま達。成功すると、大きな拍手と歓声が響きわたりましたね！パフォーマンス中には、お子さま達のニコニコ笑顔や、驚いた顔、真剣に見つめる顔など、様々な表情が見えて心から楽しんでいる様子が伝わりました。お子さま達も一緒に遊んでいるような気持ちになれる素敵なパフォーマンスを見せていただき、ありがとうございました♪

• 2021.02.10Today’s Bear Class

  

  We had fun in Bear Class today and the children did so well helping our friend, Elephant. Since the children made Valentine’s Day cards last week, Elephant wanted to make one too but his mommy is a big elephant. We helped him make a big card full of big chocolates. Everyone could ask politely, “May I have chocolate, please?” We even had time for phonics and a story book. Great job today everyone in both Bear classes, we had such a wonderful time!

• 2021.02.09Today’s Class 9

  

  今日は年長組で集まって卒園式の練習をしました。進学への期待が日に日に高まっている9組では、「背筋ピンとして、カッコよく座る！」と、意気込むお子さまの姿が見られました。今日練習したのは、入場の行進と、修礼、副園長先生のお話を聞く時の礼。教師が見せた見本から、どんな部分を気を付けて行うと良いか考えた時には、角の曲がり方や礼をする時の角度など、様々なことに気付いて発表してくれました。また、クラスごとにやってみた時には、どのクラスも真剣な表情で取り組み、もうすぐ小学生になるお子さま達の成長が感じられましたよ。明日は証書の授与を練習するので、頑張りましょうね。クラスでは絵本製作も少しずつ完成に近づいてきました。完成して、みんなに読み聞かせをすることが今から楽しみな9組さんでした。今日の午後は、北風公園で雪遊びもして大満足の様子でしたよ。

• 2021.02.08Today’s Senior

  

  今日の年長組は、体育教室を行いました！幼稚園最後の体育教室であることを伝えると、「えー最後なの？」とちょっぴり寂しそうなお子さま達でしたが、「頑張るぞ！」とやる気満々で取り組んでいました。今日は、鉄棒と跳び箱に挑戦です。鉄棒では、足を上に蹴り上げて自分で回る練習をしました。前は怖がっていたお子さまも、先生に支えられてやてみると「楽しい！」と笑顔を見せていましたよ。跳び箱は、3段、4段、5段にチャレンジしました。手をしっかりついて足を開いて跳び箱を跳び越えられると、「やったー！跳べたよ！」と嬉しそうにしていましたよ。鉄棒も跳び箱も、前回よりもとっても上達してゆうか先生もびっくり！小学校に行っても、体育教室で教えてもらったことを思い出して楽しく体を動かしましょうね♪

• 2021.02.06English Speaking Contest

  
  

  Today was the 19th English Speaking Contest. We were really happy to see all of the children who attended and were very impressed by their English communication abilities. The kindergarten turned into a department store, and the children were invited to the grand opening. Everyone got coupons to buy some items, and the children went around to the Pet Shop, Fruit and Vegetable Shop, and T-shirt Shop. By answering questions and having conversations, the children could get the items they wanted. There was also a listening test where everyone circled answers, colored pictures, and put stickers in the correct place. We heard so much great English today, and we were very pleased with the level of communication. At the end of the event, everyone was a winner! There was also a section for the ESC kids. They spoke to many of the teachers about items they brought from home, and the older children prepared presentations about various topics. It was a very fun event and we enjoyed seeing everyone go home with a smile on their faces.