CURRENT EVENTS 2023

• 2023.04.19Today’s Class 6

  

  Today was so busy in class 6! We practiced tying a bow and then we sang the color song. We started to learn the Hot Cross Buns song too. After the songs, we talked about how we feel during English Conversation Time. Today Class 6 friends asked and answered the questions very fast! Masami-Sensei surprised us with a class Birthday Present activity and we learned about the Birthday Board. In Junior classes we used coupy pens, but in intermediate, We decorated the happy birthday candies with markers. Class 6 was so good at using and putting away the markers. Our candies looked so cute and cool! Later we reviewed 50 Hiragana. Class 6 could identify the Hiragana very quickly and correctly. We reviewed the English letters C and D together with loud voices. Finally it was time for lunch, so we took out our lunch mats and started eating. This week we are trying to finish our food so we can play with many friends during Discovery Time. Today was a half day, so we finished the day with the afternoon exercise and had calming time. Before we knew it, it was time to go home. That’s all for today. See you tomorrow!

• 2023.04.18Elephant Class Opening Ceremony

  

  The Elephant Class children had their Opening Ceremony today and it was so much fun. The children enjoyed play time together and we had our first Morning Meeting. We introduced the “Hello Song” and “Goodbye Song” and it was nice to see many children dance along. Everyone got to hit the “I’m here” tambourine and it we saw lots of smiles as well. We are looking forward to the new school year. Let’s enjoy an English Activity next time. Well done everyone and we will see you on Friday!

• 2023.04.17Elephant Class Opening Ceremony

  

  Elephant Class had our Opening Ceremony today. We were so happy to meet all our new friends and their parents. It was great to see so many smiles and everyone did such a good job today. We could play together, dance, and even hit the “I’m here!” tambourine. Our new friends each got a sticker book too. Next time when they come we’ll give them stickers they can put in it. We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday. Let’s have fun doing an English Activity. See you then!

• 2023.04.14Today’s Class 5

  

  Today was so much fun in Class 5! We had the first English Activity of the year which went really well. All of the children could practice talking about their feelings and how they felt today. As well as practicing their English, they could also have fun learning together and completing the activity as a team. Using the masks was a lot of fun and everyone was laughing, as well as using a big, confident voice in English! After our English Activity, we moved on to practicing numbers with a Number Print activity. Mr. Jeff and Miki-Sensei were very surprised with how talented everyone in Class 5 is with numbers – great job. Finally, we had the first lunchbox day of the year in Class 5, it was very impressive to see the children get ready for lunch by themselves and enjoy eating together. Today was great, let’s have another awesome day on Monday. See you next week!

• 2023.04.13Today’s Class 4

  

  Today was a lot of fun in Class 4. We started the day with open play time on the first floor. It was very nice to see all the Class 4 children playing with children from other classes. We continued to tie a ribbon in class and everyone could get a ribbon. We also got a letter from the Emoji Friends. They invited us over to their house to play and we could put on some special feeling masks. Today we learned about the Japanese holiday of Children’s day and we could make special carp flags to celebrate this. Today we had the first school lunch of the year and everyone could eat their curry and rice very nicely. All the children of Class 4 are looking forward to completing their Children’s Day craft tomorrow. Well done Class 4!

• 2023.04.12Today’s Class 3

  

  In Class 3 today, we received another present from the class puppet, Daisy. The present was given to the class in a special shiny box. The children were excited to recieve their very own sketchbooks. They enjoyed coloring with the crayons that they received yesterday. Everyone filled the first page of their sketchbooks with many colors and creative pictures. In the Morning Meeting, Class 3 enjoyed hitting the “happy tambourine.” The children are doing a fantastic job at learning how to say, “I’m here!” The late course friends enjoyed eating their yummy lunch box together too. Today was a super fun day in Class 3!

• 2023.04.11Today’s Class 2

  

  Class 2 had a really fun day today! As everyone arrived, we had a fun Discovery Time with Class 1 and Class 3. After cleaning up, we all exercised together. Today was only the second day, but many friends are enjoying participating in the Morning Meeting and Goodbye Meeting. We played a game where the children showed what colors they were wearing. This morning we found a present in a shiny box. It was everyone’s crayons, and also some donuts that needed coloring. The children put on their craft smocks and used their new crayons to make their donuts colorful and yummy. Before we knew it, it was time to get ready to go home. Thank you for a great day. See you tomorrow, everyone!

• 2023.04.10Today’s Class 1

  

  Class 1 had a fun first day of kindergarten today! In phonics time we met the ABC train and sang the ABC song together! We also learned 4 words that start with the letter “a”. During the Morning Meeting we sang the morning song together and then the children got beautiful butterfly stickers for their sticker books! Then we saw which friends came to the kindergarten today and the children practiced saying, “I’m here!” in a big voice and hit a tambourine. During physical time everyone did a great job jumping off a step and stretching to hit the tambourine! At the end of the day, we read a book about a little white fish looking for his mommy and then said goodbye to our Class 1 friends during the goodbye meeting before going home. The children did a great job on their first day of kindergarten! See you tomorrow!

• 2023.04.09入園式

  
  今日は令和５年度の入園式が行われました。張り切って元気に挨拶をするお子さま、少し緊張しているお子さま、真剣に担任の挨拶を聞いているお子さまと、いろいろな様子が見られましたが、どのクラスも全員揃って行うことができました。担任の先生に名札を付けてもらうと嬉しそうに自分の名札を触ったり見たりする様子も見られましたよ。また、式の途中に“Mr. Delivery”が登場すると、「何が始まるんだろう？」と興味津々のお子さま達。 “Mr. Delivery”が運んできたキラキラのShiny Boxから粘土やクレヨンが出てくるとみんな大喜びでした。明日からの１週間、自分達のクラスにもShiny Boxが届くことを知ると期待でいっぱいの様子でした。明日からは、いよいよ幼稚園生活がスタートします。みなさん元気に登園してきてくださいね！

• 2023.04.07始業式

  

  いよいよ令和５年度がスタートし、元気いっぱのお子さま達が登園してきました。新しい靴箱に新しいコート掛け、そして新しい部屋。自分のクラスに着くと、新しい担任がいて一人ひとりに名札を付けてくれました。Exerciseの時間になると、一つお兄さんお姉さんになり張り切って体操する姿も見られましたよ。クラス活動では、新しい担任の先生の自己紹介や、一年間の予定を聞いたりしながら、新しい学年が始まったことを実感している様子でした。始業式では真剣になって副園長先生の話を聞いていたお子さま達。新しくインターナショナル山の手幼稚園へ入園してきたお子さまの紹介もありました。これから始まる新しい一年への期待が高まった始業日。日曜日には入園式があり、月曜日からは全園児が揃います。元気に登園してきてくださいね。今年度もどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。