CURRENT EVENTS 2024

• 2024.06.13Intermediate Open Classes

  

  Today, we held the Intermediate Open Classes. We were grateful to have so many parents come to support and watch the English Activities.

  Class 4 did a fantastic job showing off their phonics knowledge! They did their best to use the letter sounds to find the food each cute animal likes the most. They did so well! Way to go Class 4 friends!

  Class 5 were very excited and enthusiastic, using big voices to answer the questions and show their parents how much they enjoy speaking English. They tackled the obstacle course with lots of energy and performed the “Do the Monkey” dance very well! Amazing job Class 5 friends!

  Class 6 had fun asking and answering today’s three different questions in English. They also showed the Mommies and Daddies how well they can sit nicely. Everyone was on their best behavior and participated wonderfully!

• 2024.06.12Today’s Class 5

  

  Today in Class 5, we went to the park! It was morning time and already super sunny, so we wore our hats and took our water bottles. We got to play on the swings and swing on the monkey bars. We also went down the slide and hung from the iron bars. It was very hot but so much fun! Then, we learned how to write the letters K and L and tried to think of words that started with those letters. We used our fingers to write the letters in the air after watching how to write them on the blackboard. We learned how to do a big K and a little k, then a big L and a little l. Afterwards, we read a story all about catching a dinosaur. It was a fun story all about science, volcanoes, traps and robots. There were lots of new words that we got to learn about! What an exciting day!

• 2024.06.11Senior Open Classes

  
  
  

  The Senior Open Classes were held today and we welcomed many parents to the school to come and watch each classes English Activity.

  Class 7 did a fantastic job completing the ABC Hero challenge before checking our Endangered Animal friends were all back home and happy in their different countries. Everyone could use fantastic, loud voices and showed lots of confidence in front of so many parents! Excellent job everyone!

  Class 8 did a great job singing the Transport Song and talking about the many ways to go check the Endangered Animals. Everyone did a excellent job and were really excited to show their English in front of their parents! Great job!

  Class 9 took pictures of our endangered animal friends to see if they were happy in their new homes. Yes, they were SO HAPPY! Everyone used their BIG VOICES and had a FUN TIME! Good job friends!

• 2024.06.10Today’s Class 4

  

  Today in Class 4, we had a blast playing on the playground with everyone in the nice warm June weather. It was so fun to test our skills and show how strong we are! On our way back from the park, we checked on our green peppers and drew such nice pictures of our growing plants in our Grow Diaries. They are getting so much bigger, and we can’t wait to see when the green peppers will begin to appear. Afterwards we exercised our brains by learning about clocks and how to read the time. We impressed our teachers by being able to show time on the clocks by ourselves. So cool! Class 4 always works so well as a team. Let’s keep enjoying each day together!

• 2024.06.07Today’s Senior

  

  今日のシニアクラスでは、エスポラーダの方にサッカー教室を開いていただきました。朝から、「サッカーボールはどのくらい大きいのかな？」「サッカー楽しみ！」などと今日のサッカー教室を楽しみに登園したお子さま達。サッカーのユニフォームで登園するお子さま達もいて、気合い十分の様子でしたよ。教室が始まると、「名前を覚えるのは大変だから、“イケメン”と呼んでね！」と講師の先生に言われ、和やかな雰囲気で「イケメン〜！」と呼ぶ姿が見られました。大きな声で「よろしくお願いします！」の挨拶をすると、一人ひとつサッカーボールをゲットし、早速ボールと友達になる練習です！“ドリブル”では、「強く蹴らずに、足にくっつけるように進むと良い」とアドバイスをしてもらうと、しっかりと実践し、メキメキと上達する姿が見られました。次に、笛の合図に合わせて交互にボールを踏む、ボールタッチを行いました。だんだんと速くなる笛に苦戦しながらも、何度も諦めずに挑戦し、終始笑顔が見られていましたよ。最後に実際に女の子対講師の先生、男の子対講師の先生で２ゲームを行いました。３クラス全てが講師の先生に勝利し、「やったー！！」とみんなでハイタッチをしながら喜び、達成感を味わっていました。最後の挨拶をしてからも、「まだまだサッカーしたかった！」「サッカー習ってみたいな！」などとサッカーが大好きになったお子さま達でした。

• 2024.06.06Today’s Class 3

  

  Class 3 had lots of fun today. As the children arrived, they did their best to hang up their jackets by themselves. We had Discovery Time and played together before cleaning up and getting ready for our music lesson with Yasue-sensei. We had great fun keeping time with many fun songs together. When we got back to the classroom, we played Musical Chairs and everyone enjoyed walking to the music and trying to find a chair. Soon it was time to get ready for lunch. After cleaning up and brushing our teeth, we enjoyed some play time with the other late course children in Intermediate and Senior before heading home for the day. Thank you for a great day. See you tomorrow, everyone!

• 2024.06.05Today’s bear class

  

  Today we had a lot of fun with Bear friends. We already learned some colors so we made towers using colorful Lego. We did our favorite finger plays and learned a new one. Then we had an English activity! We met many animal friends and said “Hello!” to them. Some of them were really hungry so we used our food toys to feed them. At the end, all the animals were happy so we were happy too! Let’s help them again when they need it next time using English!

• 2024.06.04Today’s Class 8

  

  Today in Class 8 we had so much fun! We watered our potato plants in the garden and said `Grow, Grow, Grow` to help them get bigger. For music, we practiced with the tone chimes and our waiting friends played an English Game. We also worked on our Fathers Day craft and practiced brushing our teeth with our Hippo friend! Great job today everyone. See you tomorrow!

• 2024.06.03Today’s Class 1

  

  Today in Class 1 we went to Kitakaze Park! We got to play on the jungle gym and go down the slide. We practiced our balancing and enjoyed the nice weather outside. We love going to the park all the time. Today was also the last day for our helping teacher Chinari-sensei! Chinari-sensei came to IYK to learn and study, and she had a lot of fun with Class 1. We gave her a nice present for helping us, but we were still sad to see her leave. Thank you, Chinari-sensei! Good luck! Great job today, Class 1! Let’s have more fun!

• 2024.05.31Today’s Class 9

  

  Today in Class 9 we had a wonderful time painting for craft time with many colorful flowers. Nao sensei always shows children carefully how to make beautiful art. For English Activity we fed zoo animals we saved last week with meat and vegetables. I think our herbivore and carnivore animal friends were very full and happy! During playtime we had a fun time with ‘How endangered is it?!’ card game. Many friends won and enjoyed seeing each other win. Many friends want a rematch next week because they want to play with their friends again! They said it was so much fun! Class 9 Let’s GO!