We had a very fun day with our Elephant friends! First, we did an animal quiz. We could say all the animals’ names with nice, big voice and make animal sounds. We also did some exercise today. This time, it was a jump rope. We can jump very far and high! And we are good friends, so we could jump together, holding hands. After lunch we had some book time and read many nice books. We really like “Yummy, yucky” book. Now we know what is yummy and what is not. See you next time, elephant friends!
CURRENT EVENTS 2024
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2024.11.11Monday’s Elephant class
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2024.11.08Today’s Elephant class
Today we did many interesting activities! First, we started with a small animal quiz. A cow was easy, but a goat and a donkey made us think. We heard what noises animals make. The donkey was so cute! After that, Yasue-sensei came to us for a music lesson. She taught us to clap our hands to music, wave some colorful streamers, play bells and play a fun game called “London bridge”. After lunch we built a tall LEGO tower all together. This time, we read a book about a goat, a cow and a donkey in a noisy house. We could remember animal noises well! Great job today, Elephant friends! Keep it up! -
2024.11.07Today’s Class 9
Class 9 friends today had a fun playing card games, making clay sculptures, and singing for Hyogen Festival practice. They’re getting better and better! For Tone Chime the children were making music without teachers support for the first time. Lunch time we ate some yummy noodles and corn salad with banana. We were so full when we finished. Thank you for the delicious food! Keep up the great work Class 9! -
2024.11.06Today’s Class 8
Today in Class 8 we had a lot of fun as we continue to practice for our Hyogen Festival performance. After Discovery Time, we started our day with Katakana print and when we finished we enjoyed time using the tablets. Then we practiced our songs and learned a new line in our script today. After practicing in the class we went on stage, where we were able to practice 4 scenes, including the songs!! We did such a good job practice our scenes and songs we got really hungry. We joined Class 7 and enjoyed our delicious lunches from home. Thanks mom and dad! Great job today everyone! -
2024.11.05Today in Class 6
Today in Class 6, there was a big surprise waiting for the children. Right outside our classroom is a huge stage that will be used for IYK’s Hyogen Festival plays! Despite that distraction, everyone worked hard and had fun today. We did our Morning Meeting, a new ECT question (“What will you be for Hyogen Festival?”), practice for Scene 1 and Scene 2, a Music Lesson, Lunch, Discovery Time, and the Goodbye Meeting. Finally, Class 6 was the last class to practice moving on the big stage! We promised to obey the rules, and then we worked super hard to learn where to stand on the stage. Everyone did so well! It was a wonderful rehearsal! We are all excited about our play, “The Elves and the Shoemakers”. It will be great, so please look forward to it!2024.10.31Halloween Party!
Trick or treat! Today was the Halloween Party! We had so much spooky fun today. All of the children arrived in such wonderful costumes, and they were so proud to tell us what they were. Once everyone had arrived, we took turns taking pictures, playing games, eating Halloween lunch, and of course, trick or treating. Wanda the Witch had made some new ghost friends at her haunted house, but a big wind blew them away. All of the children went to different rooms to get the ghosts. In the Kitchen, Mr. Vampire had a quiz. In the Dining room, Mr. Zombie had a fun game where the children fed the zombies yucky brains. In the Bedroom, we helped Barry the Spider get energy to reach the ghost on the ceiling. And in the Garden, Mr. Jack-o’-lantern had a fun dance party to help a ghost hiding in a tree. Once everyone had helped four ghosts, we took them to the laundry room where Wanda the Witch was waiting. When all of the ghosts were together again, she was so happy that she gave presents to all of the children. We also brought home presents from the pinatas. We had such fun today. Thank you to all of the parents for such cool and cute costume ideas.2024.10.30Today’s Class 7
Today in Class 7 we completed our final page in our numbers workbook, writing from 1-to-100!! We then completed our Morning Meeting and opened the last Halloween haunted house door before tomorrow’s Halloween Party!! The children were very excited for today’s main event…pinata! The Class 7 parents went to great efforts to make 3 amazing pinata boxes full of origami, shiny surprises and tickets to get presents at tomorrow’s party. Everyone had so much fun hitting the pinata boxes with children calling out, “I love pinata!” and “Pinata is so much fun!” Thank you everyone for a fun day (and thank you to all the IYK parents that helped make such cute, fun and cool pinata boxes for today!)2024.10.29October Birthday Party
Today was the Birthday Party for friends born in October. Once the whole kindergarten had assembled, it was time to call in the birthday friends. Everyone marched in very nicely and sat at the front of the room. All of the children could answer in a big voice to “What’s your name?” and “How old are you?” After singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song, it was time to give presents to the birthday friends. After three cheers, everyone sat back down to watch the teacher’s play. Wanda the Witch and Felix the Cat were looking for a house. When they finally found one they liked, it was haunted by four ghosts. Luckily, Wanda is a witch, so she was not afraid of the ghosts, who just wanted some friends anyway. We all had a Monster Mash dance party until a big wind blew the ghosts away. Wanda asked everyone to help her find her ghost friends at the Halloween party later this week. This month’s party was lots of fun. Congratulations to all the October birthday friends!2024.10.28Today’s Class 5
Today in Class 5 we enjoyed English writing. We have been practising making new words with different sounds and today we focused on words with “et” in them. We tried very hard to write as nicely as we could! We are also getting really good at writing out own names in English without any help! After, we had a lot of fun making our new craft! It is a cute owl that we made from paper plates! We got to fold the plates and then painted them all sorts of colours, like orange, green and blue. Then, we cut out the eyes and beaks ready to stick on for later! We used a lot of glue and paint so it got a bit messy, but we were very good at cleaning up after. It has been a busy day and we tried our best! Well done Class 5! Keep up the great work!2024.10.25Immersion Day
Immersion Day was held today and we had a big shopping event. The Junior friends made pizzas and jumping frogs, the Intermediates made shiny medals and sushi, and the Seniors made yummy ice creams and glasses that they sold to each other today. All classes got together on either the first floor or second floor and everyone could enjoy being shopkeepers “Welcome to the ___ shop, what do you want?” whilst the customers bought 6 items each with their IYK money, “This one, please!” It was great to see the older children help their younger friends and everyone used such confident voices to buy and sell their items. Great job everyone!