Today was a very fun day for everyone in Class 1! Everyone is getting better and better at hanging up their uniform jackets and putting away their bags. After everyone arrived, we had Discovery Time and played together. After cleaning up, we had our Morning Meeting and got stickers for our stickerbooks. Everyone could point to what sticker they wanted and say, “This one, please!” Next, we sang the ABC song and played a guessing game with words beginning with “A” and “B.” Today, everyone could also come to the front and say their name to the whole class! We also began making Mother’s Day presents by drawing Mummy’s face with our new crayons. Soon it was time for yummy school lunch. Many friends asked for “More rice, please!” After cleaning up and brushing our teeth, we had Discovery Time until it was time for a story book and our Goodbye Meeting. Good job, everyone! See you tomorrow!
2025.04.23Today’s Class 6
Today in Class 6 we had a short day but we had so much fun! After Discovery Time, we had a number print lesson, adding numbers together. Then we practiced singing a song in Japanese. After our Morning Meeting, we had an English Activity. We had to give Mr. Zookeeper directions to different places around Sapporo. Everyone did a great job! Let’s have more fun tomorrow!
2025.04.22Elephant Class Opening Ceremony
Tuesday & Friday Elephant Class had such a great first day and Opening Ceremony. We are so happy to meet everyone, and could enjoy doing may things together for the first time. We had play time, our first Morning Meeting, and we helped Mommy Bunny look for a present box from our Principal. Inside the box were sticker books! We will have stickers for you each time you come to Elephant Class. We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday. Let’s help Mommy Bunny one more time!
2025.04.21Elephant Class Opening Ceremony
Monday & Thursday Elephant Class children and parents, welcome! We had lots of fun during today’s Opening Ceremony. It was great to get to meet everyone, play together, and have our first Morning Meeting. Thank you for helping Mommy Bunny find the sticker books, which are presents from the Principal.
During our next lesson, on Thursday, we also had fun helping Mommy Bunny find her babies who were playing peek-a-boo in the garden. Great job, saying “Hello!” and “Goodbye!” to them. Have a great weekend and see you next week.
2025.04.18Today’s Class 5
Today in Class 5 was full of excitement and new beginnings! We started our day with some fun exercise to get our bodies moving, followed by calming time to help us feel relaxed and ready for the day ahead. A big highlight was enjoying our very first Union Lunch! The delicious lunch was specially made outside of school and brought in just for us—what a treat! We also made our table groups for the first term, using a fun raffle to decide. Each group was given a different continent, and the children worked together to create colorful posters by drawing the flags of countries from their group’s continent. It was a fantastic opportunity to practice teamwork and learn more about the world around us. Great job today Everyone!
2025.04.17Today’s Class 4
We had our first full day of Kindergarten in Class 4 today! We were so excited to start our first craft. We did such a great job using scissors to make our really cool Children’s Day Craft. Next we had our very first English Activity. We had so much fun helping Little fish help his shape fish friends go home. We impressed our teachers by naming difficult shapes in English! After a busy morning, it was time to enjoy our first school lunch together. It was so yummy! Today was a terrific day full of firsts! Class 4 is becoming fast friends already. We can’t wait to play together tomorrow!
2025.04.16Today’s Class 3
Today in Class 3 we had lots of fun! After Discovery Time and exercise with the other Intermediate and Senior friends, we had our Morning Meeting and completed our ‘Tie a Bow Challenge’. Everyone did a fantastic job on their third day of practicing to tie bows! We then received new Line Work books and practiced how to hold pencils correctly and draw different lines (in preparation for learning to write hiragana next week!). We then joined Class 4 for our first Food & Life time, reviewing lunchtime rules and explaining what things will be different now they are super big, Intermediates! Everyone is settling into their new room, the new routine and remembering their new friends names so well! Great job everyone, see you tomorrow!
2025.04.15Today’s Class 2
Today in Class 2 was lots of fun. We started our morning by playing with friends, and we did a dance to exercise after we were done playing. We had Morning Meeting and took attendance after the Meeting. We received crayons as a present, and we colored donuts with our new crayons. Once we were finished making our donuts, we had Lunch Time and talked with our new friends and teachers while we ate our yummy food. We also enjoyed a funny English book during Book Time. Great job today, everyone!
2025.04.14Today’s Class 1
Class 1 friends had lots of fun today. Today was the first day of kindergarten, and everyone came to IYK with a big smile on their face. A few friends were nervous at first, but after hanging up their new uniforms and putting away their bags, all of the children had fun playing together. After cleaning up the toys, we did exercise together and went to the toilet. When we got back we sang the ABC song, checked the weather and date, then got our first stickers for our stickerbooks from Freddy the Frog. Everyone said, “I’m here!” in a big voice, and we had fun jumping off of a box onto a mat. Soon it was time for a storybook and the Goodbye Song. Today was a short day, but we did a lot of fun activities. We can’t wait to see everyone again tomorrow! See you!
2025.04.12入園式
今日は令和7年度の入園式を行いました。素敵な笑顔で登園するお子さまや少し緊張したお子さまなど様々な様子のお子さま達が見られました。登園するとまず2階の自分のクラスの部屋に行き、担任の先生からネームバッジをつけてもらいました。「赤色のバッジだったよ！」「同じ緑色のバッジのお友達はどこかな」と自分のお名前バッジに喜んだり、同じ色のバッジのお友達を探す様子も見られました。自分のクラスを見たり、保護者の方とトイレに行ったりと幼稚園生活に期待感を高めているお子さま達でした。9時になると１階のお部屋で入園式が始まりました。理事長先生や園長先生の話を聞いたり、担任紹介が終わると楽しいTeacher’s Playのスタート！RabbitやDog、Bearなど楽しい仲間が出てきたり、IYKの先生達から素敵なプレゼントをもらったりするお話に興味津々で見入っていましたよ。その後は、動物達や先生達と一緒に “It’s a small world” の曲に合わせて楽しく手を叩いて演奏を楽しみました。月曜日からいよいよ幼稚園が始まります。皆さん幼稚園に来てくれることを先生方みんなで楽しみに待ってます！元気に登園してきてくださいね！
