CURRENT EVENTS

• 2023.05.11Today’s Class 6

  

  Today in Class 6 we talked about new animals in our morning songs and we had a swimming lesson. It was really fun and it made us very hungry. Later we used crayons and made umbrella crafts. Everyone drew something special! Tomorrow we will learn about green peppers and make a grow diary. I cannot wait to see all the plants grow. It is going to be so interesting!

• 2023.05.10Bear Class Opening Ceremony

  

  Today was Bear Class Opening Ceremony. We are so happy to finally meet everyone! We could enjoy play time, a morning meeting, and our first English Activity. The children met a new friend: Elephant and he had photos of his friends Duck and Monkey. They could say “Hello” to them and pretend to be them. They danced to “Skidamarink” and we had a great time. Thank you to the parents for coming and we appreciate your participation. Everyone did such a great job. See you next week!

• 2023.05.09Today’s Class 4

  

  Today was a lot of fun in Class 4. First we had a check up at the dentist. It was great to see all the children not being afraid to get a dental examination. After we returned we did nursery rhyme and song time and this was followed by tying a ribbon. Recently we have been talking about breakfast in Class 4 and the children are getting very good at asking the question “What did you eat for breakfast?”. After English Conversation Time we did craft time. This involved learning about the rainy season in Japan and making an umbrella. First we chose a colour for the umbrella and we cut it out of card. Next, we stuck down the umbrella on paper. Tomorrow we will use our crayons to colour in the umbrella and draw pictures around it. Class 4 really enjoyed eating udon today and had a great lunch time. This was followed by phonics time where we played a dice game with the letter “g”. Well done Class 4!

• 2023.05.08Today’s Intermediate

  

  　今日は年中組になって初めての体操教室でした。まずはカワイ教室の『ゆうか先生』と一緒に「１、２、３、４！」と元気にかけ声をしながら準備運動からスタートです。その後は、跳び箱やマット運動に取り組む際に重要な動きである、両足をしっかり揃えながら跳んで進む『うさぎ跳び』や、マット運動の前転両手両足を床につけて歩く『くま歩き』をしました。次に、マット→ミニハードル→跳び箱の上からジャンプのサーキット運動に挑戦！マットで前転をする動作をゆうか先生がゆっくりお手本で見せてくれると「あ！くまさんだ！」と先程取り組んだ『くま歩き』の体の使い方と同じことに気が付いたお子さま達。その他にも「マットにつける位置は頭の後ろだよ！」と大事なポイントを教えてもらいました。ハードルは軽やかに飛び越え、跳び箱の上からも思い切りジャンプして、サーキット運動を十分に楽しんでいましたよ。最後は、氷オニごっこのルールと同じ『イエーイ！オニごっこ』を行いました。鬼に捕まった人は両手を高く上げて、友達にハイタッチで助けてもらうゲームに大興奮でした！体操教室が終わると、「楽しかったねー！また明日もゆうか先生来てくれないかなー♪」と会話しており、次回の体操教室に期待を膨らませている様子でした。

• 2023.05.02Senior Food&Life

  

  今日はSenior Classでじゃがいもの種芋植えを行いました。じゃがいもの種類や栄養の話を聞いて、「昨日の給食のクリームシチューにもじゃがいもが入っていたよね！」「僕、ポテトフライ大好き！」など大好きなじゃがいもを育てることに期待を膨らませていたお子さま達。IYKガーデンでは、市野渡先生から「芽の部分は触らないよ」「土のお布団をやさしくかけてあげようね」と教えてもらい、丁寧に、一生懸命植える姿が見られました。そして最後はクラスみんなで、「Grow!Grow!Grow!」と大きなじゃがいもが育つようおまじないを唱えましたよ。
  教室に帰ってからは、Poteto Diary⓵「たねいもをうえました」を書きました。「たくさん育つかな」「お水をあげにいこうね！」と活動を振り返り、「収穫まで大切に育てよう！！」と気合い十分なSenior classのお子さま達でした。

• 2023.05.01Today’s Class 5

  

  Today in Class 5 was awesome! We started the day with a new topic for our May English Activities – animals. Today, we learnt about Mother animals, their babies and which pairs match together. It was a lot of fun to experiment with matching animals and to be able to practice using our new English phrases together. In addition to our English Activity today, we also completed a 1-20 Number Print exercise. It was great to watch the children work in their teams to put the number cards in the correct order, as well as complete their worksheets carefully and neatly. Class 5 are so talented! Finally, we practiced hanging from the iron bar in order to develop our strength and our confidence during Physical Activities. Everyone was able to complete the iron bar challenge with ease and everyone is looking forward to the next Physical Activity. Once we had completed everything, we finished off the day with a delicious school lunch. Well done Class 5, see you tomorrow!

• 2023.04.28Today’s Class 3

  

  We had lots of fun in Class 3 today! Everyone had a chance to line up at a yellow table and ask a friend, “How are you today?” Many of the friends could answer and ask the ECT target confidently, and everyone did their best. We also had a special Phonics Time today. The children had lots of fun jumping off a step, crawling through a tunnel, and hopping in some hoops. Then, they chose an ABC card and put it in the proper hoop. Class 3 loves to move around during Physical Time! We also received a special present from Daisy, the bunny puppet. Today, the children received their very own Line Work books. The children engaged themselves enthusiastically in writing dots on the rice balls and strawberries.

• 2023.04.27Today’s Class 1

  

  Today in Class 1 we had even more fun! We started the day off by playing with our Class 2 and Class 3 friends, did an exercise to boost our energy and then were able to match the lowercase A’s and B’s with their friends in the hoola hoops during Phonics Time. We had a Morning Meeting where everyone got two stickers! Then we stretched out and rolled around and around on big mats during Physical Time! After that we made delicious rice balls and strawberries in our line work books by drawing many tiny dots! We ate yummy spaghetti and meat sauce for lunch before reading a book about a bunny who painted stripes, dots and zig zags on white eggs! Before long it was time to say bye-bye to our kindergarten friends and go home! Let’s play together again tomorrow!

• 2023.04.26Today’s Class 2

  

  Class 2 had lots of fun today. When everyone started arriving, we had Discovery Time with Class 1 and Class 3. We are very happy to see many of the children playing nicely together. After doing our exercise, we could sing and dance to the ‘Wednesday Song.’ Once Class 2 went back to our classroom, we had our Morning Meeting. Everyone could say, “It’s rainy!” when we asked about the weather. After getting stickers for our stickerbooks, we had some fun doing Phonics Time. Friends could match words to their starting letters. Today we also had Physical Time, where everyone could climb up the step and jump off onto the mat. We then practiced jumping with two feet together. There was lots of fun and cheering each other on! Before we knew it, it was time to get ready to go home. See you tomorrow! Thank you for a great day!

• 2023.04.25April Birthday Party

  

  We had the very first birthday party of the year today! There were nine birthday friends in all, and everyone did a fantastic job saying their name and age. All of the IYK friends also sang the “Happy Birthday” to the birthday friends enthusiastically! The birthday friends also received a present from a friend in their class. Several of the birthday friends were really happy to see their mommies and daddies watching the Birthday Party too! Today’s birthday play was done by the English teachers. The title was, “The Ugly Duckling.” In the play, Ugly Duckling was sad because he had no friends to play with until Chicken and Cat became his friends. In the end, Ugly Duckling learned to fly and joined the other ducklings, Chicken and Cat, who were going to a birthday party. Then, everyone discovered that they were at the IYK Birthday Party! Everyone wished the IYK friends a Happy Birthday!