CURRENT EVENTS

• 2023.02.22Immersion Day

  

  In the Immersion Classes today, we had a super fun-filled activity called “Immersion Day.” Classes 1,2,3,4,5,7, and 8 mixed into several groups and spent the day together. After the children arrived at IYK, they had Discovery Time together. Next, they had the Morning Meeting and put on their snow wear to go to Kitakaze Park. At the park, they had Exercise Time in the snow. Everyone had so much fun doing the moves outside on the snow! After they warmed their bodies up, they did two really fun winter games. Game 1 was a Corner Quiz Game. The children had to listen to the English teacher describe a certain animal, sport, or country related to winter. The children did an excellent job at listening to the English description and going to the right corner while saying, “We think it’s…” Game 2 was the Polar Bear Game. In this game, the children asked the English Teachers who acted as polar bears: “Polar bear, polar bear, may I cross the ice?” The children then had to cross to the other side without getting caught by the polar bears. After heading back to IYK, the children ate their lunch in the same group. The children had so much fun immersing themselves in English with other class friends and English teachers.

• 2023.02.22Today’s Bear Class

  

  The Bear Class children had so much fun today! The children could get more cookies from Ms. Bear. Today there were many different shaped cookies. They remembered shapes like “circle”, “triangle”, and “square”. Each child could ask “May I have a cookie, please?” individually and then say what shape they wanted. They could pretend to eat their cookie and then they could get more to take home. We had so much fun dancing along to “Skidamarink” too. We are looking forward to our lessons in March. See you next week, Bear Class friends!

• 2023.02.21Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Today in Elephant Class we went shopping with the Junior children. It was so nice to see the children holding hands with bigger kids and going shopping together. The children got wallets and money and could ask “please” to get six items from the Junior children’s shops. They got lollipops, cupcakes, crowns, necklaces, crepes, and video games. The children did so well following directions and we saw so many happy faces in both Elephant and Junior classes. Great job to everyone and see you next week!

• 2023.02.20Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Today in Elephant Class the children went shopping with the Junior children of classes 1, 2, and 3. They were so happy to get wallets and money and could go shopping for six items. The preschool children held hands with Junior children and the big kids did a great job leading them around. They could try to ask “please” and get things like crepes, lollipops, cupcakes, video games, crowns, and necklaces. We were impressed that they could do it and will soon be junior children themselves. Great job everyone!

• 2023.02.17Junior English Open Class

  

  Class 1 had lots of fun today with their special English Activity open lesson. Throughout February we have been learning about different countries that we have previously learnt about through World Lunch. We learnt about the food, landmarks and the animals from these countries. After learning about these animals we then made a zoo and today we returned the animals to their home countries so they could be with their Mommies and Daddies. Class 1 did so well using big voices and singing the songs so nicely and could use English with their friends. Well done everyone! We would also like to say a thank you to all the parents for their support of Class 1 over the course of the year and thank you to everyone that came today.

  Class 2 had a fantastic day today. Today was a very special lesson that Mommies and Daddies could come and see. This month we have been learning all about different animals from around the world and also what kinds of food they eat. Class 2 has been hard at work making their Zoo to show the Zookeeper and their parents. Everything was ready, but the animals ran away! It was up to Class 2 friends to identify where the animals are from, as well as what they eat, get them and put them back in the zoo. Everyone used nice big voices to answer their friends, and also to call out lots of words during phonics time. We all had fun getting the animals back and showing them to the parents. Class 2 could then also sing the Animals are Big song and name 16 different animals! Great job everyone! We would also like to say a big thank you to all of the parents for all of their help and support over the year. Thank you for coming today, and supporting your children.

  Class 3 had so much fun today in their Open English Class. Everyone was super excited that their mommys and daddys were coming to IYK to watch them. First, we had Phonics Time. Some friends put back the missing ABC lower-case apple cards beside the correct upper-case letters. For the English Activity, we practiced speaking animals and habitats in English. The animals in Mr. Zookeeper’s Zoo became sad because they wanted to go home to the arctic, river, and jungle. Class 3 friends did a great job taking the animals on the fun zoo train to their homes in the wild. Everyone did a great job participating and speaking the English phrases! We appreciate all the parents who came to watch Class 3’s Open English Class today. Thank you for your support!

• 2023.02.16Intermediate English Open Class

  

  Today was the Final World Ranger Challenge for Class 4. The children have done a great job over the past few weeks learning about different countries and gathering keys. We started the final challenge by singing a song about greetings around the world. This was followed by a review of all the countries we have covered and what things can be found in each country. Class 4 received a final challenge from the world rangers asking the children to get items from the world shop, fly them around the world and put them back in the right countries. It was great to see all the children holding a conversation in English. Class 4 did a great job to get the key by completing the challenge but there was one more key to get through a phonics challenge. Class 4 successfully spelled all the words and got the final key to open the world ranger box. Well done Class 4 and thank you to all the parents who attended today’s open class!

  Today Class 5 completed their final challenge from the World Rangers! Class 5 has done incredibly well this month, learning all about the different foods, animals, clothes and landmarks of several countries from around the world. Having managed to complete the challenges given to them by the World Rangers, they were awarded three keys over the past few weeks. Today, Class 5 managed to complete the final challenge: matching items from around the world, with the silhouette. After this, they were rewarded with another key! However, they still needed one more key in order to open the shiny World Ranger box. Luckily, Class 5 worked together in their teams to complete one more phonics challenge. By spelling the words correctly, they were able to receive the final key. After opening the World Ranger box, everyone was rewarded with a World Ranger medal. Congratulations Class 5 and thank you to all the parents that came today to watch and show their support. Thank you!

  Today was a lot of fun for Class 6! Today was a very special day when Mommies and Daddies could come to watch our lesson, and everyone did a great job. The children have been receiving letters from Mr. Chef and making different foods together, such as pizza and sandwiches. Today they could make hamburgers. In order to get their hamburger tickets, the children did a phonics challenge, then went over to the hamburger shop. Children asked each other, “What do you want?” to get different parts of their hamburgers. Everyone took turns being shop staff and being customers. After enjoying their tasty burgers, Mr. Chef gave everyone special rainbow hamburger stickers for their medals. Finally, Class 6 friends sang, ‘The More We Sing Together’ for their parents. We are very happy that the children had fun using English today. Good job to everyone in Class 6!

• 2023.02.15Today’s Class 2

  

  Today was a really fun day for Class 2. In the morning we had Discovery Time when everyone helped to make signs for our shopping activity with Preschool next week. After doing Morning Meeting and sticker book time, we did English writing. Today was the letter “H” and all the children could call out lots of words that begin with “H.” After writing, we got ready for lunch, then went out to Kitakaze Park for outside play. Some friends enjoyed sledding while other had fun making mountains out of snow together. When we got back, lunch was waiting, and we all had our yummy packed lunches. Before we knew it, it was time for the Goodbye Meeting and to say see you to everyone. Have a great day, everyone!

• 2023.02.14Senior Open English Class

  

  Class 7 did a fantastic job during today’s English Open Class. First, the children worked together to spell the words ‘florist’, ‘lifeguard’ and ‘builder’. We then did our best to return the missing tools to the correct workplaces. Everyone could use the target language nicely and did a fantastic job. Finally, we used to tablets to present our future dream jobs to our parents. It was a little nerve-racking to stand in front of all the parents are present their ideas, but everyone should be very proud of themselves today. Great job everyone and thank you to the parents for taking the time to come and support your children today.

  Class 8 did such a great job during today’s English Open Class. First, the children reviewed some of the jobs we previously learned and everyone could sing so well the song we practiced. We then did a spelling challenge and the children did a fantastic job working as a team and filling the missing letters for the words ‘florist’, ‘builder’ and ‘lifeguard’. We then returned all the missing items and tools to all the workers and everyone could use the target phrases so well. To conclude, we presented to all the parents our dream job that we would like to do in the future. Everyone did an amazing job using a big voice even if some children were a little nervous to do that in front of the class. Well done Class 8 friends! A big thank you to the parents for taking the time to come to the kindergarten to support the children today.

  Class 9 were brilliant today for their English Open Class! Everyone could remember the previous targets very well when we reviewed the phrases and vocabulary. The children also did an amazing job learning today’s new words and using English to go shopping for items to put in the big Elementary School bag. It was great to see all of the Class 9 friends working together and enjoying English, even being able to speak with lots of confidence in front of all their parents! Great job everyone and thank you to all the Mummies and Daddies that could come and support your children today.

• 2023.02.13Today’s Class 9

  

  今日のClass 9は絵本製作・卒園式練習・English Lessonを行いました。オリジナルの物語や、挿絵をどのようにしようかと想像力をたくさん膨らませてつくっている絵本製作は、いよいよ本番用の絵本に絵を描き始める行程に取りかかっています。登場させるキャラクターのイメージがどんどん広がり、色使いを工夫したり、構図をよく考えながら完成に向かっているお子さま達は、「完成が楽しみ！」と意欲な表情を見せていました。English Lessonでは、明日の英語参観日をとても楽しみにしており、見に来てくださる家族の方達にかっこいいレッスンの様子を見せたいと意気込んでいたお子さま達です。卒園式の練習にも、みんなが真剣な表情で参加していてとても素敵でした！明日は楽しみにしている英語参観日があります。元気に幼稚園に来てくださいね！

• 2023.02.10観劇　劇団風の子

  

  今日は劇団風の子さんの観劇がありました。いつも過ごしている1階の部屋がライトアップされた劇場に変身し、お子さま達は期待に胸を膨らませて席に着き、劇がスタートしました。最初にたくさんの箱が登場し、箱の中から音が聞こえたり、たくさんの箱が積み木のように重なってどうぶつやピラミッドにできあがっていく様子に大興奮だったお子さま達。身近な新聞紙やビニール袋を使った劇も加わり、「もったいない、もう崩しちゃうの？？」「あれはどうやって使うのかな？など」という声が出るほど夢中になって見ていました。その後にはハリネズミやリスが登場する「みんなでぬくぬく」という素敵な劇を見ました。劇中に登場する可愛いハリネズミやリス、ふわふわさんというウサギのような動物の可愛さに、思わず見とれてしまうお子さま達もいましたよ。とても素敵な劇に、お子さま達一人ひとりの心もとても温かくなる1日になりました。