CURRENT EVENTS 2020.12

• 2020.12.09文字かずChallenge (年少)

  

  今日は、年少組のみんなが楽しみにしていた“文字かずChallenge”。各クラスには、“Pirate Captain”から先週、“文字かずランド”への招待状が届いており、毎日楽しみにしていました。年少組全員が集合すると、さっそく“Pirate Captain”が登場！ 今日のために２つのChallengeを準備してきてくれました。まず始めはChallenge １。た行、な行、は行の１５枚のひらがなカードの中から１枚選び、同じひらがなが貼られたボードへ貼り付けるゲームでした。みんな元気一杯トンネルをくぐってスタートし、カードを持ってボードの所へまっしぐら。ボードには、たくさんのひらがながあり、少し戸惑う様子も見られましたが、自分のカードをしっかりと見て、無事貼り付けることができました。２つめのChallengeは、5枚の形カードを、正しいカゴの中へ届けるゲームでした。6角形や星形、ハートなど5種類の形をよく見て、同じ形が貼られたカゴを探して、全員クリアすることができましたよ！最後は、“Pirate Captainの”チェックです。ドキドキしながら、間違いがないか一緒に確認しましたが、見事に全て大正解。大喜びのお子さま達でした。最後に、“Pirate Captain”から、迷路や形、ひらがなで遊べるプリントのプレゼントをもらい、２学期の文字かずChallengeは終了しました。「また、３学期もくるよ！」と約束して、“Pirate Captain”は帰っていきました。これからも、文字やかずでたくさん遊びましょうね！

• 2020.12.08Today’s Class 3

  

  今日も元気いっぱい登園してくれた3組のお子さま達。Miss. DorothyとEnglish Lessonを楽しみました！近づくChristmasに期待を膨らませているお子さま達。最近の話題は、“Christmas Present”や“Santa Claus”のことで盛り上がりをみせている3組さん。Lessonもそんなお子さま達の気持ちをさらに盛り上げるようなChristmas仕様。‟What do you have?”の問いに、“I have a～！”とStar、Angel、Bell、StockingなどのChristmas decorationを答えていました。また、昨日、色付けをした松ぼっくりにビーズを付けてクリスマスツリー製作にも取り組んだお子さま達。オリジナルツリーの完成に可愛い笑顔をたくさん見せてくれましたよ☆そして、なんと！！一足早く３組さんには、大型絵合わせパズルのChristmas presentが届き、みんな大喜び！早速、楽しみました☆明日は、先週から心待ちにしている“文字かずChalleng”。久しぶりに会う、Pirate Captainは、どんなChallengeを準備してくれているのかな…。楽しみですね。明日も元気な３組さんを待っていますよ♪

• 2020.12.07Today’s Class 7

  

  Today was lots of fun in Class 7! The children began the day by arriving with big smiles and playing with their friends. Everyone was excited to have our Physical Lesson, during which the children did their best to swing on the iron bars. Following our Morning Meeting, we read a special Christmas book called ‘The Christmas Stockings’. The children used their crayons to draw really nice Christmas pictures of Santa Claus, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Christmas trees and presents. Everyone is looking forward to adding snowy white paint to their pictures tomorrow! After lunch, the children had fun working with their friends to unscramble a number of stories. The pages were mixed up, but the children worked hard and were able to fix them! During Discovery Time, Class 7 made lots of cool things from Lego, clay, and paper. Many children also tried to make very tall towers from plastic straws and paper cups, and then measured them with a tape measure. It was a very fun day, and everyone did such a great job! Well done, Class 7!

• 2020.12.04Immersion Day

  

  Today was Immersion Day. All the children from each of the Immersion classes were mixed together and created new classes with Junior, Intermediate and Senior friends together. After morning meeting time was held each class got into some Christmas phonics and matched Christmas words with the letters of the alphabet. This was followed by English Conversation Time where the children asked each other what they wanted for Christmas. English teachers prepared crafts that related to Christmas and their respective countries. There were Christmas cards from the U.S.A, Snowmen from the U.K and a surfing santa from New Zealand. It was a great opportunity for the children of each class to mingle with each other and learn about other countries. Everyone had a great time and could use a lot of English not only with their English teachers but also with their classmates. Lunch time and playtime was also held together and it was pleasing to see so many happy faces enjoying English! Good job everyone!

• 2020.12.03Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Today we a had a wonderful day in Elephant Class. The children always do a great job cleaning up and today was excellent as usual. We did a Christmas craft as well. The children made little Santa Claus decorations. They stuck on a hat, eyes, a nose, arms, and legs. We were so impressed by everybody’s effort and ability to listen to instructions in English. The decorations were so cute and we will place them in the classroom for parents and friends to see. Great job and see you on Monday!

• 2020.12.02Traffic Safety and Today’s Bear Classes

  
  

  今日は、冬の交通安全指導を行いました。夏の交通安全指導を覚えているお子さまがたくさんおり、「右左右を見てから渡るんだったよね！」「今日はどんなビデオを見るのかな？」と楽しみにしている様子でした。今日の交通安全指導では、信号の渡り方、歩道橋の渡り方、踏切の渡り方について、「横断歩道の半分まで行ってたら、チカチカでも進んでいいんだね。」「歩道橋って、見たことあるよ！」とビデオを見ながらしっかりと学んでいましたよ。冬の道路で気を付けることを聞いてみると、「雪山からは飛び出さない！」「滑ったら危ないから走らない！」と教えてくれたお子さま達。北海道の冬道では、雪が積もっていたり凍っていたりするので、夏以上にしっかりと気を付けていきたいですね。
  Today the Bear children had their first lesson in December. Since Christmas is coming this month, they could decorate a Christmas tree! We used stickers for lights and the children colored and stuck “ornaments” and “stars”. Please check next week because we will decorate the classroom walls with the trees. Next week we can have more Christmas fun too. We can help Santa with his presents and even make a cute Christmas craft. We also look forward to dancing along to the Christmas song “Jingle Bells”. Please stay safe and keep warm. See you next week!

• 2020.12.01Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Today in Elephant Class we were so happy because everybody could come! All 15 children could enjoy today’s English lesson too. We reviewed face parts like “eyes”, “ears”, “mouth”, and “nose” and made 4 funny-faced friends. The children could pick any part and stick anywhere they liked. The original faces were so silly! We did a new dance called “Jump Forward, Jump Back” and took a group photo since everyone could come. We enjoyed udon for lunch and played until it was time to go home. It was a little snowy this morning and it is still cold so please stay safe and keep warm. See everyone again on Friday!