CURRENT EVENTS 2023

• 2023.02.06Today’s Class 6

  

  　今日のClass 6は、ひなまつりCraftとSwimming lessonを行いました。今朝登園し、幼稚園の１階に飾られたひな人形に気付くと「きれいだね～！」「家にもある！」と嬉しそうに眺め、「金曜日に絵本で見たよね」とおひなさまに興味津々なお子さま達。クラスで行ったひなまつりCraftの１回目では、好きな和柄の折り紙を着物に見立てて折ったり、畳のへりを色の順番を決めてクレヨンで塗ったり、ひし餅をハサミで切ったり、おだいりさまとおひなさまの顔を描いたりと盛りだくさんの内容でも「まだまだできるよ」「楽しい！」と夢中になって取り組んでいましたよ。Swimming lessonでは、カニさんでウォーミングアップを行い、ビート版を使っての「けのび」と「ラッコさん」に挑戦！水が苦手だったお子さまも自信をもって顔がつけられるようになり、自由時間になるとプールに飛び込んだり潜ったりと思い切り楽しむ姿が見られました。給食の時間はわかめご飯のおにぎりCooking！お腹がペコペコだったお子さま達は大きな口でおにぎりを頬張り、「美味しいでーす」と大喜びでした。

• 2023.02.04English Speaking Contest

  

  　Today was the English Speaking Contest at IYK. We had a great time talking with so many friends in English today. In the morning was the kindergarten level. The children got to go to three different shops and try making many things. In the Cake shop, they decorated cakes. In the Aquarium shop, they put various sea creatures in a tank. And in the Clothes shop, they chose different clothes to talk about. The English teachers asked everyone questions about what they made and there was so much great English spoken today. We were very impressed! There was also a live listening section where children answered questions based on sentences they heard. In the afternoon was the ESC level section. Students brought items from home to talk about, and have conversations with the English teachers. We talked about many things and were blown away with the level of everyone’s speaking abilities. Today’s winners received medals, but everyone did such a fantastic job. Thank you to everyone for coming today, and keep having fun speaking English! 　　

• 2023.02.03

  

  Today Class 7 had a very fun and eventful day! In the morning we took the bus to Noshi Park and had LOTS of fun sliding down the big hill together and making snow angels. After we returned to the kindergarten we were met by an ogre! All of the Intermediate and Senior children did a great job frightening it away by throwing their beans at it! We had lots and lots of fun today. Have a great weekend everyone and see you all on Monday.

• 2023.02.02Today in Class 5

  

  Today was a lot of fun in Class 5. We first joined the rest of the Intermediate classes outside in the park so that we could all participate in the Snowtopia relay race together! Everyone tried their best and ran as fast as they could in the snow. We also practiced our arts and crafts skills today, by adding detail to our painted snowmen, with crayon. Class 5 always enjoys expressing themselves through art! Finally, today’s lunch was very delicious, and there was even a super special dessert for the children to enjoy. Well done today Class 5, see you tomorrow!

• 2023.02.02Today’s Elephant Class

  

  Today in Elephant Class we had a fire drill. The children learned about how to safely exit the school in the event of a fire and we practiced one time. Everyone did such a good job following the rules and going safely. After that we pretended to throw beans at ogres and said “Go away!” The children got to take home their handmade ogre masks and we hope they can wear them at home for Sestubun. Well done everyone!

• 2023.02.01Today’s Bear Class

  

  Bear Class had so much fun today on the first day of Feburary. We started the day with play time with children only. Their parents waited while they got comfortable playing together. Bear Class is a parent and child class but since the children are almost Juniors, today was good practice for them. We made ogre masks when parents returned. The children could color their own mask and throw balls at big ogres while saying “go away!” Everyone had so much fun today!

• 2023.01.31避難訓練〜不審者〜

  

  今日は今年度５回目の避難訓練があり、幼稚園に不審者が来た時の避難の仕方を練習しました。今までの地震や火事の時とは違った放送がかかり、みんなで逃げることを事前に教師が話すと「不審者に居場所がわかったら大変だもんね！」「放送をよく聞かないと逃げ方がわからなくなっちゃうね！」と、自分なりに考える姿が見られました。今日の避難では、みんなが真剣な表情で参加しており、避難した後には「ちょっと怖かった」「緊張した」などと話すお子さまもいましたが、「今日練習したからもう不審者が来ても命を守れるよね！」と自信をもつことができたようにも見えました。これまでの避難訓練を通して、様々な災害から身を守る方法を学んできました。訓練を重ねるうちに「火事の時には大事なものをもって逃げたいけど命よりも大事なものはないからすぐに逃げなきゃね！」「命は買えないからね！」などと、自分の命を大切に感じる気持ちも大きくなったように思います。何か起きた時に落ち着いて身を守る行動ができるよう、避難訓練で学んだことを忘れずに過ごしましょうね！

• 2023.01.30January’s Birthday Party

  

  今日は、1月生まれのBirthday Partyでした。ピアノの演奏とみんなの手拍子に合わせて入場してきたお子さま達は、少し緊張していたりニコニコ笑顔だったりと様々な様子でした。質問タイムでは、自分の名前を大きな声で言ったり、何歳になったのか、自分の年齢の数を指でつくったりして元気いっぱいに答えていました。全園児の手拍子に合わせて、誕生日一人ひとりの名前を呼びながらBirthday songを歌い終わると、最後はクラスの友達からBirthday presentを受け取り、とても嬉しそうな表情を浮かべていました。そして、今月の先生達からのプレセントは、‟魔法の電子レンジ”というパネルシアター。空っぽのお皿を魔法の電子レンジに入れて歌を歌うと、不思議なことに中からオムライスやお寿司など、美味しそうなごちそうが出てくるというストーリーで、たくさんのごちそうが現れる度に、「え～！？すごい！」や、「なんでだろう？」という声がたくさん聞こえてきました。最後には、大きなお皿にのったデコレーションケーキが出てきて、みんなで1月生まれのお友達のお祝いをしました。お子さま達はパネルシアターが終わった後も、劇中の歌を口ずさみ、余韻を楽しんでいましたよ。1月生まれのお友達、Happy Birthday！

• 2023.01.27English Recital Contest

  

  Today was the English Recital Contest. Over the year the children have been enjoying different nursery rhymes. During the Winter Vacation a lot of children submitted entries to the contest and the winners were announced today. First of all, we reviewed the nursery rhymes as a Kindergarten. Next the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners came to the front to receive their certificates. The Gold prize winner from each grade presented their recital in front of their friends on the microphone. Although they were a little nervous each child could use a nice voice. Once again I would like to extend a warm thank you to all the parents who supported their children in entering the contest. Congratulations to all the winners and participants and let’s have a lot of fun in next years contest!

• 2023.01.26Today’s Class 4

  

  Tody was a lot of fun in Class 4. First we did a three letter spelling game and and some Japanese character writing. Next, we went to the park to play with the other Intermediate classes. Everyone had a great time sledding and making igloos out of snow. After that, everyone got hungry so we went back for a nice lunch and did a quick quiz about farmyard animals. well done Class 4.