CURRENT EVENTS 2025.04

• 2025.04.30Today in Class 3

  

  Today in Class 3 we had a fun-filled Wednesday! After our Morning Meeting, Mr.Shay came to help with our English Conversation Time. He was very impressed with all of the clear and confident voices in Class 3 this year! We then finished the Mother’s Day Craft that we began on Monday. We used our glue to stick down lots of different pieces we had made, as well as make difficult 3D flowers with origami paper! Everyone did a fantastic job. We then completed 2 Hiragana worksheets, し and　つ. After lots of hard work and fun, it was already time to go home! See you all tomorrow Class 3 and thank you for trying so hard today, well done!

• 2025.04.28April Birthday Party!

  

  Today was the birthday party for the children (and teachers) born in April. This was our first party of the year, and some friends were a little nervous, but everyone did a fantastic job! After sitting down in front of everyone, all of the children could answer to “What’s your name?” and “How old are you?” as well as new questions for each grade. Next, the big birthday cake came out and the birthday children got candles to decorate it with. Next, it was time to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and give three cheers! After receiving their presents made by their classmates, everyone sat down for the teacher’s play. This month was “The Little Red Hen.” Hard working Chicken needed help to grow wheat and make a cake, but the other farm animals did not help. Luckily, all of the children at IYK could lend a hand digging, cutting, and mixing to make a yummy birthday cake that Chicken shared with everyone. Congratulations to all of April’s birthday friends and thank you to the parents who came to watch today!

• 2025.04.25Today’s Class 2

  

  Today in Class 2 was lots of fun. We had English Conversation Time after our Morning Meeting, and we did a great job of telling each other our names. We also had our first music lesson for the year today, and we loved learning how to make music. We did a really fun craft today where we drew pictures of our mommies. Today was very special as we got to read a Japanese book for our craft and a fun English book to end our day. Great job today, everyone!

• 2025.04.24Today’s Class 1

  

  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 also had so much fun on Friday. Great job doing a new exercise and dance! Mommy Bunny was also so happy that you could help her. Let’s play again next time with Mommy Bunny and her babies.

• 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!