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Joey class report: Wed, October 14

 
We are busy practicing dances for the Halloween party.  Let's turn into a ghost and a skeleton and dance to the music!
 
We made a big Jack-O'-Lantern during art time.  They were into stamping with paint.  It seems that they got used to paint.  They didn't mind getting their hands stained while stamping.  We are getting ready for the Halloween day.
 
Recently, they like visiting the Puppy and the Cub class after lunch.  They enjoy playing with elder friends and using unfamiliar toys there.

Today's Joey Class: Thu, October 15

We enjoyed singing and dancing during morning meeting.  When Lynette sensei said "shh", they copied her and did the same thing.    They also pretended to be a ghost and danced to the music.  They were so adorable!

We made a ghost during art time.  They colored the paper with their favorite colors and put eyes and mouth on it.  Look at their cute ghosts! Aren't they cute?

Today's Joey Class: Tue, October 13

We learned "stand up" and "sit down" today.

When they hear "stand up", they could stand up straight! 

As for the art time, we continued the Halloween theme.

Today, we made a bat.  We put eyes on the paper, colored it with their favorite colors and made their handprints to make the bat's wings.

Their bats seem so ready to take a fright!

Today's Joey Class: Sat, October 9

Regardless of the bad weather from the approaching typhoon, everyone was full of beans!
 
 
We enjoyed pretending to be a bus driver on the tune of  ♪The wheels on the bus.
Where shall we go?
 
 
During rhythmic play, we transformed into a lion when tone is low, and a mouse when the tone is high.  We also enjoyed walking and running along the rhythm and the speed of the melody.
We had so much fun!
 
 
 

Joey's Report: Wed, October 7

Halloween is coming soon.
We learned various Halloween characters like Jack-o-lantern, Ghost, etc., sang Halloween songs and pretended to become those characters.
 
We made a Jack-O'-lantern during art time.  They chose and pasted different shaped face parts on their pumpkins.  We will enjoy different Halloween activities this month♪
 

Today's Joey Class: Thu, October 8

We continued our Jack-O'-Lantern making from last week.  We stamped on a big pumpkin together.  And finally we could make a huge Jack-O'-Lantern!!  We are sorry if their clothes got dirty!  The paint comes off with water. 🙂
We want them to feel the pleasure of working together.
 

Joey's Report: Tue, October 6

We made a Jack-O-Lantern during craft time!

We told them, " you can draw whatever you like".  At the beginning, they seemed to be confused what to draw.  But when they saw their friends started drawing, they started all together and could complete their colorful drawings.  Let's put a mouth, eyes and a nose!  And, ta-dah!  Look at their colorful Jack-O-Lantern!

Some of them have an eyebrow or a mole as well!  Aren't they cute?

We realized that they had become able to concentrate longer than before.

Everyone had so much fun!

 

 

Today's Joey Class: Wed, September 30

Tomorrow is Jugoya, or moon viewing festival.  We became a moon rabbit with our own-made rabbit ears.

We enjoyed jumping to the music.

Then, we made everyone's favorite, moon viewing dumplings.  We made tiny dumplings while enjoying the  texture of play dough.

Today is the last day we can spend with Cora sensei...  It's such a sad thing... We gave her a thank you card.

Lynnet sensei will be part of the team from next week.  We look forward to spending good times with her.

 

 

Today's Joey Class: Tue, September 29

We continued the art from last time and finished our moons!  We place pampas grass and dumplings as offerings to the moon.  Look how they are unique!  We are sure that we can have a wonderful evening.

One of our friends has brought a real pampas grass!  Thank you!  So we could look at it and draw it on paper.

It is a sad thing that today is the last day we have with Cora sensei.  They thanked her for playing with them...

Personnel changes

September 26, 2020

Dear Joey Class’s Parents and Guardians,

 

Subject: Personnel changes

 

We would like to inform you that there are personnel changes in the Joey class.

Our Joey class teacher, Ms. Corazon YAMAZAKI will have to leave our school at the end of September.

We will have a new teacher, Ms. Lynnet Franklin, from October.

We are sorry that such sudden personnel changes have to be made in the middle of the school year.

We shall do our best to keep Joey class a happy, safe and comfortable place for the children.

We ask for your understanding and humbly express, once again, our most sincere apologies.

 

Best regards,

Reiko Nakamura

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