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明けましておめでとうございます
7日から授業が始まりました。
冬休み明けで久しぶりの授業でテンションが上がり過ぎて大騒ぎのクラスや、ママと一緒でないと出来ないとママと離れないキンダーさんもいました。
今年も一年ポールと一緒に楽しく英語を学びましょう。
さて、キンダークラスでは『服』をテーマにした単語を学びます。
coat, sweater, shirt, boots, sneakers, mittens, scarf, pants
これからの寒い日のお出かけの時に使える単語ばかりです。
お子様に What is this? What are they?とゲームのように問いかけてみてはいかがですか?
Frozen アナと雪の女王
Thank you to one of our students for the donation of Frozen, Book of the Film to our ever expanding school library.
I must admit that when I watched Frozen, known as アナと雪の女王 (Ana to uki no jo-ou) in Japan, I fell asleep. So maybe I will be the first to read this!
Body Part Dice
Towards the end of last year, when we were learning body part vocabulary in our Kinder Classes, I came up with the idea of using a dice to introduce some fun to the vocab learning.
I'm not sure what was more fun, rolling the dice and saying the body part name, or the children laughing while I was trying to draw on the dice!
You can find a fail-safe dice template here:
"It tastes terrible!"
Do you know what this is?
Yes, it's a cow. Or more specifically, it's a liquorice cow. And it became one of the best teaching aids I've ever encountered.
In our elementary classes (小学生B&小学生C) they had the target of describing various items."It looks beautiful." "It looks soft." "It's loud." etc...
Well for the target "It tastes delicious" or "It tastes terrible" this little liquorice cow worked wonders.
I offered each student one of these little liquorice cows, and some students said "It looks delicious", some even went as far as to take an initial bite and say "It tastes delicious" but 100% of students finally said "It tastes terrible!" before spitting it out into the bin!
(For the record, I am yet to meet any Japanese that like liquorice. It must be an acquired taste!)
Thank you to my friend Mr.S who provided the liquorice after a business trip to Denmark.
Decorated Gingerbread Men
We used this idea at our Christmas Parties, and I thought I'd share it with you.
I prepared a gingerbread man for each child and set a selection of different coloured 'chocopens' on each table. The children were then free to create their own designs.
It was a lot of fun and something I can see us doing again.
(Apologies for the picture, the sharp eyed will notice I only used one colour! It was a test! )
Christmas Party Photos
Forgot to post this before the Christmas/ New Year break but the photos taken at the Christmas Parties are online.
As usual, you'll need a password to access them, check inside your child's bag...or contact me direct.
Thank you to all the students who attended the Christmas Parties, they were a lot of fun and I hope you enjoyed the gingerbread men!
Happy New Year
From myself, and all the staff at englishpool,
明けましておめでとうございます, or Happy New Year!
Hope you have a good 2020.
Happy Christmas (メリークリスマス)
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a Great New Year, from Paul and all the staff at englishpool.
Pleae note we will be closed for winter holiday from today today, 25th December, until 6th January (冬休み12/25~1/6)
Happy Holidays!
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クリスマスパーティー2019
Following hot on the heels of the Halloween Party, it's the Christmas Party!
This year's party will be held on Sunday, 15th December. Same format as other years, all children to bring a little somthing to eat, and a present to exchange (of about 500 yen value.)
Please respond by December 7th.
Eiken Perfect Score 英検満点
One of our Junior High School (中学生) students was very pleased with himself recently.
He was unsure as to which level of eiken test (英検) he should take, so he took grade 5. Imagine his surprise when he achieved a perfect score of 850. Not a single question incorrect!
Hopefully he'll now feel confident to challenge the higher levels!
And remember, at englishpool we may not specifically teach for exams but all our students will more than capable of passing any exams and have confidence to use English in the wider world.
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Halloween Party Photos
Halloween 2019 photo album
Photos form the recent Halloween Party are finally up on the website. As is recent practice they are behind a password. If your child attended one of the parties they should have received a slip of paper with the password on it.
If not let me know!
Jack o'Lanterns
I was happy to receive these cute mini Jack o'lanterns from one of our students. They look great in the classroom. Thank you!
And they're also a great opportunity to remind our students that the Halloween Party is tomorrow ( from 14:30 and 16:30 depending on your child's age.)
Happy Halloween!
Penfriends 2019
This month all our upper elementary (小学生) students are taking part in the Cambridge English Penfriends (ペンフレンド).
We are now in our third year of exchanging message cards with English lanaguage schools around the world. It's always a pleasure to see our students get excited about communicating with children in other countries, and it gives them a real boost to their English studies.
Our cards are almost all completed, so now it's a matter of waiting for the replies!
In the meantime you can view englishpool's profile on the Cambridge English Penfriends site.