Last Saturday, January 22nd, we held our annual Beanstalk International School Sports day Festival.
Many schools throughout Japan hold their sports festivals in October during regular school hours, however we decided to hold ours on a Saturday so that as many hard-working parents as possible could attend.
Happily for us and the children, many mothers, fathers, siblings and even grandparents were able to attend and participate in many games and races.
In the afternoon the parents and grandparents were treated to a display of athletic ability as the children showed off what they have learned on the horizontal bars and mats.
After the games were over we had a drum performance from the Beanstalk Drum Company where they played some favorites we have heard before but also debuted a new song that they practiced just for this event; Glen Miller’s “In the Mood”, it was a fantastic rendition complete with cute little dance moves.
We ended the event with a fun dance party where all the students, their families and the teachers danced together for a number of songs. It was a great time and we can’t wait for next year’s sports day.
