Apart from swimming in the pool we are having many fun and new experiences during summer school this year.
Everybody loves ice cream especially in the summertime, and we decided to make our own ice cream blocks at summer school this year. A perfect relief in the hot Nagoya summer is a home made fresh fruit ice cream block.
We cut up lot of various fruit including bananas, oranges, grapefruits, pineapples and apples. Then we threw them all in the blender to get a nice and smooth consistency, and when that was done we poured them into ice block molds and froze them overnight.
The proof was in the pudding because the next day when we ate them outside in the garden, they were delicious!
Expanding on our tradition of introducing students to new, exciting and enriching experiences such as shuji, music classes and gym instruction, we had a very special guest come to Beanstalk to meet with everybody.
Karate master Hiromitsu Shibata, 2 assistants and a number of his students came to give our students a demonstration and also their first lesson in karate.
The large number of people and the loud shouting of the instructors was a little daunting at first but the children really got into it. They were punching and kicking and shouting and it looked like a lot of fun.
It isn’t all fun and games-(ok, it is all fun 😉 ) We also have academic themes and this year’s summer school themes are recycling and maths.
Summer School in Nagoya at Beanstalk is a lot of fun, and we still have 2 more weeks to go. We can’t wait to see what happens next. We certainly hope the weather clears up so we can get more pooltime!
