Month: October 2011

Halloween Parade 2011

Halloween 2011
On Friday October 28th, we held our 5th annual Beanstalk Halloween Parade.
As usual we started with a lunch party.
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Each class performed songs that they had been practicing for weeks and they all did an excellent job. The crowd was especially appreciative of the Deedee Deer class dance number, with loud cheers and applause like we had never seen before from the parents.
Halloween 2011
Halloween 2011
Halloween 2011

After the performance we had a little dance party for a few songs. This year was our most fun dance party yet, with more people than ever not being shy and joining in whole-heartedly! Thank you everyone for your participation!

Halloween 2011
Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011

Of course after the lunch party and performance we hit the streets for our Trick or Treat Parade. Along the way we stopped at a retirement home and put on a show for the friendly residents, and this year, even some of our talented mothers put on a rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. This year we took a new course, and ended up in a nearby park.
Halloween 2011

Everybody had such great costumes and we very much look forward to Halloween next year so we can do it all over again, only bigger and better!
Halloween 2011

The public debut of our school band, “The Rolling Beans”

Rolling Beans performance at Nagoya station

9月23日晴天の中、ビーンストークのミュージックグループ“The Rolling Beans”が、名古屋駅タワーズガーデンにて初めてのパブリックパフォーマンスを行いました。

Rolling Beans performance at Nagoya station

今回わたしたちが参加させていただいたのは名古屋青年会議所記念事業の一環で、日本文化を広める主旨で行われた「名古屋駅茶会エキッ茶」というイベントです。当日は多数の有名ゲストに交じり約20分間のパフォーマンスをご披露いたしました。

Rolling Beans performance at Nagoya station

子供たちは日頃の練習の成果をご披露すべく夏休み明けから練習に励み、当日は練習以上のパフォーマンスができたと上機嫌でした。

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日頃お世話になっている千種区植村楽器さまのお誘いで実現した今回のパフォーマンスは、子供たちにとって晴れやかな初舞台となり、とても良い経験をさせていただいたこと関係各者に感謝申し上げます。

Summer School 2011 report

Summer school 2011Beanstalk International School held Summer School for 5 weeks from the middle of July, our longest Summer School yet!

The overall theme was “Things around us” and each session had a sub-theme where the children learned many things about our environment.

ビーンストーク•インターナショナル•スクールでは7月中旬から5週間、恒例のサマースクールを開校いたしました。
今回は「Things around us」というテーマの基、各セッションいろいろなカテゴリーの
内容を取り上げ、それについての知識やボキャブラリーを増やしました。
Summer school 2011The first session was “Things in the sea” and we learned about the different oceans and seas in the world as well as the creatures that live in them. We also took a field trip to Nagoya Aquarium.

1st セッションの「Things in the sea」では、毎日太平洋や大西洋、カリビアンなど大きな海洋をとりあげ、それぞれの場所や特徴、生息している生き物たちについて学び、水族館ににもでかけました。
Summer school 2011We learned about forests, and the animals and organisms that live in them and made lots of arts and crafts based on the theme, “Things in the countryside”. Elementary aged students learned about energy and how is is harnessed and used.

「Things in the countryside」では森の植物の観察や農場の動物について学び、アート＆クラフトを含め、普段は都会暮らしの子供たちに自然と触れ合う時間を設けました。

環境問題は、毎回取り上げるテーマです。小学生はエネルギーについても学びました。
Summer school 2011The children who participated in Summer School this year had a fun-filled action-packed five weeks, and we look forward to welcoming many of them back for winter school in December an January.

それぞれのテーマにちなんだ楽しいアクティビティーがいっぱいの5週間でした。