Fall Festival

Today we held our first Fall Festival ever! How exciting!

Fall Festival

Deedee Deer students played first, and helped us set up all the games and prizes.

Fall Festival
Fall Festival

All the classes took turns participating.

Fall Festival
Fall Festival

Look at our older students helping out the toddlers.

We had three games- Ring Toss, Beanbag Toss, and Fishing!

Fall Festival
Fall Festival

It was fun and also helps teach us important skills like hand-eye coordination.

Fall Festival
Fall Festival
Fall Festival

At the end of the festival, everyone got a special prize.

Fall Festival
Fall Festival

We’re looking forward to making lots more memories at Beanstalk before the year is through!

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

We recently had a rehearsal for this year’s Christmas Concert. We followed all the new guidelines for Covid-19 set by the theater.

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

We wore our masks backstage and in the hallways of the building and only took them off while on stage.

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

Mr Uichi came to help out with the drumming performances.

Christmas Concert Rehearsal
Christmas Concert Rehearsal

He has the students doing brand new performances that we can’t wait to see live!

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

The Robby Rabbit class practiced their Christmas song on stage.

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

They really got us in a ‘Twistmas’ mood.

Christmas Concert Rehearsal

Everyone is excited to show mommy and daddy their performances. It’s going to be a great day!

Sports Day

We had a great day at this year’s Sports Day!

Sports Day 2020

Due to the spread of COVID, we chose to hold Sports Day a little earlier this year, and in a slightly different way than usual. We still had a lot of fun- here’s a peek at what we did!

Sports Day 2020

First, we were joined by our Missy Mouse preschool class. After singing the Hello Song, it was time to play games!

Sports Day 2020

We ran races, danced and sang, and even put balls into our team’s basket! All the children had a great time playing together with parents and teachers.

Sports Day 2020

Next it was the kindergarteners’ turn! First, we started with our traditional marching in to music.

Sports Day 2020

“Sensei! We will try our best!” Our two team captains made an oath that both teams would try their very best.

Sports Day 2020

Next, the games began! First up was the Candy Race.

Sports Day 2020

We were lucky to be able to show off the 4-6 year old Deedee Deer class’ soccer skills as well this year!

Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020

Robby Rabbit class, our 3 and 4 year olds, amazed us with their balancing and singing with the Flamingo Dance.

Sports Day 2020

And Deedee Deer class showed their passion with a rousing Shishi no Mai Lion Dance!

Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020

Our finale was the races! This year we did a running race and an obstacle course.

Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020

Everyone did their best and we all got a very nice participation medal.

Sports Day 2020
Sports Day 2020

Congratulations everyone, and thank you for joining us for a wonderful day

Centrair Sky Marching Festival

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

The annual music festival at Centrair airport was held on November 7th. We were very grateful to be invited to perform again and are thankful to everyone who worked on the event.

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

The audience was arranged following the new guidelines to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. The event team wiped everything down after every performance, ready for the next act and audience members. Their hard work was really appreciated, showing care for all the performers and audience members.

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020
Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020
Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020
Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

We followed along with the new rules by wearing our face masks and using antibacterial spray. We did this back stage, in the dressing room and during rehearsals.

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020
Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

Our graduate on the left has performed many times so she is very relaxed. For the girls on the right, this is their first time performing in public. They were a little nervous to start with but they quickly enjoyed themselves.

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

We knew we shouldn’t talk without our masks!

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

Ms Iwata Midori who introduced us was very kind.

Centrair Sky Marching Festival 2020

We really enjoyed performing at Centrair. Thank you again to everyone that worked at the event.

2020 Trick or Treating Parade

Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020

On October 30th, we here at Beanstalk held our annual trick-or-treat parade! We did our best to adhere to the rules for our “new normal”.

Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020

Many events have been canceled this year to stop the spread of COVID-19. We were able to hold the Halloween Parade by making sure all activities were outdoors, and limiting our attendants to current students only, which ensured that everyone would follow the rules.

Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020

Instead of our usual lunch party and fashion show, students posed for photos inside special Halloween photo booths. They were set up at 3 trick-or-treat spots just for preschool students. We had a lot of fun trick-or-treating and taking photos outside!

Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020
Halloween 2020

Thank you for helping with the traffic crossing!

That night, we had our yearly Trick-or-Treat parade including Saturday School and Afternoon students! With masks on and maintaining social distance, students had fun going to 7 trick-or-treat spots to get lots of treats. Thank you so much to the families who donated candies, to the parents who helped pack treats into bags, and to everyone who attended. Thanks to you we were able to hold a successful and fun Halloween event!

Halloween 2020

Next year we hope that COVID-19 will be under control, and we can spend our days safely and healthily.