Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson!

 

 

November has finally come to an end and now Christmas is right around the corner. Although November has finished, we still have some amazing memories from this month, especially our amazing Thanksgiving Party!

 

For those of you, who are not familiar with Thanksgiving Day, it is a special holiday in the United States of America, where we gather together with all our friends and family, join together for a huge feast, and give thanks for all the good things we have in our life. This tradition stems all the way back, when pilgrims from Europe came to North America, and were saved by the Native Americans, by helping the pilgrims survive the harsh winter. Afterwards, the pilgrims and Native Americans gathered together with their friends and family, and had a large feast together, using all the different foods they grew as well as any fish or meat they caught. The reason they had this feast was to “Give Thanks” for helping each other and was celebrated each year, usually before Winter, where food was harvested/hunted, and became the holiday Thanksgiving.

 

We carry on this tradition each year now, as Thanksgiving Day. Since the students are thankful for so many things, we decided to have our own Thanksgiving party here in Japan, so the students can talk about what they are thankful for, as well as have a nice meal together with friends.

 

 

The students even created amazing paper crafts of traditional Thanksgiving foods! They created peas, mashed potatoes, corn, bread rolls, pumpkin pie and of course…TURKEY!

 

As you can see, the students really enjoyed having Thanksgiving with their friends and teachers, and they seem very excited for next year`s event.

 

Hello there everyone and welcome to the special lesson blog for October 2018!
This month we actually have TWO topics for you to enjoy! Both Sports Day and the Halloween Party were held during October so we’ll tell you all about both events!
So here’s what went on.

Sports Day 2018!

Getting ready for the relay race!

Faster than a speeding bullet!

Stronger than an ox!

Perfect form, I can feel the breeze from that fan!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Supermaaaan!

The Sunrise Bridge is strong enough to support a cruise liner!

What a fantastic Sports Day! Thank you to everyone who joined!

Halloween 2018!

We had a VERY scary music time with Mr. Justin!

Where’s Wally? There she is, at Sunrise of course!

Popcorn for everyone! A delicious costume indeed!

An unusual princess but one of the most beautifu we have ever seen!

Batman came to make sure the criminals didn’t disturb the party!

A member of the Paw Patrol also came by to lend a helping paw!

The Gecko took a break from fighting crime at night to fighting the runway in the day!

Beware of the deadly Ninja and his terrifying ninja stars!

Trick or Treat!

Here’s some candy!

So that is our blog for October 2018! We’re so happy you could make this a super fun and super spooky month all rolled into one!

Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson blog!

 

Along with lots of sports day practice, this month at Sunrise we have spent some time talking and learning about our Grandparents. We have also made some beautiful presents for our grandparents. The caterpillars made some beautiful plates with some photos, the Shinies made a wonderful card with a very special message on the back. The Flutteries put lots of time and effort into making their cards as well – everyone had a wonderful time and we hope that everyone enjoyed receiving them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the Shinies are working hard!

Caterpillar fun!

Working hard with our friends!

 

 

Our beautiful project is coming together!

Painting our hands is always so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson!

With September around the corner, and October coming soon, it is hard to believe that summer is almost over. We wish we could make it last just a little bit longer.

Speaking of summer, this month we reached the end of our 4 weeks of seasonal school and as well as reached the end of Summer here at Sunrise International School. Although summer has finished, we still made fond memories and had a great time!

For Seasonal School, we had our students from our After School program join us for the whole school day, where they got to have fun and enjoy our many activities. We got to enjoy swimming lessons, as well as spending time with our younger students. We also visited many fun and interesting places, such as the Log House, the Nogeyama Zoo and the Hamagin Space Science Center.

Aside from visiting all the above areas, we also learned about Space here at Sunrise. Every day, the students learned something new about space; ranging from learning the planets of the solar systems, different celestial bodies, all the way to learning how each planet/body is different and what makes each one so unique. All of the students enjoyed learning about their solar system and the galaxy.

Aside from learning about space, we also created special diaries to share our experiences and memories with one another. Everyone practiced writing how to say and write what their favorite activity for that day was, as well as draw what they did for that day. They created so many beautiful pictures and excited our younger students, who wish to create their own diaries in the future!

 

Our Season School may have come to an end, but we were glad we got to enjoy it with so many intelligent and joyous students these last 4 weeks. We hope they have just as much fun this Fall as they did for this Summer! Thank you all for joining in and we hope you all are excited for our next big thing; Sport`s Day! Be sure to check it out!

This month has been a very special one here at Sunrise because this month we learned all about father’s day! We learned why we have this special day, discussed some of the things that our father’s do for us. We have also all made beautiful neck-tie presents for our father’s! The caterpillars made some colourful ties with a picture on the back, the shinies made a beautiful tie with a very special message written on the back, and the Flutteries made a wonderful tie too with a picture of their father’s face on top along with some special messages pinned to the front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Shinies learning about their fathers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing our father’s face!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love you daddy!]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing our beautiful messages!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The start of our beautiful necktie!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putting our wonderful presents together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A beautiful present for daddy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love you sooooooo much!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two friends drawing beautiful pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to be as cool as you, daddy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love you lots and lots!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daddy’s beautiful girl!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making our beautiful present!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shinies with their wonderful present!

 

Everyone at Sunrise, staff and students, would like to take this opportunity to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to all the father’s out there who all do so much for us. We hope you enjoyed your presents as much as we enjoyed making them for you!

Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson!

Now that May is here, we can start to enjoy Spring and the warmer weather. This month, we had two special events occur; We had Mother`s Day, a great holiday where we show our appreciation to everything our Mother`s do for us, and we had Planting Day, a day where all the students at Sunrise gather together to grow different plants and flowers for summer.

This month at Sunrise, we sang songs to celebrate Mother`s Day and give praise for how much our mothers do for us. We learned to say I love you, Thank You Mom, Happy Mother`s Day and so much more. We also talked about all the special things that mothers do for their children, by making them breakfast, taking them to the park, playing with them, helping them when their sick and washing our clothes, to just name a few. We made special flowers and cards for our mothers as a special thanks for everything they do.

 

 

 

Aside from celebrating Mother`s Day, we also had a special eventcalled Planting Day.

The students got to go outside and see all the things needed to make plants grow. They then filled flower pots with soil, planted seeds, and now water the plants every day when they come to Sunrise School. Each day, the students get to see how much their plant grows, starting from a seedling, until it sprouts, begins to flower and grows their fruit or vegetable. The Butterflies decided to grow tomatoes and eggplants, while the Caterpillars are growing Morning Glory flowers. The students are having a great time watching their plants grow! Be sure to come by and see what we have grown so far!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This month, several weeks work culminated in a wonderful graduation ceremony for our Fluttery Butterflies! Everyone at the ceremony did a wonderful job – they sang, they did their speeches, they shared their memories of Sunrise and their hopes and dreams for the future. While there were many tears shed at the ceremony (and afterwards!), it was a truly beautiful day and one that will live on in everyone’s hearts and minds for many years to come.

Whilst there were many goodbyes on the day, all the Flutteries would like to give a very special farewell to Ms Naga. After four years with the Flutteries, Ms Naga is transferring to Sunrise Tokyo school. We genuinely wish her all the best on her new adventure!

And good luck to you Flutteries! Everyone at Sunrise is looking forward to hearing about your adventures at elementary school!

 

Hello and welcome to this month’s special event blog!

 

This month saw the culmination of several week’s work with our annual Dance and Drama Festival taking place on Friday the 23rd of February. It was a truly wonderful day and all the students did a superb job. They sang, they danced, they spoke their lines beautifully and made the audience laugh, clap and cry (happy tears of course!)

 

Everyone at Sunrise would like to thank all of the parents and friends who came along to enjoy the performances. All of our students were truly thrilled to perform in front of their parents and loved ones. Many of the students have spoken to us about what a wonderful time they had (and how they want to do it again!) so we truly thank everyone who worked so hard to make it unique day.

 

We hope you enjoyed Dance and Drama Festival as much as we did! We’re all now looking forward to our final big event of the school year – Graduation!

 

Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson!

 

With this month being December, naturally we decided our lessons should be about the number one holiday celebrated around the globe… Christmas!!!

 

This month at Sunrise has been filled with Christmas cheer, songs and most important of all, kindness to one another! This month, our students have practiced numerous Christmas songs such as “Deck the Halls”, “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town”, “Winter Wonderland” and “Little Snowflake”, to name just a few. We have studied ornaments, presents, reindeer, snowmen, elves, and of course, Santa Clause. We decorated our school with Christmas stockings, snowmen and had our students decorate their own Christmas trees which they displayed proudly to their parents.

 

To help our upcoming Christmas Party feel even more festive, our students created their own hats to wear during the event. Our Little Caterpillars created tiny snowmen to wear as hats, while the Hungry Caterpillars made hats that looked like reindeer. The Shiny Butterflies decided to create amazing Santa Clause hats, while the Flutter Butterflies went all out and sewed their own green Elf hats, complete with bells. Everyone’s hats looked amazing, and the Christmas cheer could be felt all throughout the Christmas Party.

 

The Party itself was loads of fun as well! Each class performed a rendition of their favorite Christmas songs, with some classes doing amazing dances while other’s showed off their ability to play musical instruments. Afterwards, our students were divided into four separate teams and we all played an amazing game of “Flip-the-Cards”. Everyone tried their best, and we saw some amazing teamwork between our students. It was a very fun game!

 

For our Grand Finale, all the students were seated while listening to our teachers read Christmas stories, unaware that a special guest has arrived. Who is our special guest, you ask? None other, that the amazing Santa Clause, of course! He’d made a special trip, all the way from the North Pole, to visit all the good children here at Sunrise Kids. He was even kind enough to bring presents for all the children (and our teachers). The excitement and Christmas cheer was amazing, and all of the students were very excited to meet Santa Clause. We are so glad to see that our students had such a fun time this year, and we look forward to even more amazing days in the future! Merry Christmas everyone!

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Birds of a feather, flock together!

Our students are working so hard!

Don’t forget the beard!

So many cute Santa Clauses!

Painting is always so much fun!

Behold! Our Christmas Trees!

Learning to sew is a good skill!

Can’t you see, I’m busy?

Some of our silly little “elves”

ALOT of our silly little (and some big) elves!

Learning to share is a great thing.

All work and no play….

So silly!

We are amazing!

You know you want to wear them, too!

Showing off our hats.

Our might Reindeer class!

The elves are ready for the party!

The Santas are ready for the party as well!

This must be an exciting story!

Are you having fun? YES!

Preparing to show our skills with pianica.

We are ready to sing “Winter Wonderland”.

Do you know “Deck the Halls”?

We cant sing without my hat!

Making sure we have our snowmen hats on for the perfomance.

Red team is ready to play “Flip the Cards”!

Pink team is ready to win at “Flip the Cards”!

Orange team is ready to crush their rivals, the pink team!

Red vs Blue in “Flip the Cards”.

Blue team won the round!

Time for Round 2!

A pretty close match between the Pink team and Orange team.

They are loving the story so much, they didn’t notice who walked in.

It’s Santa Clause!!

He came to see us!

Santa’s reindeer looks familiar…

Questions for Santa!

I have a question too!

He brought us presents!

So much joy in that smile!

I see two Santas!

They could be twins.

Matching outfits.

Thank you for the presents!

Santa and a little reindeer.

Make that TWO reindeers.

I’m so happy!

Thank You Santa Clause!

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We hope everyone had an amazing Christmas, and we hope you all have an even more amazing New Year! A special thanks to Santa Clause for coming to visit us, and even more special thanks to our students, who practiced so hard, for the Christmas Party’s Musical Performance. You all did amazingly well!

Everyone at Sunrise wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Be sure to stay warm, and we look forward to seeing everyone next year!

Hello and welcome to this month’s special lesson!

Well, being October, there’s only one thing that the lesson could be about – Halloween! This month at Sunrise has been a fun-filled affair with a healthy dash of spookiness thrown in for good measure! Everyone at the school has had a huge amount of fun making ghosts, vampires, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons and zombies. We’ve decorated the school in all manner of creatures and had a brilliant time singing and performing a whole host of Halloween songs. We’ve also talked about what some of our favourite monsters are and learned about some spooky locations too. The Fluttery Butterflies have had a great time writing their own spooky Halloween story set right here at Sunrise while the Shinies wrote a story featuring lots of creepy creatures.

The month’s work cumulated in fantastic day of Halloween events. A spooky fashion parade was followed by a brilliant time at Okano park for some very tasty trick-or-treating. We’d like to give a big shout-out to all the parents and volunteers who came along to help – you made the day a truly memorable one! We’d also like to thank the students for their creativity and enthusiasm. Your costumes were brilliant!

We’d like to take this opportunity to once again thank all the parents and volunteers who gave their time to make it such a special day. It was truly a wonderful event and we couldn’t have done it without your support.

But that’s all for this month! Thank you for taking the time to read our Halloween blog – we hope you enjoyed it!