Nanako's dad & KET Certificates

This is a slideshow of an event Jim organised with Shinshu JALT last Saturday evening. One of Luna's dads was a speaker...and he was also one of our ex-student's surgeons, which is why this promise to present was made about six years ago!




Among the audience was the current National JALT President - I think the first time that this has ever happened...so while he was here, Jim asked him to present Yanissa with her Cambridge ESOL Certificate for K.E.T. (she passed "with Merit") and we are all very proud of her achievement. Unfortunately, Hokuto & Tomoro had other plans and were unable to attend the short ceremony. We gave them their certificates last week, and as you can see they also look very pleased - well done boys!

Monday school

• 8:15~8:35       Reading books
• 8:50~9:35      Math, multiply     First we do some questions. Then we make a tick.
• 9:40~10:25    Music, singing    We sing a song, but there's people who don't sing! So the teacher always gets angry.
• 10:25~10:50   Playtime
• 10:55~12:30  Art, 12 years after we do "paintings". First you draw a face about 12 years after. Then  you do the painting.
• 12:35~12:50   Ready for lunch.
• 12:55~1:10     Lunch.
• 1:25~1:50      Cleaning the school.
• 2:05~2:50      Sports, Pool. First we do the warming up. Then we get in to the pool. If  its hot its very nice, but if its cold , the water is freezing.
• 2:55~3:05      Ready for home time. 
• 3:10               Home time   Good bye!

                 Mr.T's ideal Monday schedule (age 12)

Goodbye, Mr Hollywood - After reading

After reading#4:

How does Craig Winters get 25,000 dollars out of Meg? Their telephone conversation....

Craig: Hi, Meg. How are you?
Meg: Craig, I'm fine. But I want to see you. When can we meet?
Craig: I don't know. I want to see you, too, but things aren't easy at the moment.
Meg: Why? What's the matter?
Craig: It's my mother. I can't leave her because her legs are very bad and she can't walk far. She needs a new car, but I don't have the money just now.
Meg: But Craig, that's easy! I can give you the money.
Craig: No, no. I can't take money from you, Meg.
Meg: Of course you can! How much do you need? 15,000? 20,000? Just tell me. You can have it tomorrow.
Craig: Meg, you're wonderful. How about 25,000? Just for two or three months, you understand.

Postacard from Faifai Beach, Guam

To Jim

We enjoy GUAM!! We stay P.I.C. Hotel.
This hotel has many attraction pools.
Today we swimed in the pool and sea. That was fun :)

I talks to hotel staff, shop assistant a lot. I can hear and speak English before I attend LUNA! I am very happy!!
Thank you Jim sensei!!

Guam's restaurant meal is yummy. But it's too much for me. We ate Vietnamese food at dunner. We share 1 plate meal. I'm tummyache now and I can't sleep!! Oh no!! I need medicine > *o* <

I love GUAM and Cocoro loves GUAM! Yeah!
See you next Monday.

From Maiko

Postcard from Bremen, Germany.

Hello! all.

Now. I'm in Hamburg.
Today I visited Hameln and Bremen. These cities are famous for the Grimm Brothers fairy tales.
And both of them very lovely!!

Unfortunately the weather is not good and a little bit cold.

Tomorrow I go sightseeing in Hamburg and Lubeck.

See you in next class.

Miyako F

Hello. My name's Yuichi

Love or Money - after reading

1.Jackie went to prison for the murder of her mother and at first nobody visited her. In the end Roger and Diane went to see her, but they didn't talk about Molly.
2. After ten years Jackie came out of prison and married Tom Briggs. They lived very quietly and they didn't have much money, but they were happy.
3. Roger lived in Molly's house. He built ten houses in the garden and was soon a very rich man. Diane found a husband, but she didn't love him. She married him because he had a lot of money.
4. Jackie never saw Tom Briggs again because he sold his farm to Roger and went to live Australia. Jackie never married, and so she never found love.
5. The Clarkson family are nicer people now. After their mother died, they learnt something- they learnt that love is more important than money.

I agree with "Love" is more important than money!! I understand money is necessary to live, but money dosen't make us happy. It is important for me how to use money for.

Miyuki

Ran's eco-plane

Everyone can fly it because it's easy.

It's made of metal. The plane is small so it is light.

It takes off anywhere, especially in the backyard, and it can land anywhere.

It can take six people to space!!

It uses bio-gas, which is good for the Earth.

Ran (12)

Check out April & May!

There's plenty more on our Classroom Flickr set and on our Facebook pages (Luna International)

Hello - My name is Mayu

My favourite photo - K

One of my favorite photos is of my family taking lunch.

I took the photo in the summer of 2012 when I was on day trip  in Tokyo.

We were in Ichigaya ,and I met Kyoko's parents first time. Manabu (my son) and Kyoko married on 30th June.

We had lunch in a Chinese restaurant where Princess Masako and her family ate.

I keep this photo in my mobile. On a grey, rainy day in Matsumoto, I just have to look at it and then memories of a happy couple come back, and I wish them happiness.

K.I.

My school trip - Tokyo

The Lion King (musical) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On July 19th I got up at 7 o'clock. First, I had some breakfast. Then we got on the bus and we went to the Lion King theatre in Tokyo.

When we arrived, we looked at the Kokaichi-jido. Then we saw the Lion King. It was so great. After the concert I was crying!!

After that, we went to the metal factory. We saw red hot metal.

Then we went see the Sumo. It was so fun and we were shouting "Hakuho!"

After the Sumo, we went to dinner. I sat next to Kotaro & Kota. We were laughing and talking a lot. When my stomach got full we went to the hotel. In the end, I had a shower and I had a pillow fight with my friends, and I slept late. ZZzzzzzz.

Tomoro

Our classroom superstars

ijiwaru jimbo's photostream on Flickr.

So it has been a while since I shared some classroom action shots - apologies for that!

As you can see, we have been very busy indeed spelling, making games, reading, growing tomatoes, making masks & generally having far too much fun! This is a sample - find everyone on our Flickr page

Emergent readers having a good go!

After we have all listened to the gentle narration of our Story Tree reader off the CD at home (how many times?) and followed along in the reader itself...
After we have become familiar with new words and practiced using them in different contexts in the workbooks...

Image via CrunchBase

After we have had spelling races...
After we have corrected the teacher's silly reading mistakes...
After we have found the page for certain words...

Then we are about ready to read out loud - some more than others, obviously, and reading to an audience (even friends) is a performance with fraught issues such as pronunciation, speed and nerves. Getting it 100% right is not as important as having a go - but it does help the teacher identify any little issues which silent reading clearly doesn't.

My super enthusiatic Friday team love showing off, and why not! They are making excellent progress and my hat is off!

listen to ‘Friday - The Dream’ on Audioboo

Ready for anything; survival in Matsumoto

Earthquakes in Japanese Religion (Photo credit: timtak)

I think the most common emergency situation in my country is earthquakes. If there is an earthquake, I will go under neath the table and wait for earthquake to stop. Then I will go outside. 


Actually, we had an earthquake yesterday, but I didn't notice.


Takuro

Matsumoto information - history & activities

Matsumoto-jo(castle) / 松本城(まつもとじょう) (Photo credit: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋))

Dear Hannah,

It's great that you are coming to Matsumoto. It's a more beautiful city than London, and it's less historical than London. It's in central Nagano, in central Japan, about three hours by car, train and bus from Tokyo.

There is a castle in Matsumoto. I think it's one of the most historic buildings in Japan, so a lot of people from other prefectures visit it every year. Matsumoto is surrounded by mountains, so it is famous for skiing in winter.

When you come to Matsumoto, please tell me soon.

Love, Miku xxx

The Phantom of the Opera - after reading

After reading no. 1

To the Persian
I am leaving this letter for you, because once you were my friend. Now of course, I have only enemies. People scream when they see my face. I am clever, it is true, but no woman can ever love me. And how can a man live without love?

When I was a chled, I was very unhappy. My mother never kissed me. She didn't want to look at me because I was so ugly. And years later, when I was a man, I did many terrible things. I know tha, and I am sorry know. But I did one good thin in my life. Christine is free. She can marry the Vicomte and be happy.

But I can never forget her wonderful voice, and I cannot live without her.

And so, goodbye.
Erik

The President's Murderer - after reading

After reading-#2

Dear Mrs Dinon
You don't know me, but I met your husband soon after he escaped from prison. I found him in my field, took him to my house, and gave him saome good hot food. Today the newspaper say that the soldiers killed him. I am so sorry , Mrs Dinon. Your husband wasn't a murderer, or an enemy of the country. Everybody knows that, and we don't listen to the government. Your husband wanted to change things and give us all better life. He was a good man.
From your friend

I don't know who is real murderer, but it's dangirous.

Love or Money - after reading

After Reading – #5.

1. Jackie went to prison for the murder of her mother and at first nobody visited her. In the end Roger and Diane went to see her, but they didn't talk about Molly.

2. After ten years Jackie came out of prison and married Tom Briggs. They lived very quietly and they didn’t have much money, but they were happy.

3. Roger lived in Molly’s house. He built ten houses in the garden and was soon a very rich man. Diane found a husband, but she didn’t love him. She married him because he had a lot of money.

4. Jackie never saw Tom Briggs again because he sold his farm to Roger and went to live in Australia. Jackie never married, and so she never found love.

5. The Clarkson family are nicer people now. After their mother died, they learnt something-they learnt that love is more important than money.

I like # 2. best. I feel relieved since Jackie is still young and I would like her to be happy. Honestly speaking, however, #1, # 3 and # 4 are more realistic.

Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings - after reading

After reading #4                                                                                                                       Spoiler alert!

At Winchester where today Silver Blaze won the Wessex Cup- good news for the owner Mr. Ross and all the people with bets on the horse. The detective Sherlock Holmes knows Mr. Ross’s horse, and he found the name of John Straker’s races too.

So who killed John Straker? The horse did! Straker tried to make a cut in a tendon in Silver Blaze’s leg, and the horse kicked out. The horseshoes hit Straker on the head and killed him. The horse then disappeared until today.

     And killer was Silver Blaze in the week before the Wessex Cup race? That is still a mystery.