Believing in the power of sport - Nelson Mandela

The Nobel Peace Prize winner I most admire is Nelson Mandela. He was born in 1918 in South Africa. Even after the apartheid system ended, discrimination and conflict remained. He thought that supporting the rugby team, the Springboks, would bring the country together. In 1995, the Rugby World Cup was held in South Africa. In the final match against New Zealand, the Springboks won the championship with everyone in the stadium, black and white, cheering for the Springboks. This victory meant a lot to the people and was a moment when the nation felt united. This is one of the many achievements of Nelson Mandela.

Posted for Moeka

Musical role models - K-Pop group BTS

 

Moeka's musical postcard

Dear Jim,

I'm travelling in the United States. I'm in New York now.

I saw the Statue of Liberty yesterday. I was surprised that is was bigger than I imagined.

Today I see a circus. Animals like lions and monkeys were performing. It was very pretty and exciting.

I'm going to listen to jazz. That will be cool!

I will talk a lot when I get back.

Your student, Moeka
 

Some information about Saint-Exupery

"The Little Prince" (1935) is a story by Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944), a Frenchman writer. People know him all over the world today for his "The Little Prince". Lyon, in France, is Saint-Exupery's home town. There are different films of the story, including a movei made in 2015, Director is Mark Osborne.

These days you can go to the Little Prince Museum. There is a building to celebrate the 100th anniversry of Saint-Exupery.

Posted for Moeka  (13) - her own research after reading "The Little Match Girl".

Who is your favourite Smurf?

Yuu's favourite Smurf

I like Papa Smurf because he is the leader.

He is very old.

He can make magic

Yuu K

Yuu's favourite Smurf

 I like Poet Smurf because he is Smurfette's
good friend.

He writes poems for her.

Yuu H

Moeka's favourite Smurf

I like Papa Smurf because he is the leader.

He is very old.

He can make magic.

Moeka

Kei's favourite Smurf

I Like Poet Smurf because he is Smurfette's good friend.

He writes poems for her.

Kei

Horrible Halloween - what can a monster do?

Kotone's crazy creature's

Now I do realize I’m a little late to the party with a Halloween post, but this is what happens if you rely on 10 year olds to get their homework done and handed in on time!

We have been learning to use “can” and “can’t” for abilities recently, so I thought it would be interesting to combine these abilities with some spooky creatures. We started by sharing our own ideas on what a monster/vampire/ghost etc can or can’t do: “Can a bat drive a car?”, “No it can’t!!” Don't be daft Damian.

Moeka's mysterious mummies

We then set about putting our ideas down on paper. We did this by drawing a park scene which depicted Halloween creatures playing/having a picnic together; incorporating the various actions and abilities we had covered in lesson. Everyone did an excellent job showing what each creature can or can’t do, and we followed this up by writing sentences to describe our pictures on handwriting paper. Eventually we managed to arrive at the finished product and had a bit of show and tell session to show off our work, just in time for… Well classroom decorations for next Halloween I guess.

Self-portraits on Tuesday

 I have found a cool app (multi lens) which I managed to find a use for yesterday!

 We are about to start a new book, and I figured we could personalise our inside covers as well as remember how to spell our names. I always think it is nice to showcase the children's work anyway, as regular readers will know. It is also cool to look back sometimes and reflect - that was me?! 

Looking forward to Magic Time!

Primary Colours (or Colors?) in action

Peeking over Moeka-chan's shoulder to see how she was doing with the hide & seek game in Primary Colours; really well! Kids love the satisfaction of sorting out a puzzle like sequencing objects, matching or guessing their partner's favourite stickers...it also means the teacher doesn't have to do much at all in class except sit back and nod as the children grapple in English!

OK, it's 'color' not 'colour'? Yuck! We had to resort to the American Edition because the British one is not stocked in Japan. Despite this handicap :) we are still making lovely progress and mostly smiling all the way!

Good job kids!