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新しい年2024年も、もう2月下旬に入ろうとしています。一日一日があまりにも早く過ぎ去っていき、毎日時間を追いかけているようです。
先日行った豆まきでは、子供たちが一生懸命、“鬼は外、福は内” ”Sickness sadness outside, Happiness inside “と言いながら豆をまいてくれました。悲しみや病気が少なくなり、幸せが世界中の子供たちの所にたくさん来ますようにと我々保育者も豆まきをしました。まいた豆から元気な芽が出て育っているのも嬉しい限りです。
バイリンガルクラスになって約一か月で、チャイニーズニューイヤーの会をした子供達。大勢の人の前で緊張したりするのは、仕方ありません。そんな中、助け合ってよく頑張りました。
そして、今、集中して卒園の会の練習をしています。今年度卒園する年長さん達は、コロナで大変な時を乗り越えてきて、縁あってナニアで一緒に卒園することになりました。しかも今年から両クラス一緒に卒園の会をします。チャレンジはあるのですが、今まで一緒に過ごし、たくさんの行事を中心になって頑張ってくれた８人の卒園児たちです。お互いに助け合って、心に残る卒園の会になり、ナニアを巣立って欲しいと心から願っています。
それから、３歳、４歳児にとって座る時間が長い卒園の会は、難しいかもしれません。できるところをやらせてあげようと計画していますので、少し出入りがありますが、どうぞよろしくお願い致します。
卒園児氏名
Blue flower Class
Tan Yen H’ng （エンハン 君）
Wang Zov （ゾブ 君）
Yeoh Bethany （ベタニー ちゃん）
Yeoh Yuka （ゆか ちゃん）
Sunflower Class
Hikari Fukuda （ひかり ちゃん）
Naoki Sumito （なおき 君）
Sakura Yoshikawa （さくら ちゃん）
Sho Satoh （しょう 君）
卒園の会のプログラム
2024年２月29日（木）
全員、平常通り登園
9:00 – 9:30 おやつ
9:30 – 9:45 トイレ
保護者の方は、9時45分までに来ていただいて園内の駐車場でお待ちください。お車は、路上駐車でお願い致します。
9:45 園児、もう一度お水を飲みます。
9:50 - 10:40 卒園の会（第一部）
10:40 – 11:30在園児 Blue Flower Classでトイレ
＋おやつ（ナニアのオレンジケーキ＋お絵描き＋折り紙
10:40 – 10:50 卒園児 水飲み＋トイレ
保護者の方 トイレ休憩、飲水
10:50 – 11:30 卒園の会（第二部）
ナニアのオレンジ ケーキでお茶
11:30 – 11:50 在園児 園庭日陰の散歩＋着替え
卒園児あいさつ回り、園庭で写真撮影
＊Greeting to the teachers
Teacher **, thank you very much for your guidance. (cooking)
We will miss you.
See you again.
11:50 卒園児と保護者の皆様Good bye song
＊ 駐車場に机を準備し、卒園児の作品などをそこに飾ります。小さい子たちが、室内で着替えをしていますので、当日は、ここで御挨拶をして、お歌を歌って卒園の会を終わらせていただきます。
＊ アルバム用の写真やメッセージカードをありがとうございました。やさしい思い出です。いただいたもので、差し込み作業を始めます。
＊ それから、ご質問がありました。お別れ会の時は、お友達にプレゼントをあげていますが、卒園の会では、どうしたらいいですか。ということです。それぞれのお子さんのナニア最終日の日の最後のお話の時間にその子のお話をして、小さなお別れ会をしますので、その時がいいと思います。どうぞ、よろしくお願いいたします。
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The new year of 2024 is already approaching late February. Each day seems to pass by so quickly. It is as if we are constantly chasing after time.
During the Setsubun festival we recently celebrated, the children scattered beans while chanting "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" (Demons out, happiness in), and "Sickness sadness outside, Happiness inside." We, the caregivers, also joined in the bean scattering, hoping for a decrease in sorrow and illness, and for happiness to come to children all over the world. It is truly heartwarming to see healthy sprouts growing from the scattered beans. We will soon have edamame for lunch.
After about a month in the bilingual class, the children held a Chinese New Year Festival. It is natural for them to feel nervous in front of a big audience. Despite this, they supported each other and did their best. We are happy that everyone had a good time.
We understand that for the 3- and 4-year-olds, sitting through a long graduation ceremony might be a little challenging. We are planning to let them participate where they can. Otherwise, they will stay in the Blue Flower class with a few teachers. There may be some children coming and going during the ceremony. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Names of the Graduating Children
Blue flower class
Tan Yen H’ng
Wang Zov
Yeoh Bethany
Yeoh Yuka
Sunflower class
Hikari Fukuda
Naoki Sumito
Sakura Yoshikawa
Sho Satoh
Graduation Ceremony 29 February 2024 (Thursday)
All the children arrive at school as usual (before 9am)
0900-0930 Snack Time
0930-0945 Toilet Break
Parents, please arrive and wait in our car porch by 0945. Please park along the roadside.
0945 Children have another drink of water
0950-1040 Graduation Ceremony (Part 1)
1040-1130 Small Children in Blue Flower Class: Toilet break + Snack (Nania’s Orange Cake) + Drawing + Origami
1040-1050 Water and toilet break for Graduating Children; Toilet break and refreshments for Parents
1050-1130 Graduation Ceremony (Part 2) followed by tea with Nania’s Orange Cake
1130-1150 All other children: a walk in the garden and a change of clothes
Graduating children: exchange greetings with teachers and take photos in the garden
＊Greeting to the teachers
Teacher **, thank you very much for your guidance. (cooking)
We will miss you.
See you again.
1150 ‘Goodbye Song’ by the graduating children and parents
Note:
· We will prepare some tables in the car porch for the display of the art works of the graduating children. As the younger children will be changing their clothes indoors, we will conclude the graduation ceremony by giving greetings and singing songs here.
· Thank you for preparing the photos and message cards. They will become cherished memories for the graduating children. We will begin to make the albums with the materials you provided.
· Regarding the giving of presents from the graduating children. Each child will have a short time to share their story during the final storytelling session on their last day at Nania. We will have a small farewell gathering at that time. It would be better to give out presents then. Thank you for your cooperation.
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We will celebrate the Japanese Girls’ Day Festival (Hinamatsuri) with the children on1st March (Friday). The dolls in traditional kimonos will be displayed at the festival corner as prayers for the well-being of girls. The dolls are called hina-ningyo and the custom is also known as momo-no sekku (Peach Festival) because it is the peach blossom season on the lunar calendar. In some areas, nagashibina, the custom of loading one’s troubles onto a paper doll and floating them off down the river is still practiced.
Most Japanese families with girls display hina-ningyo and dedicate peach blossoms to them. They are usually arranged on a five or seven-tiered stand covered with a red carpet. The Emperor and Empress are at the top. Three court ladies sit on the next level, followed by five musicians, two ministers, and three servants at the bottom row of a five-tiered display. Displays may include small pieces of furniture, meal dishes, and other things. The hina-ningyo at Nania was hand made by a child’s mother.
The children have folded paper dolls to be used as wall decorations. They will bring home the wall decorations on the festival day.
