Event, Event, Event!

At this time a year, things get quite busy at DSK with a number of events taking place over a short period of time.

Right before our Autumn Break, we had our first assembly of the year, which was hosted by our Grade 2 class, who presented a number of slightly fractured Fairy Tales to demonstrate what they learnt in our first unit of the year on getting along with others and resolving conflict. A video of the performance will be shared just as soon as I am done editing it.

Halloween

Just a couple days after the assembly, we all got to have fun again by celebrating Halloween. Students and teachers came to school wearing all types of wonderful costumes and danced and paraded around the MPR and even did some Trick or Treating around the school. The second-graders really enjoyed the break from our normal routine.

Coming up this week we have our next two events, St. Martin's and the Osaka Christmas Market at the Umeda Sky Building.

St. Martin's (Tuesday, November 12, 16:00 - 17:30 / 18:00)

As part of our whole year unit on how we express ourselves, we have been looking into the different light festivals around the world such as Diwali, Loi Krathong, Las Falas and of course St. Martin's. In preparation for this coming Tuesday, the students have been practicing songs during music time and making their own lanterns to carry around with them. After looking at several different types of lanterns from different lantern festivals around the world, the students were free to choose the type of lantern that they wanted to make. Some made Jack-o-Lantern style lanterns of plastic bottles, while others made theirs from paper plates and wax paper. Please come join us as we parade and sing with our lanterns lit up this Tuesday evening. So that I know who will be attending and how they will be returning home on the day please complete this St. Martin's Google Form.

Osaka Christmas Market

Our second special event this week will be on Friday, November 15th as the second-grade students will join with the rest of the elementary school students at DSK to sing some songs at the grand opening of the Osaka Christmas Market. The students will be lending their voices to the songs Silent Night in both English and Japanese, as well as We Wish You a Merry Christmas! Please encourage them to practice singing these two songs at home this week! We will be practicing together with the rest of the school each day this week right after Wake-up, Shake-up so please make sure your child arrives on time this week! See you all at the Umeda Sky Building on Friday!