The students set up the Christmas tree in the beginning of December. We are all ready for Christmas. The tree was set up bu SELC (English club) members.

                                  
                                  
                                

        


Our school had it's annual Christmas party. Everyone was invited. We had hot chocolate, cookies, and mini cupcakes with frosting. Santa made an appearance and he brought his guitar. The students told him their Christmas wish and Santa played a Christmas song on his guitar. The students played musical chairs after Santa left. We all had a great time.

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On Monday SELC hosted the annual Halloween party. Each member invited a friend, and just like every year, they dressed up into their Halloween best. We had Cinderella, many witches, a vampire, Batman, a Hogwarts student, a nurse, Shellie May, Devils, Donald Duck, Little Red Riding Hood, Minion, Maleficent, Kindergateners, and so much more. 


Mummy wrapping time! 
  

Our Halloween costume contest was very competitive this year. Because we had so many different looks, it was difficult for the students to vote for their favorite. But in the end, Cinderella come up on top. She looked so cute!
                                     

This year Ms. Callie added apple bobbing to the list of activities. The kids had so much fun! And after that, they had a healthy snack to keep them full. Mr. Ogura even came to the party for a short time.
  

Holding your breath challenge!
           

They all got lots of candy during the event.
 
      
                                
       

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Last week we our school welcomed our sister school was from Malaysia, UCSI. We had a school assembly to welcome them.
                   
 
  

In Class...
   
I let some of the students in my class introduce themselves. The other students got the chance to ask their new classmates some questions about themselves.
 
Group work - Story creation

Farewell Party...
               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           
 
 
  

The final farewell...
 
 
         
          Thank you for coming to our school. We hope to see you all again soon.

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On Monday we had an annual Halloween party. It was hosted by SELC members, specifically the 4th years. The students trick-or-treated by answering a few questions in English to get candy. We also had some activities with the reward by candy of course. The students also voted for the best Halloween costume pair. It was a very fun event.

 
Boo, Minion, and Halloween Girl                                    Three Witches
 
 Nichidai Students and The Evil Queen
 
            Belle and Waldo                                              Two Waldos
 
                Three Prisoners                          The Queen of Hearts, Waldo, and Alice

                              Death        and          Satan
                                
                                           The Best Halloween Costumes
         
                        Some teachers participated in the Halloween event.
                                         Can you spot Ms. Callie?

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Two weeks ago Mai Akutsu went to the Nichidai English speech contest in Tokyo. They had about 25 participants and the competition was fierce. Although Mai didn't win anything, she did an amazing job performing her speech. Mr. Imaizumi and I went with her for some moral support.

                        
           
                        
                         Mai, we are very proud of you. You did FANTASTIC!

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Today 6-2 students worked in pairs to use their imagination to create a character. They will eventually write a story in English about their character(s). They brainstormed and wrote down the outline of their story. They will then present their story to the whole class.

 

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Yesterday the International department threw a goodbye party for the St. Stephen:s Catholic College students. It was really lovely because all the home-stay families were able to attend. We had lots of food for everyone. I took a lot of pictures of the students having a great time.
               
 
 
 
 
 
                   
                                               The two musketeers
                
     It was their birthday yesterday so we all sang the Happy Birthday song for them.
 
    A get to know you better segment               We sang our school song for them
              
                     Some of the students cried when it was time to say goodbye

All the students and teachers has a great time. St. Stephen's Catholic College students, please come back again.

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Today we had 16 students from Australia come to our school. They will be staying with some of our students for a week. All the students had the opportunity today to welcome them all to our school. The Wadaiko club had a little performance for them.

 
 

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On Wednesday we had some students come to the English room. I have two students practicing for Eiken level pre 1. They've been studying all month long for the Eiken test next month. The dictionary is their best friend nowadays.

                           

At the same time we have students coming in to practice their speech for the speech contest. Next month we have all our speech contests so the students are doing their best trying to remember the material. Ms. Callie is helping a student with her speech.