Hello Aurora and Shooting Star families!
We have had a fun, short week at ISN!
At the end of last week, we had our annual Sports Festival!
今回のブログは先週行われたスポーツフェスティバルについてです！
It was nice to see everyone that came, but sadly we were missing some people!
ご参加頂いた皆様ありがとうございました！
So, let’s talk about what our classes did on the day!
では、AuroraとShooting Starのスポーツフェスティバスの内容についてお話致します。
We started off by stretching our bodies with our parents. We have learned that it is important to stretch before doing physical activities, or else we might hurt ourselves. We stretched our upper and lower bodies, and once we were done, we were ready to start our first activity.
まず、親子参加でストレッチです。アクティビティの前にしっかり体をストレッチすることでケガから守ります。上半身と下半身のストレッチをして、終わったら待ちに待った最初の アクティビティ です！
Our first activity involved using a space hopper, or Rody. We had to bounce from one end of the course to the other, trying to stay on our Rody. This activity improved our leg strength, as well as our balance and core strength. Many students could perform this activity without falling off, which was great to see!
最初のアクティビティはロディを使い、スタートからゴールまで落ちないように跳ねて進みました。脚力と体幹そしてバランス感覚を養う競技でした。一度も転ばずにゴールするお友達もいましたね！
Next we set up and performed our obstacle course. The course had four main areas – the tunnel, stepping stones, balance beam and hula hoop jump. We had to perform a circuit of each of these areas, stopping only if there was a line we had to wait in. Our teachers played high-tempo music to help us move fast, and keep going for a long time! Students used their lower body strength for these activities, and did a great job throughout.
次は障害物競争です。障害物を４つに分けました。トンネル、飛び石、平均台、フラフープのケンケンパです。前のお友達との間隔が取れないとき以外は速いテンポの音楽と一緒にズーっと行っていました。この競技では下半身の筋肉を沢山使いました。
Our next activity was again done with the help of our parents. We had large hula hoops that were big enough to fit a student, as well as their parent. These pairs took turns running forward a certain distance, then returning back to their original line, before handing off the hoop to the next team. Some students were faster than their parents, while sometimes the parent would be faster! We even had the case of someone’s shoe coming off, and the pair having to return back and retrieve it! This was a very wild and fun activity!
その次のアクティビティはまた親子競技でした。大きなフラフープの中にお父さん、もしくはお母さんと一緒に入り、２チームに分かれて競争しました。お父さん、お母さんよりも早く走るお友達や、走っている途中で靴が脱げてしまって、その脱げてしまった靴を取りに行く場面があったりもしました。とてもワイルドな一面をみることが出来た楽しい競技でした！
For our final activity, we performed an exercise with our parents called “Let’s Star Jump”. A star jump, or jumping jack, is performed when you create a star using your body, jumping and spreading your arms and legs before returning to your first position. Everyone and their parent did a great job jumping and dancing throughout the song!
最後のアクティビティーは親子で”Let’s Star Jump”という曲に合わせてダンスをしました。曲名にもある様に脚と手を同時に広げるスタージャンプをするダンスで、お友達、お父さん、お母さんもみんなで楽しくダンスをすることができました。
Once all of our exercises were finished, it was time to stretch our bodies once more. After exercising, a quick stretch is needed to cool our muscles off gradually, rather than all at once – this again is done to avoid injury.
全てのアクティビティが終わると、再度ストレッチをして体をゆっくりクールオフして、筋肉をほぐしました。
Everyone worked so hard during our Sports Festival that so our teachers had no choice but to give us all a medal for our hard work!
みなさん、今年のスポーツフェスティバルもとても頑張りましね！頑張った証として、最後に先生からメダルを受け取りました。
Finally it was time to sing our Goodbye song while wearing our medals! Once we finished our song, it was time to go home and have a celebratory lunch!
そして、Good Bye Songを歌い、帰りました！
Everyone did a great job, and our teachers are very very proud of all of our students!
みなさん、本当に良く頑張りました。先生たちはみんさんの活動を誇りに思っています。
We are already looking forward to next year’s Sports Festival!
また、来年のスポーツフェスティバルを楽しみにしています。
Thank you everyone, and enjoy your long weekend!
See you next time!
