Tsunan Opening Ceremony
Tsunan had it's opening ceremony today. The day followed a similar pattern to yesterday; turn up to work, have an opening ceremony for the second and third years, have lunch, have a welcome ceremony for the new first years.
Again, the opening ceremony was a bog standard affair with teh teachers attending in thier normal clothes. I was surprised to see a familiar face among the six new teachers; it was a teacher from Tokamachi Koko! He had a graduating third year class last year so I guess now he had to move on to another school.
At lunch I had to move my car to allow space for all the parents attending the welcome ceremony in teh afternoon. Not too much of a hassle since I had to use my car to hget lunch and get my suit jacket out of the car too. You could tell from the apperence of the parents that the Welcome Ceremony was going to be a dressed up ceremony.
The Hall had been decorated with white and red curtains around teh room. The Japanese flag and the school flag formed a backdrop on the stage. Teh school bonsai tree was also on display. Every teacher was dressed in smart suits and the principal was wearing a tailed jacket; always a sign of a dressed up ceremony.
Music started to play and the first class of new students walked in, lead by their homeroom teacher. To my surprise, the new homeroom teacher was Kato-sensei, the PE teacher who comes to the office. The nest new class was lead in by Ikarashi-sensei, one of my fellow English teachers. The third new class was lead by the Home Economics teacher who did the English cooking before Christmas. All three teachers looked very proud to lead their new class, even if every student looked really nervous.
A roll call was made and every student stood when their name was read. The principal gave a speech. A representative of the student's gave a speech too and then the classes where lead back to their homerooms.
I came back to the office and set about finishing teh phonics cards and preparing for the first set of lessons.
Again, the opening ceremony was a bog standard affair with teh teachers attending in thier normal clothes. I was surprised to see a familiar face among the six new teachers; it was a teacher from Tokamachi Koko! He had a graduating third year class last year so I guess now he had to move on to another school.
At lunch I had to move my car to allow space for all the parents attending the welcome ceremony in teh afternoon. Not too much of a hassle since I had to use my car to hget lunch and get my suit jacket out of the car too. You could tell from the apperence of the parents that the Welcome Ceremony was going to be a dressed up ceremony.
The Hall had been decorated with white and red curtains around teh room. The Japanese flag and the school flag formed a backdrop on the stage. Teh school bonsai tree was also on display. Every teacher was dressed in smart suits and the principal was wearing a tailed jacket; always a sign of a dressed up ceremony.
Music started to play and the first class of new students walked in, lead by their homeroom teacher. To my surprise, the new homeroom teacher was Kato-sensei, the PE teacher who comes to the office. The nest new class was lead in by Ikarashi-sensei, one of my fellow English teachers. The third new class was lead by the Home Economics teacher who did the English cooking before Christmas. All three teachers looked very proud to lead their new class, even if every student looked really nervous.
A roll call was made and every student stood when their name was read. The principal gave a speech. A representative of the student's gave a speech too and then the classes where lead back to their homerooms.
I came back to the office and set about finishing teh phonics cards and preparing for the first set of lessons.
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