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Several of our students and many students in schools throughout Nagasaki have unfortunately become victims of influenza or the flu this winter.   何人かのプレイデイの生徒さんや、学校のたくさんの生徒たちは残念ながらインフルエンザの犠牲者になっています。   Many of our Playday students are wearing masks – not because they are sick – but because they are trying to protect themselves from the virus.   たくさんのプレイデイの生徒さんはマスクをつけています。風邪をひいているからではなく、ウイルスから身を守るためです。   If…

  All of us at Playday hope you enjoyed your winter break and your New Year`s holiday. Our classes have been back in full swing since Tuesday and we are glad to hear the laughter of children in the school again. We even have several new students that will be joining our classes this year,…

At Playday English, we learn how to say many different words and phrases in English. プレイデイ・イングリッシュでは、たくさんの異なった言葉やフレーズの言い方を英語で学びます。   In America, people say “Merry Christmas” and in Japan, we say “メリークリスマス.” アメリカでは、“Merry Christmas”そして日本では“メリークリスマス”と言いますね～   But do you know how to say “Merry Christmas” in other foreign languages? でも、みなさん、他の外国語で“Merry Christmas”を何と言うか知っていますか？   Below, “Merry Christmas” is written in eight different…

Wherever you go – whether it’s the supermarket or a restaurant, the sound of Christmas music fills your ears. どこへ行っても、スーパーであろうが、レストランであろうが、クリスマスミュージックを耳にしますね～ Even as you stroll up to the Playday English school, Christmas songs play throughout the Shindaikumachi arcade. プレイデイ・イングリシュスクールに向かってブラブラ歩いていても、新大工商店街の至る所でクリスマスミュージックがながれています。 In America, businesses and radio stations start playing Christmas music after Thanksgiving, which is usually when they start…

  In case you have not noticed, we put up all of our Christmas decorations throughout the school. ひょっとしてまだ気が付いてない人がいるかもしれないので。。。 クリスマスのライトと飾りをしました。 We have three Christmas trees, seven snowmen, seven Santas, two wreathes, two trains and many garlands, lights and ornaments. See if you can find all of them when you come to your English class. クリスマスツリー3本、雪だるま７つ、7人のサンタ、リース２つ、電車2両とたくさんの花飾り、ライトやオーナメントが飾ってあります！みんな、授業に来た時に全部見つけられるかな～？…

As many of you know, Thanksgiving is an American holiday that is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. みなさんご存知のように、感謝祭は１１月の第四木曜日に祝われるアメリカの祝日です。   It is more than just a day off and more than a feast of turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. It is a time when we are reminded to be thankful for everything we…

It is finally starting to get cold in Nagasaki so we know winter is on its way. Throughout October, we had unseasonably warm and wet weather.   The temperatures in Nagasaki on Wednesday dropped below 15 degrees Celsius.   In Rob’s hometown of Chicago, temperatures were at a high of 6.6 degrees Celsius and a…

Although we are only in the second week of November, everywhere we look we see signs of Christmas. Lighted Christmas trees fill storefronts, coffee shops sell holiday drinks and sweets, and workers have already begun building the giant Christmas tree at the Nagasaki train station. As soon as Halloween ended, the jack`o lantern and ghost…

週末になるとたたられたように雨がふりますねぇ。ベイサイドウォーク、マラソンに 参加された方は大変だったんじゃないかなぁ。 雨の日を楽しく過ごす方法はあるのでしょうか？誰かいいアイデアが あれば是非伝授してください。  

Happy November! In celebration of the fall season and our love for playing with kids, we are having a special Playday-English event on November 19. Playday students, their friends and kids from the community are all invited to come participate in a morning of fun and of course, some English. We will play several games…