Monday 18 November 2013

JOIN THE IGLOO BUILDING TEAM!!


These are the igloos HIS teams built at the 1st World Igloo Building Championships in Akiota, at Osorakan Snow Park,  in the Decorative category last February. Parents, teachers and students from G1 to G8 helped to build these excellent creations. We didn't win for some inexplicable reason, but we gave it our all and had a great laugh in the process.


This year applications open on December 1st to enter for the 2nd event. Prize money totalling ¥300,000 is up for grabs. (1st place ¥50,000)
HIS is out for revenge, but we need volunteers to join our team. 
Not really suitable for very young children, and we need a few big strong parents or teachers to join each team. Please contact the PTA at pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp if you are interested in taking part in this event.
We may only be able to enter 1 team this year, as it was very popular last year, so please show your interest ASAP!

See the official website for pictures of last year's event. http://www.wica.jp 



If we manage to enter a team or two this year, we hope to set up a ski and snow fun weekend on the same weekend. 

Dads, good shovel-wielders, and anyone with any engineering or architectural expertise particularly welcome!


Sunday 17 November 2013

GUY FAWKES NIGHT 2013

Another great community event at HIS last week. Well done to all involved!


This Guy wasn't the happiest chap on the planet, but everyone else had a great time at this year's Bonfire Night event, on November 8th.


Bonfire...


Great food cooked by supermums...




Fireworks....


Thanks to Mr Barker and Yumiko-san,  for coordinating the whole thing, and to these 
lovely ladies for a mammoth cooking effort.


And of course to Mr Yoneda as ever, for helping us to set the scene.


Photos of this event are available on the school Facebook page here:


As usual, the PTA would love to hear any feedback you may have about this event, positive or constructive, to help us improve for next year.

Saturday 2 November 2013

TRUNKED & TREATED!


The Seven Dwarves would like to thank everyone who came out all dressed up for Halloween @ HIS last night.

This was our first event of the school year and I think we can say  Halloween was celebrated in style at HIS this year. 

Students....


from EC3 to G12,


their cute brothers and sisters....



their fabulous friends and guests....


creative and generous parents.....


terrific teachers.....


brilliant Board members....


and last, but certainly not least the lovely ladies in the office...


and of course our "game for a laugh" Principal,  AKA Snow White: people from every part of the HIS family  joined forces, as they always do, to plan, execute and enjoy the party. With all the crafts, games and activities, prizes, the Trunk or Treating and the Haunted House designed by the spooktacular Secondary students, all the kids had a very busy 4 hours!

Special thanks go to the judges who handed out all these prizes -



the lovely ladies of the HIS Cooking class.



This was the first time we have  held our Halloween celebration at the school itself and we hope you had fun. We look forward to hearing feedback from all who took part in order to make Halloween even better next year!

Lots and lots of photos, taken by BOT member Joy Walsh can be seen here on FlickR:




And here on the school's Facebook page:


We hope to get some on the Gallery tab ASAP.


So, the idea was that we would start off with a small relaxed event....oops! 
Oh well....


We hope to see you all again next week for Bonfire Night!
(The deadline was yesterday by the way, but as most people were too busy thinking about Halloween, if you get in touch very quickly, you can still take part. Hand in your forms, available for download here, or e-mail pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp by TUESDAY at the latest please!)