TES Newsletter Vol.30 April 2016

TES Times
Still Waiting For Winter!?
I’m still waiting for the huge piles
of snow which lie at the side of
the road to a height waaaay
above my head for months and
months. What happened to my
annual complaints about clearing
the walls of snow that are left
behind after the snow plough
clears the road in front of my
house? I kind of miss that. So
hurry up winter, you’d better get
here soon, or it’ll be too late!...
everything in place for the next
year. Thanks Madoka.
Fortunately for Madoka, and for
anyone who has struggled to talk
to me on the phone, Yoko has
started to work 3 days a week, and
Mai’s replacement, Noriko Sato,
has started working in the
evenings, from Monday to Friday.
She is still learning the job, but we
are very happy to have her here
and I know that she will be a big
help to us all. Welcome to TES,
Noriko.
Welcome to 2012
…What? Hanami has already
finished? Winter won’t be coming
for another 9 months? That little
bit of snow we had was all that
we are getting this year?
Whoop! Fantastic! What a great
winter. I hope next winter is just
the same.
Anyway, here at TES the lack of
snow didn’t stop us from being
very busy preparing for the new
term which started at the
beginning of April. There was a
lot of preparation work to do, and
with Mai off to her new job in
Tokyo (good luck Mai), with Yoko
being on maternity leave, and
with Mai’s successor (more on
her later) not able to start working
here until the start of April, it
meant that Madoka was doing a
LOT of work. She did a great job
and, with the help of the
teachers, we think we’ve got
As we say hello to Noriko, we also
say goodbye to Todd, who has
stopped teaching Thursday
morning’s advanced class. Thanks
for the many years of great
lessons Todd. Todd has helped us
out for many years, and I hope to
be able to call on him again in the
future if we need him
As you will hear from Madoka and
Heather later, our charity café was
a huge success, raising over
100,000 yen! A big thank you to
everyone who took part in any way
We are running a “Spring
Campaign” this year. It is called
“Bring A Friend”. The idea is that
you, our current students, tell your
friends what a great place TES is
and encourage them to come and
study English here. If they do, both
you and they can get 2 months
Ap ril 2016
Iss ue 30
Inside this issue:
From Peter
1
From Yoko
1
From Madoka
2
From Steven
2
From Nicola
3
School Info
3
From Heather
4
From Noriko
4
tuition for half price. Yes, pay for
1 month and get a second month
free! We think that TES has the
best lessons, for the longest time,
for the cheapest price of any
eikaiwa in town, and so we want
everyone to know about that, and
come and try us out. I’m sure
they’ll love it here.
As we get closer to our 10th
anniversary celebrations this
summer, I will be putting up
information about our events,
both big and small, that we are
having. An amazing 16 people
have signed up to go to Scotland
with me, so thank you to them all.
I am looking forward to showing
you all around my home country.
For the rest of you who couldn’t
come, we MIGHT bring you back
a souvenir or 2!!
Hello from Yoko
こんにちは！Yoko です。
一年以上の育休を経て、この 4
月からパ―トで仕事復帰をさせ
て頂くことになりました。久々
の職場復帰ということで、皆様
にご迷惑をおかけすることのな
いよう心も新たにがんばりたい
と思います！どうぞ宜しくお願
い致します。
また同じく 4 月より、1 月に退
社したＭａｉさんの代わり佐
藤のり子さんが、夜の時間帯
のスタッフとして新しくＴＥ
Ｓの仲間に加わることになり
ました。昼間は高田カトリッ
ク教会の方でもお仕事をされ
ているのでご存じの方も多い
かと思いますが、どうぞ宜し
くお願い申し上げます。
早いもので、今年で当スクー
ルも 10 周年を迎えることに
なりました。これまで継続で
きたのもひとえに皆様方のお
力沿えによるものと感謝の念
に堪えません。10 周年を記
念しスコットランドへのツア
ーの他、Anniversary Party
も企画していますので、是非
楽しみにしていてください☆
It’s great to be back!
2
News from Madoka
By Madoka Otsuka
早いもので新学期がスタート
してもう半月が過ぎてしまい
ましたが、皆さんいかがお過
ごしでしょうか？
の皆様からお子さん達も大変
喜んでくださったと伺い、TES
スタッフ一同とてもうれしく思
っております。
いきたいと考えております。
保護者の皆様には追って詳細
をお知らせいたしますので、
今しばらくお待ちください。
３月に実施したチャリティーカ
フェには、沢山の方にご来場
いただき、本当にありがとう
ございました。
今年は桜の開花も例年より
早かったようで、もう満開を過
ぎてしまいましたが、今年は
TES のお花見パーティーを先
日のボート転覆事故による訃
報を受け、残念ながら開催を自
粛させていただくこととなりま
した。急なキャンセルで、こちら
の連絡不備のため、皆様にご
迷惑をおかけし、大変申し訳あ
りませんでした。
もう一つ、TES からお友達
紹介キャンペーンのお知らせ
です！名付けて、”Bring A
多くの方にケーキやクラフト
のご寄付をいただいたおか
げで、ご来場いただいた皆様
にケーキをおいしく召し上が
って頂くことができました。ま
た素敵なクラフトをご購入い
ただき、無事にイベントを成
功させることができましたこ
とを感謝申し上げます。
ご協力を頂いた皆様、本当に
ありがとうございました！皆
様のご協力のもと、103,761
円もの寄付金が集まり、先
日、無事に若竹寮さんにお届
けしてまいりました。スタッフ
さて、キッズクラスも新年度
クラスがスタートしました。昨年
度は、単語のリーディングテスト
を月に１回実施してまいりまし
たが、今年度は、テストのスタイ
ルを変えて、よりコミュニケー
ション重視の内容を取り入れて
Friend Sprig Campaign”!!
在校生の方からのご紹介でお
友達がご入会いただくと、ご
紹介者、紹介された方の双方
のお月謝が、２か月間半額に
なります！！
詳細は、受付までお気軽にお
問い合わせください。
Thank you for reading!!
March 6th TES Charity Cafe
Spring in Joetsu!
By Steven Owen
This year is the first time I have been in Joetsu for the cherry blossom
season. It was unfortunate that we had to cancel the school hanami
party, but I hope everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the cherry
blossom at another time. Personally, I have enjoyed running in the park in
the morning before work. I have been surprised both by how beautiful
the cherry blossom is in Joetsu, as well as how many people are in the
park at 7 in the morning to enjoy it.
The next event to look forward to is golden week. I have more university
work than I would like, and will be very busy..... I hope everyone else can
have a nice, relaxing holiday without any essays!
Next Holiday Schedule
当校の次のお休みは GW 休業です。期間は以下の
通りです。2016 年のＴＥＳ年間休日カレンダーを
配布しています。まだもらっていない！という方
は、お手数ですが、受付までお知らせください。
2016/5/2 (Mon) ～5/8 (Sun)
5/9（Mon）からの通常営業です。
Crazy Little Thing Called Live!
By Nicola Maruyama
Spring is here and the sun is out so I am feeling energetic
and looking forward to the year ahead. How are you all? I
hope you too are looking forward to another year at TES.
It`s our 10th anniversary and we have lots of events
planned so make sure you get involved and help us
celebrate!
Oh, by the way, do you like live music? Well if so please come
along to the ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Live!’ event being held
at EARTH live house on Saturday May 28th. There will be 8
bands playing mostly rock music. Tickets cost 1,000 yen, if
bought in advance, and 1,500 if bought on the day. As my
husband is playing in the ‘Blue Fiat Band’ I will have tickets to
sell so please don’t hesitate to ask. The doors opens at 14:30
and the first band will play at 15:00. Come along and enjoy the
music. ‘No Music No Life!’
Nicola X
Scottish Origami
先日ピーター先生のお姉様の務
めるスコットランドの
Netherlee Primary School で広
島の原爆について学んだ生徒さ
んたちが、平和のへの祈りのメ
ッセージを折り鶴に書いて、日
本の子供たちへと送ってくださ
いました。
それに感銘を受け、当スクール
からも生徒さんから様々な折り
紙クラフトを作って、スコット
ランドに送らせていただいたと
ころ、先方からお礼のメッセー
ジと写真を頂ました。こういっ
た国際交流はとてもうれしいも
のですね。
今後何らかの形で、TES Kids
にも国際交流の場が設けられる
といいなぁ、と感じました。
折り紙づくりにご協力いただい
た皆様、ありがとうございまし
た！
Students from Primary 7
I hope you like the pictures! Thank you so much for the
wonderful origami! It is incredible you folded the paper so
intricately! We were also astounded by how beautiful they
were (I personally loved the multi-coloured icosagon) Also
thanks for the extra origami paper.
From
Ben BJ and Abbie Hedgcock
4
Takada English School
943-0824 上越市北城町 3-5-5
コスモスシティ内 2Ｆ
Phone: 025 523 4788
Fax: 025 520 4008
E-mail: [email protected]
あなたの町の英会話
We’re on the Web!
www.takadaes.com
Heather’s drawing
Spring is here!!
Hello everyone! Heather here!
I’m so happy that the weather
has finally changed from
snow to sunshine (and rain). I
get really sad in the winter
because there isn’t enough
sunlight for me to soak up,
and it’s too cold to leave bed.
Luckily, we’re having much
better weather!
As you know, we had a charity
event on March 6th. We
received so many homemade
sweets and treats, had a great
time making ikebana, and
doing some finger painting!
The kids from Wakatake
Dormitory also had a ton of
fun! I’m so glad that they
enjoyed the event, and I’m so
very thankful for everyone
who donated their cakes and
their time! Even those who
couldn’t come but expressed
interest in the event: Thank
you!
By Heather Aplington
If you were one of the lucky
few who got to my
postcards before anyone
else, then you have a little
piece of my heart in a
picture frame! I love drawing
and I love trying my best to
improve my drawings in
whatever way I can!
All of my ten or so postcards
ran along the same theme. I
was mixing together Nature
and Peace. For Nature, I
wanted to highlight a few of
my favourite scenes or
flowers. For Peace, I wanted
to express that anyone, no
matter their differences, can
be the best of friends. I hope
that you enjoy my postcards
just as much as I enjoyed
drawing them!
Ciao for now!
-Heather
Welcome to TES, Noriko!
始めまして、佐藤範子です！
4 月より夕方から夜にかけて受付をさせていただい
ております。出身は「あぶらあげ」でご存じの方も
いらっしゃるかもしれませんが、旧栃尾市です。高
田に来てもう 16 年ほどになります。
大自然の中で育ち、風景や山菜には少しうるさいの
ですが、高田の桜や、古い街並み、時折頂く地物の
美味しい野菜、そして何より歴史のある城下町なら
ではの文化の幅広さにいつも「高田はいい街だな
あ」と感じております。
TES でお会いする皆様にも遅い時間帯や、
仕事終わりに学びにいらっしゃる姿を拝見し
「私も新しいことにチャレンジしてみようか
な？」と高田の街同様、とても良い刺激を受
けています。今は何を聞かれても分からない
ことが多く、皆様にはご迷惑をおかけしてお
りますが、少しでも早く皆様のお顔を覚え気
軽にお声をかえて頂けるよう、はりきってつ
とめたいと思います。どうぞ宜しくお願いい
たします。