The Hario Speech Contest 2015

Hello everyone,

How’s your week? Did you attend to our annual speech contest last Saturday? If you did, thank you for coming. It was a great success and a brilliant showcase for our talented students and this school. Let me repeat some thanks. The 3 judges who kindly came did a great job. We were helped by four high school students on the day. Two of our junior high school students were the MCs. The opening and closing addresses were given by two 6th graders in their final year as participants in the speech contest. One of our junior high school students gave a special speech, the same one he gave at the Shizuoka Prefecture Junior High School Contest. He did a really great job and impressed us and gave our younger students something to aim for in the future. Our youngest students did a song and dance performance. They really sang well. I was so proud of them to do such a good performance in front of 300 people without looking nervous or shy. The audience were up on their feet, clapping and joining in by the end of our last song, ‘Twist and Shout’ by the Beatles. Thanks for joining in! Finally, thank you to the nearly 40 students who gave speeches. The quality was really high and we could all see how hard they practiced. It’s great that they used this opportunity to show their English and presentation skills and to tell us about their lives and dreams. Well done, everyone. I’m really proud of you.

I’m putting together the DVD now so I’ve had a look back. It was a really good show. Also the DVD will include an opening movie and a music video made by the staff here. It will be on sale soon.

Thanks for reading. Enjoy the 3 day weekend. I hope you do something fun.

Kevin

みなさんこんにちは。

今週はいかがお過ごしですか？皆様、先週の土曜日に行われたHARIOイングリッシュスクールのスピーチコンテストにお越しいただけましたでしょうか足を運んで下さった方、ありがとうございましたとってもいいコンテストで生徒の皆さんにとってもHARIOにとっても素晴らしいものになりました。

私の方からもお礼をさせて下さい。快くジャッジを引き受けてくれた、デロイさん、ジェリーさん、マイクさん。

当日は高校生の4人にとても助けられました中学生の2人がMC役を引き受けてくれました開会の言葉、閉会の言葉はコンテスト参加の6年生がそれぞれ担当してくれましたコンテストの終盤では、中学スピーチコンテスト県大会で披露したスピーチを中学生生徒さんにしてもらいました。彼もまた素晴らしいスピーチをしてくれて、だれもが「凄い！」と思うようなパフォーマンスだったと思いますし、今の生徒さんのお手本、憧れとなるようなものを示してくれたと思います

また幼児クラス、10級、9級の生徒の皆さんは歌とダンスのパフォーマンスをしてくれました。みなさんとても良く歌えていたと思います恥ずかしがらず、約300人の前であれほどのパフォーマンスをできるなんて皆さんの事を誇りに思います。観客の皆さんもビートルズの曲”Twist and Shout”では手拍子で曲に参加して頂きました。ありがとうございました。