Eirfan bring back his class photo today, due to we didn't bring along our scanner to Japan so I just take a picture of the picture. His class is called "AKA 1 KUMI" ( 赤１組) which means RED 1 class. Each grades has 2 classes. Well in this shot he is standing in the middle row and he is the 3rd from left. On the left side is their headmaster and his class teacher is on the right side.
Today officially Eirfan become a kindergarten student. This is the event called the Entrance Ceremony, it's difficult to translate the meaning in English. The ceremony is the opposite of graduation ceremony. There is no class for this day, just the ceremony to celebrate new academic year and introducing new students too. But Eirfan is in the 2nd grade out of three grades here and only 2 new student for this grade, one for each class. Eirfan is in "aka 1 kumi" or "Class Red 1". Due to academic year here starts from 1st April.....he was born on 15th March....so he is one of the youngest student in his class. After all the student & parents seated, the ceremony started with the kindergarten song. It's a cute lovely songand it's about the kindergarten's life.
Eirfan was sitting in the front line on the left side. He keep on sitting while other student sing the song and his class teacher keep on remind him to stand up. At the foreground of the video there is a girl that don't even want to stand at all and cried on the floor.
Eirfan's seat being changed from the middle seat area into the front seat due to he will need to be introduced later.
Eirfan being introduced by his class teacher.
Greeting from all the teachers and the headmaster.
Time for him to moved to his class and the parents being introduce to some other related peoples and speeches.
After the speeches end and it's time to for the parents to go to their kid's classroom. When I reached EIrfan's class, his class teacher asked the parents to stand behind their kid but.... I can't find Eirfan hahaha, all of them looks the same and while I was looking for him, Eirfan noticed me and came to me.
Finally his 1st day at Kindergarten ends, from now on he will be going to his kindergarten by bus.
After Eirfan passed his entrance interview for this kindergarten back in February, today is the one day trail at his kindergarten. It's good to have this kind of opportunity due to not all kids can get along with other peoples in a short time. For Eirfan he was used to a kindergarten back in Malaysia so no problem for that, just the communication wall only. For this trail day, seems that all went well and they just play in the classroom. On the way back home I asked him about the kindergarten and do he really want to go there, and he answered that he like it.
At the shoe box outside his classroom. Japanese style classroom need to wear an indoor shoes .
The teacher is saying something but Eirfan didn't listen.
