A half coming-of-age ceremony

Our class performed "a half coming-of-age ceremony" for the school open day yesterday.
All of my students made every effort to make a speech about their own life in front of their parents, so the students were shining with smiles and tears.
Last night, with my coworkers, I enjoyed beer and karaoke at Susukino.

Make plans and goals to realize visions and wishes

I distributed the first-term report cards to my students today.
Now, I'm very impressed by them very much when I look back on the growth of 36 students.
I want to keep making more efforts and grow up together with them, being careful not to stop their growth.
By the way, they set their visions and wishes of themselves in the future, and made their plans and goals to realize them.
Then, they reflected how they had lived for ten years and wrote letters of thanks to their parents.
Tomorrow they are going to make speeches about their thoughts on their lives and are going to show their gratitude to their parents who will be visiting for the classroom visitation.

The way to motivate my students from their inside to achieve their goal

I clearly wrote and told all of the following to my students.
A philosophy of my life and a vision of my future,
my aims to accomplish the purpose above,
my plans to achieve the aims above,
my daily practices.
They also thought about the above matters themselves.
I facilitated the way to motivate them from their inside to achieve their goal.

My daughter's first appearance on stage

My daughter played as a shaker, the percussion, and danced at today's concert for her first time. My band's students coached her very kindly. They, including her, made a nice performance. Getting along with them, she looks happy. She is now interested in the band and came to enjoy music with the members!

Tomorrow's concert

"Harmony Brass" which I direct, is going to play three pieces at a concert tomorrow.
The first piece is "A Western Suite" which we played at the competitions.
The second one is "Hikouki gumo" by Yumi Arai.　It's one of my favorite songs. I used to sing this one at a karaoke.
The third one is "Takarajima."　My daughter is supposed to play a shaker. This is her first appearance on stage.

Wine-tasting

Today, my former colleague and my daughter and I went to a wine-tasting after brass band. I enjoyed a bit of several kinds of wine from all over the world. My daughter enjoyed a cheese tasting. It was also nice to chat with her. We had a wonderful time.

English composition

When I write an English composition, I can make my own thoughts clear.
When I have the subject "I", I can definitely express that it is my own thoughts and actions.
And the words are accompanied with my responsibility.
Then it helps me to review my thoughts and actions.

Good news by my daughter

My daughter told me good news at her school.
Her teacher said,
"Everyone had motivation first, but many people are gradually losing it .
Some people keep motivation and continue doing their best.
It's you! "
Her name was called first, so she was so happy.
I want to accept and encourage her and my students more from now on .

How to manage my time

I had a bad habit of starting my work before the very limit of the deadline.
It put me under stress and caused many mistakes.
So I came to learn how to manage my time.
Now, I always clarify my wishes.
I make a list of all the things I need to fulfill them.
Then, I give them priority and put them into practice one by one.

My daily plan

I want to get a habit of regular life, so I made a daily plan.
I want to live long like grandparents. Because I want to do as possible as I can do for my daughter and my students.
And because I want to value my life that parents and ancestors gave.
But I'm generous with oneself, therefore I think it's easy to achieve by declaring an aim to an important person.

My daily plan
4:30 a.m. Get up, clean the house, and study English and other subjects
5:30 a.m. Cook breakfast
6:00 a.m. Eat breakfast with my daughter
6:30 a.m. Go to work
(by bicycle on Monday and Friday, by car on Tuesday and Thursday, running on Wednesday)
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Work
6:20 p.m. Pick up my daughter from the afterschool childcare centre
6:30 p.m. Cook dinner
6:50 p.m. Have dinner with my daughter
7:30 p.m. Do the dishes and do the laundry
7:50 p.m. Help my daughter with her study
8:30 p.m. Take a bath
9:00 p.m. Put my daughter  to bed
9:30 p.m. Finish the rest of the housework, write a diary, and make tomorrow's plan
10:00p.m.Go to bed

Historical village of Hokkaido

My students in the fourth grade and I went to observe "Historical village of Hokkaido" and ''Historical Museum of Hokkaido''. I used to go there in my childhood. My students seemed interested in the history of Hokkaido. I want to go to the Nopporo Forest Park including the museum and village with my daughter.

The composer's very kind reply

The next day, the composer sent me very kind reply, so I read with great pleasure!

His advice was  so helpful and inspirational I could clearly picture the scene of each movement and imagine the feelings expressed in it. My students were very pleased, too.

Then, my students did their best at Hokkaido Band Competition yesterday. We received a silver prize. I could see they’ve grown a lot through working hard as one to play the piece beautifully. I deeply appreciate his messages, which are warm and encouraging.
 We're going to play the piece in a few local concerts this autumn. We will keep practicing the piece to become better. We want to work together to polish our harmony with gratitude to local people and everything.
 

My brass band

This past April I transferred to an elementary school in Sapporo.
Also, I started to direct of a brass band of the school. I've become devoted to the brass band.
Last month, we performed a peace in a local competition in Sapporo area and won the first place. Now we are preparing for another competition in Hokkaido that takes place next Sunday.
This time we are aspiring to play the peace more fluently.
Therefore I wrote a letter in English to a composer regarding the peace last month. I wanted to get an advice on how to express the music from him.