Parents' Day and Oyaji-No-Kai (Fathers Association)
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Last Saturday, we had a parents' day at my younger son's elementary school. There were classroom visitations in the morning and I observed his second class, composition lessons, for a while. Afternoon, there was a school festival where many events were conducted by bunch of parents' related parties--boys' baseball teams, soccer teams, PTA, and so on.
I'm a member of oyaji-no-kai (fathers association), which about 40 fathers join as its members. And oyaji-no-kai also held an event (see photo 1), where pupils could enjoy several games: bowling, shooting game, ringtoss and so on. In order for a pupil to participate in a game, he/she needed a purchased advance ticket for each game. Depending on the game results, they got different prizes (typically the prices of those were 50yen to 100yen). I worked at hakari (scale) game corner. In this game, pupils tried to put beads as heavy as 100g into a dish. Depending on how close they were, they would get either A prize or B prize (A prize is a little more expensive than B). See the photo 2.
Although my son didn't come to my game (:-<), he tried another five games and got three As and two Bs (see photo 3).
I'm a member of oyaji-no-kai (fathers association), which about 40 fathers join as its members. And oyaji-no-kai also held an event (see photo 1), where pupils could enjoy several games: bowling, shooting game, ringtoss and so on. In order for a pupil to participate in a game, he/she needed a purchased advance ticket for each game. Depending on the game results, they got different prizes (typically the prices of those were 50yen to 100yen). I worked at hakari (scale) game corner. In this game, pupils tried to put beads as heavy as 100g into a dish. Depending on how close they were, they would get either A prize or B prize (A prize is a little more expensive than B). See the photo 2.
Although my son didn't come to my game (:-<), he tried another five games and got three As and two Bs (see photo 3).
簡単に遊べてしかもみんなで楽しめる。よく考えてありますね。
役員に選ばれたら、事前に集まって準備したりするんでしょうか？ こちらの田舎では(も?)、小学校のPTA活動は、親に負担をかけないようにと、最小限の役割だけ任されているようでした。(会長さんは例外)
それでも、幼稚園の役員さんは、いまだに大変そうでした。やりがいはかなりあるらしいですけど。子供に近いところで、子供のために、最終的に子供と一緒にできますからね^^。
そうは言っても、私は役員ではなくて、今回も当日現地に行って、計４時間くらいやっただけなんですが、役員の人達は、事前に何回も集まって、夜な夜な準備をして下さってたそうです。
うちの”おやじの会”の役員の大半は、地元の商店街の御主人か跡取り、あるいは、地元の名士の方が多いみたいで、地元のためにとか子供たちのためにという風に本気で考えて下さってるみたいです。
私は元来ボランティア的な人間では無いので、本当に頭が下がる思いがします。
恥ずかしかったのかな～。それにしても、息子さん可愛いですね♪
メガネとおひげが似合ってます♪
ひげ付きメガネは、『博士じゃ！』とか言って、本人的には科学者か何かになった気分で、結構気に入ってるみたいです。
そうそう、小学生ってよーーーーくみてますよー！
とうちゃん、ファイトです！^^
In the afternoon, there was a school festival where many events were conducted by bunch of parents' related parties--boys' baseball teams, soccer teams, PTA, and so on.
I'm a member of oyaji-no-kai (fathers association), which has about 40 fathers who are members.
It makes more sense this way but you can also use:
"I'm a member of oyaji-no-kai (fathers association), whose 40 member are fathers."
I worked at a/the hakari (scale) game corner.
Depending on how close they were, they would get either prize A or prize B (Prize A is a little more expensive than B).
Your arrangement of the different prizes is best written with the letter after the noun.
Although my son didn't come to my game (:-<), he tried five other games and got three As and two Bs (see photo 3).
In order for a pupil to participate in a game, he/she needed to purchase a ticket in advance for each game.
I helped at the hakari (scale) game corner.
いいな～。
By the way, your name "いいな~" is いいね！