Hello, this is Yuri Makada from the Hakusanroku Office. This time, I would like to talk about the 1st and 2nd year Health and Physical Education classes held outside in the snow. In Ishikawa Prefecture starting from Tuesday, January 7th, 2025, the weather was a very harsh and it snowed intermittently from the 7th to around the 11th, accumulating as much as 1 meter of snow around the Hakusanroku campus.

On Thursday, January 23rd, 2nd Year Students

 The weather had been mild winter since mid-January in Hokuriku region, and although this is the time of year when it usually snows heavily, it had been raining on and off during the day. When the 2nd year Health and Physical Education class started, the sky was cloudy, and the snowball fight began immediately.
 The students were divided into two teams and they started attacking the other team's position after the signal to begin. It was difficult to move forward because their feet sunk deeply into the snow with every step they took, some students used sleds to move forward paddling like surfers!
 Next, a snowball fight took place with one team of three faculty members (Health and Physical Education teacher Philip Cadzow sensei and Learning Mentors Apirak Sang-ngenchai sensei and Domyson Abuan sensei) versus 20 2nd year students. After the signal to begin, the faculty team charged toward the 2nd year students' positions. However, the 2nd year students threw snowballs at them all at once from various directions, hitting them before they had time to avoid them, and the three faculty members ran back to their positions, gasping for breath to recover and try again. After this happened multiple times and the faculty were exhausted, their strategy was changed. They loaded a sled with a large amount of snow and headed once again toward the 2nd year students territory. By throwing snowballs one after another, they managed to pepper the students with snowballs.
 Towards the end of the class, a heavy rain began to fall, forcing the snowball fight to be canceled. However, it was impressive to see the 2nd year students enjoying the fight until the very last moment.

On Tuesday, January 28th, 1st Year Students

The snow had begun to melt due to mild temperatures and rain, but the weather turned colder and it started to snow on the 28th.
 First, as a warm-up, a free snowball fight took place. Since there were no rules, snowballs flew from various directions with students, laughing and enjoying themselves whenever they hit each other. After that, the students were divided into two teams and played capture the cone where each team had to capture the other teams’ cone and bring it back to their side to win. . After the signal, both teams began throwing snowballs at each other. According to the rules, anyone hit by a snowball had to return to their own territory and restart. The students desperately dodged the snowballs while continuing to attack their opponent's territory. In the midst of all this, Philip sensei sneaked into the opposing team’s territory, managed to grab the cone, and attempted to bring it back. However, the opposing team saw what Philip sensei was doing and pelted him with snowballs, and unfortunately Philip sensei had start again. The match lasted over 30 minutes, with both teams trying their best. Although there was no winner, each team showed great teamwork and gave the impression that they were enjoying the snowball fight.

Yuri Makada