Student Report by SM: Second Pottery Lesson
Michiko Sensei came to our school. She taught us how to make pottery. We made our own beautiful pottery. We decorated our pottery to look nice. Everyone had a good time. We still need to paint our pottery.
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Tsukuba International School Report – September 2011
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Another Visitor
We get a lot of visitors here at TIS. Some come for a few hours, and some decide to move in permanently.
Harvesting Rice
In the spring we planted rice, and this fall we returned to the rice fields to harvest it. After we practiced harvesting rice the old-fashioned way, we watched local farmers do it the modern way. Finally, we ate the farmers’ handmade onigiri (rice balls), which tasted much better than those store-bought ones.