Student Report by WI: Second Pottery Lesson
In art class we did pottery with Michiko Sensei. We made plates and cups. The plate was easy to make but the cup was difficult. The Emperor’s wife owns Michiko Sensei’s pottery. I want to do pottery again!


In art class we did pottery with Michiko Sensei. We made plates and cups. The plate was easy to make but the cup was difficult. The Emperor’s wife owns Michiko Sensei’s pottery. I want to do pottery again!


August seems like it should be a quiet month, but it is actually a very busy month of preparations for our new school year, which started on August 30. STUDENTS Student Enrollment As of August 31, 2011, we have 14 students in Tsukuba International Preschool, 56 students in our Primary Years Programme, and 16 students…
In a lot close to the current school location, we are constructing a new school building. The new building will be 1085 m2 in size and will be made of Finnish wood in line with our belief in providing a natural and healthy learning space for our students. The new school will have ten classrooms….
Today we had a drawing class, but it wasn’t the normal kind where we sit in our desks and draw something. Today we got to go outside and draw the things we saw around us. It was a little bit hot, so we found some umbrellas to shield us from the heat. There was also…
An article about Tsukuba International School was published in Joyo Shinbun today (in Japanese). You can view the article at the following link. 【常陽新聞】 世界水準の教育実施校に つくばの国際学校が認定 (Joyo Shinbun – Tsukuba’s International School Gains Authorization as a World Class School)
Finding Treasure A Message from the Principal to Commemorate our First PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME GRADUATION since becoming an IB World School authorized to offer the Primary Years Programme June 21, 2012 At New Year’s, people often make big resolutions to change themselves dramatically. Graduations are a bit different, because what happens after you graduate often…
I am extraordinarily pleased to report that on November 17, 2011, Tsukuba International School became an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School authorized to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP). It has been a three-year long journey to get us to this point and the entire school community shares the right to be proud of this…