First Badminton Lesson
Today we broke out our new equipment and headed outside for our first badminton lesson of the year!

As you can see, we have some serious badminton professionals in the making!
Today we broke out our new equipment and headed outside for our first badminton lesson of the year!

As you can see, we have some serious badminton professionals in the making!
The primary kids have some new pets: Three goldfish named Pinky, Blackie, and Pumpkin! Pinky is in front, Blackie is in the middle, and Pumpkin is at the back. The kids chose the names and they are good at remembering which one is which. They are going to watch the fish as they get used…
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…
We dug up some bamboo shoots. One student dug up a giant bamboo shoot. I thought it was easy to dig up the bamboo shoots. Our friends made us a picnic with food made from takenoko. I hope I can go to the takenoko forest again.
We get a lot of visitors here at TIS. Some come for a few hours, and some decide to move in permanently.
An article about Tsukuba International School, and our principal Mr. Kano, appeared in the Japan Times on Saturday, April 11, 2009. International School Built to Serve One man’s dream gives science city of Tsukuba first official international school By KEISUKE OKADA Early last year, Masayasu Kano, a seasoned schoolteacher, quit his local private high school…
This year, the moms of TIS children are getting their Mother’s Day present on a Tuesday! Our school closes for Golden Week, so our students were away the week before Mother’s Day. To make up for it, we baked some cookies yesterday and we decorated them for Mom today. I think we will have some…