First Badminton Lesson

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…

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!

Tsukuba International School has obtained a new domain for its website and email services. The new domain is: http://www.tis.ac.jp Please update your bookmarks and links. The old domain (http://www.tsukubainternationalschool.org) has been set up to redirect to the new domain, but please update your bookmarks and links as the old address will eventually expire. The email…

Taketombo, which means bamboo dragonfly, is a traditional Japanese toy that flies like a helicopter. In art class, students made their own taketombo using balsa wood, sandpaper and sticks. By testing how well their models flew, students learned that factors such as weight, balance and lift affect flight performance.