Mind Your Ps and Os!
Our kindergarten students are learning how to write Ps and Os today. They found that Ps were quite easy, but Os were harder because they make many different sounds!

Our kindergarten students are learning how to write Ps and Os today. They found that Ps were quite easy, but Os were harder because they make many different sounds!

The primary kids did an art project with tin foil, string, and markers. Click on the image below to see a slide show of the kids’ work.
Just before 11am, we heard some crows SCREAMING in our forest. We rushed outside to see what was happening, but we couldn’t tell from where we were standing. We found out later that a large hawk had captured a crow and all of the other crows were yelling at the hawk to get out of…
Dear TIS Community, I am extremely proud and excited to announce that Tsukuba International School is now authorized to offer the Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate. This achievement culminates nine years of efforts of our collective school community to establish an IB World School in Tsukuba. Mr. Kano took over the school from Mr….
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…
Our juniors and seniors were able to use our new computer lab for the first time yesterday with our new computers and wireless connection to the internet. Here you can see the kids learning about machines for a science activity through an online resource.
Our Grade 2 class just finished a unit on “Conflict Resolution”. One of the students returned from the weekend and submitted the following chart to his teacher, Ms. Marsh. According to his own “independent analysis” of his progress, he seems to have made a dramatic improvement in (sometimes) thinking about cooperating during this unit!