We had an exciting morning today. Mr. Iwasaki, one of the station managers at Radio Tsukuba (84.2 FM), came to visit our Grade 3 class. The students interviewed him as an expert about radio for their unit of inquiry on “communication”. The students were all very excited and surprised when he invited the whole class…
Our school has been featured in a magazine and on a TV program. Please see below for details. 1. Yume no Marutagoya ni Kurasu (夢の丸太小屋に暮らす) This magazine will be available in stores from tomorrow (November 30). It includes a 6-page spread on the school starting from page 92. Also, it mentions that we won an…
In September 2010, Tsukuba International School will be launching its junior high school programme, starting with a Grade 7/8 class for the first year and eventually offering up to Grade 10. Our school is now a *candidate school for both the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate….
At Tsukuba International School, we have a large garden that is tended by our principal/chief gardener, Mr. Kano. We had a wonderful crop of red (azuki) beans this year, and Mr. Kano suggested that we use the beans to raise money for helping Haiti recover from the massive earthquake that struck the country on January…
Snow is very rare for us here in Tsukuba, so when it snows we want to play in it! Here are some books about snow that you can find in our library. How many have you read? My Library at LibraryThing
