Tsukuba International School will host a musical performance at the the Tsukuba International Exchange Fair 2008. The show will take place on Sunday, May 11, 2008 from 1:05pm to 1:30pm.
The band is composed of Luis Sartor, who hails from Argentina, Junichi Tanaka, a music teacher at Meikei High School, and Akehide Yoguchi, a former student of Meikei.
TIS has served the foreign community of Tsukuba as an international school since 1992, and it has recently moved to a beautiful Finnish log-house in the Kamigo area of Tsukuba. The log-house was featured in the fifth issue of Tsukuba Style magazine. The school’s representative is now Mr. Masayasu Kano, a teacher who recently retired from a 29 year career at Meikei High School.
The performance will include a collection of Latin American music by Luis, whose daughter attended TIS, and Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Yoguchi, the former colleague and student of Mr. Kano. Some TIS students will also join the band in a rendition of the Do Re Mi song from the Sound of
Music. Audience members should feel free to sing along!
We hope you enjoy the show!
The programs for the Fair are available here in pdf format.
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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!
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Michiko Sensei came to our school. She taught us how to make pottery. We made our own beautiful pottery. We decorated our pottery to look nice. Everyone had a good time. We still need to paint our pottery.
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We had special lunch for one of our students and one of our teachers. We ate pizza with original toppings. My pizza was delicious. Our special guests were our old students. We watched a movie called Open Season. It was very funny. It was great day!
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We ate pizza for the birthdays of one of our students and one of our teachers! Old students came to the special lunch too. Everyone’s pizza looked yummy. There were so many toppings for example pineapple, chicken, tomato and ham. I love having special lunch!
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On April 22nd, 2008 it was Earth Day. We had special events. First, we drank salt water and we couldn’t drink all that was in the cup. It was salty! Then, Ms. Bzdel showed us that if all of Earth’s water was 1L, then only 49mL is fresh water and only 1mL is water we can get and drink. I was surprised!
Next, in the woods near the school we saw a lot of garbage thrown away, so we cleaned it up. There was glass, lighters, bottles, and other things.
Last, we made eco-bags. When we go shopping we can use them so we don’t have to use plastic bags. This way we can reduce carbon dioxide levels. It was a fun Earth Day.
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On April 18th, 2008 my friends and I went to NIAH during Science Week in Tsukuba. It stands for National Institute of Animal Health. Dr. Yoshi told us that rabbits’ hearts beat faster than people’s hearts. We listened to our hearts beat and he was right! We used a stethescope so we could hear the heartbeats.
Next, we learned about animal diseases and how animals get sick. We saw some parasites with a microscope. They looked yucky! I did a survey and got an animal cup.
Lastly, I saw black cows, brown cows and other cows. They were eating hay and they said moo moo moo. I was having fun.
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We went to a bamboo forest to dig up some bamboo shoots but we dug up too many. Some bamboo shoots were easy to dig up some weren’t. When we finished, our friends made us lunch. There were so many kinds of food, for example takenoko rice. I want to go to the takenoko forest again.
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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.
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Tsukuba International School moved to a new, permanent location on April 7, 2008. This move represents an important phase in the history of the school, as the new location allows us the space to grow and thrive while fulfilling our goal of providing a high quality English-based educational opportunity for students in the Tsukuba area.
Our new facilities include three classrooms, a computer room, a multipurpose hall, and a large playing field for the children’s sports activities.
The move itself took place on April 4th and we were able to hold classes from April 7. The first week of school at the new location was given the theme of “Orientation and Art Week”. The children were introduced to their new surroundings and given a chance to enjoy art and music projects throughout the week. Please see our article on Orientation and Art Week for more information.
Our new address is:
Kamigo 7821-1
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN 300-2645
Our phone number has also changed to 029-886-5447.
The school’s email address and website have not changed.
http://www.tsukubainternationalschool.org
If you are interested in sending your child to TIS, please contact us to arrange for a school visit.
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