Hello, everyone! We hope you’ve had a fun Winter holiday.

Grade 6 students really enjoyed theirs. One students shared many interesting things he did with his family for their Christmas party, such as eating the traditional chicken and cake and playing at Round One! A different student got the Christmas present he wanted and enjoyed Tokyo Disneyland, while another one visited his family in distant Morocco. We were all delighted to hear stories and see pictures from the trip, and we also received a souvenir for our classroom. Thank you! 🐪

皆さんこんにちは！冬休みは楽しく過ごせましたでしょうか？
Grade6の児童は、思い思いに楽しんだ冬休みの様子を教えてくれましたよ。
クリスマスパーティーで、家族と昔ながらの食事をしたり、クリスマスプレゼントとしてなんとディズニーランドのチケットをもらい楽しんだり、海外在住の家族に会いに行ったりなど素敵な内容ばかりです！！

While the students were happy to discuss the fun they had, they needed help with preparing long and meaningful presentations on the topic. This is why they have spent their Wednesday on trying to prepare longer speeches and practicing their presentation skills further. They were also encouraged to borrow books for home reading from the school library and read them, little by little, at home. Tuesdays will be our school reading days in which we will check up on everyone’s progress, so please try to motivate students to read at home as well. Let’s hone all of our skills before becoming Middle schoolers this April!

Many interesting events will take place at the school before then as well. On Tuesday’s assembly, we were visited by people from a local company who explained their mission to reuse and recycle books to the students and promised to visit us with their Library bus next week. 🚌

Finally, this week marked the beginning of and a first few introductory lessons to our new Unit of Inqury, focusing on the topic of Peace, as opposed to conflict. The Unit will follow the Central Idea of “Learning from the consequences of conflicts is an essential step towards building a peaceful world” and students will inquire into conflict, both on a global and personal level, the kind of consequences it can have and discuss what we can do to achieve peace. Let’s all learn a lot together. Have a good weekend! 🍀

今週は、ISN10周年イベントで取り組む、クラウドファンディングに関するワークショップがありました。上田市にある、Value Booksという古本回収、リサイクル企業です。
今月からValue Booksと共に活動する場面が多くなり、子ども達にとってもいい機会だと思います。
いよいよ今週は、「平和」というトピックに焦点を当てた新しいユニット「Inqury」が始まりました！このユニットでは、「紛争の結果から学ぶことは、平和な世界を築くための重要なステップである」というセントラル・アイディアに沿って、生徒たちは、世界レベル、個人レベルの紛争について調べ、それがどのような結果をもたらすか、そして、平和を達成するために私たちに何ができるかを話し合います。皆さん、一緒にたくさん学びましょう。良い週末をお過ごしください。