Canyon:  “I like the car. Because it move… four wheels 1, 2, 3, 4.

The pilot here. Passengers here. Four… Mummy, Daddy, Me and R. Airplane can move so fast… here engines!

ISN bus is bigger. More wheels. We can have Waterfall and Canyon. We cannot all sit in a car!

Helicopter, motorbike, tractor, bicycle, motorbike, van, rowing boat, cruise ship, sailboat.”

It has been an exciting unit of action-packed police cars, fire engines, trucks, bicycles, hot airplanes and more! Canyon’s transport vocabulary has grown and so has their understanding of connecting to places with the different transports. How do we go to school, to the gym? How many passengers can in ISN bus or your Mummy’s car? How can we move things? When we are hurt how can we get to the hospital? Canyon has been discussing these ideas and concepts, not just recalling facts in our inquiries. Excellent job, Canyon! We even talked about road safety. In a Peppa Pig’s Road Safety video, Canyon even commented that it is different. How? Canyon: “We put our arms up when we cross the road. But Peppa Pig, no!” We talked about how the rules are different in Japan and elsewhere.

SHAPES, ALPHABET REVIEW & WRITING PRACTICE

We reviewed basic shapes with this fun video – hunting for shapes. Canyon tried drawing these shapes with colour patterns -draw a red square, then blue, red, blue then what colour is next? We danced to the Alphabet Dance from the previous unit. Everyone enjoyed singing and dancing all the 26 letters with our bodies.

MUSIC

Canyon has a great time dancing in pairs to the music. Thank you, Music Teacher!

It is Canyon’s final month of the school year 2025-2026. How our little Canyon children have grown! Physically, socially, and intellectually, they have learned so much. They are now more confident learners, especially in the use of English as a daily language in school. They will no longer be the youngest in our ISN family come April 2026. They have all been promoted to Savanna! Congratulations. All the very best! 

Sayonara from Ms Serena
I have received so much love, laughter and learning – how to be a good IB teacher, how to make an origami tulip, how to slurp my noodles and more! It was not an easy decision to make, having to leave Japan and return to Singapore.

With a heavy heart, I say goodbye. I will miss Matsumoto castle, the Alps mountains, and of course the beautiful people of ISN! I am thankful for my wonderful students, the fantastic support from parents and my lovely colleagues.

Till we meet again… Carpe Diem, Seize the Day! May each day be a joy to you! Love always, Serena