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Grade 6 Tottori Field Trip

Our grade 6 students embarked on an incredibly enriching overnight field trip to Tottori on October 27-28, fulfilling the school's commitment to inquiry-based learning in local and global contexts. The two-day journey provided essential curricular connections, challenging students with tasks linking their I&S unit (on world religions, globalization, culture, and identity) and their Science unit (What causes Earth’s surface to change?). Day One: Sand, Art, and Geology The adve

Oct 31, 20252 min read

G2 Field Trip to Osaka Science Museum

On October 28, 2025, the Grade 2 class visited the Osaka Science Museum! In UoI, our central idea focuses on how technology and tools have helped us learn more about Earth and the solar system. At the museum, students were able to explore various exhibits about this topic and watched a planetarium show about stars. Students also completed a small scavenger hunt to find displays about Earth and space. After lunch, students explored the rest of the museum’s exhibits about rocks

Oct 30, 20251 min read

G8 Field Trip to National Bunraku Theatre

This month our grade 8 class went to see the Bunraku performance, The Love Suicides at Sonezaki by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. This play is an extension of our Othello unit and Chikamatsu Monzaemon is known as the Shakespeare of Japan. All of us really enjoyed watching the play, albeit some people were very sleepy during the play’s opening. It was a great play with great acting and music, especially during the dramatic ending scene. The narrator was amazing as he performed the emot

Oct 29, 20251 min read