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Asteroid Mining Assessment Reflection

  In science class we made a poster about asteroid mining. I included the advantages and disadvantages of asteroid mining and some facts about asteroid mining. I think I did well in this poster because my layout was clear and my writing and words were scientific words and they were easy to understand. I made [...]

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What Makes Rokudan Sound Japanese?

In our music class, the people from the band came to join us with koto class. One of our Koto teacher, Mr. Patterson, played a Japanese Koto song called Rokudan. Rokudan was written by Yatsuhashi Kengyo. We were asked to write a blog post about what makes Rokudan sound Japanese. This below is a video of [...]

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Fitness Goals

In our PE class, we have started our fitness unit again. Today we were asked to write few goals about our composition of fitness such as speed, power, accuracy, and others. I think I need to improve on my speed and power. I chose speed because when you are faster and quicker than anybody on [...]

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Japanese Music Presentation

On April 11th, our Koto teachers, Mr. Patterson and Ms. Miyama did a presentation about Japanese Music with Mr. Patterson’s friend, Mr. Huebner. They talked about how different Japanese music was to Western music and played who pieces together. The Koto was played by Mr. Patterson and Ms. Miyama, Shakuhachi played by Mr. Huebner, and Shamisen [...]

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Best Speech Evaluation: Kobe Bryant

Out of my 2 speeches, I liked this speech about my superstar Kobe Bryant. There were topics that we had to choose from which were My Neighbourhood, The Best Day of My Life, Fashion, Holidays, and Celebrities. And I chose celebrities and chose to talk about Kobe Bryant. Here is the video of my speech about [...]

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1 Minute Speech: Basketball

In Drama class, we did a 1 minute speech about any topic. My topic was basketball because it was something I know well about and it was my passion. Below is the video. 7B Drama: 1 Min Speeches from YIS Arts on Vimeo. Reflection: I think I did good but I noticed that my voice needs [...]

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Silicon Science Poster

In our science class, we have been studying chemicals, such as elements (from the periodic table) and compounds. We are learning about how to tell the difference between a physical change and a chemical change by looking at the change of properties. We were asked to make a poster about an element and I chose [...]

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End of Season Tournament

Hi. This Saturday we had the end of season tournament held in BST, British School in Tokyo. There were 8 teams in total which were, St. Maur, St. Marys, AOBA, CAJ, BST, ASIJ, and us, YIS. We only had 2 games versing St. Maur and St. Marys. This is a little recap of our games. The [...]

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Kobe Facial on the Nets

Kobe just like old times!!

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Mi Familia

  Me llamo Taro Shishikura y tengo 13 años. En mi familia somos cuatro, mi madre, padre, y  mayor hermana. Mi madre se llama Shinobu Shishikura y mi padre se llama Yoshimoto Shishikura. Mi mayor hermana se llama Maria y tiene 16 años. Nosotros vivimos en Japon. Yo tengo pero negro y me gusta practicar [...]

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