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Team Spirit is the winner!
Thank you to the Elementary students, teachers and parents for their enthusiasm and spirit at the ES Sports Day on Friday May 3rd, 2013. The Spirit Coaches led their group cheers loudly and proudly! A huge thanks to the PE team and helpers who helped make our ES Sports Day a well organised, fun event. [...]
ES Sports Day – Friday May 3rd, 2013
HOORAY! It’s Elementary SPORTS DAY this Friday May 3rd! The students have been training for their events and are eager to participate in the team spirit which is what we promote sports day to be all about… joining in and having a go! Friday is not a normal school day! The children will not be [...]
Students prepare for Koto Concert
On Monday April 29th 2013, Grade 4 and Grade 5 koto students will perform in the YIS Tenth Annual Spring Hōgaku Concert. This is a Japanese Traditional Music Concert on Koto/Choral Music. The venue for this musical event is the Myokoji Temple which provided a beautiful, authentic backdrop to the [...]
Exhibition Excellence!
On Tuesday 23rd April and Wednesday 24th April 2013, Grade 5 students at YIS shared their PYP Exhibition with parents and the YIS community. Parents and guests attended Tuesday evening as this was a special presentation for parents that included students presenting their video trailers to promote their passion, live performances and demonstrations and oral [...]
New Play Equipment
Elementary students have new play equipment to enjoy! On Friday April 19, 2013, the children were very excited using some newly arrived play equipment for the first time! The ES Student Council surveyed the students on how to improve their playtime experiences and as a result, a list of play equipment was made. Some items [...]
ELC Assembly
On Friday April 12, 2013, the children of the ELC at Yokohama International School performed their annual assembly to parents and guests. This was part of the PYP units of inquiry for How We Express Ourselves. Please enjoy the E1 and E2 performances! Thank you to the ELC staff for their time, love and [...]
Student-led Conference 2013
On Wednesday 20th March, 2013, students had the opportunity to share their learning with their parents as part of the student-led conferences. These are an important part of how we assess and report to parents about the progress their child is making. Take a look at how the day went for these classes: Snapshot [...]
category: YIS
tags: Action, Elementary, Gr3, Gr4, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 5, Inquiry, Kindergarten, Mother Tongue, parents, Student-led-conferences, YIS
‘Tales of Japan’ Elementary Play
The annual YIS Elementary Theatre production was tales about Japan. It told traditional stories from the areas of Okinawa and Hokaido. The stories drew upon the host culture and had connections to the Units of Inquiry. The actors did a professional performance that received much audience applause! The costuming and choreography were [...]
tags: Ainu, culture, Drama, Elementary, Gr3, Gr4, Grade 5, performance, play, PYP, Storytelling, unit-of-inquiry, YIS
Conflict Resolution, Effective Solution!
Two weeks ago, there was a conflict between Grade 5 students and the Grade 10 Business Studies students over their selling of bottled water in the main foyer. Read the full post Grade 5 Takes Action! This was timely as Grade 5 have been learning about how to deal with conflict and manage their own [...]
Austrian Ballet Performance
On Friday March 15, all students from the ELC and elementary grades enjoyed a ballet performance of the Magic Flute, by the Austrian Ballet Company – Tokyo, hosted by St Maurs International School. Below are two links to a summary of Magic flute, created by Ms Tasha with her KC students who shared blog posts [...]
