Category: English

International questionnaire

Student union and English club students took to the streets of “Little Edo”, or Kawagoe, to interview international tourists. Thank you to everyone we spoke to for your kindness and patience in the sultry heat. Read More

Canada Study Trip

  20 students came back from the Canada study trip. They spent twelve days in Victoria on the west coast, enjoying the kindness of their Canadian hosts and the beauty of the city. Their English has made great progress. Read More

America Bowl

Yamamura Kokusai raised two teams to compete in the first ever America Bowl, a quiz on American culture and history. The students performed very well against top high schools from across Japan. Read More

Visitors

We had two wonderful students who wanted to experience classes in Japan, visiting our school. Tia from Vancouver, whose sister had been a buddy for our students when visiting Canada, joined our Tokushin B course students, who were thrilled to get to know her. She also practiced hard the flute with our wind ensemble, perking Read More

English Conversation Room

Over the winter vacation, the English Room has been cleaned and readied for the new year. We look forward to seeing our students practicing English vigorously again. Read More

English camp at British Hills

This year 21 students went to snowy British Hills for the Christmas study trip. In two classes, they participated in the all English experience. They stayed two nights in the beautiful atmosphere of Drake House. They were taught ballroom dancing, snooker, calligraphy, and cookery by the British teachers. Read More

Speech and Recitation Contest

On the last Saturday of October, Yamamura Kokusai students gathered for the speech and recitation contest. There were six finalists in the recitation contest, which had begun in September with every first year student participating in the class stage. The finalists read snippets of children’s stories, including Eric Carle, Roald Dahl and Sendak. The level Read More

Swords and Tears

  A fond farewell to all our guests from Sweetwater and Hilltop High Schools. Thank you for staying with us. We hope you enjoyed the kendo, the iaido and the farewell party. We know we will treasure our memories. Dance club performed their winning number at the farewell ceremony. Thank you to all the host Read More

Food and calligraphy

  Visitors from San Diego in California in the United States today experienced calligraphy and made sushi with our students.   Read More

Welcome ceremony

Started today with a video presentation from the twenty American guests, and the school Yosakoi troupe. Six thirty pm and one of the visitors is teaching dance club a minions dance. Read More

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