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Now Accepting Students for September 2010

Filed Under : News by admin
Jul.1,2010

Tsukuba International Preschool (TIP) is currently accepting applications for the 2010-11 school year, which starts in September.

TIP is a full-time preschool (ages three to five) for children of all nationalities. (If you are interested in English education options for older children, please see the Tsukuba International School website.) The school employs two fully qualified teachers (from Australia and Japan).

Tsukuba International Preschool has an Open School Day once per month to allow people to come and visit the school, observe some classes, and talk to the school staff. If you would like to have more information about the school, these Open School Days are a perfect opportunity for you to see the school in action. Click here to make a reservation to attend one of the Open School Days.

If you are interested in learning more about Tsukuba International Preschool and our application procedures, please contact the school.

Thank you for your interest in our school!

No-yeast Pizza Dough Recipe

Filed Under : Fun for Kids by Skye
Jun.21,2010

This is a very easy to make pizza recipe from ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. This recipe makes 5 small pizzas.

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Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

2/3  cups water

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Method:

1. Mix flour, salt, baking powder and water in a bowl.

2. Knead the dough on a floured counter for about 2 minutes.

3. Roll (or stretch) the dough out into 5 small circles, about 0.5cm thick.

4. Spread oil over bases with fingers or the back of a spoon.

5. Spread your choice of pizza sauce on top, and add any toppings you like, with cheese on top. (Corn seems to be  popular topping)

6. Bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden.

7. Eat and enjoy!!

This Week at TIP: June 21st, 2010

Filed Under : Weekly Updates by Skye

Wow, who can believe it’s our last week of school already? How time flies by! Last week we filled our afternoons with making things from our junk box, playing in our new sand box, moving and painting to music and even making mud cakes! We have just three days left of school now, and have some more fun things planned.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our families for their continued support throughout the school year. As you know, this was TIP’s first year in operation and we feel very lucky to have been a part of this experience. It has been an absolute delight for us to spend our days learning and growing with your children.
Thank you, and we wish you all the best for a happy, healthy and safe summer break.

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Monday

This morning we will make pizzas. We will also make some      tanabata wishes in English for our tanabata tree and make some decorations for our party tomorrow.

Tuesday

Today is our Potluck Graduation Party. We will have a small ceremony in our classroom followed by a Potluck picnic lunch. There are no scheduled learning activities in the afternoon, so children who will stay until 3 o’clock will have a quiet time and free play.

Wednesday

Today is our last day of school for the year! We will spend the morning cleaning our classroom and packing up our belongings to take home. In the afternoon we will play some games or watch a children’s movie.

Thursday

No school today

Friday

No school today. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held in our classroom. There will be no child-minding for TIP children at TIS, so please feel free to bring your child along with you to your conference.

Summer Activity Calendar: June-August 2010

Filed Under : Fun for Kids by Skye
Jun.19,2010

We have put together a calendar which contains literacy, maths and other activities that you can do with your children every day of the summer holidays. It is specifically designed for P2 children going into P3, but it can also be a nice challenge or opportunity to review some things for our other students. Just click on the link below and download to your computer. Have a fantastic summer!!

Summer Activity Calendar (PDF)

This Week at TIP: June 14th, 2010

Filed Under : Weekly Updates by Skye
Jun.14,2010

This will be our last full week of school for the school year. Last week, our class reflected on things that they enjoyed over the year, and made a list of things that they would like to do again, or do more of before we finish up. Some of the things that made the list were cooking, play time, Mt. Fuji flower art activities and making something from our ‘junk bag’. We will try and make our way through this list over the next week. We will also talk about two important celebrations that are coming up, tanabata (star festival) and Father’s Day, and make something special for each.
Unfortunately our herb plants that we planted back in golden week haven’t grown too much, but we have still decided to make cheese and herb pizzas. We are currently working hard as a class to score ‘6 pizzas on the whiteboard’ and are scheduled to make these on Monday June 21st and eat them for lunch.
Have a wonderful week!

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Monday

Today, P1 & P2 will work on something special for P3, while P3 do some rhyming activities. We will also read a story about dads and draw a picture of our own dad.

Tuesday

Today we will work on finishing up some unfinished language arts projects and make Father’s Day cards.

Wednesday

This morning we will read a Clifford story about Graduation Party’s and talk about our own and what we might need to do to prepare.

Thursday

This morning we will do some writing activities and move our bodies and paintbrushes to different music. In the afternoon we will use our imaginations and make something from our junk and craft boxes.

Friday

We will start our day with PE today. In the afternoon, Mrs. Hiromi will do some Tanabata activities with all the students.

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