Tavistock Students in Japan!

We were very happy to host 20 students and two teachers from Tavistock College in the Devon area of England. Although they were only with us for three days, we made lasting friendships and enjoyed a truly meaningful cultural exchange.

Last Friday the International Club boarded a bus for Kasai Rinkai Park where we met the Tavistock students for the first time. We played some games to break the ice, visited the park's wonderful aquarium, and ended the day with a scavenger hunt around the park grounds. It was a great first day and really set the tone for the remainder of their time with us.





On Monday the students came to school for the first time. In the morning they were treated to an interesting lesson on Japanese caligraphy from our own Kitajima Sensei, an accomplished professional caligrapher, and they made traditional Japanese fans with Matsui Sensei, a fan maker from the Edogawa area who was nice enough to come to the school on his own time. After lunch students joined the Kanto Daiichi students for normal lessons. However many Kanto Daiichi teachers were nice enough to tailor their lessons to include the Tavistock students and create a truly international classroom. After school the Tavistock students participated in various club activities with our students, including table tennis, basketball, cooking, track & field, and the Japanese comics club.






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Tuestday was a holiday and they spent the day with their homestay families.
On Wednesday the Tavistock students introduced themselves to the entire student body at an assembly, attended a pop-culture lesson by Eric Sensei in the morning, and attened normal lessons until lunch time. After lunch they spent two hours making various arts and crafts with our amazing arts and crafts teachers. When they were finished they met in the lobby to say goodbye to the friends that they had made over the three days they were here and borded a bus to their hotel.

Tomorrow they'll spend the day at Disneyland and then it's back to England on Friday. Although we only had three days together they were really fun and we hope that this trip markes the beginning of a wonderful relationship between our two schools. We'd especially like to thank Crispin Chambers and Sally Benson, the two wonderful Tavistock teachers who accompanied the students, and Mr. Iwai and Ms. Yamada, who helped put the whole trip together.

We'll miss everyone and we hope to see you next year!