NIS Primary School

The Primary School at @NagoyaIS - a diverse, inclusive international school in Nagoya, Japan. #NISinquire #NISinspire #NISimpact

[NIS Grade 4 @NISGrade4]

Pouring our hearts (and hair) into Spirit Week #Crazy hair day!!!!🎀#NISinspire

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

Which right is the most Important? We did our first “diving straight in” draft with opinion writing today. We wrote about what we think is the most important right and why.

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

Tuning into the concept of "Causation", why something happens! #NISinquire

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

Text Detectives: What are the features of an opinion writing? Students are finding out how the writing is organized or structured, words or phrases used in an opinion writing, strategies used to start and end the writing. #NISinquire

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

Being Reflective: Students reflecting on their Rights as a child and explaining about their responsibilities using this graphic organizer. #NISinquire

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

“Bike Riding is the Best Sport” “Sharks are beautiful” “Cats are the best pet” “Schools shouldn’t serve desert”. We tuned into opinion writing today with a chalk talk thinking routine, sharing by writing if we agreed or disagreed with the above opinions, and giving reasons why.

[NIS Grade 4 @NISGrade4]

G4 student leaders planning for the upcoming Sleepover #empowering students #collaboration skills #student voices matter #NISinspire #NISinquire #NISimpact

[NIS Co-Curricular @NIS_Activities]

Primary Service & Action Club members getting ready for the Book Swap# sorting & organizing books #NISinspire #NISimpact Please bring/swap/donate books you are done with 📖📚outside the Academic Office Hallway!

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

A very unexpected win for pineapple. What other data can we collect and represent in grade 2? Amazed by the speed in which grade 2 have gotten to grips with graphs and charts. #InquireInspireImpact

[NIS Arts @NIS_Arts]

Grade 3 learning about the unique techniques that Van Gogh used, such s as short brush strokes and the full range of values

[NIS Arts @NIS_Arts]

Grade 1 mixing secondary and tertiary colors for different animals. They only have red, blue, yellow, white and black paints to make all these fantastic colors!

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

I predict that ____________
I’ll figuring out ___________
I think that __________

We read half a story “Perfectly Norman”, and stopped half way through. We stopped and practiced making predictions about what will happen when Norman takes off his jacket, and gave reasons.

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

Rainy day — time for indoors recess with board games and puzzles!

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

We had 21 cookies between 5 students. How do we solve this problem if all students need to get the same amount.

Today we learned about remainders, and we explored problems using materials and our knowledge of multiplication facts.

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

Are you fed up with feeling tired, sad and lonely? G2s have a solution for you! Not even one! Our last week of UOI our G2s are tirelessly working on their Well-Being Toolkits to persuade others take responsibility for their emotional, physical and mental health. #NISimpact

[NIS Grade 3 @NIS_Grade3]

Cause and Effect Game: We learned about using conjunctions before start of a sentence such as “since” “due to the fact”, with an ‘effect’ card we picked up. Teams had to come up with our own reasons (cause) to make our own sentences. “Since I didnt eat I was desperately hungry”

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

Where does the data come from? G2 learners are inquiring into data and graphs. They came up with questions to ask NIS learners to find out if they make healthy choices. This week we visited elementary classrooms to collect responses. G2s created bar graphs to represent the data.

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

What so you need when you read books? Books, sticky notes, readers’ book and pencil! This week we took notes about the characters in the books by looking at what they do and say. #NISinquire

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

We are not asleep — we are just being mindful! Getting the mindfulness practices in our day to stay balanced! #NISimpact

[NIS Grade 2 @NIS_Grade2]

What strategies can you use to solve the number problems in your head? G2s are using their knowledge doubles/near doubles, friendly numbers and partitioning strategies to show how they manipulate with numbers in their heads! #NISinquire