Hi again,

We have had yet another fantastic day in Japan. It all started bright and early again as we set off in the bus to the primary school that we had visited the day before. We had another warm welcome and if anything the children were more excited to see us today than they had been yesterday. 

This time the focus was on grades 4,5,6 (in our country that is years 5,6,7). The lessons we observed were Maths, Music, Home Economics and English.

In the music lesson, after the children had sung and played special songs they had been rehearsing especially for us, we were invited to teach the children some English songs. We taught them happy birthday, baa baa black sheep and if you're happy and you know it (complete with actions). 

We also helped teach key words in the English lesson focusing on buildings and the 'u' sound. The children were really keen again to practise their English on us. 

At lunch time we were treated to curry and rice which was lovely. The children taught us origami and gave us lots to take away. 

In the afternoon we met with the teachers whose lessons we had observed to discuss what we had seen and the differences between the UK and Japan. We very sad to say goodbye as were they but we know we have made some friends we can keep in touch with in the future. 

We then made the long journey back to Tokyo. The weather here is really hot and sticky! It has rained which has helped make it bearable but tonight was a beautifully clear night so we decided to visit the Tokyo tower. This is a replica of the Eiffel Tower but is actually taller. We saw some spectacular scenery and it was lovely to see the whole of Tokyo lit up at night.

We spent so much time admiring Tokyo we didn't reach dinner until late by which time we were all starving! We ate in another traditional Japanese restaurant where they have an open fire in the middle of your table and you cook a selection of meats that you have chosen we even tried pigs tongue. The food was delicious!

Tomorrow we will be visiting schools in Hino city, which is an hour the other side of Tokyo. We are looking forward to seeing how this is different to what we have already seen and will let you know tomorrow. 

Hope school is going well.

Speak to you soon.

Miss Jones and Mrs Waldron