It was a cloudy morning and a little rainy but we decided to go ahead and enjoy our field trip to Zakimi Castle and Yuntanza Museum.
We had many questions and we learned a lot about Zakimi Castle and about life in Okinawa during castle times.
Life in Zakimi Castle times…
We enjoyed touring the museum. We visited a student art show. There were so many interesting pieces of art work made by students from elementary school to junior high school.
We visited a professional art gallery as well. We met the painter.
We enjoyed touring the grounds and seeing the view from the top as well.
We have been practicing how to interview Zakimi Castle guests in Japanese and in English. We were excited to have the opportunity to speak with tourists from America (California), Shiga-ken, Kanagawa-ken, Tokyo, Okayama-ken, and around Okinawa. K2s introduced themselves and asked questions like “Where are you from?” or “Where in Japan are you from?” or “Where in Okinawa are you from?”
We had a great field trip to Zakimi Castle. In the afternoon we drew our favorite memories. Please ask your K2 about it!
Few days after that, we played with the balloons that we used as decoration during the Sports Day.
After this, we showed our appreciation to the Gym that served as our place for Sports Day practices, P.E. lessons and other playtime by cleaning up the facility.
Now, we are using different kinds of ball games for P.E. to continuously develop their muscles, endurance and strength.
K1 friends drew the pictures of what they want to do their best at. Although our Sports Day was postponed they are still looking forward to doing their best.
We took a nature walk to collect nature materials for our art activities. We also picked up small garbage around the school grounds. Then we went to get manure from the horse stables to help our vegetables grow.
We learned about the “butterfly pea” flower and did a science experiment, soaking the flower and changing the color of the water using vinegar, shiiquasa, and baking soda. It was so interesting!
In Calligraphy K2 started learning about kanji!
We went to Yomitan to harvest sweet potatoes. The day before we learned about how sweet potatoes help our bodies and how to harvest them.
We enjoyed riding on the Amicus bus- some friends for the first time!
It was a beautiful day to harvest sweet potatoes! We appreciate our farmers!
After harvesting the sweet potatoes we ate lunch and played at the park in Zampa.
Before boarding the bus we were able to walk to Zampa Light House and take a memorable group photo.
