Japanese students visit East Riding for cultural exchange

STUDENTS from Japan have travelled more than 6,000 miles to experience school life in East Riding as part of a cultural exchange.

- By COREENA FORD

Pupils from Futaba Junior High School - based in Chiyoda City, Tokyo - met students at three schools in the East Riding during their trip.Two pupils from Year 8 and two from Year 9 visited Longcroft School and Sixth Form College, Beverley Grammar School and Beverley High School, where they experienced a typical day in a UK school.

Together, they took part in cultural activities along with students from the Beverley schools, with the visiting pupils learning about local school life in the UK, and the Beverley pupils discovering how their Japanese counterparts spend their school days.

They were accompanied by Futaba’s Superintendent of Education, Akio Tateshita, Futaba Town Education Board Members Masato Yamamoto and Masaru Kowata, Junior High School Teacher Tomomi Muroi and Futaba Town Assistant Language Teacher Philip Jellyman.