Summerhill’s seasonal celebrations and songs

Jan 27, 2012 No Comments by Caroline Pover

Summerhill celebrated the season to gather friends and family together to enjoy the holidays by holding its annual Christmas show. Instead of using the different classes to string together a story, they allowed the classes to choose which kind of individual performance they would like to do. There was a penguin dance with the oldest [...]

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Christmas with Gymboree at Isetan and Mitsukoshi

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments by Caroline Pover

Gymboree was asked again this year to hold their fun-filled events at two major department stores in Tokyo — Shinjuku Isetan and Ebisu Mitsukoshi. The agenda was created in the Christmas spirit and included special holiday music and craft activities, which were enjoyed by children and parents alike. During the art activities, children decorated their [...]

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Moriyama merry madness

Jan 23, 2012 No Comments by Caroline Pover

On Friday, December 12, 2011 the annual Aichi International School (AIS) Christmas Show was held in a theatre in Moriyama, Nagoya. The show, “Phantom of the Christmas Show,” was based around the phantom trying to prevent the new owners of the theatre from holding a Christmas concert. Despite the presence of the phantom, and with the support of [...]

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Two Christmas performances at Makuhari

Jan 21, 2012 No Comments by Caroline Pover

Last month, staff at Makuhari International School rushed around worrying whether the Christmas performance would be as good as the previous year’s, whether children would remember their lines, and whether the pianist would get through 15 songs without any mistakes! But there was no need to worry, and kindergarten staff breathed a sigh of relief [...]

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British School geography trips around Tokyo area

Jan 19, 2012 No Comments

British School in Tokyo (BST) primary students had a busy start to the new academic year with lots of trips around Tokyo and the surrounding countryside to support their core curriculum subjects. Year 2 students visited Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple to support their learning on  Japan’s geography and their religious education topic on Buddhism. [...]

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Chateau School travels 365 days a year

Jan 17, 2012 No Comments

“Pack your suitcase, grab your passport, and get ready to depart on an educational adventure that inspires for a lifetime.” This is the message from a new school with a concept that has yet to be seen by most children — a magical world of cultural immersion and academics that aims to imaginatively prepare them [...]

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LiVEJAM music school student recital vol. 5

Jan 15, 2012 No Comments

Music school LiVEJAM’s next student recital (JAMOUT!) will be held on Friday, February 3rd in Ebisu. This will be the fifth show where LiVEJAM rents a live house, regularly used by professional musicians, for its performances. This time, with more new students, there will be more new bands, such as an all-girl band, a standards’ [...]

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Travel the world in three days at Katoh Gakuen

Jan 09, 2012 No Comments

With homemade passports in hand, the children of Katoh Kindergarten’s Immersion program departed for their annual International Day event. The imaginary travel plans for the event were made up of each class taking one day at a specific destination over a period of over three days. This year, the little travellers’ itineraries sent them venturing [...]

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New International School hosts conference for Japanese language teachers of international schools

Jan 07, 2012 No Comments

On November 12, New International School hosted an all-Japan conference for international school Japanese language teachers in Japan. The presenters were Professor Emeritus Kazuko Nakajima of the University of Toronto, an expert on bilingual language acquisition and heritage language education; and Yoshio Yoshimoto of Rikkyo University, an expert on innovative methods for teaching kanji. Over [...]

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Canadian International School Tokyo profile

Jan 06, 2012 No Comments

School Canadian International School Tokyo (CIS Tokyo) Address 5-8-20 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001 Phone 03-5793-1392 Fax 03-5793-3559 Email study@cisjapan.net Website http://cisjapan.net Age 3–18 years old Gender 52% boys, 48% girls Class size 15 School size 261 Slogan The experience of excellence, the honour of achievement. Goals We strive to develop each student by providing a [...]

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