The children at St. Alban’s Nursery have been getting crafty in preparation for their upcoming exhibition on Monday, April 29. The exhibition and open house runs from 10am until midday, and everyone is welcome to attend. This will be a wonderful opportunity to see the progress that the children have achieved during the past year. [...]
On February 16 and 17, Katoh Elementary School held an open house. Students’ artwork and writing were displayed in both English and Japanese. Students in the Immersion Program performed songs, dances, plays, and presentations in English. First grade students sang songs and recited poems. The second graders recited a choral reading of “Frog and Toad” [...]
New International School (NewIS) of Japan is happy to announce its 5th annual summer program for children from the ages of 4 to 15. It is a fun program with activities and presentations planned around themes. This year’s theme will be “Time.” Children of any nationality are welcome to participate. The program is open to [...]
Kazuyo Burland, a former NHK newsreader, is now revitalizing the popularity of “kamishibai” (Japanese storytelling) by introducing it to international schools in Japan. The origins of this ancient art of storytelling go back to the twelfth century, when it was used by Buddhist monks to tell tales with morals. Kazuyo has always enjoyed introducing Japanese [...]
Members of the Ohana International School in Tokyo, The British School in Tokyo (BST), Miyabi Arashi Taiko School, and RIKEN Institute communities have spent the past six months raising money to support a small fishing village in Tohoku during its recovery after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Having visited the Oshika peninsula as a volunteer [...]
Along with cherry blossom viewing parties everywhere, this season is the beginning of a new year for schools and offices in Japan, and everyone is full of new goals and dreams. For those hoping to go on to higher education overseas, Education First’s (EF) University Transition Program provides a good opportunity to travel abroad. The [...]
International Christian Academy of Nagoya (ICAN) celebrated Dr. Suess and Spirit Day with pyjamas and reading. Students and teachers wore pyjamas all day as they went about their regular activities. Students had a great time as they chose the books that they liked to read just for fun, and others that they read for their [...]
This year’s Numeracy Week at Horizon Japan International School was filled with lots of learning, fun, and prizes. Every day, the students participated in the “Morning Challenge” games, answered the “Questions of the Day,” drew cartoons about mathematics, practised for World Maths Day, and worked on their statistics projects, where they were asked to gather [...]
On March 4, the International Olympic Committee delegation arrived in Tokyo for a facilities inspection. While the new Olympic bid is underway, adults wax nostalgic about the 1964 Tokyo Games, as well as the economic boom years of the 1960s. Shogo Oketani’s novel J-Boys, Kazuo’s World, Tokyo 1965 (Stone Bridge Press, 2011, translated by Avery Fischer [...]
Every other year, Jingumae International Exchange School (JIES) participates in an art exhibition as part of exchange programs with a neighbouring Japanese elementary school. Artwork by students from both schools is featured. This year’s exhibition was held on February 8 and 9 in the gymnasium. The theme was “Colourful Atsumete.” With this theme in mind, each [...]
