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Japanese children enter the first grade of elementary school in the April after their sixth birthday.
ReplyDeleteThere are round 30 to 40 students in a typical elementary school class.
Japanese children enter the first grade of elementary school in the April after their sixth birthday. There are around 30 to 40 students in a typical elementary school class. The subjects they study include Japanese, mathematics, science, social studies, music, crafts, physical education, and home economics (to learn simple cooking and sewing skills). More and more elementary schools have started teaching English, too. Information technology is increasingly being used to enhance education, and most schools have access to the Internet.
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Students also learn traditional Japanese arts like shodo (calligraphy) and haiku. Shodo involves dipping a brush in ink and using it to write kanji (characters that are used in several East Asian countries and have their own meanings) and kana (phonetic characters derived from kanji) in an artistic style. Haiku is a form of poetry developed in Japan about 400 years ago. A haiku is a short verse of 17 syllables, divided into units of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku uses simple expressions to convey deep emotions to readers.
Students eating lunch together
Elementary school children on an excursion to a historical park (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
School Life
In Japanese elementary schools, classes are divided into small teams for many activities. For example, as part of their education, every day the students clean the classrooms, halls, and yards of their school in these teams. In many elementary schools, the students eat lunch together in their classrooms, enjoying meals prepared by the school or by a local "school lunch center." Small teams of students take turns to serve lunch to their classmates. School lunches contain a rich variety of healthy and nutritious foods, and students look forward to lunchtime.
There are many school events during the year, such as sports day when students compete in events like tug-of-war and relay races, excursions to historical sites, and arts and culture festivals featuring dancing and other performances by children. Students in the highest grades of elementary, middle, and high schools also take trips lasting up to several days to culturally important cities like Kyoto and Nara, ski resorts, or other places. Most middle and high schools require students to wear uniforms. Boys generally wear pants and jackets with stand-up collars, and girls wear blazers and skirts
FACT.1. They attend school on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteFACT.2. Almost all schools require uniforms.
FACT.3. Most public schools don't have classes on Saturday any more.
FACT 1 They like martial arts!
ReplyDeleteFACT 2 There is lots mountains there!
FACT 3 they talk different!
FACT 4 it is warmer there!
FACT 5 They like suishi!
There is more children go's to school there.
ReplyDeleteThay play games with white and blackstones. The first grade people start school after April. There are thirty or fourty students. They are divided into small teams. Lots of schools in Japan have sports day. On sports day they have a chance to test their skills, the whole family can have fun as well.
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