Parents or guardians also go to school to support their children. This is a sports event for children and students. This is a ceremony held in the end of each term. Parents or guardians visit their children’s / student’s class to see how they are doing in the class. Students go on a day trip to experience outside activities or to learn certain subjects.Ĭlass Observation / Parents’ day (Jugyou sankan/ Koukai jugyou) School Excursions and Studying Outdoors (Ensoku/Kougai gakushû ) This trip is normally for the highest grade children and students. Their parents or guardians of the 1st grade students normally attend the ceremony. This is a ceremony to celebrate the entrance of the 1st grade elementary school children and junior high school students. It’s organized in September and January as well. This is a ceremony which is held in the beginning of each term. These are major activities in Japanese elementary schools and junior high schools however, not all schools do them all and depending on the school, the school calendar could be different. What kind of school activities do Japanese school children take part? After this spring holiday, a new school year begins. The end of March to the beginning of Aprilįor about 2 weeks. The end of December to the beginning of January
For more about the summer vacation homework, please refer to the column in the end of this article. School children / students are obliged to do a lot of home work during summer vacation. International schools in Japan follow the system of each country.įor about 30 - 40 days (depending on the area). Below is a calendar of a school which runs 3 terms. A school year is divided into 3 terms (some schools have only 2 terms). Japanese school year starts in the beginning of April and ends in the end of March of the following year. In this article you will learn about Japanese school year and main activities. In Japanese public elementary schools and junior high schools, there are many activities, for example an entrance ceremony, sports day, class observation day, teacher's home visit and so on.
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