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豊橋版 就学ガイドブック
小学校
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I'm going to be an Ichi-nen-sei.

こどものなまえをひらがなでかいてみましょう。

Write your child's name in Hiragana.

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CONTENTS
１．Things to Do Before Your Child Starts School .............................. ２
２．Let Your Child Do These Before School ................................... ３

３．School Supplies and Other Preparations............................... ４．５
４．Things to Take to and from School Every Day .............................. ６

５．Learning at School .................................................... ７

６．Learnig at Home (What You Will Do for Your Child) ........................ ７

７．Health Maintenance and Advice for Your Child ............................ ８８．School Lunch ........................................................ ９９．Going to and from School ............................................ １０

１０．Traffic Guard Duty (Hata Tōban) ..................................... １１

１１．Direct Debit System for Paying School Expenses .......................... １２

１２．How to Contact with the Homeroom Teacher by (Renraku-chō) ....... １３．１４

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1Things to Do Before Your Child Starts School

1. Get your child into the habit of doing things for him/herself by him/herself.
2. Get your child to put on and take off clothes by him/herself.
3. Teach your child to clean up and put away things he/she used by him/herself.
4. Get your child into the habit of washing his/her face and brushing his/herteeth.
5. Get your child into the habit of washing his/her hands before eating and afterusing the bathroom.
6. Get your child to clearly say his/her thoughts and things that are important(like if he/she has a problem like he/she forgot or dropped something, he/sheneeds to go to the bathroom, or he/she has a headache or a stomachache, etc).
7. Get your child in the habit of eating everything served in a meal whether or
not he/she likes it and in the habit of finishing meals within 20 minutes.
8. Make sure your child can clearly say his/her name and parents’ names.
9. Get your child to respond enthusiastically with “hai” when his/her name iscalled.
10. Get your child in the habit of going to bed and waking up early.
11. Make sure your child knows how to read street signs and signals and cancross the street properly.
12. Make sure your child can play friendly with others.
13. Make sure your child can hold a pencil and chopsticks properly.

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Let Your Child Do These Before School

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Read/write his/her name.

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Listen quietly and look at the person who is talking.

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Distinguish between left and right.

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Say the names of colors.

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Can fold paper.

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Can tie strings, shoelaces.

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Can use scissors.

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Can ring a dustcloth.

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School Supplies and Other Preparations◆Things to Buy at Home

simple pen caseschool bageraser★ indoor shoespencils(5 B pencils, 1 red pencil)

school lunch bagand napkinplastic bord★gym hat(red and white reversiblecap)★ gym shirt (short sleeve)★ gym shirt (long sleeve)★ Eeach School designates these.
The stores which sell these designated thigs;

4chopsticks
and chopsticks case★ gym shoes + bag★ gym shorts

＜英語＞◆Things You Will BuyAfter Enrolling the School（If You Need one You’llOrder one）
・Keyboard harmonica・Paints◆Things the School Will Buy (They will be passed out on the day of theenrollment ceremony)・Nōto : notebooks (Japanese (kokugo), math (sansū), an unlined notebook(jiyūchō), parent-teacher contact notebook (called the “renraku-chō”))

・Kurepasu, kūpī : Crayons, colored pencils (in 12 colors)
・Kakikata-pen : a marker for writing practice・Namae-pen : a felt-tip marker used to write one’s name on one's belongings
・Sutikku-nori : Glue stick・Hasami : Scissors
・Nendo : Clay (with case)
・Nendo-ban : Board to use when working with clay
・Kasutanetto : Castanets
・Renraku-bukuro : a bag for the parent-teacher contact book・Seiri-bako : a box for holding school supplies
・Nahuda : Name tag※Main textbooks are handed out for free, but some books must be paid for.

◆Clothing
There is no uniform. Your child should wear clothes that are easy tomove in that he/she can put on and take off without help.
・Hat: A yellow cap for safety. (Has school insignia. Girls’ caps have a string totie. In case the cap has no tie, please sew a string)・Athletic shoes: Shoes that are easy to move in and that your child can put onby him/herself
・Gym shirt (long sleeve/short sleeve), gym shorts, gym hat(There is long-sleeve/long-legged PE outerwear for winter.)・Gym shoes (For wearing inside the school gym. They are kept in class in abag.)・Raingear: Raincoat or Umbrella which is Bright color that stands out suchas yellow(Collapsible umbrellas are not good.)・Clothes:

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Things to Take to and from School Everyday

pen case

pencil & eraser

yellow cap

school lunch
bagparent-teacher
contactbook(renraku-chō)and bagwater bottle
handkerchiefplastic bord
◆Caution・Please clearly write your child's name, grade, and class on each of his/herbelongings in hiragana.
・Check the parent-teacher contact book and your child’s backpack everyday.
Please submit documents to the school in a timely manner.

Things that should never be taken to school:
Accessories/jewelry (earrings, rings, necklaces, etc.),Snacks (gum, biscuits/cookies, candy, etc.), Juice
Playing cards, card games, video games
Smart phone
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Learning at School◆Subject names
Japanese

KOKUGOLife Education

Mathematics

SANSŪSocial Studies

MusicONGAKUArtZUKŌ

Physical Education(PE)

TAIIKU(3rd - 6th grade)

Moral EducationDŌTOKU(3rd - 6th grade)(1st - 2nd grade)(3rd - 6th grade)

SEIKATSUSHAKAIScienceRIKA(3rd - 6th grade)

Domestic Science(5th - 6th grade)

GeneralKATEIKASŌGŌEnglish

EIGO

・Kurabu (Clubs: sports, science, games, and so on): 4th, 5th, 6th grade
６Learnig at Home (What You Will Do for Your Child)

Listen to your child read every day.

Have your child practice writing
Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji
every day.

Watch your child when he/she is studying as much as
you can. (Just staying by his/her side is good.) Use adictionary to look up the meaning of words.

Make sure your child can say numbers in Japanese.
Have your child practice counting, addition, andsubtraction every day.
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Health Maintenance and Advice for Your Child◆Results of the medical examination
・tooth decay / cavity
・low vision・atopic dermatitis
・tonsillitis (inflamed, enlarged tonsils)
・hearing difficulty・other (heart murmur)
If this exam shows that your child has a disease, please take him/her to adoctor.
Health is fundamental for life at school. Come to school in the best of health.
◆From the Nurse’s Office (Hoken-Shitu)① If your child feel sick at school, teachers let her/him go to the nurse’s office.
In case her/him wouldn’t get recovered you will have a call from the school.
Please go to school and take her/him.
② If your child suffers an injury that is covered by the National Agency for theAdvancement of Sports and Health (an injury that requires treatment from adoctor):
This system will pay for a portion of the medical fees if your child is injured
at school and he/she receives treatment at a hospital/clinic. The premiumfor this program (460 yen last school year) must be paid once every year.
Our school has all students enroll in this program.
・If the school takes your child to a see a doctor:
we will take your child to the hospital/clinic you have written on the“Emergency Contact Card” (Kinkyū Renraku Kaado). As a general rule, wehave parents come to the hospital/clinic and be with their children.
Sometimes treatment cannot be given without the consent of aparent/guardian. Therefore, we must be able to contact you in case of anemergency.
・If your child gets injured at school and you take him to see a doctor after
school is dismissed, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher as soon as
possible.
③ Other Notes
Lending of clothes:If your child dirtied or soiled his/her clothes, the school will lend yourchild a new piece of clothing and send your child home wearing theborrowed piece of clothing. Please return the borrowed piece of clothing.
・If your child has a habit of wetting himself/herself, we recommend putting
an extra pair of underwear in his/her backpack.

8＜英語＞８School Lunch

In Japan, rice is not seasoned with salt and pepper. Many dishes are usually
flavored with miso, soy sauce, sugar, and/or mirin (a cooking wine). If your childis not used to Japanese food, please have him/her try to get used to it little bylittle.
School lunches (kyūshoku) are served at school, and teachers and students eat
lunch together in the classroom. School lunch is served by students who arepicked out for school lunch duty. School lunch duty rotates among students on aregular basis.
・The student on school lunch duty
must take home every Friday thehat, apron, and mask worn whenserving lunch and wash them.
・Do not forget to bring them toschool on Monday morning.
・Chopsticks, spoons, forks, andnapkins should be washed everyday. Do not forget to bring them toschool every day.
School lunch starts 1 week later for first graders than it does for other grades.
(School lunch will start in mid-April.)
School lunch menus will be passed out every month.

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Going to and from School

In Japan, the school your child goes to is decided based on where you live. Inorder to prevent traffic accidents, safe roads to school are picked out as “schoolcommuting routes” (tsūgakuro), and children walk to school together in groups(called tsūgakuhan). Sometimes parents take turns as traffic guards.
Children in your neighborhood will gather to form a group (tsūgakuhan) andthen walk to school together. To find out the place and time the tsūgakuhan
meets, ask the group leader (called the hanchō). If your child is ill or will beabsent from school for any other reason, write the reason down in the parentteacher contact book (renraku-chō) and hand it to the hanchō of your child’stsūgakuhan. Your child’s homeroom teacher will write the schedule for the next
day in the in parent-teacher contact book and send it back to you.
If your child comes to school on a bus from a day care center, please tell theschool the contact information for the day-care center and the bus. If you change
day-care centers, please tell the school as soon as possible. Make sure to tell the daycare center when your child will come to and leave school.
Every morning, your child will come to school with his/her tsūgakuhan. Yourchild must come to school by 8:(分) We will inform you of your child’stsūgakuhan, its name, meeting place, meeting time, etc., though another student
in a higher grade from your neighborhood at a later date. Before school begins,
walk the route to school (tsūgakuro) with your child and teach your child to walkon the right side, how to read traffic signals, how to cross the street, and places
that are dangerous. (Make sure to check that it is safe from a child’s point-ofview.) A teacher will accompany students until part of the way home after schoolfor period of time after the school year begins.

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Traffic Guard Duty (Hata Tōban)Traffic guards help children cross the street
and at dangerous intersections and street
crossings every morning as they go to school.
When your turn for traffic guard duty comes, youwill be given a yellow flag (flag = hata) to use.
When your turn on traffic guard duty ends, handthe flag to the next family on duty. (You mayleave the flag at the family's front door if they are
not at home.)
Traffic guarding starts from about 7:30 AM, takes about 30 minutes, and ends
at about 8 AM. You will be assigned traffic guard duty 2 or 3 times a year. If you
cannot perform traffic guard duty on the day you are assigned, you may ask
someone to do it in your place, but make sure to pass the flag to the next personon the schedule. At the beginning of the school year, the Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) will hand out a schedule with dates, locations, and names ofpersons on duty.

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11Direct Debit System for Paying School Expenses◆How to Start Direct Debiting (Automatic Bank Account Transfers)①Please open a bank account with one of the banks that the school has
partnered with (listed below). If you already have an account at one of thosebanks, you do not need to create a new one.
Banks we have partnered with:②Please deposit enough money into your account to pay for school expenses by
the () day of each month.
The automatic bank transfer will take place on the () day of every month.
・We will inform you of the amount of money to be collected for schoolexpenses at the end of every month through your child.
・Please make sure that your bank account has a sufficient balance, paying
attention to Saturdays, Sundays, and other bank holidays.
・Your child’s school expenses will be transferred automatically from yourbank account into the school’s account just like an automatic bank transfer
for water, electricity, or telephone bills.
・The amount of money transferred will be reported in the “Gakuhi Jidō
Furikae no Oshirase” (notice of school fees transfer).
・The school will contact you if the money could not be transferred due to an
insufficient balance.
・In this case, you’ll pay the charge for the bank transfer.

◆Procedure for Setting up Direct Debiting① Please follow the sample form to fill out the form. Use a ball point pen andpress firmly.
② Use the seal (inkan) you used to open your account on pages 1 and 2. Do notwrite in your child’s CLASS (kumi) or NUMBER (bangō). The school will fillin these items.
③ After filling out the form, bring all 3 sheets to one of the banks listed above
until (month) (day).

NOTE: You must use the seal you used to open your bank account on this form.

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How to Contact with the Homeroom Teacher by “renraku-chō ”

When your child will be absent from school, make sure to inform your child’s
homeroom teacher by phone or through the parent-teacher contact book(renraku-chō). If your child needs to leave school early for family reasons, aparent/guardian must come to school to pick up him/her. Your child will not beallowed to leave school alone.

Japanese

けっせき します
ちこく しますそうたい します

Meaning

How to write

My child will be absentfrom school.
My child will be late forschool.
My child will leave school
earlier.

Chikoku shimasu

feverNetsu

feel nauseous

Hakike ga suru

coughSekicold

Kazeheadache

Atama ga itai

earacheMimi ga itai

toothache

Ha ga itai

injuredgoing to a hospital/clinic(going to see a doctor)
family reasons

Kega o shita

stomachache

Onaka ga itai

Kesseki shimasu

Sōtai shimasu

Reasons

ねつはきけがする
せきかぜ
あたま が いたい
みみ が いたい
は が いたいけが を したびょういん に いく
ようじ が ある
おなか が いたい

Byōin ni iku
Yōji ga aru◆Examples
Example 1: Write:
Kesseki shimasu. Kaze desu.
Meaning: My child will be absent from school. He/she has a cold.
Example 2: Write:
Chikoku shimasu. Byōin ni iku.
Meaning: My child will be late for school. He/she is going to see adoctor.
Example 3: Write:○ji ni sōtai shimasu. Yōji ga aru.
Meaning: My child will leave school early at ○pm. It is for family
reasons.
※The school’s main concern is whether or not the parents know about theirchild’s absence.
※In Japan, children should attend school unless they are ill. Please avoid
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If any of the following changes, please inform your child’s homeroom
teacher as soon as possible. The school must know these in case they have aquestion for your or if your child gets injured and needs to go to the hospital.
◆Your home telephone number and cell phone number(s)◆Your workplace, emergency contact number, and health insurance
number(s)◆Your child’s day-care center and how your child will go to and fromschool◆ When your address changes◆ When you plan to leave Japanabsences for family reasons as much possible.

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