To go to elementary school in Japan

いEnglish version

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き ょ う い くいいんかい茨城県教育委員会
Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education

This introduces general elementary school life in Japan. It depends on the area you live in and theschool you go to. If you have any questions, consult with your local government or school teacher.

★ School system ★

★ In order to go to school comfortably ★

○ There are public and private schools.
○ The school year is from April to March next year.
○ As for holidays, there are Saturdays, Sundays, national
holidays, summer holidays (Late July to August), winterholidays (Late December to early January) and spring
holidays (Late March to early April).
○ There is no repeat grade, so classmates are the same age.
○ Textbooks are free of charge.
(There is a charge for reference books.)○ The number of class hours per day and thetime to go home are different depending on
the day of the week and the grade.
○ They eat lunch with classmates at school.
○ There are classes in the morning andafternoon including school lunch.
○ They clean with their classmates.

○ Please adjust their lifestyle (Go to bed
early and get up early).
○ Please try to have a balanced diet.
○ Please let your child get used to Japanese food.
○ Please tell your homeroom teacher about food allergies,
things your child can't eat religiously or culturally.
○ Please share the vaccination and health condition
with the school.
○ Please contact your homeroom teacher frequently.
○ It is better to make friends with Japaneseparents so that you can consult them when
you are in trouble.
○ Please create opportunities to study at preschool (Initial Japanese Language Instruction
for Pre-School Students) and Japanese
language classes.

★ School rule ★

❤ Please cherish your native language ❤

○ When you are absent from school, pleasecontact the school around 8 o'clock.
○ They make a group with their neighborhoodseniors and go to school with them.
○ They make a group with their friends of the same
grade in the neighborhood and go home together.
○ Don't dye child's hair.
○ Do not wear accessories such as pierced earrings.
○ If the schools uniforms are designated, children
should take classes with uniforms on.
○ They wear gym clothes in PE class.
○ They change their shoes into theslippers and enter the school building.
○ They bring textbooks in a school bag ("Randoseru").

○ At home, parents should use the language they are best at.
○ It is said that if the language at home grows well,
Japanese also grows well.
○ If a child can think about abstract words andconcepts in his native language,he can understandthem by replacing them with his native language,
even if he doesn't understand them in Japanese.
○ What you can do at home to foster a child's native language・ Create an environment connected to native
culture such as letters, food, costumes,
photos, music, movies and dramas.
・ Please read a book to your child.
・ If there is a native language class,please let your child go.

Publish : February ２０２１
Edit : Lifelong Learning Division, General Affairs andPlanning Department, Ibaraki Prefectural Officeof Education
Preschool and Family Education Promotion Office〒310-8588 978-6 Kasaharacho, Mito-city, Ibaraki
TEL 029-301-5132◆ Home Education Support Navi ◆”Sukusuku Sodate Ibarakikko”(Grow up healthy,Ibaraki Children)
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・”Hiyoko(Chick)”, ”Clover”
Mobile version☑ Parenting check◆ Cheerful greeting□ Does your family greet each other cheerfully?
□ Do you say "Good morning" "Good night.""Thank you." "Itadakimasu." "Gochisousama."?
◆ Balanced diet
□ Do you have breakfast with your child?
□ Do you feed "home taste"?
◆ Fun parenting□ Raising children can be difficult.
Do you sometimes relax?
□ Do you consult with someone close to
you about parenting worries?
◆ Way of scolding□ Do you acknowledge or praise your child morethan you scold him?
□ Do you act as a role model for your child?
□ Do you try not to get angry dependingon your emotion?
◆ Lifestyle habit□ Do you let your child fall asleep late atnight in accordance with adult lifestyle?
□ Do you wake up your child early?
(Early rising leads to early bed.)◆ Important communication□ Do you let them play in nature?
□ Do you value your neighbors?
□ Do you have time to relax with your child?
◆ Let's make family rules!
Rule 1
Rule 2”Hiyoko””Clover”
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Rule 3

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Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education

Sample Class Timetable for 1 Week after Entering Elementary School
Monday, April 6
Coming toschool

Morning
8:10～8:30

18:40～9:25

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Wednesday, April 8teacher's reading)Classroom activity/
Classroom activity
Japanese language
Learn how to spend
Learn how togreet and answer time in a classroom，Introduce oneself

Japanese language

School event

Learn how to hold Physicala pencil properly， measurement
Write one's nameClassroom activity/
Life

Mathematics/Art

Physical education(School year)

Entrance ceremony Learn how to usethe toilet andlockers

Draw a picture，
Sort the pictures
into categories

Play onplaygroundequipment

Classroom activity

Japanese language/Music(School year)
Art

Get to know

Get to know

Sing a song

10：40～11:25 homeroom teacher classmates

11:30
Classroom activity Life
Parent and a child4
Take a tour of ago home together. Learn how to
11:35～12:20
prepare lunch
school building

School lunch(lunch)Thursday, April 9

Friday, April 10

Parent and a child Children make a group with their neighborhood seniors and go to school with them.
go to school
Preparation of school Preparation/Read
Preparation/School School song
together.
materials
aloud (listen to asong practicepractice/Morning

School event
9:35～10：20

Tuesday, April 7

meeting
Life/Japanese language

Get to know
classmates' name5Leavingschool

Home Education Links
You can access the following sites from the link collection of Ibaraki
Prefecture's Home Education Support Navi "Sukusuku Sodate Ibarakikko"★ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
・ School Attendance Guidebook for Foreign Students
・ A collection of links to support studies★ Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education
・ Entering Nursery and School Support Leaflet (6 languages version)★ Ibaraki NPO Center Commons
Mathematics

・ Consultations on school attendance and advancement ofstudents with overseas roots Others

Link to homeeducation
related site

Learn how to writenumbers★ Ibaraki International Association

Mathematics

Japanese language/Music(School year)★ Kanagawa International Foundation Child rearing support site for foreign residents

Sort the picturesof cards into
categories

Read a book witha teacher/Sing asong

Morality

Life/
Japanese language

Think about fun
things at school

Learning Hiragana(character)・ Living Information for foreign people
・ Counseling Center for Foreigners Others
・ For Foreign Residents "Child Rearing Charts for Foreign Residents: FromPregnancy and Childbirth to Entering Elementary School" Others★ Aichi University of Education, Foreign Students Support Resource Room・ Nursery guidebook ・ Elementary school guidebook ・ Junior high school guidebook
・ Before Entering Japanese Elementary School for International Families (life version) Others◆ Consultation about sudden illness or injury ◆Children eat lunch in the classroom with their homeroom teacher and classmates.

Classroom activity Classroom activity Classroom activity Art
13:20～14:05

茨城県教育委員会

English version

Learn how toleave school

Get to know theschool song

Learn about classwork

Draw a picture ofa favorite thingChildren make a group with their friends of the same grade in the neighborhood and gohome together.

★ Activities at Elementary Schools ★
○ At first, it may not be the same subject for 45 minutes, but it may be
a combination of related learning contents for about 15 minutes.
○ School activities include the activities that children have beenfamiliar with at nursery schools and kindergartens ,such as reading aloud and playing with hands.
○ School teachers keep close contact with each family
by grade's letters, contact book and phone call.

★ Ibaraki Children's Emergency Telephone Consultation＜24 hours a day, seven days a week＞
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http://kodomo-qq.jp/index.php?pname=n8000%2Fp12★ Emergency Medical Information Control Center＜24 hours a day, seven days a week＞
・ ０２９－２４１－４１９９【Ibaraki Prefecture Emergency Medical Information System】
https://www.qq.pref.ibaraki.jp/★ Poisoning No. 110
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https://www.j-poison-ic.jp/110serviece/★ Drug Consultation Room
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Link to theconsultation
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