Just like the lower grades, there are four lessons in the morning followed by two in the afternoon, but classes are five minutes longer, which means that the school day lasts 30 minutes longer . The afternoon is devoted to scientific experiments and biology. Middle school students grow vegetables in home economics class. Sometimes, the children share their harvest with the cafeteria kitchen . For lunch, all the pupils and teachers gather in the school's spacious cafeteria.
Students sit at tables arranged by school year.
Students take turns setting tables, wearing white aprons. The menu consists of daily specials and rice or bread. Once a month, we get to choose our own menu items. The student union at the Otaki School is quite active. There are seven divisions, including those for administration, books, welfare, landscape gardening, and communications.