All posts tagged "Top of the Class"

  • “LESS IS MORE,” says Camelot International Primary School

    The newest addition to affordable international schools in town Japanese family who chose an international education for their son to prepare him for a future global job was interviewed recently on NHK. When asked what made them...

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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  • United School of Tokyo makes an attractive offer

    Choosing an international education means being prepared to shell out two million yen or more in annual tuition. But this new school offers families an option to prohibitive tuition fees. nternational schools in Japan are expensive and,...

    • Posted November 10, 2014
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  • What 15-year olds know and what they can do with what they know

    he title is the subject of OECD’s study measuring the knowledge and skills of high school students belonging to the 15-year-and-3-month up to 16-year-and-2-month age range from participating countries and how the results will impact their present...

    • Posted November 1, 2014
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  • Mom from New York opens a school inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia

    New Yorker Sybrina Ignatieva-Wada came to Japan in 2008 for a one-year visit after her university studies  in New Zealand.  Smitten by Japan, she decided to make it her home. Sybrina founded tinyHappy Garden  International School for...

    • Posted August 11, 2014
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  • Mom with a passion for quality education, starts an international school.

    Mami Hioki lived for six years in England and the Netherlands where she had raised her three children. “I realized having children in an international environment is a valuable experience,” says Mami of her past expat life....

    • Posted July 12, 2014
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  • There’s a new school in town! TOKYO CREATORS KIDS

    okyo resident Isaac Schulz recently opened a special space in Shibuya where aspiring little Van Gogh or Steve Jobs can leave reality behind and discover infinite ways of thinking and playing. TF catches up with Isaac to...

    • Posted June 9, 2014
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  • Born to Teach

    reg Selfe has three loves: his family, Japan, and teaching. Seven years ago, he owned two educational development companies in Vancouver, Canada which he sold to make a permanent move to Japan. His involvement in education did...

    • Posted May 7, 2014
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  • A Vision for Change

    n 2001, he adopted a new approach to education to suit the changing needs of the new generation. He founded  New International School, one of today’s most renowned international school groups in Tokyo, creating an oasis of...

    • Posted March 10, 2014
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  • What to look for in a pre-school

    Looking after your children’s needs in the first two years is relatively easier compared to the task of looking for a good preschool.  That’s because there are too many things to consider for families especially those new...

    • Posted December 17, 2013
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  • Future job skills

    Over the coming decade, we will be seeing a major transformation in the workplace.  Virtually every domain of our lives will be dominated by smart machines.  Repetitive tasks that were once the domain of humans are gradually...

    • Posted December 15, 2013
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  • Early Childhood Education – The ELC way

    “Children learn through guided discovery, and they take responsibility for their own learning by posing study questions and then experimenting to draw conclusions about the world around them. Caskey points out that this approach to early childhood...

    • Posted December 15, 2013
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  • Tips towards the successful launch of a new school year

    If you visualize time off school during the summer months as a mountain, you may or may not be pleased to realize that you are more or less at the peak, and will soon be making the...

    • Posted September 11, 2013
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  • Skype Classrooms Becoming the Norm

    Japanese language teachers are now reaching out to students who want to take a course but lack the time to commute to school via SKYPE classrooms. One Japanese teacher says, “It’s pretty good considering the money students...

    • Posted August 7, 2013
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  • Language Study

    I went to a travel agency last week to have my family’s travel dates changed. The person who took care of my booking was away so I had assumed that the boss was there to assist me....

    • Posted May 12, 2013
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  • Tokyo International Kindercare opens

    A welcome addition to international schools in the Azabu area is the newly opened Tokyo International Kindercare,  a full time pre school and kindergarten located in Higashi Azabu .  Billed as a school offering world-class education yet...

    • Posted May 8, 2013
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  • Why Mandarin classes for kids?

    Tokyo parents are turning to Mandarin classes to have young children get a headstart in a language believed to make a difference in the future global job market. China’s Ministry of Education announced that nearly half of...

    • Posted May 7, 2013
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  • Tokyo International Players Youth Program

    Now in its third successful year, the Tokyo International Players Youth program will be presenting the results of their theatre studies with performances scheduled for April 25th to 28th at Momo Theatre in Nakano. The students, aged...

    • Posted March 3, 2013
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  • School of rock: the American Guitar Academy

    The arts have always been an integral component in children’s education. Music, in particular, is a great medium through which students can create, experiment, and express themselves. Moreover, studies show that picking up a musical instrument and...

    • Posted February 3, 2013
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  • Chateau School: a new concept in international education

    The chic area of Omotesando is not only the mecca of fashion but also the new home to Chateau School. The building is reminiscent of a French chateau overlooking a miniature fountain.  Chateau School is not your...

    • Posted January 2, 2013
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  • English immersion in early childhood

    Raising a bilingual child is a goal of many parents in an international setting and research shows that students can gain additional cognitive, academic and employment benefits from speaking more than one language. Developing second language skills...

    • Posted December 30, 2012
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  • An eye to the future: Will your child find a job when he graduates from college?

    Parents told us that to succeed in life, we must go to school, finish college, and get a good job. Period. That’s the basic idea parents taught children generation after generation.It worked for years until decades later...

    • Posted December 30, 2012
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  • Rethinking Japanese learning

    Many foreigners arrive in Japan with just a vague knowledge of its language. The distance between their current skills and the level they aspire to reach may look as long as the road separating Narita Airport and...

    • Posted September 28, 2012
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  • AXIS International School

    AXIS is one of the few international schools that admits to a limit, children whose mother tongue is not English.  We asked its headmaster Daniel Mahr as to what learning options are available for children there. TFM:...

    • Posted August 30, 2012
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  • Reggio Emilia, the innovative approach

    The initial learning phase from birth to age 8 is crucial to achieving an effective outcome to a child's development. The Reggio Emilia Approach encourages students to learn in a self-guided manner through exploration and discovery.

    • Posted July 31, 2012
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  • JoliArts

    In the world of children’s education, one cannot deny the importance of the arts. Nurturing creativity and bolstering independent thought while being incredibly fun, both the performing and visual arts have come to be fundamental in a...

    • Posted May 1, 2012
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  • Summer school programs

    It is still a few months away before the summer break but parents may already have started their to-do list.  Much of what goes on that list depends on how parents feel about a three-month school break. ...

    • Posted April 2, 2012
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  • English made easy

    Sarah meets the innovative mind behind the Effortless English Club to discover some of the secrets to starting – and maintaining – a successful language learning business. Fans have dubbed him "the great English teacher", but AJ...

    • Posted March 1, 2012
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  • We are not native English speakers but our daughter became one. Here’s what we did.

    My wife and I come from countries where neither Japanese nor English was spoken.  My wife speaks Italian and I speak Spanish but we both speak the language of the other.  We communicate with each other in...

    • Posted January 31, 2012
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  • Educating today’s kids: what’s on offer?

    There are many factors as well as diverse choices to consider where best to send children to school in Japan. Japanese schools and International schools both offer advantages.

    • Posted December 30, 2011
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  • Duckling class

    Photo © Elena Derevtsova   Are 1-2 year old kids too young to go to preschool?    Some parents  struggle with a decision thinking that pushing their children towards a structured learning environment at such an early...

    • Posted December 1, 2011
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