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https://www.spreaker.com/episode/8563345


School: New International School of Japan. Country: Japan.
The New International School of Japan is in Tokyo. It was founded in 2001 to meet the needs of  international residents in Japan. The school helps new children adapt to a new education system.
It is accredited both by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Council of International Schools, and it is a member of the Japan Council of International Schools, the Progressive Education Network and the Coalition of Essential Schools. At New International School, the children maintain and develop their social and academic skills, creativity and independence. The students learn bilingually: in English and Japanese. There are two full time teachers for about twenty children. All the students learn to play the violin by ear, physical education includes International Tae Kwon Do, and Mandarin Chinese is offered as an elective subject. The school has got a library, a stage, classrooms and a sports center.  The school began for children from age 3 to Grade 9 and then extended to Grade 12 from August 28, 2014. The students learn the subjects through team-taught multiage classes, a resource-based thematic approach, and a combination of whole group, individual, center-based and project-based activities. On Saturdays there are extra English classes. The school has got a mascot, a logo and a song. Some activities include: the Snow Day, musical performances, the Science Technology Week or the Spring Carnival. The differences between this school and my school are: Our classes are only in Spanish, we haven’t got violin, Tae kwon Do and Mandarin Chinese as subjects. Also we do not have extra classes on Saturdays. Our similarities are: we also have a library and two teachers for each group of twenty students. Other examples include the fact that the way students learn in this school and in mine is similar and we work on projects together with some classmates too. The focus is on the interaction and the solution of problems to acquire new knowledge. I think that the school is interesting because it can help you integrate more than other schools, there are students from all over the world and you can go skiing and learn strange languages, but one thing that I do not like is the tuition fees because they are very expensive and not everyone can afford them. From my point of view it can be fun to be a student there because you can meet many different people and you can learn from them many interesting facts, habits, meals and traditions. Anyway, I prefer my current school because I already know it and I am familiar with the director, the teachers and the other students and it is near my house so it is very easy and comfortable, not like in a big city as Tokyo.