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Winter Break Reading

Winter Break Reading We love snowy days! Winter break and snowy days are a perfect time to dive into some reading. Make some hot chocolate, turn Netflix off, grab a new book and jump into your imagination!...

Ice Skating

Ice Skating Imagine a school where you can go ice skating at Christmas! Zoe – the school you wished you went to!...

Enjoying Winter Sports!

Winter Fun! We are blessed in Yokohama to have great parks, play areas, and field trip locations all around our school! It might be winter, but we are making the most of the great outdoors!...

Cross Country

Cross Country Congratulations! Congratulations to all of our students who competed in the cross country race today! Great weather and wonderful memories!...

Fall Festival

Fall Festival We had a blast celebrating our Fall Festival a few weeks ago! Complete with costumes, games, and flashlight reading!...

All About Plants

All About Plants! Grade 1 students have been learning about how different plants have different needs to survive, and going outdoors identifying different plant parts!...

Cross Country Practice

Cross Country Practice Cross Country is coming up! Cross country is where students run a race which over natural terrain in the open air!...

Spelling Bee!

Spelling Bee Congratulations! Congratulations to all students competing at our Spelling Bee this week! You did well and kept cool under pressure!...

Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee P.E. is fun! After cross country practice we like to have fun! What a great day for ultimate frisbee!...

Coding during STEM

Learning How To Code Programming class during STEM During STEM this semester Zoe students are learning how to plan and code apps. “An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.”...

Every Voice Is Heard

Every Voice Is Heard At Zoe we value each students voice and love to hear from every student during class!...

Swimming time!

Swimming time! Rain, hail or shine, students love swimming this term during PE...

Swimming at PE

Swimming at PE Let’s enjoy Summer! Let’s stay safe this summer and we hope you get a chance to practise some of your swimming skills from PE!...

Summer Holidays!

Summer Holidays We hope everyone is enjoying the summer holidays! Our fall term starts at the end of August and we can’t wait to see you soon! We do have limited places available for new students so message us or visit...

Team Work Makes the Dream Work!

Teamwork makes the Dream Work! Teamwork makes the Dream Work! This Saturday 7/17 we have an Open House for interested families. Teamwork makes the Dream Work! This Saturday 7/17 we have an Open House for interested families. 10AM...

PE – Swimming

Swimming at PE We love PE on Wednesdays! Strong bodies, strong minds!...

Daily Reading

Daily Reading Did you know that reading daily stimulates your imagination and enhances your creative ability? Our lower elementary students love group reading and reading to each other at the end of each day!...

Local Zoo Field Trip

Local Zoo Field Trip Students had fun at the local zoo this week as part of their STEM subject on ecology Students had fun at the local zoo this week as part of their STEM subject on ecology! Who wishes you could join them on one of...

Lunch in the park

Lunch in the park So much fun! Students love being able to have lunch in the park and play (when it’s sunny!) Zoe – “the school you wished you went to!”...

Endangered Animals

Endangered Animals Students had fun learning about endangered animals Students had fun learning about endangered animals making models and brochures and are looking forward to visiting the zoo next week! Did you know bottlenose...

String Telephones!

String Telephones Does sound travel better through a solid or through air? We’ve been having fun making string telephones this week to find out!...

New Planners!

New Student Planners! We have new planners! We are learning to be independent and organized! Students are writing down their goals and important things to remember each day. It’s just one way we are learning for life!...

PE on Wednesdays

PE on Wednesdays Sports are fun! Students love PE on Wednesday afternoons! Team “Cheetahs” were the winners this day. We are developing soccer skills this season and looking forward to swimming and tennis later this year!...

Introducing our head of elementary

Introducing Our Head Of Elementary Introducing our head of elementary, Sarah Castle! Sarah will join us at Zoe International School from April and brings a wealth of experience as a specialist in literacy and teaching English as a...

We are a CAJ (Christian Academy Japan) Affiliate School

Christian Academy Japan Affiliate We are pleased to have become an Affiliate School of CAJ ( Christian Academy in Japan)! This enables our students to have access to a variety of resources and events, and provides support, consultancy...

Our Uniforms Have Arrived!

Our Uniforms Have Arrived! Presenting our new uniforms! We can’t wait to welcome our first students in April! Applications are now open for our Yokohama campus and online campus! Apply Now...

Extra Support for Learning English as an Additional Language

Extra Support for Learning English as an Additional Language Are you looking for extra support for learning English as an additional language? Are you looking for extra support for learning English as an additional language? We’ve got ...

Are You More Than Your Grades?

Are You More Than Your Grades At Zoe International School, everyone has a chance to shine. You are so much more than your grades! At Zoe International School we know that academic grades are important. But they don’t always tell the wh...

Our STEM Curriculum

Our STEM Curriculum Students of today; leaders of tomorrow. Did you know that after most students graduate, they will likely have a job that doesn’t yet exist, using technology that hasn’t even yet been invented? AI specialists, clou...

Does Online Learning Work?

Does Online Education Work? Our online campus for students in grades 3-12 is launching in April! There has been a huge shift to online learning recently. Research suggests that in addition to actually enhancing learning, online students ...

ABCD Daily Schedule

ABCD Daily Shedule What does a typical day look like for our students? We have 4 sessions in each day: A, B, C, and D! A: “All-In” – Warm-up for the day with your classmates and teachers. Some encouragement from the Bible and time to...

Design Thinking

Design Thinking Design Thinking is all about creating solutions to real-life problems. All great innovators use Design Thinking – in the arts, engineering, business, science… in every field! Our unique curriculum is based on Design Thi...

Introducing Genius Hour

Introducing Genius Hour Genius Hour is part of our weekly schedule. It’s just one way for our students to become curious, motivated, and creative learners. Choose something you love, research, plan, record your progress, and present yo...

Why Choose an International School?

Should we go with an international Education or Japanese education? One question we hear often at Zoe International School is "what are the benefits of an international school?". As the cost is more than a local school, this is an...