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Ennovation & Entrepreneurship As part of teaching around innovation & entrepreneurship, in term 1 to officially open the G1 Love Family Mart. Friends from higher grades were very supportive! On the last day of term, we counted up all the money and found that we had a total gross of 4,611 yen. We then had a discussion about how they …

Summer Field Trips Students had the best time on their well-deserved end-of-term summer field trips!   Our school is designed to follow the Japanese school year and seasons, so vacations are planned at the best times for expats to visit family abroad and for local families to make the most of the weather in Japan.   Enjoy your summer vacation …

Over 25 Nationalities! Did you know at Zoe we have over 25 nationalities represented across our students and staff? This week G2 invited parents to come and enjoy student presentations about their culture. They did so well, and are developing into confident public speakers!

Our Unique School Right from the start of Zoe we wanted to create a new type of international school for the local and expat community in Yokohama.   -A school where all families could feel welcome – even if parents couldn’t speak English well, or were both Japanese. This is why we welcome all nationalities and offer Japanese admin support. …

G1 “Love Family Mart” G1 students have been working together to create a mini-store that could offer healthy snacks to Zoe students during breaks.   They have come up with the name “G1 Love Family Mart” and some ideas of what healthy products they want to sell.   First, they conducted a small survey for G2-12 – they were confident …

Tennis has started! We’ve started playing tennis for the 2nd half of term 1 for all grades! Students from G1 onwards will start off with the basics, ball skills, and drills before moving to play games against each other. Developing PE skills is an important part of developing as a child and a healthy life!

STEM Projects & Museum Field Trip Our STEM field trip to the Mitsubishi Industrial Museum was a blast for G5-6! They were excited and curious to explore the museum. We started our next STEM design project by observing plants and how they grow which integrates with our science module this term.

Nogeyama Zoo Trip Some of our elementary students had an unforgettable experience to see some animals at the Nogeyama Zoo demonstrating their special abilities and ways of communicating with each other.   They took on the challenge of answering questions about the animals that would lead them to their treasure.   Many rushed to see the animals t find the …

PTA Crossing Guard Thank you to our PTA community for helping keep our kids safe while crossing the road to school!  

HopscotchDoes anyone remember playing “hopscotch” as a kid? For some of our middle school students, it was their 1st time. Thanks Mr Portillo for the pointers!