Japan days / weeks
Nobel School, Hertfordshire
Japanese Week at Nobel School
May 2008
Year 9 students were given the privellege of having a Japanese element to their normal school timetables. Kagemusha Taiko Drummers were invited to do a Taiko Workshop in which local primary schools in the area also participated.
Dragon School, Oxford
Year 5 Japanse Sports Afternoon
April 2008
A Japanese sports day was held at Dragon School for the year 5 pupils. The usual egg and spoon race and potato sack relay were replaced by traditional Japanese favourites such as the 3-legged race and a papier mache dragon shuttle relay.
Roding Valley High School, Loughton
Japanese Cultural Event
June 2007
200 year 8 pupils participated in 3 days of Japanese cultural workshop activities. Some of the things included were dance, language and calligraphy
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Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, Gloucestershire
Year Seven Activity Days - Orient Expression
June 2007
Two days of Japanese cultural learning including making Japanese style kites and a Taiko workshop
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Thornbury Primary School, Plymouth
7, 5, 3 Festival
November 2006
For three days the whole school abandoned their regular timetable and pupils in every Year Group got involved in various activities around Japan.
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Beavers Community Primary School
Japanese Super Learning Week
June 2006
The school offered a week of activities on Japanese culture for children, including taiko drumming, Japanese tea ceremony, calligraphy and karate.
Lostwithiel Primary School
Japanese Cultural Day
June 2006
The Japanese Day was aimed at providing children throughout the school with an introduction to Japanese life and culture.
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Stourfield Junior School
Japan Arts Week
May 2006
An arts week for Year 5 children.
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St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull
Japan Day
July 2005
A day of activities for Year 8, encompassing a variety of activities ranging from taiko and martial arts to language, cookery, drama, geography and history.
Hamworthy Middle School, Dorset
Japanese Activity Fortnight & Exhibition
June/July 2005
A fortnight of work on Japanese arts, culminated in an exhibition and performance for parents and the local community.
Lady Manners School, Derbyshire
Japan Days
June 2005
Two days of Japanese language, pottery, cookery, calligraphy and lecture on business in Japan.
Vita et Pax Preparatory School, London
Japan Week
28 February - 4 March 2005
During the event, organised to celebrate the culture and traditions of Japan, almost all lessons were given a Japanese flavour. The week included an introduction to Go, a performance of taiko drumming by Joji Hirota, a Samurai dance in PE and a sushi-making workshop led by Japanese parents.
Ellesmere Primary School
Arts Week
February 2005
The school invited Taiko West to perform and provide a series of workshops for pupils from Years 3 to 6 as part of their Arts Week. The group also provided a talk on the history of taiko drumming and gave a demonstration.
Brook Field Primary School, Swindon
Multiarts Week
February 2005
The school organised workshops on Japanese theatre as part of a Multiarts Festival. Pupils from Years 5 and 6 responded enthusiastically to Noh Drama, Bunraku puppet theatre, Japanese story-telling, and Kabuki. The worked during the week to make puppets, produce scripts and music, and then gave performances to the rest of the school.
Muxton Primary School, Telford
A Celebration of Japanese Life
November 2004
An exploration of Japanese culture and society involving 350 pupils. Visiting artists provided workshops in kite-making, origami, Japanese language, calligraphy and taiko drumming. Parents and members of the local Japanese business community in Telford also participated during the week.
The Cherwell School
Year 9 Japan Day
November 2004
Around 350 Year 9 pupils participated in the event, which involved a series of interactive workshops on origami, calligraphy, kimono, food, language, games and drama. Workshops were staffed by local Japanese volunteers and lunchtime sessions on karate and koto-playing were open to all students and staff. The Japan Day received local press and TV coverage.
Arts Learning North West
Japanese Super Learning Festival (Tanabata)
July 2004
A day for 300 children from across the North West of England to celebrate and experience Japanese culture through participation in workshop activities and performances. This was the culmination of a wider arts project taking place in each of 10 different schools.
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Beverley High School, East Yorkshire
Japanese Day and Concert
July 2004
A day of activities for Year 10 pupils, including cookery, taiko drumming, kite making, origami and language classes. The day concluded with an open air performance by Mugenkyo taiko open to pupils, parents and friends.
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Amigos Multi-cultural Pre-school, Brighton
Japanese Week
June 2004
Through a week of activities based around the festival of Tanabata, under-5s at this multi-cultural pre-school learnt about the Japanese way of life, language, stories, songs and origami.
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Similar projects supported include:
The Kings School
Japan Day 2008 (June 2008)
St Ivo School
Year 9 Japanese Experience (June 2008)
University of Sheffield Japan Society
Japan Day 2008 (April 2008)
St Anne's Church Leicester - Mission Focus Group, Leicester
Japanese Cultural Weekend (April 2008)
Balfour Junior School, Brighton
International Week (March 2008)
Kaetsu Educational and Cultural Centre, Cambridge
Japan Day 2008 (March 2008)
Herefordshire Council, Hereford
Destination Japan (March 2008)
Draycott Community Primary School
Weald of Kent Japanese Week (March 2008)
New Haw Community Junior School, Surrey
Japanese Arts Week and follow-up activities (February 2008)
Weald of Kent Grammar School, Kent
Weald of Kent Japanese Week (February 2008)
Edward Feild Primary School, Oxford
Japanese Week (February 2008)
Willington School, London
Joji Hirota and Taiko Drummers (February 2008)
James Allen's Girl's School, London
Japanese drumming workshop by Taiko Meantime (February 2008)
Heathside School, Weybridge
Japan Day (January 2008)
Middle Barton School, Oxon
"Japan" - Curriculum Enrichment Fortnight (December 2007)
Impington College, Cambridge
'Japanese Noth Theatre Workshop Day (November 2007)
St Micahael's CE Primary School, London
Japan Week (November 2007)
Caldicotes Primary School, Middlesbrough
Caldicotes Scool Japanese Cultural Awareness Week (July 2007)
Church Stretton School, Shropshire
Activities Week 2007 (July 2007)
Caludon Castle School, Coventry
Japan Day (July 2007)
Barnard Grove Primary School, Hartlepool
Japanese Week (June 2007)
Aylesbury High School, Bucks
Japan Day (June 2007)
St. NicolasŐ Primary School, Taplow
Japan Week (June 2007)
Backwell School, Bristol
Enrichment Week 2007 (June 2007)
Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College, Rugby
Japanese Week (June 2007)
Univeristy of Sheffield, Sheffield
Japan Day (May 2007)
Grove Junior School, North Somerset
International Creative Arts Week (May 2007)
Kings Grove School, Crewe
Japan Day Year 9 (May 2007)
Mobberley CE Primary School, Cheshire
Japanese Enrichment Day (March 2007)
Balfour Junior School, Brighton
International Week - Y4 Japan (March 2007)
Frith Manor Infant School, London
Ourselves, Our Culture (March 2007)
Chantry high School and Sixth Form Centre, Suffolk
Year 8 Japan Day (February 2007)
Much Birch Primary School, Hereford
A Japanese Day (February 2007)
Fellgate Primary School, Jarrow
Japanese Theme Week (November 2006)
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Japan Day "East Meets West" (July 2006)
South Wolds School, Notthingham
International Day (July 2006)
Lady Manners School, Bakewell
International Month 2006 - Japan (July 2006)
St. Ivo School, Camebridgeshire
Y9 Japan Day (July 2006)
Cleeve School, Cheltenham
Y8 Japan Day (July 2006)
Aylesbury High School
Japan Days (June/July 2006)
St. Pius Xth RCVA Primary School, Durham
Exploring Japan Week (June 2006)
Elmfield Primary School, Durham
Japan Week (May 2006)
Grove Junior School, North Somerset
International Creative Arts Week, Y6 Japan (May 2006)
Peases West Primary School, Durham
Japan Week (May 2006)
Kirk Merrington Primary School, Durham
Japan Study Week (May 2006)
West Cornforth Primary School, Durham
Japanese Week - Haiku Event (May 2006)
St. Georges College of Technology, Lincolnshire
Japanese Cultural Day (March 2006)
Balfour Junior School, Brighton
International Week (February-March 2006)
Kaetsu Educational and Cultural Centre, Cambridge
Japan Day (March 2006)
St. John's Primary School, Lancashire
Japan Week (March 2006)
Much Birch Primary School, Hereford
Japanese Cultural Day (February 2006)
Three Bridges Infant School, West Sussex
Japanese Enrichment Week (January 2006)
Holy Trinity CE Primary School, London
Peace & Reconciliation Week (November 2005)
Japan Society of Northern Ireland, Co Down
Mini Matsuri (A Japanese Festival)(September 2005)
Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls
Japanese Day (July 2005)
Cleeve School, Cheltenham
Japan Day (July 2005)
The Humberston School, Grimsby
Introduction to Japanese Culture Day (July 2005)
Southend High School for Girls
Insight into Japanese Culture (July 2005)
Grove Junior School, Somerset
Japan Week (May 2005)
Heron's Moor Community Primary School, Somerset
International Creative Arts Week (May 2005)
Cavalry School, Cambridgeshire
'Exploring Japan' Creative Arts Week (May 2005)
Kaetsu Educational and Cultural Centre
Japan Day (March 2005)
Bury Lawn School, Milton Keynes
Japanese Week (March 2005)
Bartholomew School, Oxford
Expressive Arts Day (November 2004)
Leicester Japan Society, Leicester
Japan Day (November 2004)
Finedon Mulso C E Junior School, Wellingborough
Japanese Culture Celebration (June - July 2004)
Aylesford School, Maidstone
A Japanese Experience (July 2004)
Bexleyheath School, Kent
Japan Day (July 2004)
Dartmouth Primary School, Devon
Japan Arts & Culture Term (June 2004)
Eastcote Primary School, Kent
Japan Focus Week (June 2004)
Dereham Neatherd High School, Norfolk
Japanese Immersion Day (June 2004)
St Michael's CE Middle School, Exeter
Japan Day (June 2004)
Scarcroft Primary School, York
Japan Week (May 2004)
Grove Junior School, Nailsea
International Creative Arts Week (May 2004)
Japan Society of Brighton & Mid Sussex
Japan Society Launch Day (April 2004)
Plymouth High School for Girls
International Day (March 2004)
Tamarside Community College, Plymouth
Japan and Geography Day (March 2004)
Hollygirt School, Nottingham
Kaki Tree Project (March 2004)
The Cherwell School, Oxford
Year 9 Japan Day (February 2004)
Woodlands School, Basildon
Japan Week (January 2004)
Lochend Community High School
Matsuri! (November 2003)
Association for Language Learning - Essex & East Anglian Branch
Primary Japanese Day (November 2003)
St Chad's Primary School, Lichfield
Geography World Wide Week (October 2003)
Glenmoor School, Bournemouth
Japan Day (July 2003)
University of Sheffield Japan Society
Japan Day (June 2003)
Westfield Middle School, Bedford
Japan Day (May 2003)
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