Kamome Class
Introduction
Recently, there have been an increased number of children who came to Japan
from foreign countries, and children who were born in Japan to their immigrant
parents. In many cases, they have difficulties in getting used to their
school environment because of the differences in language and culture.
Kanazawa International Lounge offers Japanese classes and supports these
children. It is subcontracted from Kanazawa-ku to support children to learn
Japanese as their second language.
Kamome Class Calendar
Please refer to the leaflet for April,2023-March,2024:Click here
Please refer to the schedule for April,2023-March,2024:Click here
Japanese Classes for Children
①Kamome Class
| Class | Location | Day of Week | Time |
| 1 Kamome Tuesday Class | Office Kanazawa（Kanazawa Sport Center） | Tuesday | 16:00－18:30 |
| 2 Kamome Thursday class | Lumbini -つながりのにわ- | Thursday | 16:15－18:25 |
| 3 Kamome Friday Class | Namiki Community House (Namiki Daiichi Elementary School） | Friday | 14:30－16:30 |
| 4 Kamome Saturday class | Lumbini -つながりのにわ- | Saturday | 09:10－12:30 |
1) Kamome Tuesday Class
At Office Kanazawa, we provide Japanese language support and learning suport
at a time which is suitable for Junior High school students to participate.
Date: Every Tuesday, 16:00-18:30
Location: Office Kanazawa (inside Kanazawa Sports Center)
Nearyby Station: Seaside Line Namiki Chuo / Keihin Kyuko Tomioka Station. For further detail,
please refer this map.
Fee: none
Volunteers conduct individual learning depending on the students` abilities.
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2) Kamome Thursday Class
Lumbini つながりの庭 class provides Japanese language support and learning suport
at a time which is suitable for Junior High school students to participate.
Date: Every Thursday, 16:１5-18:25
Location: Lumbini つながりの庭 1st floor behind Kanazawa Jr.high schoool
Fee: none
3) Kamome Friday Class
We provideJapanese language and learning support to students at Namiki
Kita Community House.
Date: Every Friday, 14:30-16:30
Location: Namiki Kita Community House (inside Namiki Daiichi Elementary School)
Nearby Station: Seaside Line Namikikita / Keihin Kyuko Tomioka Station
Fee: none
Volunteers conduct individual learning depending on the students` abilities.
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4) Kamome Saturday Class
We teach Japanese language to students in Kanazawa Ward on the 1st floor
of Lumbiniつながりの庭..
Date: Every Saturday, 9:10 to 12:30
Location:Lumbini つながりの庭 1st floor behind Kanazawa Jr.high schoool
Fee: none
Japanese language classes for adults are also held in parallel. (Held at
International Exchange Class of Yokohama City University )
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② Assisting foreign children at schooll
In response to requests from the school, we provide learning support, Japanese
language support, and Native language support during and outside of classes.
We provide Indroduction of staff support for initial adaptation, learning support through Native Language and Japanese language learning support.
Volunteers who support learning in Japanese are called "Kamome supporters",
and volunteers who support learning in Native Language are called "Native
supporters".
Kamome classroom supporters are volunteers who have been registered as
"Japanese language learning support volunteers for children in Kanazawa
Ward", who have mainly attended the "Japanese language learning
support volunteer training course for children connected to foreign countries"
held in year 2010. ..
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Training for Volunteers and Skill improvement courses
We are planning to hold a step-up training course for the purpose
of improving the Japanese teaching ability of Kamome classroom supporters.
We also plan to hold volunteer training courses for experienced Japanese
language teachers and other teachers with the aim of increasing the number
of volunteers.
Recruitment of Kamome classroom supporters
We are looking for volunteers who want to teach Japanese to students.
Interested in volunteering for a short time? If you are interested, please
contact Kanazawa International Exchange Lounge at 045-786-0531. Waiting
to hear from you ! ! !
About School Life
１、 Entrance Ceremony
It is held on April 5th. Parents and children dress suitable for the event.
Things to bring on the day of the entrance ceremony
☆Admission Notice
☆Uwabaki, (shoe used inside the school)
☆Uwabaki ire (a bag for Uwabaki)
☆Tesage(an extra bag)
２，Things tp bring to schoool
| ランドセル school backpack  |
うわばき inside shoes  |
うわばきいれ bag for inside shoes  |
ぼうさいずきん disaster protective hood  |
| てさげ Hand bag  |
たいそうぎ P.E.uniform  |
あかしろぼう red and white reversible cap  |
ぞうきん duster  |
| ふでばこ pencilcase  |
３，School life
☆ School starts on the following day of the entrance ceremony.
☆ School lunch starts in a few days after an entrance ceremony.
☆ Students should take home and wash the gown and cap used for serving
school lunches on the weekend. They need to bring them back to school on
Monday.
☆ All students must participate in cleaning school campus.
☆ Japan is a country with frequent earthquakes, so schools conduct disaster
prevention drills.
４，Learning : The school has following subjects
Japanese Language Mathematics Life Environmental Studies
Physical Education(P.E.) Music Art/crafts Moral education
Class activities
５，School Events(in-General)
April, May: Entrance Ceremony, Health Checkup, School Trip
June, July: ◎Sports Festival, Swimming classes
July-end to August-end: Summer holidays
September, October : ◎Sports festival, Field study
Around 25-Dec to 07-Jan : Winter holidays
March : Graduation ceremony
Around 25-Mar to 04-Apr : Spring holidays
○ Event dates depend on schools
○ ◎Sports Festival occurs either in Spring or Autumn
○ Students bring their own lunch ‘’Obento’’ for the Sports festival.
There is a tradition of eating together with family members on Sports Day
At the school in your area, there may be events before you enter the school.
November: Preschool health checkup - Health check for children scheduled
to enter school Around February: School briefing session. Explanation of
entrance ceremony, school life, preparation, expenses, etc.
If you need an interpreter on the day of the event, please contact the
Kanazawa International Exchange Lounge window at 045-786-0531.