Just make sure they know that you’re visiting-and not joining-as you’ll be subject to all the obligations of a normal club member if they think you've signed up! Often the teachers in charge of the clubs will invite you to check them out, and maybe even participate. It’s worth noting that, as a teacher, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to visit these clubs and see how they work, and what sorts of things they actually get up to. Regardless of the club, students are required to attend every day, and participate in events after school, on weekends and even during holidays. The variety and number of clubs depends on the size and resources of the school, but they're often related to sports, music, art and hobbies.
In junior high school, all students are strongly encouraged to join an after-school club to help foster friendship with schoolmates and teachers, and develop a greater sense of loyalty and belonging to the school. This brings us to after-school club activities, or bukatsu-do, often simply shortened to bukatsu. Classes are typically 50 minutes long, with four in the morning, a break for lunch, and then two in the afternoon, though sometimes classes will be shortened to 45 minutes to make time for assemblies. Throughout the day, teachers float in and out of the rooms to teach their assigned subjects, with students staying put. The concept of a homeroom also isn’t strange in Western education, but a homeroom at a chu-gakko is the room where assigned students will have all of their classes except gym, cooking, art, and some science lessons. It often feels like once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.Įvery student in a public junior high school will wear a school uniform that, while similar, is unique to their school. They’re rectangular, multi-floor buildings with a large school ground for sports activities, and may have various other facilities like a pool. It's also worth noting that junior high schools in Japan all look relatively similar, regardless of their location throughout the country. Class sizes vary depending on the area, but are typically between 28 to 40 students per class. At a JHS in Japan, the grade levels are first year (ichi-nen-sei), second year (ni-nen-sei) and third year (san-nen-sei), respectively. However, naming conventions for school years in Japan are a bit different, as they refer to the time spent at a particular type of school, not the overall time in the education system. At a JHS in the United States, for example, you’ll typically find students between the ages of 11 to 13 in grades six, seven, and eight, respectively.Īt a junior high school in Japan, also called a chu-gakko (literally, middle school), students are usually between the ages of 13 to 15, and it covers the seventh, eighth and ninth years of a student’s education. Post-elementary school education in Japan is a little different from its Western counterpart, which can be confusing at first.
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