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The Japanese School Singapore

Coordinates: 1°18′01″N 103°46′09″E / 1.30025°N 103.76919°E / 1.30025; 103.76919
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The Japanese School Singapore
シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう
The Japanese School Primary School Clementi Campus
Address
Map
Secondary: 201 West Coast Road
Singapore 127383

Clementi: 95 Clementi Road
Singapore 129782

Changi: 11 Upper Changi Road North
Singapore 507657

Singapore
Information
TypeElementary and junior high school
Grades1–9
Websitehttps://www.sjs.edu.sg/

The Japanese School Singapore (シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう, Shingapōru Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Singapore, covering elementary and junior high school levels. There are two separate elementary schools of the JSS in Clementi and Changi, while junior high school division is located in West Coast. As of 2013 this Japanese international school is the largest overseas Japanese school in the world.[1][2]

The Japanese School Singapore is located in Singapore
West Coast
West Coast
Clementi
Clementi
Changi
Changi
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Campuses

History

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The original school was founded in 1912 and opened at 131 Middle Road. At the time, one teacher taught 28 students. A new school built by The Japan Club, now known as The Japanese Association, opened at 155 Waterloo Street in 1920. As of 2014 the Stamford Girls' School is located at that site. Prior to the start of World War II the school had moved to several different sites: Bencoolen Street, Wilkie Road, and Short Street. In 1941, when the war started, the British Army closed the school. When the Japanese occupied Singapore, the government opened the Shonan First People's School. In 1945 the British re-took Singapore and closed the Shonan school.[3]

A Japanese school facility opened in 1964 at what is now the Newton Post Office on Bukit Timah Road. It closed in July 1966. In September 1966 the Japanese government officially re-established the Japanese school with 3 teachers and 27 students. At first it had only primary school and was located in a residential building in Dalvey Estate. This facility closed in March 1968. In April 1968 the school moved to Swiss Cottage Estate, the black and white bungalow. The secondary school opened in 1970. The primary school and the secondary school at Swiss Cottage Estate closed in July 1971. The school moved to West Coast Road, where it opened in August of that year. In 1971 the school had 171 students. In 1976 this number increased to 588. Due to the increase in students and the strain on the existing campus, the school's West Coast campus closed in March 1976 and the school moved to a newly built campus Clementi Road.[3]

In 1984 construction was completed a new secondary school campus on West Coast Road. During that year about 2,000 students attended the campuses of the Japanese school. In April 1995 the Japanese Primary School Changi Campus opened, taking grades 5 through 6, while the Clementi campus served grades 1 through 4. Beginning in April 1998 the two primary schools began functioning as separate 1–6 campuses with different principals. As of April 1998 there were a total of 2,445 students and 163 teachers in the school system, with 993 students at the Changi primary campus, 836 students at the Clementi campus, and 616 students at the secondary campus.[3]

Divisions and campuses

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Changi campus

The 20,825-square-metre (224,160 sq ft) Clementi Campus has served as the school's headquarters after the Clementi and Changi primary schools were separated in 1998. This campus is across from the National University of Singapore. The campus includes an auditorium, a gymnasium, two libraries, an audiovisual studio, a laboratory, a sports field, a computer laboratory, a swimming pool, two playgrounds, music immersion rooms, a pet corner, and rooms for specialised studies including home economics, music, and arts and crafts. The campus includes heritage rooms for the display of historical items and books and photographs valued by the community.[4]

The 44,100-square-metre (475,000 sq ft) Changi Campus was built to resemble a traditional Japanese house. The campus includes an auditorium, a gymnasium, a multi-purpose hall, and rooms for specialised studies including English conversation, music, and arts and crafts. The campus also includes a display room for international programmes.[5]

The Japanese Secondary School is located in the West Coast Campus. Most first year students at the junior high school level had matriculated from the elementary school division of the Japanese School Singapore. Some students entering the first year of junior high school had previously attended schools in Japan. The 17,015-square-metre (183,150 sq ft) junior high school campus includes a gymnasium/auditorium, a library, a swimming pool, a sports field, a tennis court, computer laboratories, a playground, audio-visual rooms, specialised studies rooms for arts and crafts and for music and arts, a science laboratory, a language laboratory.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ben-Ari, Eyal and John Clammer. Japan in Singapore: Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows. Routledge, 4 July 2013. ISBN 1136116184, 9781136116186. page unstated (Google Books PT34). "The biggest Japanese school in the world is in Singapore."
  2. ^ Hui, Tsu Yun. Japan and Singapore: A Multidisciplinary Approach. McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), 2006. ISBN 0071256237, 9780071256230. p. 278. "The Japanese school in Singapore has become the largest school of its kind outside Japan;[...]"
  3. ^ a b c "A BRIEF HISTORY." (Archive) The Japanese School Singapore. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ^ "CLEMENTI CAMPUS." (Archive) The Japanese School Singapore. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ "CHANGI CAMPUS." (Archive) The Japanese School Singapore. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  6. ^ "WEST COAST CAMPUS." (Archive) The Japanese School Singapore. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

Further reading

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(in Japanese) Online access

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  • Nagasawa, Atsushi (永沢ながさわ 敦志あつし; 前ぜんシンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう教諭きょうゆ・青森あおもり県けん浪岡なみおか町立ちょうりつ浪岡なみおか中学校ちゅうがっこう教諭きょうゆ). "シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう中学ちゅうがく部ぶでの3年間ねんかん : 学級がっきゅう担任たんにん・学年がくねん主任しゅにんとしての海外かいがい子女しじょとの関かかわり." 在外ざいがい教育きょういく施設しせつにおける指導しどう実践じっせん記録きろく 22, 95–98, 1999. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
  • Hosoya, Yuji (細谷ほそや 祐司ゆうじ Hosoya Yūji; 前ぜんシンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう中学ちゅうがく部ぶ教諭きょうゆ・奈良なら県けん大和郡山やまとこおりやま市立しりつ郡山こおりやま中学校ちゅうがっこう教諭きょうゆ). "シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう(中学ちゅうがく部ぶ)での選択せんたく理科りかの取とり組くみ : 不思議ふしぎ発見はっけん!小麦粉こむぎこワールド." 在外ざいがい教育きょういく施設しせつにおける指導しどう実践じっせん記録きろく 23, 15–18, 2000. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
  • 伊藤いとう 正延まさのぶ. "シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうに勤務きんむして (海外かいがいの日本人にっぽんじん子女しじょ教育きょういく)." The Monthly Journal of Mombusho (文部もんぶ時報じほう) (1135), 63–65, 1972–01. ぎょうせい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 笹川ささかわ 清きよし喜き, 山路やまじ 進すすむ, and 波多野はたの 和彦かずひこ. "TV会議かいぎシステムによる海外かいがい校こうとの交流こうりゅう学習がくしゅうの試こころみ : シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうとの交流こうりゅうを通とおして." Informatio : 江戸川大学えどがわだいがくの情報じょうほう教育きょういくと環境かんきょう 10, 51–59, 2013–03. Edogawa University. See profile at CiNii.
  • 間瀬ませ 靜夫しずお. "世界せかい最大さいだいのシンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうから世界せかい最小さいしょうのグァテマラ日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうへ." Singapore (シンガポール) 2010(1), 29–36, 2010–03. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 坪井つぼい 健司けんじ. "イベント報告ほうこく 第だい11回かい シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB&OG懇親こんしん会かい." シンガポール = Singapore (268), 39–41, 2014. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 坪井つぼい 健司けんじ. "イベント報告ほうこく 第だい9回かい シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB&OG懇親こんしん会かい." シンガポール = Singapore (259), 39–42, 2012. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 坪井つぼい 健司けんじ. "イベント報告ほうこく 第だい5回かい シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB&OGハイティ." Singapore (シンガポール) 2008(3), 36–38, 2008–09. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 関口せきぐち 茂しげる. "イベント報告ほうこく その1 第だい3回かいシンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB懇親こんしん会かい報告ほうこく." Singapore (シンガポール) 2006(3), 37–41, 2006–09 . 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 関口せきぐち 茂しげる. "イベント報告ほうこく その2・第だい2回かいシンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB懇親こんしん会かい報告ほうこく." Singapore (シンガポール) 2005(3), 31–34, 2005–09. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 関口せきぐち 茂しげる. "イベント報告ほうこく シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB懇親こんしん会かい." Singapore (シンガポール) 2004(3), 37–41, 2004–09. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • "イベント報告ほうこく 第だい4回かい シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうOB&OG懇親こんしん会かい." Singapore (シンガポール) 2007(3), 35–39, 2007–09. 日本にっぽんシンガポール協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
  • 継つぎ田でん 昌博まさひろ (北海道ほっかいどう札幌さっぽろ市立しりつ幌ほろ北きた小学校しょうがっこう・シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう小学しょうがく部ぶクレメンティ校こう(前まえ)). "シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこう小学しょうがく部ぶクレメンティ校こうの英語えいご教育きょういく(第だい7章しょうその他た)." 在外ざいがい教育きょういく施設しせつにおける指導しどう実践じっせん記録きろく 28, 152–155, 2005. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
  • 山田やまだ 晃あきら. "KANSAI発はつ 明日あしたへのメッセージ 自由じゆうにはばたけ、生いき生いき子こどもたち!!シンガポール日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうと総合そうごう的てきな学習がくしゅうの時間じかんの展開てんかい." 消費しょうひ者しゃ情報じょうほう (309), 1–3, 2000–03. 関西かんさい消費しょうひ者しゃ協会きょうかい. See profile at CiNii.
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