Seiritsu International Education

Hello hello! Laurence here.


And so a new school year has begun. Classes don’t actually officially start before May 9th, but it doesn’t mean that Teresa and I haven’t been keeping busy! First of all, the end of the school year meant reports: Teresa and I both did a complete report of all the activities we tried out in our classes so far, as well as what we want to try out this year!


We also worked on upgrading and making materials for the English and International departments as well as materials the English Conversation Club can use. We scanned and copied kanji cards, laminated new flashcards. I even helped making a bookshelf!


We also took part in a project about talking to foreigners in English, ending in Asakusa where we took the kids so they could ask other foreigners questions and take pictures with them! It was a long day under the sun, but a lot of fun.


The English Conversation Club presentation also ended up being a wild afternoon overall, having to present in front of all the new high school students eight times, but we did manage to attract a lot of new club members and it just motivates me to make interesting activities for them every week even more.


More recently, we have been involved in setting up the brand new Seiritsu Gakuen Extensive Reading Room. It took a lot of time and we’re still not completely done yet as we have still not acquired all the books we want for the room, but other than that the room is looking very good and I’m really proud of what we accomplished in such a short period of time. Laboriously removing all the labels from the books, cleaning them, sorting them, listing them in our inventory, creating peer recommendation cards and decorations and finally putting it all together in the classroom: veni ,vidi, vici.


We are now in the last stretch before classes start, so my final tasks are to meet all the teachers and get ready for my first classes! Wish me good luck!


-Laurence