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2025 Annual Report
Environment, World heritage/intangible cultural heritage/regional cultural properties, Human rights, Welfare, Sustainable production and consumption
Our school’s educational goal is “Vibrant, Smiling Yatsuo Children—Children with Initiative, Children Who Engage Well, Children Healthy in Body and Mind.” This shares the same philosophy as UNESCO’s “Four Pillars of Learning.” We report the specifics for this academic year below.
1. Day to Experience Traditional Culture
Yatsuo Town in Toyama City hosts two festivals: the Hikiyama Festival and the Etchu Owara Kaze no Bon Festival. Our school established a “Day to Experience Traditional Culture.”
Hikiyama Festival… Each grade level visits six Hikiyama floats within the town and experiences the “tuning run” before the main event.
Owara… Students danced with parents at the sports festival. During the week before the Kaze no Bon festival, upperclassmen taught the dance to lowerclassmen. Through these opportunities, students become familiar with Owara and cultivate a love for their hometown.
2. Life Studies and Integrated Studies Time: Creating Connections with the Community and People
〇 First Graders: “Friends with Living Things”
Students observed creatures on the school grounds and raised insects in their own cages. They cared for rabbits inherited from the second graders.
〇 Second Grade: “Let’s Grow Vegetables”
They cultivated vegetables they chose themselves, taking initiative in the process. Guest teachers were invited to teach about fertilizing and pest control. Through cultivation, they developed a heart that values plants.
〇 Third Grade: “Discovering Yatsuo’s Treasures: Floats & Silkworms”
We raised silkworms. Guest teachers were invited to teach us about the town’s culture, which flourished through sericulture, and the community’s commitment to utilizing mulberry leaves.
〇 Fourth Grade: “Discover the charm of Owara”
We researched Yatsuo Town’s traditional event, the Owara Kaze no Bon Festival. We conducted research at the Owara Museum and asked questions to museum staff. They also interviewed parents who dance Owara or play the festival music, reflecting on why Owara has endured for so long.
〇 Fifth Grade: “Let’s Be Friends with the Nursery School Children”
They visited the nursery school in their district, whose children will enter Yao Elementary next year, and interacted with them. They prepared for the exchange by consulting nursery teachers beforehand about the developmental stages and play activities of the incoming children.
〇 Sixth Grade: Vertical-Grade Activities
To foster meaningful connections and the joy of getting along well, we conduct whole-school mixed-grade activities.
Particularly, 6th graders, organized into mixed-grade groups spanning grades 1-6, clearly taught younger students how to practice for the sports festival and line up properly. During the weekly “Waku Waku Time” (mixed-grade group activity time), they actively encouraged their group members. Through dialogue within the group, students demonstrated respect for each other’s opinions while striving to fulfill their own roles.
3. Environmental Education
Fourth graders applied what they learned in social studies lessons on “Where Does Water Come From?” and “Waste Management and Utilization” to undertake environmentally friendly actions at home. Each student chose at least one personal challenge, such as “Turning off lights in unused rooms” or “Bringing an eco-bag when shopping.” Through this learning, they developed an interest in environmental issues and cultivated the ability to take proactive steps for the environment.
Annual Work Plan
・By linking ESD principles to comprehensive learning time, individual subjects, and school events, we focus on themes such as community understanding, human rights, and welfare. This aims to cultivate children’s ability to perceive familiar issues as personally relevant, think independently, and take proactive action.
Furthermore, through community partnerships and experiential learning, we foster awareness as future leaders of a sustainable society while sharing learning outcomes both within and beyond the school.