Annual Events and Off-Campus Activities

Keio Yokohama Elementary School holds various seasonal events amid a rich natural environment. While obviously paying attention to the quality of daily lessons, we also think it important to provide excursions, sports meets, concerts and other events for the pupils to enjoy in cooperation and harmony with each other during the annual cycle.

We also devote energy to off-campus activities; our multiple overnight trips focusing on practical experience and activity, in particular, are initiatives that involve the whole school. Outside the home environment, the pupils develop a sense of independence and leadership, and learn the spirit of cooperation. It is not hard to imagine that these will serve them as practical skills in their future lives. Although we positively incorporate a diversity of events and off-campus activities, we also ensure a good balance, so that the pupils are not too busy with events. Meanwhile, we provide opportunities for presentations on the outcome of daily lessons in various forms throughout the year. Finally, we make time for evacuation drills in readiness for a major disaster, and engage in other activities between different grades. In the process, the pupils develop an awareness of crisis management and the sense that they are individuals within an organization.