Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
横浜中華学院
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About
Overseas Chinese school in Yokohama, Japan, aiming to teach Chinese and pass on Chinese culture. Teaches Chinese, Japanese and English from grade 1 and runs classes through senior high school.
Key facts
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Curriculum
Own curriculum
Ages
Ages 6–18
Language
Chinese, Japanese
Type
Foreign national school
- Founded
- 1897
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Mid-year entry
- Possible
Curriculum and academics
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Strengths
- Languages
- Performing arts
Student support
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- English support (EAL)
- Yes
- Mother-tongue programmes
- Chinese
Campus and school life
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Facilities
- Sports field
Sports
- Basketball
- Dodgeball
Arts
- Light music
- Calligraphy
After-school activities
- Basketball
- Dodgeball
- Traditional culture
- Light music
- Calligraphy
- Japanese remedial study
- Eiken English test prep
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More details
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The essentials
Additional learning support
Senior high offers a remedial study system to support learning.
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Country affiliation
An overseas Chinese school aiming to teach Chinese and pass on Chinese culture. The elementary curriculum follows Taiwan's standard guidelines.
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Diving deeper
Uniform
A new school uniform was introduced in 2003.
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Governance and ownership
The school is run by the board of the Yokohama Chinese Academy school corporation.
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Academics
Curriculum
Elementary follows Taiwan's standard and references Japan's national guidelines. Senior high follows Japan's guidelines to prepare for Japanese university entry.
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Wellbeing
Social and emotional learning (SEL)
Emphasises character and moral education, aiming for balanced development across five areas: moral, intellectual, physical, social skills and aesthetic.
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English as an additional language (EAL)
A special support class for newly arrived transfer students aims to help them pass Japanese proficiency exams.
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Parent experience
History
Traces its roots to an 1897 proposal for Japan's first overseas Chinese school. Became a school corporation in 1968 and completed a new building in 2020.
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Community
Draws on the culture of Yokohama's Chinese community and aims to contribute to local prosperity and development.
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Facilities
Sports facilities
The grounds were upgraded to an all-weather sports field in 1993. Sports clubs include basketball and dodgeball.
- All-weather sports field
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Extra-curricular activities
Arts and creative
Has light music and calligraphy clubs and takes part in writing, calligraphy and art competitions.
- Light music
- Calligraphy
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Cultural and language
Runs traditional cultural activities such as lion dance, dragon dance and folk dance.
- Lion dance
- Dragon dance
- Folk dance
- Chinese speech contest
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Languages
Language provision
Students study Chinese, Japanese and English together from grade 1.
- Chinese
- Japanese
- English
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Admissions
Admissions
Transfer entrance exams are held in September and January, and application guidelines for new grade 1 students are published.
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Location
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