2025 NIS Summer Program!
Primary ‘Adventure Through Time’ and Middle School ‘STEAM’ Summer Programs for 2025!
NIS is excited to offer two weeks of fun-based learning during Summer 2025! This year’s Summer Program will provide an opportunity for students from Kindergarten to Grade 4 to experience the wonders of the past and also to wonder about the future, and for students in Grades 5-8 to explore the fascinating worlds of science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Our programs will offer hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences that will challenge and inspire your child to think creatively and critically. Students will have the opportunity to build their own confidence while collaborating with peers.
The goals for the 2025 Summer Program are to foster greater global understanding among our younger children, and to support the middle school students to gain important knowledge and skills in STEAM. For all ages, the daily activities will encourage children to develop confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities in line with the NIS school mission.
Primary Program: "Adventure Through Time"
On each day over the two weeks, children in different age groups (Kindergarten, Grades 1+2, Grades 3+4) can express their language, artistic and physical skills while learning about a chosen time period.
Week 1: Exploring the Past Prehistoric Times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance
Week 2: Imagining the Future The Age of Exploration, The Industrial Revolution, The Space Age, The Digital Era, The Future World
Middle School Program: STEAM
During each week, the two age groups will focus on a particular science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics area to complete a project.
Grades 5+6: (1) Inquiry into Sound (2) Examination of Pulley Systems
Grades 7+8: (1) Everyday Chemistry (2) Forensic Science Mystery
Daily Schedule
Each day begins with a variety of short warm-up activities planned by our NIS high school student leaders. Three learning sessions with NIS teachers follow, in which students engage in theme-based activities using their imagination and creativity. The final session brings the class groups together for fun-filled games and activities to close the day in a positive mindset. Students also have morning, lunch and afternoon breaks to spend free time with new friends from around the world.
Enrollment Eligibility
Admission to the NIS Summer Program in 2025 is open to students aged 5-14 (i.e. students entering Kindergarten through grade 8) as of September. Eligible students must currently fall into one of three categories:
(1) studying full-time in an international school (within an English-language based curriculum) AND also not enrolled in the Japanese school system; or
(2) a Japanese returnee student returned within the last two years after studying outside Japan within an English-language based curriculum; or
(3) a multi-national/multi-cultural child with sufficient English language skills to participate because one parent is an English-speaker in the household.
Participants for all sessions must submit a completed application form.
English is the common language at NIS and also during the Summer Program. Summer Program students are expected to be "English-Speakers", with an understanding of English sufficient enough to allow them to participate with enjoyment in all activities and follow directions safely.
While we of course value the development of all languages within our multilingual community, students in the NIS Summer Program are expected to engage in their learning using English during the structured program sessions but are welcome to use their home language during free time.
Students may be asked to withdraw from the program (or denied enrollment) if it is deemed that the English level of the student does not qualify for full participation.