Overview of the school

1.   School name: ToyohashiMunicipal Shiota Elementary School

The seal of thisschool, drawn waves and a rising bird, is designed from the letter「汐」. This simple seal gives people impressions of clean and fresh. Andthe seal means a wish that children grow up to be promising ones with strongheart. The left part「シ」is designed the image that 3 districtin the school zone, Higashiwaki, Seibu, Matsushima, are united.

2.   Location,etc.

50-1 Kitashota,Murocyou, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi prefecture 441-8087

TEL:0532-47-3220  FAX: 0532-44-1383

URL: http://www.shiota-e.toyohashi.ed.jp/shiota-e/index1.htm

E-mail: shiota-e@toyohashi.ed.jp

【Access】

Take the Toyotetsu Bus, Murojunkan line, get off the busat Higasiwaki and walk 500 meters to the south.

3.   School size

(1)  Number of classes: a total of 15 classes including 12 regularclasses, and 3 special needs classes

(2)  Number of staff: a total of 30 including the principal, onevice-principal, one office manager, 20 teachers, one school nurse, 3 part-timeteachers, 2 supporters and one janitor

(3)  Number of children: a total of 421 children including 215 boys and 206girls

4.   Education of this school

(1)  History of this school zone

This school was opened in 1990 split off from and becameindependent of Muro elementary school because of the students increase so thisis relatively new school in Toyohashi city.

     The look of school buildings are designedas a sea bird with spread wings, wishing to be a symbol of new school zonewhich is surrounded by nature and smell from nearby sea.

     Class rooms are divided by moving partitionwall. On the other side of corridor which goes along with class rooms, thereare large spaces called “multi- purpose space”used for meetings or studies. The nest of one-year-grade studentclasses, there is small step-down style hall used for small presentations orshows.

     On school zone, the land readjustment isproceeding. New roads and houses are created by day by day and neighborhoods ofschool are changing very fast.

(2)  School slogan

“Study well and play well”

The ideal of our students

A child who can SHIft into the top gear when study.

A child who is Obliging to others.

A child who is Tough.

(3)  Management policy

a. to keepcheerful and vibrant educational environment regarding children as the core.

b. to take account of fundamental and basic learning and to havechildren willing to study.

c. to enablestudents to hold warm and rich heart through a human communication

d. to teachimportance of lives and to develop students with healthy body and heart.

e. to haverelationships ofmutual trust between students and teachers and to conduct  educational activity with passion andaffection

f. to makeschool open to parents, guardians and people in school district and cooperatewith them for education by transmitting frequent information.

(4)  The focused effort of this school year

①   “A child who canSHIft into the top gear when study.＝a child who is eagerto study.”

(For makingstudents get solid academic ability)

・to keep rules of class strictly

・to conduct class which students can understand by teaching each smallclass units.

・to glow student’s ability of speaking by placing values on everyopinion in every class

・to make student try new experiences and to respect processes toreach each one’s goals

・to promote reading books which are useful to study

②   “A child who isObliging to others.”

    (For having students holdwarm and rich heart)

・to greet cheerfully “whoever, whenever, wherever”

・to support school life and understand students and to preventbullying or truancy

・to enable students to hold kind heart, recognize and respect othersby a substantial moral education

・to implement a singactivity for uniting hearts on songs

・“Every teaching”staff educates “every student”by sharinginformation and cooperating

③   “A child who is Tough”

(For safety,security and respect of life)

・to have children fix fundamental life habits

・to teach importance of lives and to develop student’s physical andmental strength

・to prepare students to act appropriately for emergency (disasters oroffenses)

④    For good coordination between school,household and region

・to glow students who love their region by practicing curriculummaking use of regional characteristic

・to meet parents and guardians sincerely on any situation

・to make school understood and get cooperation from parents,guardians and people in school district through PTA general meetings and schoolevents or by transmitting frequent school information 

・to make school environment safe and comfortable for students and toarrange region systems which keep students safe from emergency.