OYIS is happy to announce will be running our Intensive Program over 3 weeks this summer! Focusing on the topics of Art, Books & Authors, and Superheroes, the immersive English environment is a great choice for your child this summer. Daily activities include Art & Craft, Literacy time, Inquiry-Based learning, PE lessons, and Discussion time.
Applications open 10 am, on June 1st.
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The OYIS Intensive Program has a cross-disciplinary focused approach, throughout the course each day. Our intensive program is a stand-alone week-long program of fun, theme-based curriculum to engage the children collaboratively with their peers. This particular approach lends itself to an enjoyable atmosphere with less of an emphasis on the academic elements of learning.
We will be holding an OYIS Intensive Program Information Session to provide information for those interested in the upcoming Summer
Yearly intensives
Fluent English-speaking staff
Annual External Students
Campus Locations
Ages 3-4 yrs
Ages 4-6 yrs
Ages 6-8 yrs
Ages 8-10 yrs
Ages 10-12 yrs
Welcome / Greetings / Weather / Numeracy /Theme Language / Movement / Games
Stretching & Warm up / Activity / Cool Down
Science / Technology / Engineering / Experiments / Maths / POEs / Art Exploration
Theme Related - Math / Phonics / Sentence Structure / Reading / Writing
Lunch
Creativity / Imagination / Experimentation / FMS Development
Theme Related - Math / Phonics
Theme Related -Children’s Book/s
prepare for dismissal
As part of STEM Week within the Winter Intensive Program in December 2020, our students planned out and created their own Stop Motion animations. They did an amazing job and we are really proud of their efforts! Check out their fantastic videos here.
During the year we hold one Excursion as part of the intensive programs. Having the children participate in an excursion where they have the opportunity to learn English enables them to be able to use the language they have developed and practiced over the course of the year.
The Takahashi Family
Intensive Parent
Our son went to YMCA for the first time for their last Intensive [the Spring Intensive in 2021] and the staff warmly welcomed him. The staff understood his feelings and personality well and as a result, were able to respond to his anxieties and desires.
The Curriculum
The Themes of the Spring Intensive were Fairy Tales and Insects. He made crafts and did activities related to dragons, crowns, magic wands, and insects every day and was able to explain happily and proudly what each of his creations were. From what he produced, I felt the curriculum focused on a number of different types of skills. I felt that the staff must have thought about so many different things when they created the curriculum.
Also, having looked at a number of programs and schools, no other program has the inclusion of an excursion using the school bus. My son emptied his lunch box and slept soundly every night. He had so much fun! I was very happy to see his happy sleeping face each night.
I was also impressed by the staff's attention to detail. For example, changing his dirty clothes and shoes. Although, it's a trivial matter, it is the sort of thing that is important to parents. I felt they were watching the child with great care to notice it. I also felt I could leave my son with no worries.
In addition, after the first week, my son's English proficiency improved surprisingly. I was very surprised, "In just four days?" "Where did you remember such a phrase?" I wasn't the only one to notice the change either. Even his grandparents were delighted to notice his growth in English. After the second week, his proportion of speaking English at home increased dramatically.
The OYIS Spring Intensive had a consistently wonderful curriculum that helped children develop their English proficiency, artistic skills, overall general knowledge, and their communication skills. All the Teachers and Assistants are professionals and the school is full of warm and friendly staff.
The Ito Family
Saturday & Intensive Parent
We decided on the OYIS Intensive Program and their Saturday Program to help support our son in being a person with an international perspective, to give him a range of choices in his life, and increase the chance of a range of experiences in the future. Since he started with the OYIS External Programs, his English pronunciation has been improving, he has become to be able to speak in longer sentences, and is now more able to communicate in either English or Japanese depending on the situation. My son enjoys not only the lesson based on the workbooks but also the more active part of the day where he is learning such as Art & Craft, Music, and P.E.
We have seen the development, not only in his language output but also his general demeanor and spirit as he now shows more of a positive attitude and tries to be more kind with caring to people around him every day - which amazes us. We appreciate the warmth, kindness, and support of his teachers who are always friendly and gentle.
PE is a 30-minute block that takes place for each group of students each week either in the gym or outside. Our PE teacher (Ms. Hall) works hard to ensure the students get a range of different activities each week that develop and strengthen their Gross Motor Skills (GMS).
Engagement can be explained generally as the interest and attention levels of the students in the class. Participation levels, how they interact with the material, how they access it, and the passion they show for it as they are taught in class. It also can more generally refer to the motivation that the students feel for school and education.
Journaling as a skill for students helps children express themselves, and supports their ability to organize their ideas and thoughts in a structured and more clear way. Journals reflect the students’ ideas, opinions and interests.
Phonics refers to the sounds each of the letters individually [for example ‘a’] in the alphabet make, and the sounds letter combinations [for example the ‘tion’ in station, ‘ch’ in chair and ‘ai’ in rain] make.
Sight Words are a major new element of our Saturday Program in the 2021-2022 school year. Sight Words are high-frequency words that appear within the English language. Universally, there are two different main lists that are referred to; the Dolch and Fry lists.
We wanted to email you regarding concerns in the community involving the steady increase of COVID 19 cases in Osaka and the growing discussion surrounding the potential ‘4th Wave’. IN keeping with this, we wanted to take the opportunity to inform you of the precautionary measures we continue to implement to ensure the safety of the students whilst they are in our care.
Preparation time unpack your bag / Activity Time – coloring, FMS, Free Play
Singing, Dancing, Games, Vocabulary, Numeracy.
GMS development
Introduce new letter & sound / digital support materials / introduce new related vocab
Fruit break / Toilet Time
Learning technology
Numeracy / FMS / Topic Focus / Literacy
Lunch time.
Playground play.
FMS development / Scissor Skills / Theme Based
Numeracy / FMS / Topic Focus / Literacy
Toilet / Discussion / Story Time
For students aged 4 to 6 years old with a focus on fun and engagement in an English immersive environment, students will participate in a range of activities including singing, dancing, theme activities, art and craft, story time, basic social and life skill development and Phonics. The students also have the opportunity to participate in P.E. and IT lessons that have been specifically tailored to the age group.
Preparation time unpack your bag / Activity Time – coloring, FMS, Free Play
Numeracy / FMS / Topic Focus / Literacy
GMS development
Fruit break / Toilet Time / Transition
Activities that are related to the Theme or seasonal content that help develop and support the learning that area
FMS development / Scissor Skills / Theme Based
Lunch time.
Playground play.
Technology learning time.
Activities that are related to the Theme or seasonal content that help develop and support the learning that area.
Toilet / Discussion / Story Time
Preparation time unpack your bag / Activity Time – coloring, FMS, Free Play
New vocabulary introduction, Sight Words focus, Theme language, conversation-based learning
Focus on specific content within the week’s designated workbook pages, also included the pre-teaching of content
Fruit Snack / Break Time
Eating lunch
Playground Time
Students at this level are exposed to an immersive English environment where they can study grammar, literacy and spoken English in fun, engaging lessons with the friends. They have weekly IT and P.E. lessons that are geared towards their age group’s GMS developmental needs.
Preparation time unpack your bag / Activity Time – coloring, FMS, Free Play
New vocabulary introduction, Sight Words focus, Theme language, conversation-based learning
Focus on specific content within the week’s designated workbook pages, also included the pre-teaching of content
Playground time
Eating lunch
At the oldest grade levels, the students not only participate in weekly IT and P.E. lessons and they too also learn within an immersive English environment where one of our experienced Saturday teachers supports their literacy and spoken English skill development. Through more thorough focus on sentence creation and basic structure, teachers are able to focus on more specifics with each child, fine tuning not only their spoken but also their written English.
Preparation time unpack your bag / Activity Time – coloring, FMS, Free Play
New vocabulary introduction, Sight Words focus, Theme language, conversation-based learning
Focus on specific content within the week’s designated workbook pages, also included the pre-teaching of content
Fruit Snack / Break Time
Playground time
Eating lunch
