Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (CLSP) at GIIS Tokyo
A Learning Pathway for Secondary Education Students, Fostering Curiosity and a Lasting Passion for Learning
What is Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (CLSP)?
At GIIS, one of the curriculum options for secondary education is the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (CLSP). This prestigious international curriculum caters to students aged 11-14 years, forming part of Cambridge Key Stage 3. The CLSP is designed to develop exceptional skills, knowledge, and understanding in students who aim for an international learning path. GIIS guides students in exploring new abilities and developing the extraordinary skills necessary for life. The CLSP curriculum is available at our Higashi Kasai Campus, offering students a robust foundation for their educational journey.
Why choose CLSP?
The Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (CLSP) sharpens the knowledge and skills of students in grades 6, 7, and 8 (Key Stage 3). This curriculum identifies the exceptional skills required in learning objectives for English, Maths, and Science, allowing facilitators to model the curriculum them for higher qualifications like IGCSE and guiding them towards the right career paths.
CLSP at GIIS Tokyo
GIIS is a pioneering educational institution known for its high-quality education and ultra-modern facilities, balancing students' holistic development with its 9GEMS framework while maintaining a strong academic track record in curricula like the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (CLSP). This curriculum provides a foundation for students opting for an international pathway, building their skills in creative thinking, application of knowledge, and problem-solving.
Our smart classrooms are well-equipped with the latest smart devices and technologies, making students inquisitive and enabling them to choose the best progression options within the CLSP framework.
The CLSP curriculum at GIIS, often regarded as one of the best secondary level educations, is infused with innovative teaching approaches, well-structured textbooks, and excellent learning activities that enhance outcomes. Our award-winning 9GEMS holistic framework is deeply integrated within the CLSP curriculum, making GIIS one of the best Cambridge international schools in Tokyo.
Expert Teachers
Our Cambridge students are taught by experienced teachers who possess immense expertise in the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum and have won multiple awards in their respective disciplines. Our teachers undergo rigorous training to handle the children with ease and proficiency, ensuring the highest standards of education and student support.
CLSP Results
Our results have been the linchpin for GIIS being recognised as the best international school in Tokyo. The CLSP assessments, regularly conducted by our teachers, help gauge how well a student is equipped with knowledge rather than simply memorising content. GIIS' proprietary data analytics-driven assessment, called the 7S assessment, leverages our faculty's efforts to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a student and set customised learning paths.
As a top-notch Cambridge secondary school in Tokyo, offering the CLSP curriculum integrated with our distinctive 9GEMS holistic pedagogy, we empower students to showcase their intrinsic skills alongside academics. This all-round development of students has resulted in exceptional cyclic and term result accomplishments.
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The Learning Community
The powerful commitment to uniting a community of learners on one platform makes GIIS the best IB Primary school. Our high-quality learning approach develops the critical and creative thinking capabilities of students. We recognise students, their families, school staff, and all adults involved in learners’ lives as an integral part of the learning community. The PYP education enhances students' skills and knowledge, builds their learning profiles, and shapes them into internationally minded individuals.
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Data Analytics at GIIS
GIIS schools in Tokyo use a unique methodology to monitor the academic and non-academic progress of our students. We have developed methods and deployed technologies that provide raw data on students’ performance inside and outside the classroom. Data analytics in academics at GIIS is called the 7S method, where teachers and coordinators gather statistics on a student’s marks in seven different areas of development. This includes school, segment, section, subject, subject-teacher, student, and summary.
Assessments at GIIS
The GIIS community thrives with the involvement of parents, who play a key role in the success of the students. To build seamless communication and foster strong relationships with parents, our school conducts various events and activities such as meet-and-greet sessions, orientation sessions, parent-teacher meetings, one-on-one sessions, and more.
English as First Language
CLSP learners develop first language competency in English designed to succeed in any environment and promote cross-cultural understanding. The curriculum promotes an inquiry-based approach to learning, develops thinking skills, and encourages intellectual engagement. The programme is presented in five content areas or ‘strands,’ which are further divided into ‘sub-strands.’
Cohesive approach between Teachers and Students
Throughout the programme, teachers focus on formative feedback and the skills they want students to develop. When a given challenge is completed, teachers discuss with students ‘what went well’ and how they can improve further, allowing students to reflect on and enhance their performance. Students also produce individual research projects.
English Language Support (ELS)
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Programme Context
“It takes multiple years for English learners to gain a high enough level of language proficiency to perform on par with their native English‐speaking peers. English learners cannot wait until they are fluent in English to learn grade‐level content. Instead, they must continue to develop their math and reading skills as well as their knowledge of social studies and science, even while learning English.”
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At GIIS Tokyo campuses English proficiency is of the utmost importance. We recognize our students’ efforts and want to make sure they have the support necessary to become fluent global communicators. With that purpose in mind, in the year 2020 we introduced an English Language Support (ELS) programme at GIIS Tokyo.
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Programme Overview
The mission of our ELS programme is clear: to assist our non-native English speakers, as well as those students who may require additional support, in acquiring the desired level of English language proficiency.
The ELS programme is a value-added service, i.e., free of cost and available at our Higashi Kasai Campus for Grade 6-8 CLSP students.
GIIS offers several different curricula (CBSE, CLSP, IGCSE, IBPYP, and IBDP) across its campuses in Tokyo. Each of these curricula has specific frameworks and pedagogical approaches, and the ELS model has been tailored to suit each one.
What You Need to Know About Second Language Learning:
- Children can take up to ten years to become fluent in a second language.
- Children learn second languages in the same way they learn their first – speaking and listening, followed by reading and writing.
- While children are diverse and learn in many different ways, there are recognisable steps towards fluency that can be roughly divided into five stages.
- Children may work in more than one stage depending on the context, and learning is not necessarily a steady acquisition but rather a dynamic process of ever-changing needs.
- The role of translanguaging (using the mother tongue to better understand the second language) is vitally important.
- Children must be supported in the continued growth of their first language to better understand their second.
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Programme Structure
GIIS employs a hybrid push-in/consultant model for PYP ELS.
In this model, fifty percent of the PYP teacher’s time is utilised towards ELS in the classroom. This is a preset time that’s evaluated every three months in conjunction with the ELS teacher, the homeroom teachers, and the PYP Deputy Head.
The remaining fifty percent is spent in a consultant style, where the ELS teacher works with students and classes in a variety of ways, including:
- Scheduled short periods of intensive vocabulary building/targeted needs of individuals and small groups.
- A biddable schedule where teachers can sign up in advance for further sessions with the ELS teacher.
- Scheduled meeting slots with teachers for planning and preparation purposes.
- Assessments, data collection, and data analysis using our robust proprietary data analytics systems.
This second fifty percent is dynamic, responsive to shifts in need and focus, and respectful of children’s socio-emotional welfare.
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Identification of Students
Children are identified as in need of ESL support in a number of ways:
1. Identified during admissions
2. Identified by parents
3. Identified during classes
Identification will include the type of ELS support they will likely need and will be part of an ongoing conversation with homeroom teacher, ELS support teacher and families.
Children will be in the programme for differing lengths of time appropriate to their needs. They can also be identified at any time during the school year. Needs can vary and can include beginning, functional, inferential and metaphorical levels of understanding. A tracking system is used by the homeroom and ESL teacher that identifies levels of ability. The belief is that the child will benefit best from being with their peers.
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Schedule and Syllabus
To ensure high focus and tangible outcomes our ELS programme is well structured and comprises 3 groups.
Group E-G1 : Grade 6 (11-13 Years old)
Group E-G2 : Grade 7 (14-15 Years old)
Group E-G3 :Grade 8 (16-17 Years old)
GROUP E-G1, E-G2 : 2 classes / Week of 50 minutes each
GROUP E-G3 : 4 classes / Week of 50 minutes each
Our ELS lessons are extracts of “Cambridge Global English course book” series by Cambridge University Press, Stages 7-9. Cambridge Global English is an innovative suite of materials and content for young English as a second language learners.
It is based on Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), one of internationally recognized standard for language developmentEvery Child has a unique learning path. Check if CLSP is the right fit for your child.
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Subjects Offered for CLSP
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Class 6 to 8
- First language: English
- 2nd language: Japanese* 2 levels/ French
- Mathematics
- Science
- Cambridge Global Perspectives
- Computing
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The holistic approach towards education and the phenomenal facilities make GIIS the ultimate choice among international schools in Japan. We strive for excellence in both academic and non-academic activities. We provide outstanding opportunities to nurture the inherent talent each student possesses and make it mandatory for students to participate in any of our exceptional ECA or CCA activities.
Our wide range of remarkable activities includes indoor and outdoor sports, skill-based education, clubs, jockeying, videography, and more, which develop the social, physical, and team spirit abilities of the students.
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Craft club
Spelling and speeches
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Carnatic vocal
Spanish club
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CLSP or Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme is a secondary education curriculum offered for students in the age group of 11-14 years. It helps students to build the required skills and knowledge and be prepared to take further education in an age-appropriate way.
The CLSP curriculum in GIIS is offered to 6th, 7th and 8th graders otherwise called as Key Stage 3 in Cambridge . The main subjects offered are English, Mathematics, Science, the Cambridge Global Perspectives and ICT Starters.
The Cambridge Global Perspectives helps in building excellent skills like:
● Research
● Analysis
● Evaluation
● Collaboration
● Reflection Communication.
In the ICT Starters, our students can develop important skills with a range of applications like:
● Computer Programming
● Word Processing
●Digital Graphics
● Databases
● Spread sheets
● Emails
● Presentations
● Video Animations
● Internet
● Web Authoring.
English is offered as the first or second language and concentrates on the following content areas:
● Reading
● Grammar and Punctuation
● Writing
● Speaking and Listening.
Campus tour is a unique facility offered by GIIS and you can register for this in advance based on the time slots provided. Visit our website to register for a campus tour or talk to our executives.
Book a Campus Visit or Virtual Counselling and our counsellors who will guide you on the next steps of the process during the campus visit.
We give you the exclusive facility of talking to our counselors in person. We can understand that you would have personal queries to be discussed and sorted out. Fill in your details here and we will schedule a meeting.
If you want to talk to any faculty of a particular department you can do so during the campus visit. You just need to book a meeting prior to fixing an appointment based on their availability.
To upload additional information speak to our counsellor or write to us at admissions.tokyo@globalindianschool.org.
Yes, a one-time non-refundable application fee is charged that needs to be paid at the time of enrolment.
The school tuition fees at GIIS need to be paid either annually or term wise. We have three terms of four months each. The fee needs to be paid at the beginning of every term. Please visit our fees page for detailed fee structure.
The annual fee does not include books, uniform, transportation fee if applicable, competitive exams, etc.
The total recurring term fees for CLSP curriculum for the academic year varies year on year. For further details and breakdown of the fees, please refer to the fees section.
Not required. The international students seeking admission in GIIS need to take the assessment conducted by the admission counselors at the time of admission process.
GIIS offers the best scholarships for deserving candidates. The scholarships applicable for CLSP during Academic year 2021 -2022 are:
● 9 GEMS Holistic Development Scholarship
● Hideki Yukawa Global Skills Scholarship
● Sadako Ogata Merit cum Means Scholarship
● Global Future-Ready Merit Scholarship.
We provide unique learning experiences to students that prepare them to face the future challenges through value added programmes like STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with hands-on experience and innovative tools.We also provide additional value added service to non native english speaking students with our proprietary English language Support Programme ( ELS ). Speak to our counsellors to know more
For the holistic growth of students the CCA makes GIIS the best international school in Tokyo. We offer:
● Kathak dance
● Bollywood dance
● Bharatanatyam
● Craft club
● Carnatic vocal
● General knowledge
● Pianica and Japanese song
● Origami
●Spanish club
● Girls Hiphop
● Cartoon drawing
● Tabla
● Spelling and Speeches and more.
GIIS offers excellent campus facilities to nurture students in a diverse environment like:
● Montessori laboratory
● Kindergarten play area
● Music room for kindergarten
● Britannica learning zone
● Library
● IT lab
● Math lab
● Audio visual room
● Yoga room
● Mahatma Gandhi centre for universal values
● Multi-purpose hall
● Separate labs for Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
