The Primary Libraries is a popular place for students and parents to go. We have two libraries, the Shibuya library is in the entrance of the Shibuya campus, with resources for our whole community including parents, extended families and Showa siblings as they come off the school intra-bus. The Showa library is on the 4th floor of the Showa campus and is packed full of a huge variety of books.
We take part in the Sakura Medal reading competitions in the following categories: Chapter Books, Middle School, Graphic Novels, and Chapter Books in Japanese (and the children tend to do very well against other schools). https://sites.google.com/view/sakuramedal/
Students and Parents can also access resources online via our ebook service ePlatform for both eBooks and Audio books, which are very popular. If you would like to open a free account for yourself, or your children, please email Mr Steven at rsteven@bst.ac.jp.
Opening Hours:
The Shibuya Library is open before and after school for loans at the following times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 08:15 – 08:35
Tuesdays and Fridays: 15:15 – 16:30
Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 situation, the Shibuya Library is currently not open before and after school for loans.
The Showa Libraries are open every day during lesson times. The Primary Library is also open during lunch times on Tuesdays.
Returns:
We ask for all library returns to be placed in the blue boxes as children come into school.
In Shibuya they are by entrances at the front and the back of the school, and in front of the Library.
In Showa they are inside on the stairs going up in the mornings. We would prefer for books to be returned this way rather than during lesson time as it frees us up to do more interesting activities rather than wasting time returning books during library sessions. Books can be renewed during any library session even if you do not have the book on you. All we need is to bring up your profile on the screen.
If a library resource gets damaged while you are borrowing it, please do alert us so that we can repair it. Please do return all broken parts of magazines and books. Please do not throw them away. We will unfortunately be charging for lost or completely damaged books using the Amazon Japan rates.
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