Seven Weeks.Seven Worlds of Inquiry.

STEAM Summer School 2026

An inquiry-led STEAM summer school for primary students (ages 6–11), taught entirely in English at our Shiba Campus in the heart of Tokyo. Each week is a self-contained expedition — from food science and neuroscience to island ecosystems and escape-room engineering.

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Summer School

Primary

Ages 6 – 11 · Y1–Y6

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Summer Camp

Preschool & Kindergarten (Ages 1.5 – 6)

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Summer Programme

Secondary (Ages 11 – 15)

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Programme Overview

A Season of Serious Curiosity

Laurus Summer School is not a holiday club — it is seven weeks of inquiry-based STEAM, designed and taught by our Cambridge-curriculum primary faculty. Each week stands alone, so your child can join for one week or stay the whole summer.

Seven weeks. Seven expeditions. One Tokyo campus.

Every week centres on a driving inquiry question — led by the same Cambridge-trained faculty who teach at Laurus through the year.

All-English Immersion

Taught entirely by native English-speaking teachers, with bilingual support.

Authentic STEAM, not Worksheets

Real experiments shaped around a driving inquiry question.

Weekly Field Trip

Every Friday, learning moves outside — aligned to the week's theme.

Programme Details

Dates 6 July – 21 August 2026

Ages 6 – 11 years (Y1–Y6)

Participation Join any 1 – 7 weeks

Hours 10:00 – 15:30

Campus Shiba, Minato-ku

Deadline One week before each theme

Weekly Themes

Seven Weeks, Seven Expeditions

Every theme is designed by a lead teacher around an inquiry question and culminates in a Friday field trip. Join any combination of weeks — themes are self-contained.

Week 01 6 – 10 July

01

The Taste Atelier: Secrets of the Kitchen

Food Science · Gastronomy · Chemistry

Step into the kitchen and discover the science behind the food we eat. Young culinary innovators explore flavour, texture and aroma through chemical reactions, ingredient transformations, and preservation.

Friday Field Trip Food-science lab visit (TBA)

Week 02 13 – 17 July

02

Brains & Big Questions: Can We Trust Our Brain?

Neuroscience · Philosophy · Perception

A week-long exploration of how we see, think, and make sense of the world. Optical illusions, perception challenges and decision-making experiments reveal how the brain can mislead us.

Friday Field Trip Tokyo Trick Art Museum

Week 03 20 – 24 July

03

The Explorer's Voyage

Biology · Ecology · Adventure

A mysterious message in a bottle sparks a week of adventure. Students decode maps, build ships, read Darwin's Beagle notes, and construct living terrarium ecosystems.

Friday Field Trip Adachi Park of Living Things or Yumenoshima Greenhouse Dome

Week 04 27 – 31 July

04

Dream City Builders

Design · Social Studies · Sustainability

Students design the ideal city — flag, landmark, music and dance — guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Young urban planners think about sustainability, community, and global responsibility.

Friday Field Trip Small Worlds Tokyo (city model observation)

Week 05 3 – 7 August

05

Imagination Island

Geography · Ecosystems · Teamwork

Students become explorers and designers, building a vibrant 3D island from the ground up — shaping land, designing ecosystems and building a community, ending in a "Discovery Museum" presentation.

Friday Excursion Forest Adventure or Heiwa-no-mori Park

Week 06 10 – 14 August

06

The Communication Lab

Linguistics · Biology · Codes

How is information shared? Students investigate animal signalling, human systems (Braille, BSL, spoken language), and practise encoding and decoding messages across species and contexts.

Friday Field Trip Themed cultural-communications visit

Week 07 17 – 21 August

07

Escape Room Summer Camp

Logic · Cryptography · Engineering

An immersive week of cognitive challenges — spatial puzzles, optical illusions, cryptography. Students design their own classroom escape room, then attempt a teacher-designed escape room as the final challenge.

Friday Field Trip Tokyo Mystery Circus

A Week in Summer School

Sample Weekly Schedule

Every week follows the same rhythm so students know what to expect. Monday through Thursday build toward Friday's excursion, where theory meets the real world.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Theme Day	Introduce Inquiry	Investigate	Build & Test	Create & Refine	Excursion
10:00 – 10:30	Welcome & Introduction	Welcome Game	Welcome Game	Welcome Game	Welcome & Prep
10:30 – 10:55	Intro to Today's Theme	Intro to Today's Theme	Intro to Today's Theme	Intro to Today's Theme	Field Trip
10:55 – 11:05	— Break —
11:15 – 11:40	Activity 1	Activity 1	Activity 1	Activity 1
11:40 – 12:40	Lunch & Recess
12:40 – 13:30	Reflection & Activity 2 Intro	Reflection & Activity 2 Intro	Reflection & Activity 2 Intro	Reflection & Activity 2 Intro	Field Trip
13:30 – 13:40	— Break —
13:40 – 15:00	Activity 2	Activity 2	Activity 2	Activity 2	Return to School
15:00 – 15:15	Cleanup & Reflection
15:20 – 15:30	Dismissal · Bus students collected by assigned staff

* Sample schedule. Weekly activities and trips vary by theme.

Pricing

Tuition Fees

Weekly pricing, tax included. Fees cover instruction, materials, lunch, Friday field-trip transport and insurance. Sibling discounts available on request.

Time Options

Regular

10:00 – 15:30

Early Arrival

8:30 – 15:30

Pricing (per week, including tax)

Course

Laurus Family

Non-Laurus

Regular 10:00 – 15:30

¥80,000

¥85,000

Early Arrival 8:30 – 15:30

¥95,000

¥100,000

Tax included. Fees cover instruction, materials, lunch & snacks, and Friday field-trip transport. Cancellations made up to one week before the start date receive a refund less processing fees.

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