Time flies so fast… it is already Week 4.

The inquiry of the term is “People record language in a systematic way”.  We focus on

-The differences of the three Japanese writing systems

-Hiragana writing system

-The sound and form of 46 basic hiragana characters.

Each week, students are introduced or reviews 5 to 10 hiragana characters.  Students learn these letters by doing some writing practice and doing activities of their choice.  Once they remember the sound of these letters, they can come and see me for the test.  When they pass the test, they can move up to the next level.  Y3/4 students can move up their anime character to the next level while Y2/3 students receives a colour sticker of the level in their stripe.  This indicates where they are at and which letter they need to practice. Many students are excited about taking up this hiragana challenge!

In the next blog message, I will update our hiragana learning and share some hiragana apps to support the learning at home and in class.

Keiko Sensei

 

 

 

Isogashikatta ne! Well that was a busy term!

We had plenty of learning going on in our Japanese classrooms this term.

Students were learning self introductions in preparation for our Myojo visitors arriving after Easter, Reception students were starting their language learning journey with learning how to say basic greetings and numbers as well as learn some fun songs while our Year 1s learnt how to ask and say when their birthday was in Japanese. The Years 5-7 classes worked hard on learning about different cities in Japan and different weather related words. Students will use this knowledge to present a water report for Japan in Japanese at the start of Term 2.

As well as all of this we had a very busy time when our sister school students from Myojo visited us after Easter for a week. We enjoyed a whole school Hanami/Harmony Day picnic, the 6/7 classes and our visitors enjoyed a walk along the Hallett Cove boardwalk, the Myojo students enjoyed cooking wit Amanda in the kitchen, dancing Australian dances with Ms Williams and her class and we also had a fabulous farewell assembly for them where they showed us all their clever skills such as dancing, piano and kendama tricks.

Ms Hoskins’ class finished the term off on a real high when they achieved 8 flags on our rewards system and chose to watch Arrietty while enjoying “onigiri” (rice balls).

We are looking forward to seeing the 5-7s weather reports in Term 2 and many more new learning experiences.

Enjoy a few photos from the term.

Vinall sensei and Keiko sensei