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SPECIALIST SUBMISSIONS DUE THIS WEEK:

JAPANESE AT HOME

Netflix currently have a selection of the always popular Studio Ghibli movies available to watch. 

Avigail in prep enjoyed watching KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE over the weekend and went the extra mile to bake her own Japanese Milk Bread and make Onigiri rice balls… yum! Well done Avigail! 

No NETFLIX? No Worries! 

SBS World Movies (Channel 32) often has Studio Ghibli movies in their program schedule. Here are some upcoming times:

My Neighbour Totoro (PG)

Sun 30/8 - 1.15pm

Mon 31/8 –9.30am

Tues 1/9 – 4.35am

Howl’s Moving Castle (PG)

Tues 1/9 - 11.15am

Wed 2/9 – 3.05pm

Thurs 3/9 - 6.35am

Kiki’s Delivery Service (G)

Sun 6/9 – 12.05pm

Mon 7/9 – 3.20pm

Laputa Castle in the Sky (G)

Mon 7/9 – 11.10am

JAPANESE CLASS LEARNING: Year 3 & 4 

Last week students in grade 3 & 4 had a few challenges to choose for their Japanese learning. Thank you to the students who submitted their work – check out some of their fantastic efforts!

HIRAGANA CHARACTER PICTURES: 

Using the Hiragana (Japanese alphabet) chart, students could use any of the characters and turn them into pictures… can you see the ones they used?

WORD OF THE WEEK:

With Spring approaching, this seems appropriate: