Japanese 

Japanese Report

Konnichiwa!

こんにちは！

Welcome back to learning at school after such a long period of learning from home. A huge thank you (ありがとう  arigatou) to all students, parents and guardians who worked hard to take part in the Japanese learning tasks. Well done to all involved in the home learning that took place.

Prep

During home learning, students were provided with an opportunity to continue their learning of greetings, instructions and numbers in Japanese.

Good Morning　おはよう　ございます　Ohayou gozaimasu

Good Afternoon　こんいちは　Konnichiwa　

Goodbye　さようなら　Sayounara

Stand Up　たって　Tatte

Sit Down　すわって　Suwatte

1. いち　　一　ichi

2. に　　　二　ni

3. さん　　三　san

4. よん　　四　yon

5. ご　　　五　go

6. ろく　　六　roku

7. なな　　七　nana

8. はち　　八　hachi

9. きゅう　九　kyuu

10. じゅう　十　juu 

Students have also been learning how to introduce themselves in Japanese:

I am (name)

Girls:    Watashi wa (name) desu        わたし　は　(name)　です

Boys:    Boku wa (name) desu             ぼく　は　(name)　です

Grade 1 and 2

During home learning, students in Grade 1 and 2 were continuing to practice their one-stroke hiragana characters:

く(ku)、し(shi)、そ(so)、つ(tsu)、て(te)、の(no)、ひ(hi)、へ(he)、る(ru)、ろ(ro) and ん(n)

Back at school, students have also been starting to learn some two-stroke hiragana characters, such as:

い(i)、う(u)、え(e)、こ(ko)、す(su) and ち(chi)

Next term, Grade 1 and 2 students will continue to learn the remainder two-stroke hiragana characters.

と(to)、ぬ(nu)、ね(ne)、み(mi)、め(me)、ゆ(yu)、よ(yo)、ら(ra)、り(ri)、れ(re) and わ(wa)

Grade 6

During home learning, students in Grade 6 were tasked with continuing to learn and practice the 46 hiragana characters. To assist them in their learning, students were required to come up with their own picture stories to help them remember the sounds of the hiragana characters. It was great to see quite a number of different stories being created during this time. These should assist the students to remember the sounds and shape of the hiragana characters for many years to come.

Until next term,

さようなら　Sayounara (Goodbye)

Brown Sensei