Japanese
Konnichi wa!こんにちは
Preps
Prep students have continued to practice counting from 1-10 in Japanese this term and matching up the kanji characters to the matching numbers.
1. 一 いち (ichI)
2. 二 に (ni)
3. 三 さん (san)
4. 四 よん (yon)
5. 五 ご (go)
6. 六 ろく (roku)
7. 七 なな (nana)
8. 八 はち (hachi)
9. 九 きゅう (kyuu)
10. 十 じゅう (juu)
They have also been introduced to the first 11 hiragana characters. Hiragana are one of three writing systems used in Japan. They are similar to the English alphabet and each character represents a sound. Students have been learning picture stories to help them to remember each of the characters. Prep students have been learning the 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)
Grade One
Grade One students this term have been continuing to practice learning their two-stroke hiragana characters:い(i)、う(u)、え(e)、こ(ko)、す(su)、ち(chi)、と(to)、ぬ(nu)、ね(ne)、み(mi)、め(me)、ゆ(yu)、よ(yo)、ら(ra)、り(ri)、れ(re) and わ(wa)
Grade Two
Grade Two students have been continuing to practice their three-stroke and four-stroke hiragana characters:あ (a)、お (o)、か (ka)、け (ke)、さ (sa)、せ (se)、に (ni) 、は (ha) 、ま(ma)、む(mu) 、も(mo) 、や(ya) 、を(wo) 、き(ki)、た(ta) 、な(na)、ふ(fu) and ほ(ho)
Grade Three
Grade Three students have continued their learning based on the Japanese version of the picture story book, Where is the Green Sheep? By Mem Fox.
みどり の ひつじ は どこ です か。(mi.do.ri no hi.tsu.ji wa do.ko de.su ka?)
Students have been learning the colours in Japanese this term, which will be used to create some sentences about the sheep and their location next term.
みどり (mi.do.ri) green
おれんじ/オレンジ (o.re.n.ji) orange
ちゃいろ (cha.i.ro) brownく
ろ (ku.ro) blackし
ろ (shi.ro) white
あお (a.o) blue
むらさき (mu.ra.sa.ki) purple
ぴんく/ピンク (pi.n.ku) pink
あか (a.ka) red
Grade Four
Grade Four students this term have continued to learn some key vocabulary from the Japanese version of the popular fairy tale, ‘The Three Little Pigs’. They will use this vocabulary to create some sentences next term describing the houses being built, the order of the builds, as well as the materials used to build the houses.
三さんびき の 子こぶた (sa.n bi.ki no ko.bu.ta) The Three Little Pigs
ぶた (bu.ta) pig
うち/家 (u.chi) house
わら (wa.ra) straw
木 (ki) wood
れんが (re.n.ga) brick
おおかみ (o.o.ka.mi) wolf
子ぶた (ko.bu.ta) piglet/little pig
Grade Five
Grade Five students have continued to learn about the weather. Students have been able to use the new vocabulary learnt in class to put together sentences to describe the weather in different Japanese cities. Recently students have learnt how to say the temperature in Japanese. In Term 3, students will be able to put all of this information together to create a weather report in Japanese.
The word used for weather in Japanese is ‘tenki’ 天気.
Sunny - ha-re はれ
Rainy - a-me 雨
Windy - kah-ze かぜ
Cloudy - ku-mo-ri くもり
Snow - yu-ki 雪
Storm - a-ra-shi あらし
Grade Six
Grade Six students have continued their unit learning how to order food in Japanese. They have learnt some fast food items which they will then be able to use to order multiple items and pay for them using Japanese yen.
はんばーがー (ha.n.baーgaー) hamburger
ちーずばーがー (chi.zu.baーgaー) cheeseburger
ふらいどぽてと (fu.ra.i.do.po.te.to) fried potato/fries
そふとくりーむ (so.fu.to.ku.riーmu) soft cream/soft serve)
こーら (koーra) cola
ふぁんた (fua.n.ta) fanta
すぷらいと (su.pu.ra.i.to) sprite
みるく (mi.ru.ku) milk
Japan Trip 2026
The 10 Grade 6 students lucky enough to be chosen to attend the Japan Trip in October this year have been continuing to work hard to learn some of the cultures and traditions of Japan and learn some additional words and phrases in preparation for their amazing adventures!
Japan Trip 2027
Interested families of current Grade 5 students who wish to participate in the Japan Trip 2027 are encouraged to discuss this with your child. More information about the trip will be available soon and expressions of interest for this trip will open early in Term 3.
Brown Sensei
Until next time,
Sa.you.na.ra
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