Specialists: Japanese

Japanese

Foundation

During Japanese lessons in Foundation in Weeks 1 and 2 this term, we will finalise our unit related to learning the parts of the body from the song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. In addition to this, we will revise the Japanese number pronunciation from 1-6 learned in Term 2 and learn how to count from 7-10. During Week 3 and for the remainder of the term, our learning will be based around a well-known Japanese children’s song about 4 animals and the sounds they make.

Students will:

Join in the choral singing of the introduced “Kobuta, Tanuki, Kitsune,Neko” song with the teacher.
State the names of 4 animals in Japanese.

Year 1

During Japanese lessons this term, our learning in Grade One will focus on understanding how to tell the time in Japanese. Over the next 3 weeks, students will:

Join in choral reading a Japanese story based on the children’s game ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?’ together with the teacher.
Say the numbers from 1-12 in Japanese with the assistance of storymnemonics.
Write the Kanji for the numbers 1-12 using the correct stroke order by following teacher modelling.
Read and understand the phrase “What’s the time Mr Wolf” in Japanese.
Recognise o’clock when written using the Japanese alphabet, Kanji.
Trace o’clock in Kanji using the correct stroke order.
Begin to read o’clock times in Japanese.

Year 2

During Japanese lessons this term, our theme in Grade 2 is "I Love Vehicles". Over the next 3 weeks, students will:

Learn about Japan’s famous mode of transport, the Shinkansen (bullet train), and how it helps people travel quickly and safely around Japan.
Name 3 vehicles in Japanese and write their names using the Hiragana alphabet.
Join in choral singing an "I Love Vehicles" song to help reinforce learned vocabulary.
Respond to questions expressing their degree of like about the introduced vehicles.

Year 3

During Japanese lessons this term, our focus in Grade 3 will be on the children’s story “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”.

Over the next 3 weeks, students will:

Join in choral reading “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”in Japanese together with the teacher.
Develop the confidence to read the first 4 pages of the “Brown Bear,Brown Bear, What Do You See?” story in Japanese independently.
Name the first 3 animals from the story and write their names in thecorrect stroke order using the Hiragana alphabet.
Name the first 3 colour adjectives from the story and write theirnames in the correct stroke order using the Hiragana alphabet
Construct simple sentences in Japanese using the introduced vocabulary.

Year 4

During Japanese lessons this term, our focus in Grade 4 will be on the children’s story “Where is the Green Sheep?”. Over the next 3 weeks, students will:

Join in choral reading “Where is the Green Sheep?” in Japanese withthe teacher.
Begin to develop confidence in reading the “Where is the Green Sheep?” story in Japanese independently.
Write the Hiragana characters for sheep using the correct stroke order.
Name the colours of 3 sheep in the story and write these words using Hiragana characters.
Describe the location of 3 sheep in the story.

Year 5

During Japanese lessons this term, our focus in Grade 5 will be on thechildren’s story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. Over the next 3 weeks, students will:

Join in choral reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” in Japanese with the teacher.
Name the 5 fruit from the story.
Write the Hiragana characters for the 5 fruit.
Match fruit vocabulary written in Hiragana to their matching pictures.
Construct meaningful sentences in Japanese using fruit names.
Identify and recognise loan words from other languages used in Japanese.
In addition, students will begin to learn to recognise and accurately write the
Japanese alphabet, Hiragana. They will be taught mnemonics and visual memory strategies to support their learning, recognition and recall of the Hiragana characters.

Year 6

During Japanese lessons in Grade 6 in Weeks 1 and 2 this term, we will finalise our unit centred around shopping at a Hamburger Shop.

During Week 3 and for the remainder of the term, students will deepen their understanding of Japanese culture by exploring two distinct styles of cuisine. In Week 3, this will entail:

Beginning to investigate the history and traditions of Japan’s traditional food culture, and the Western-influenced dishes.
In addition to this, students will continue to further develop their Hiragana reading and writing skills.