Japanese Corner

Year 7 Japanese

7E (Japanese immersion class) wrote Haiku poems about their camp experience in Japanese class. Haiku are very short poems, containing only three lines and they traditionally follow the 5-7-5 pattern, which indicates the number of syllables per line.

Angelika Melches

Japanese Teacher

僕はまた

みんなでキャンプ

行きたいな

キャンプでの

ご飯はうまい

うますぎる

キャンプでね

僕は友達

作ったよ

みんなでね

楽しいことを

やったんだ

Takuto and Yuto 7E

Bus trips, hours long.

Do fun things in dull weather.

Cabins are chaos.

Jasmine 7E

The smell of warm food,

Getting closer and closer,

The rumble inside.

Elizabeth 7E

The cabins were small

Great roommates but there was more

Elmo joined us too

Marley and Angus 7E

キャンプ好き

食べ物も好き

腹へった

Dion 7E

Camp at Rawson camp

We be partying all night

Why not come join us

Angus 7E

Breakfast Club Japanese

On 22 March, we enjoyed a healthy start to the week at the GEC Breakfast Club, with a Japanese breakfast. Students made their own onigiris (rice balls) and miso soup. Everyone had a go rolling their own onigiri, making sure to press the rice in tightly and in the shape of a triangle. We had many helpers on hand to help run the club smoothly; a special thanks to the school captains, Joseph and Aimee, for serving up the food as well as to Mychelle Whitewood (parent), and staff Ms. Lawson, Muramatsu Sensei, Melches Sensei and Nishikubo Sensei. Students said ‘itadakimasu’ before eating and even got to sing Happy Birthday in Japanese to a lucky student turning 17!

Emma Nishikubo

Japanese Teacher