JAPANESE

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SPECIALIST SUBMISSIONS DUE THIS WEEK:

JAPANESE CLASS LEARNING: Year 5 & 6

Last week students in grade 5 & 6 had a few challenges to choose for their Japanese learning, all related to practising hiragana, one of the Japanese scripts. Thank you to the students who submitted their work, it was great to see your efforts. I am looking forward to seeing what the preps submit this week!

ARIGATOU (THANK YOU) CARDS:

Some students created some lovely and thoughtful “Arigatou Gozaimasu” cards to thank someone who has helped them. The messages and sentiments expressed show the empathy and kindness our students possess, well done! Here are just a few…

WORD OF THE WEEK:

LOST IN TRANSLATION:

Learning a language can be a fun, rewarding and at times challenging endeavour. While there are some good translation tools available to help, there are also times that translations are not quite right…

JAPANESE AT HOME

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

No NETFLIX? No Worries! 

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

Howl’s Moving Castle (PG)

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

The Tale of Princess Kaguya (PG)

Thurs 10/9 – 10.55am

Fri 11/9 – 3.10pm