Japanese News 

Japanese Speech Contest

The Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria (JLTAV) is holding a Japanese Speech Contest on 25 August at Presentation College Windsor.

Roma N (6C) will be participating in this event and has been practising hard both at home and at school during lunchtime.

GUMBATTE KUDASAI! (We all wish Roma good luck!)

Hiroshima Day - 6 August

74 years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This term, Year 5 and 6 students learned a story of Miss Sadako Sasaki who was one of the victims of the bombing and died at the age of 12. People in Japan fold paper cranes to wish for good luck and our students have folded about 500 paper cranes this term. We will send them to the city of Hiroshima and they will be offered to the monument of Miss Sadako’s.

ARIGATO (thank you), Year 5 and 6 students for their wish for world peace!

You can find more information on this activity in the display cabinet outside the Office and on the Paper Cranes and the Children's Peace Monument website.

Othello Lunch Club

Lunch Club is on in the Japanese Room! Othello is one of the most popular Japanese board games and students can enjoy the game every Thursday at lunch time (2 - 2.30pm).

OMOSHIROI DES! (It is fun to play the game!)

Calligraphy Competition

This term, students from Year 1 – 6 participated in the Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria (JLTAV) Calligraphy Competition. This year, the theme is HAIKU (a Japanese short poem) on a spring flower.

The best writing of each year level will be sent to the Association and the judge will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes (medallions and certificates).

Koji Sensei

Japanese Teacher