Japanese

日本祭り　Nihon Matsuri – Japan Festival Day – Friday 4th May

Reminders:

This Friday we will be celebrating our whole school Nihon Matsuri - Japan Festival Day. Students will be involved in a lots of fun Japanese cultural and craft activities throughout the day. See timetable attached for an overview of the day’s activities.

Students are encouraged to come dressed up in a Japanese or Asian inspired costume (traditional or more modern… some ideas include characters, sports, foods, etc. J), or come dressed in red or white, the colours of the Japanese flag. School uniform otherwise.

The Japan Shop will be back on Japanese Day during lunchtime, offering students the opportunity to purchase some Japanese lollies, toys or other items. Everything $4. *Please note that students may only purchase one bag of lollies each*

Items for sale include: Japanese lollies (9 varieties!); origami paper; kami fuusen paper balloons; chopsticks; decorative tape (ninja & sushi); mini kokeshi dolls; Japanese tabi socks; eraser packs; kendama (ball & cup) game; hair clips; fans (flat & folding) key rings / bag charms; coffee cups; brush with mirror; gyoza mould/maker; small pencil case/beauty bag; mini calligraphy set; magnets; writing paper sets, and more!  We also have Pocky sticks! Pocky is a very popular treat in Japan, and are chocolate coated biscuits sticks. We have 2 flavours available, chocolate and strawberry. Pocky are $3 a pack.

Parent are very welcome to come and watch the Japanese themed assembly, and also help throughout the day. We especially need some helpers for the gyoza lunch and some classroom activities. Please let Narelle know if you may be able to help sullivan.narelle.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

Hiragana Karate Belts

This term we have introduced the hiragana karate belt system for our grade 3-6 students. This allows them to demonstrate their proficiency at reading hiragana characters and monitor their own progress. Students are very motivated and it’s great to see the growth being made. CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who have already earned some belts!

White Belt

Mason Trewin, Lucy Baldwin, Xavier Mangan, Chase Greene, Zoe Kierce, Tayor Mason, Bethany Allan

Yellow Belt

Savannah Dalby, Harper Walsh, Neha Kalluri, Matilda Tozer

Green Belt

Riley Hill, Ruby Wilson

Blue Belt

Rawdon Rodgers, Rebecca Osborne

THANK YOU MISS ELLIE!

Elinor Hare is 4th year Pre-Service Teacher who has been with us in Japanese for a teaching placement. This is her last week at Buninyong. We would like to say a BIG thank you to Miss Ellie for all of her assistance and work in our Japanese program, and wish her all the best for her remaining studies and future teaching career.