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SPECIALIST SUBMISSIONS DUE THIS WEEK:

JAPANESE CLASS LEARNING: Grade Prep

HARU means Spring and SAKURA means cherry blossoms and this is what our learning focused on last week as we welcomed the start of HARU.  Thank you to the students who submitted their work – WOW! What a great job you all did. Here is some of the wonderful prep SAKURA work for everyone to enjoy. 

SAKURA = CHERRY BLOSSOM: WORD OF THE WEEK:

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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. Check them out if you haven’t already!

No NETFLIX? No Worries! 

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

The Boy and the Beast (PG)

When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.

Mon 14/9 – 12.10pm

Tues 15/9 – 3.30pm

Sat 26/9 – 12.35pm

Sun 27/9 – 4.25pm

Ponyo (G)

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him. Stars Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson 

Wed 16/9 – 11.20am

Thurs 17/9 – 5.15pm

Fri 18/9 – 7.10am

The Tale of Princess Kaguya (PG)

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. Based on the traditional folktale “The Bamboo Cutter”. 

Thurs 10/9 – 10.55am

Fri 11/9 – 3.10pm

Sat 12/9 – 5.55am

Laputa Castle in the Sky (G)

Wed 23/9 – 12.5pm