Japanese Exchange Program

St Andrew's College students had a wonderful time with Seiun Gakuen students

In Week 9 of Term 1 St Andrews College students had a wonderful time with Seiun Gakuen students from Nagasaki, Japan. Seiun Gakuen students had joined various classes to have intercultural lessons including cooking lessons and arts lessons. Both our students and Seiun Gakuen students had an opportunity to make Anzac biscuits together and learn about the history of Anzac. Seiun Gakuen students also had the opportunity to take fantastic arts lessons to learn about Australian animals.

Year 9 Japanese class also had an opportunity to have an intercultural lesson with Seiun Gakuen. This time Seiun Gakuen made presentations about Japanese twelve zodiac stories, quiz about Japanese culture and Japanese Otaku culture. Our students taught about Australia using Australian picture books and homemade word search worksheets, as well as playing Australian typical outdoor games such as freeze tag, rob the nest, hand ball etc. and students decorated the walkway with Australian animals, Japanese anime characters and few interesting Japanese phrases with colourful chalks. 

On the last day at our school, Dr Kennaugh gave special gifts to Japanese students and teachers. Students and teachers loved their gifts so much! Japanese students also wrote letters to Dr Kennaugh and Miss Matsufuji to express their gratitude and appreciation for their wonderful experiences at our school. 

Also, thank you to the students who helped Japanese students as a buddy for two weeks. Without your support, they could not have such a memorable and valuable experience at our school.

Thank you, 

Miss Miho Matsufuji