Japanese News
Year 8 Japanese
To finish off the year, students in Year 8 Japanese learnt about how people in Japan celebrate Christmas and New Year. They made Christmas cards for staff members at the college to express their appreciation and gratitude for 2021.
Year 9 Elective Japanese
Year 9 Japanese elective classes have been working very hard all term and have produced a number of excellent work. Students utilised the language they have learned and created Manga stories and looked at the difference and similarities of school events in Japan and St Andrews.
“Although we have been through some challenges this year due to the lockdown, our Japanese lessons continued to be enjoyable. Online lessons were treated normally where we had lessons through Zoom, and as soon as we came back from the lockdown we continued learning through a variety of activities and games. Japanese class is always a fun experience — starting the lesson with Kahoot revisions, doing group activities, etc. — while still learning so much.
Learning Japanese has been so much fun, and there is so much to learn and gain from all of our lessons. Hopefully one day we will be able to go to Japan and experience many things.”
Cate Astillo, Jericho De Leon — 9JA2
Year 10 Elective Japanese
In Week 9, Year 10 Japanese elective students had their last lesson - concluding a total of 3 years of Japanese study. Some students have chosen to continue their studies in Japanese over on the senior campus and some have not. Nonetheless, all students should be proud of their achievements and they were presented with a certificate of completion in their last lesson.
I hope that all students are able to see how much they have learned and grown in their Japanese language skills and knowledge of Japanese culture. I encourage all students to continue to let their curiosity for learning grow and continue to embrace Japanese culture and language in their everyday lives.
Ms L. Yuen
Acting Leader of Learning - Languages
For the past three years, I have taken Japanese as an elective and have wholeheartedly enjoyed every moment of it. Learning a language is slightly different from other classes such as maths and science, and involves getting to know terms and structures that we then need to apply to speech and writing. From the beginning, we started by familiarising ourselves with hiragana which is the equivalent to our alphabet and then started learning by units. Each unit had its own vocabulary, structures, several Kanji and even some cultural background based on an aspect of language. Some examples include: first time greetings, counting numbers, hobbies, weather and ordering food. Going up by different categories allows us to be exposed to different types of conversation structures and therefore helps us learn to speak, describe, tell and respond in Japanese on a daily basis. I personally will be choosing Japanese again as my senior subjects for the next two years as I would like to continue studying and expanding my vocabulary, as well as because of the warm atmosphere created by teachers and students that I have already experienced.
Theresia Purwadi - 10JA21
Japanese Karuta Game
Origami and Japanese Hangman
Vocabulary Guessing Game
Upcoming Events in Sydney
Matsuri Japan Festival in Chatswood 2021
The Japan Club of Sydney is organising the Matsuri Japan in Chatswood. It is a great opportunity to participate in some Japanese culture.
Japan Foundation Sydney Upcoming Holiday Events
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Level 4, Central Park
28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008
(access via lifts)
Happy New Year 2022! みなさま、あけましておめどうございます。
Hatsumōde refers to the first visit in the new year to a shrine or temple to wish for good health, wealth and other forms of happiness. We wish that the library continues to serve your cultural wellbeing in 2022. On the library’s first opening day in the new year, special activities will be running throughout the day and you and your family are invited to join us!
A tatami space will be set up in the seminar room for playing Japanese party games. These activities are free.
Please check the link below for more information
https://jpf.org.au/events/hatsumode/