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みんなさん　こんにちは！

We have been having some fun in Junior Japanese over the last week with the year 3, 4 and 5 students by combining our learning of Hiragana within our units with some coding! Students have:

• Figured out the codes for particular Hiragana.
• Found the phonetic sounds of Hiragana after being told a code for specific Hiragana.
• Used our coding place mats to help them read and decipher words written in Hiragana.
• Tested each other by asking about different codes and where to find certain Hiragana.

Students have already seen an improvement in their understanding of our basic Japanese alphabet and are excited to use our coding to help them with the rest of our learning.

Below are some pictures of some of our year 3’s in action!

    

    

Coghlan 先生　より。

Minasan Konnichiwa

This term we will be working on using verbs to create a travel journal. Students will research a place or places they would like to visit and then describe those places using adjectives and share what they will do, see, eat, drink, and go. Students will have the opportunity to manipulate verbs to create their text to incorporate past, present and negative verb forms.

The year 6 and 7 students will also participate in the Education World Championship language competition which is held in late May.

I look forward to another busy term with the students learning Japanese.

Davey sensei yori

Dear Parents

Please find attached the overview for the Japanese upper primary program for term 1 2018.

japanese overview 2018 term 1 (Autosaved)-q1pdme

みんなさん　今日は！

To help celebrate the start of the Year of the Dog 戌年 I am holding my colouring in competition!

Students have from now until the end of week 4- no later- to complete their entry and hand it back into me with their name and class printed clearly for me to see.

Colouring in sheets can be collected from the Junior Japanese room in upper orange but please- only 1 per person!

Happy colouring!

Coghlan 先生　より。

Minasan Konnichiwa

This term in Japanese classes (Years 4-7) students will finish working on their hiragana reading and writing skills. Those that have completed their hiragana are working on their katakana or learning some Kanji characters. Following on from this the classes will be working on individual projects. This will include learning the kanji or katakana they are working on using a variety of experiences as well as choosing a Japanese topic of their choice learning some of the vocabulary and then sharing this with their classmates. The project will also include some experiences to continue practise of hiragana both reading and writing. The year 5 students will also be introduced to Edmodo in preparation for next year’s classes.

Davey sensei yori (from)

Minasan Konnichiwa

This term in Japanese classes (Years 4-7) students will be working on improving their hiragana reading and writing skills. Students from Year 5-7 were given a pre test at the start of the term to see how much hiragana they remembered and each student will be working on improving their initial test score. Some students are also working on their katakana writing system skills after getting full marks on their pre- test. As I have mentioned to the students in the class if they are unhappy with their pre-test marks hiragana and Japanese language learning in general requires practise. If you don’t use it you lose it. The students have Education Perfect, the Edmodo learning site and most have devices that could easily have hiragana apps loaded onto them. A few minutes a week on top of the two lessons they have in class would make a huge difference to their retaining the writing system. Not to mention its a brilliant way to exercise the brain!
During classes students will have the opportunity to participate in a number of activities each geared for different types of learners. Each fortnight there will be a test on the hiragana that the students are working on.
Happy hiragana learning Flagstaff Hill R-7 students!

Both the junior Japanese and Japanese classes are working on hiragana this term. Over the years what has proved very effective for the students to remember their hiragana is using mnemonics. Here is a useful one that may help your child. Practising at home also helps even just 5 minutes a week can help keep those characters at the front of their minds. If your child has an ipad or similar there are many free hiragana apps that are useful in learning hiragana and keeping it fun for them.

https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Memorizing_the_Hiragana”

みんなさん　今日は。
minnasan konnichiwa.

Welcome back to Term 3!

In the Junior Japanese room we have already begun literally brushing off the dust- chalk dust that is! Our year 1 and 2 students today began their learning exploration into the basic Japanese characters known as ひらがな (Hiragana). After learning that there are 3 different types of Japanese characters; Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji which are sound-based characters, the students were introduced to the Japanese vowel sounds which are the first 5 Hiragana:

あ　pronounced ‘ahh’

い　pronounced ‘ee’

う　pronounced ‘oo’

え    pronounced ‘eh’

お    pronounced ‘oh’

We then took to the pavement outside the Junior Japanese room which makes for perfect genkouyoushi (Japanese writing squares), and had a go at writing our Japanese vowel sounds with some chalk.

Students had a fantastic time and some brilliant Hiragana can been seen! It was a tremendous first effort.

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Coghlan 先生より。

日本語 Term Overview: Junior Japanese- Term 2 2017

みんなさんこんにちは！
minnasan konnichiwa!
ようこそ (youkoso) to term 2 for 2017. Throughout this term reception students will be consolidating their knowledge of numbers 1-10 before moving into learning their colours in Japanese; and how they can apply this knowledge to other classes outside of the Junior Japanese room. This unit is supported through greetings, songs, gestures, games, and group activities which are all supportive of the Australian Japanese curriculum.

Year 1-4 students will be continuing their learning of weathers and seasons with basic sentence structures until half way through the term. Students will be creating a season kanji calligraphy booklet as part of their learning, as well as presenting a basic weather report to the class. The recognition of the kanji, as well as basic sentences is covered within the F-2 and the 3/4 curriculum.

In the second half of the term, students in years 1-3 will be focusing on the basic Japanese alphabet known as hiragana, while the year 3/4 class will also be learning about families. These units will continue through until half way through term 3 to help with consolidation of learning. Hiragana is highly important within Japanese learning as it allows students the ability to begin to read and write in the language and is covered in all curriculum brackets.

I look forward to having a fun and rewarding term 2!
Coghlan 先生 より.

term 2 2017 overview-rijksr