Author: daveysensei

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The middle school students who have expressed an interest in the Japanese Garden will hold their first meeting this Monday 16th at lunch time. I am sure they will have some great ideas to share regarding our garden!

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Minasan konnichiwa
Here is a modern take on why the animals of the zodiac get to have a year of celebrations.

Minasan Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year!

We have another busy year planned in our Japanese classroom. Reiko is thanfully still working with us for the next six weeks before she has to return to Japan. Please take the time to speak to Reiko and ask her anything you like about Japan and its culture and language.
WALT AND WILF
In our Japanese classes this year the students will hear the new terms we are using called WALT and WILF. These terms will be used to explain to the students at the start of the lesson, what they are learning today (WALT) and what I am looking for (WILF). This will help to clearly outline what they need to focus on for the lesson and what the expectations are of them.

EDMODO
Students from year 5-7 will again be using Edmodo to collaborate with one another and extend their Japanese learning with the focus on being able to source information I have put in a library, which is called “folders”, and use appropriately.

Keiko and Kenzo
Our two Japanese dolls will again go on home visits with the Junior primary with the aim of the program to discuss Japanese in the home and to create a word bank for the students to use in class.

Year 2
This term we will be working on students sharing information about themselves in guided group activities to support their understanding and to convey meaning. Students will locate items of information in simple texts and create bilingual texts in the classroom using ict with the focus being our bodies.

Year 3/4

Students this term will interact with peers and teacher to exchange information. They will participate in interactive stories, making simple statements to identify and compare favourite characters and elements. Students will share a story about an anime character with the younger year levels using ict to create and share their work.

Year 5/6

This term the students will interact with peers and teachers to describe apects of their life and show interest in and respect for others. They will convey information about themselves using oral/digital presentations. They will learn to understand that different ways of using Japanese language shape and reflect different relationships, such as deciding to be formal or informal.

Year 7
Students will interact with others to share interests and experiences, exchange information and express opinions and feelings. The students will interact in whole class and small group activities, responding to questions. They will present information using different modes of presentation to suit different audiences. The students will be able to explain variations in Japanese language use that reflect different levels of formality, authority and status. The students will create a range of texts to share information about themselves.

I look forward to sharing with you our Japanese language learning journey!

Sensei Davey

Our year 3/4 classes had the privilege of participating in a tea ceremony with Reiko sharing the art of a Japanese tea ceremony. The students were engaged in all aspects of the ceremony although many found the tea very bitter! This opened up a discussion on cultural tastes and how Vegemite is perceived by many non Australians! Thank you Reiko.

Once again we were lucky to have exchange students from Aberfoyle Park High school share Japanese activities with our students. Mr Burnside’s class enjoyed their afternoon. Arigatou!

Our wonderful Year 3/4 classes made obento today. They had a great time designing and then creating their obento. They were all very creative and worked hard on their obento. Students learnt about obento and applied these principles to their own creations. They also made sure they said “itadakimasu” before they ate to give thanks for the meal. Thank you to all the families who donated food for our obento making.

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TERM 4 2014 OVERVIEW

Year 1,2,3
This term the students will be focussing on transport words. They will use the transport words and the adjectives we have shared from taking home Keiko and Kenzo, to make sentences. Reiko will be sharing images of Japanese travel and transport and we will compare this with transport in Australia. In the second part of the term students will be working on nouns and writing a letter to Santa. We will compare celebrations in Australia and Japan.
Years 3 and 4

Students this term will be exploring food in Japan. Students will research recipes and share the information with their classmates. Students will compare their favourite dish from home and one they have researched from Japan. Students will practise food vocabulary such as eat, drink, types of food and what they like to eat. Finally students will research and then make an obento (Japanese style lunch box). Reiko will share some of her favourite foods and also conduct a tea ceremony.
Years 5,6,7

In preparation for our proposed trip to Japan and for Reiko to share her knowledge of Japan, students will be working on travel in Japan this term. Students will research areas of Japan that interest them and learn vocabulary related to travel such as who they are going with, how do they get there and where are they going. Students will design a postcard to share the information they have learnt.

Our students were lucky enough to compete in the Language Perfect State Championships this week. From the beginning our students showed so much enthusiasm and school pride to try and beat the other schools competing. Many would come to school and let me know they had worked on Language Perfect at home and I could hear students talking about the competion during their lunch breaks. Please find below the official results for our school.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT FLAGSTAFF HILL R-7 SCHOOL: 157,141

SCHOOL RANKING: 4TH

TOP CLASSES OVERALL: YEAR 5 POPPY’S CLASS
Poppy’s class 2nd in the state overall

It is interesting to note that the schools ahead of us in the competition were high schools and had almost double the amount of students, so to come fourth is an amazing achievement and it puts us as the top primary school in the competition. Yoku dekimashita!

Below is a list of the wonderful students who achieved Gold, Silver, Bronze or a credit status.
Harun – Gold
Brayden – Gold
Joshua F – silver
Jake W – Bronze
Lillie N – Bronze
Tahlia W – Bronze
Mitchell L – Bronze
James H – Bronze
Savannah – Bronze
Tom Keizer – Bronze
Shinta – credit
Tyler H – credit
Emma W -credit
Blake A – credit
Tyler B – credit
Adarsh – credit
Talia S – credit
Erik – credit
Georgia L – credit
Adam B – credit
Alicia S – credit
Xavier – credit
Thomas B – credit