Welcome to Term 1 in Japanese classes for Year 7 and 8, and the Personal Endeavour Course (PEC) - Anime Japanese for Year 9. This year we are fortunate to have four Japanese Teachers: Ms Vickers (Head of Department), Ms Yoshino, Mrs Mikami and Ms Madsen.

In Term 1, Year 7 students are learning to introduce themselves in written and spoken Japanese.

Year 8 students are creating a yurukyara (a character with values) and introducing their character with a story.

Year 9 students are learning about the Japanese language through anime.

Culturally, this term, students learnt about how Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Japan and made origami hearts.

Girl's Day was recognised on 3 March and our doll’s display, known as Hina Matsuri, can be viewed by students in Mrs Mikami’s room for the month of March.

We have also been active participants in the EP Language Championships. At the time of writing, our students have answered 35,000 questions in Japanese with final results to be published soon. Fantastic work, Foxwell Mariners!

Mikami Sensei

Japanese Valentine’s Origami

Japanese Girl’s Day Hina Matsuri

EP Languages Championship