NIHONGO NEWS

As another term draws to a close, we would like to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts of our language learners at Foxwell SSC.

GCMLTAQ Language Speech Contest

On Sunday 20 August, we had 5 students proudly represent Foxwell SSC at the 42nd Annual GCMLTAQ Language Speech Contest. This is a major event on the language calendar as the event is held at and sponsored by Griffith University and attracts between 500-1000 competitors each year. 

We had the following students represent our college:

Year 8 - Hesandu Dunumalage, Michael Turrell, Jessica Bywater

Year 9 - Ainslie Ryan and Jamilah Woodbine

We are also delighted to celebrate Ainslie Ryan, who came away with GOLD in the Year 9 Division and Hesandu Dunumalage and Jessica Bywater who received Highly Commended Awards in the Year 8 Division.

Year 8 Food Tasting

The end of Term 3 was an exciting time for our Year 8 students, who experienced Japanese food tasting as a culmination of their learning. Throughout the term, students learnt language related to food customs and traditions, and created multimodal presentations in Japanese.

Upon completion of their assessment, the Japanese team facilitated Japanese food tasting with a range of traditional Japanese condiments including:

• Rice
• Umeboshi (sour pickled plum)
• Nattou (fermented soybeans)
• Furikake (tasty rice seasoning)
• Takuan (pickled radish)
• Nametake (soft enoki mushrooms)
• Gohandesuyo (seasoned seaweed paste)

Students were brave in their food choices and pleasantly surprised at what they enjoyed. They learnt not to ‘yuck someone else’s yum” and enjoyed recording their responses to the foods to share with family and friends.

We look forward to sharing this experience with our classes in 2024 as well.

Ms Rachel Vickers

Head of Department - Teaching and Learning and Languages.