Languages
Sister School Short Stay Visit
On Friday 1 August, we welcomed students and staff from our sister school, Reitaku Mizunami Junior & Senior High School from Gifu, Japan for the inaugural short stay program.
This was the first time in the 15-year partnership with Reitaku, that our sister school has visited us with a large group. We hosted 16 students and 3 teachers for five days as part of their school trip to Australia.
The students and staff had a wonderful time, enjoying cultural exchange, sharing experiences, and making lasting friendships.
Our past exchange students to Japan were able to catch up with Mr Yanase, Mr Richardson and Madeline sensei to reminisce about their time at Reitaku. The staff were also able to meet Mulga (Joel Moore, our artist in residence) who has collaborated on various projects with Japanese companies and stores.
We would like to thank our generous and supportive host families and students who made the Japanese students’ stay memorable.
Here's to another meaningful chapter in our inter-school journey!
Year 8 and Hiragana
Over the past few weeks, some Year 8 students have taken on the challenge of practising their hiragana (Japanese script) in various different ways. Some invented new raps, others made their characters from various items they had in their pencil cases. While some students drew pictures using the hiragana characters and their creativity knew no bounds.
Hiragana Rhymes (Rhyme Sublime!) by Brooklyn Brown (8F)
あ (a) – Ah, the apple fell from the tree!
い (i) – Eek! A mouse ran past my knee!
う (u) – Oo, the moon is bright and blue!
え (e) – Eh, the elephant danced today!
お (o) – Oh! An octopus put on a show!
か (ka) – Ka-chow! The car zoomed by fast!
き (ki) – Key in the lock, it turns with glee!
く (ku) – Coo, said the pigeon on my shoe!
け (ke) – Okay! The kettle starts to sing!
こ (ko) – Koalas nap in trees so slow.
さ (sa) – Socks on my feet—salsa dance complete!
し (shi) – She sells seashells by the sea!
す (su) – Sue the snail slides with goo!
せ (se) – Set the sail and off we go!
そ (so) – So many stars in a sparkly row!
た (ta) – Tap your toes to the beat of Ta!
ち (chi) – Cheese for Chi the hungry mouse!
つ (tsu) – Tsunamis crash, but we’re safe, phew!
て (te) – Ten tiny turtles danced in line.
と (to) – Toes in the sand, it feels so fine!
Hunar Brar (8H)
A I U E O, let’s go!
KA KI KU KE KO, in the flow!
SA SHI SU SE SO, feel that beat,
TA CHI TSU TE TO, sounding' sweet!
NA NI NU NE NO, get that tone,
HA HI FU HE HO, on the phone!
MA MI MU ME MO, almost done,
YA YU YO, havin' fun!
RA RI RU RE RO, you know!
WA WO N, now you’re pro!
