Welcome to Term 1 2019

with Mrs Aroozoo!

Welcome!ThistermtheYearOnesbegintheirnewjourneyintostudyingandspeakinginanewlanguage-Japanese!Theywillbegintheyearwithgreatsongsandfantabulousgamesthatallowthemtopracticewritingandreadingtheirname,speakingsimplegreetingsanddevelopingtheirJapaneseaccent!InYears2-3weareconsolidatingourlearning,practicingreadingandwritingthefirstalphabet-Hiragana!Onceagain,IwilladdtheHiraganacharttothispostsostudentscantaketheopportunitytostudyathome!Revisionoftopicssuchasschoolandgreetingswillbepartoftheplan,aswellaslearningmoreinterestingwaystoexpresstheirfeelings.Years4-6willonceagainbeconsolidatingtheirHiraganawithtestsinweek6.Thereisanexpectationofthemachievingfluencybytheendofterm1.ThiswillgivethemconfidencewhentheybeginthenextalphabetKatakana!

Studentswillbevideoingthemselvesspeakingfortheironlineportfoliostoshowyoutheirprogress!

Oneofthenewtopicswecoveredlastyearwaslearninghowtodescribetheweather.Weplaymemorygamestorememberthecorrectpronunciationandkeywords.

IlookforwardtoawonderfultermoflearninginJapanese.BelowisaHiraganachartforyourchildrentodownloadandpracticeathome!