{"id":32639,"date":"2020-11-10T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=32639"},"modified":"2026-09-30T05:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:23:35","slug":"cultural-connections-japanese-class-connect-with-students-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=32639","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Connections &#8211; Japanese Class Connect with Students in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\">[vc_row][vc_column]\t<header class=\"wssc-post-banner wssc-post-banner--focal-center wssc-post-banner--has-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__media\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wssc-post-banner__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-1024x469.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-768x352.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-1536x703.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-2048x938.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__meta\"><span>Student Announcements<\/span><time datetime=\"2020-11-10T20:03:05+00:00\">10 November 2020<\/time><\/div>\t\t\t\t<h1>Cultural Connections &#8211; Japanese Class Connect with Students in Japan<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"wssc-post-banner__breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/announcements\/\">Student Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span aria-current=\"page\">Cultural Connections &#8211; Japanese Class Connect with Students in Japan<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\nThe students of Katahara JHS Japan, prepared and presented reports on elements of Japanese culture in English to a group of our students on Friday via Zoom. 140 third year students (Year 9) gathered in the gym and 6 students were chosen to present the prepared report to our College.<\/p>\n<p>Kokoro introduced us to the Japanese dish called Takoyaki.\u00a0Tenmaru spoke about ninja and compared their work to the \u201cMission Impossible\u201d movie.\u00a0Rei , accompanied by some cute soft Pokemon toys spoke of the many Pokemon characters. Hinata talked to our students about sushi. Which I had brought for our students to eat whilst listening.\u00a0Eito gave us a calligraphy demonstration writing Crystal\u2019s name in the three script \u2013 hiragana, katakana and kanji.\u00a0Lastly, Kansuke was hesitant to speak about the girl group, Nizi U so Tomo, Sensei suggested that he and his friends show us the dance that they had learnt that is performed by this group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32641 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JapaneseConnections-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our Year 11 and 12 Japanese class surveyed the group asking them \u201chave you ever\u2026?\u201d questions in Japanese. A student was chosen from the group to answer a follow up question e.g. \u201chow was it?\u201d or \u201cwhat was your favourite?\u201d. WSSC students asked if &#8211; they had ever seen Kabuki? , been to Okinawa? Been to Disneyland?, Been to Tokyo ? and if they liked a singer Kenshi Yonezu? We will be following these up with a written discussion as the audio was a bit difficult to understand.<\/p>\n<p>College Principal, Mr Hilditch joined us in the Library and asked about the ninja and other martial arts. Tenmaru\u2019s friend was introduced as a black belt in judo.<\/p>\n<p>It was lovely to have some real communication exchange occur despite the inability to travel. There were some familiar faces from connections made during the Japan trip last year.\u00a0We\u2019re hoping this will be able to happen again in the new year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Lana Thorpe<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Japanese Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row] The students of Katahara JHS Japan, prepared and presented reports on elements of Japanese culture in English to a group of our students on Friday via Zoom. 140 third year students (Year 9) gathered in the gym and 6 students were chosen to present the prepared report to our College. 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