In Year 8 Japanese, we have been learning about different festivals. This week our focus festival was Tanabata which is a festival that celebrates the meeting of Orihime and Hikoboshi, a weaver and cowherder. People of Japan create wishes on colourful paper – this is called tanzaku. These colourful pieces of paper are placed on bamboo trees and displayed around cities. Our class created three wishes of our own using new grammar points this week. Next lesson we will be learning about Japanese New Year and sampling some mochi.

Year 7 Japanese students have started their Map Task – they are translating cities into the hiragana script and locating their chosen cities on the Japanese map. They are also locating famous Japanese landmarks. Next steps in their language learning journey will be moving into their ‘Self Introduction’ unit soon.