Blog Archives

Notice from Tanken Centre

30/4/2015

Dear Teachers,

The email address for the new education officer was incorrect.
The correct address is : taka.yoshino@det.nsw.edu.au
I am sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you.

Kind regards,

Mieko Shida
Coordinator
Nihongo Tanken Japanese Language Centre
Learning & Leadership Directorate
21 Hunter St, Kirrawee NSW 2232
T: (02) 9542 5745 F: (02) 9542 5749
E: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au

Cheer for Fukushima

29/4/2015

Cheer for Fukushima とは？
Cheer for Fukushima～福島に応援を～は２０１１年の東日本大震災で被害に遭われた児童養護施設
「いわき育英舎」の校舎建替えの支援を行うために企画されたチャリティーイベントです。
イベントで集まった寄付金の全額が「いわき育英舎」に寄贈されます。

The international community is doing a charity event in May to raise money for an orphanage in Fukushima (where the big earthquake and tsunami was) whose building will undergo reconstruction later this year.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS download the mascot, Mirai-chan, print it out, take a selfie then upload it to all your social media profiles with the hashtag ‪#‎cheer4fukushima . By doing this we hope to raise awareness and encourage online donations in our home countries. LOOKING AT YOU AUSTRALIA!
They are short of the required funds so this event will hopefully raise lots of money towards the target (over 1 million yen)
Please visit the website cheer4fukushima.wix.com/c4f15 to find out more information.

http://cheer4fukushima.wix.com/c4f15#!homejp/cnug

From Sally Mizoshiri

Notice from Tanken Centre

29/4/2015

Dear Teachers.

Thank you very much for your continued support.

Year 12 HSC July Workshop

We will hold the workshops on the following dates:

July 2015
7th and 8th July for Continuers’ Students
10th July for Extension Students

Further details and registration form are attached.
As soon as the places are filled, we will close the application.
We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

New Education Officer

We are pleased to inform you that we have a new education officer, Taka Yoshino for Term 2 and Term 3.
His email is taka.yoashino@det.nsw.edu.au
Please contact him any time for your inquiry.

I hope you have a wonderful Term 2.

Kind regards,

Mieko Shida
Coordinator
Nihongo Tanken Japanese Language Centre
Learning & Leadership Directorate
21 Hunter St, Kirrawee NSW 2232
T: (02) 9542 5745 F: (02) 9542 5749
E: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au

tanken_hsc_ws_july2015.pdf
File Size:	327 kb
File Type:	pdf

Golden Week Now!

29/4/2015

今、日本ではゴールデンウィークです！

Wiki Golden Week
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%93%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5

Ms Sally Mizoshiri has kindly shared a youtube link about Kodomo no hi with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xX_NqPvAWw

In Click Nippon, you can find articles written by high school students in Japan, in both Japanese and English.
Japanese
http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/365/month/05/
http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/365/event/kodomonohi/
English
http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/365/month/05/
http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/365/event/childrens-day/

こどもの日のレシピ　(Creative people's ideas for Children's Day celebration - Inspiring!)
http://cookpad.com/search/%E3%81%93%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5

こどもの日のおりがみ (おりがみくらぶ)
http://www.origami-club.com/kids/

Enjoy!

Sally & Yoko

Latest movie from Studio Ghibli

23/4/2015

Coming to Dendy

When Marnie was there

http://www.dendy.com.au/Movie/When-Marnie-Was-There

Seeking host families for LABO Exchange Program

23/4/2015

Thank you so much to the schools provided host families for In - Australia programme this year.

We allocated Japanese student to the host families that submitted the application.

We have the profiles of Japanese students from the head office in Japan.

We will post the matching profiles to the schools by the end of this week.

24 people are coming this year. 7 boys, 15 girls and 1 female chaperone and 1 male chaperone.

We have managed to allocate 6 boys and 9 girls.    1 boy, 7 girls and 2 chaperones do not have a home yet.

Please help us to find homes for those un allocated.

Labo head office requests one girl to be allocated for the same school as the female chaperone attends.

I look forward to your reply.

Kind regards,

Ayako Mitsui

Mitsui Travel

Suite 403 Level  4 147 King Street Sydney 2000

NSW Australia             ph +61 2 9232 2720

fax +61 2 9232 2705     cell 040 844 2614

ayako@mitsuitravel.com.au www.mitsuitravel.com.au

Monbukagakusho scholarships now open

23/4/2015

I am just writing to inform you that applications for the 2016 Monbukagakusho Scholarship are now open.

We would appreciate if you could pass the information to any senior high school teachers who might have students interested in applying for the undergraduate category.

Further details can be obtained from the Embassy of Japan website:

http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/en/education/education_monbukagakusho.html

We appreciate your assistance in this regard and please do not hesitate to contact us directly if you should have any questions.

Sincere regards,

Rafael Villadiego

Information and Culture Section

Consulate-General of Japan

Level 12, 1 O'Connell Street

Sydney, NSW 2000

Tel: (02) 9250 1000 [9.30-12.30; 13.30-17.30]

Fax: (02) 9252 3344

E-mail: rafael.villadiego@sy.mofa.go.jp

www.sydney.au.emb-japan.go.jp

mext_flyer.pdf
File Size:	220 kb
File Type:	pdf

mext_2016_undergraduate.pdf
File Size:	190 kb
File Type:	pdf

Seeking recommendations for Japanese electronic dictionary

23/4/2015

My Canon word tank IDF -3000 has died and I have had this for so many years
and I love it.
Any advice would be of great help.
Thank you
Pia ( Chatswood High School) piarobson@hotmail.com

Topic of the environment: turn waste plastic into oil

23/4/2015

-- Save your plastic

This is one of the most amazing emails and break through in technology ever seen! Why isn't this being done NOW???

A very sensible way to save what we are destroying!

A case of Japanese ingenuity and perseverance.

What is more important would be the marketing and very low cost to have one of these in every home.

The sound is all in Japanese with English subtitles.

What a great discovery.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGGabrorRS8?rel=0

Cooking workshop with Chef Dekura

23/4/2015

Mr Dekura is continuing his popular school incursion in 2015. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to learn the values, traditions and history of Japan through hands-on cooking lessons with Mr Dekura.

chef_dekura_flyer_2015.pdf
File Size:	539 kb
File Type:	pdf