A friend of a friend is looking for a Japanese tutor for his Year 11 daughter who is doing Japanese Continuers. His name is Cedric Chen and please contact him via E-mail argus2997@hotmail.com

Thanks to Shirlee Rowland for sharing these.

The Japan Foundation, Sydney is happy to announce a second round of Travel Grants for teachers wishing to attend this year’s National Symposium on Japanese Language  Education. 
 
These grants provide funds for teachers to cover accommodation and travel costs during the conference. Teachers from WA and the NT are eligible for funding up to $750; teachers from QLD, NSW and the ACT are eligible for funding up to $500.
NSJLE is an excellent opportunity for teachers from around the country to meet and network with other teachers from all sectors and levels of Japanese language education. Keynote speakers include Professor Kent Anderson, Professor David Nunan and Dr Shinji Sato.
 This round of grants will close on 20 June. Guidelines and application forms can be found here. All enquiries should be directed to coordinators@jpf.org.au.

The Department's partnership with ClassMovies allows NSW public schools to create short videos of innovative teaching practices and school programs. Raw footage captured by the schools will be professionally edited in
order to bring your story to life in the best possible way. 
We are looking for schools who are delivering curriculum in exciting and innovative ways, resulting in rich learning experiences for students. We are particularly interested in best practice examples of integrated learning and differentiated learning that engage our diverse student population in authentic learning experiences. To find out more about the project, please visit the Department’s information page at https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/deptresources/classmovies/index.htm.
If this sounds like your school, please contact Amanda Lee (Amanda.Lee18@det.nsw.edu.au or 9244 5484) to discuss a possible focus area for a documentary. If you fit the bill, there will be no cost involved for your school, just the opportunity to show NSW public schools how you are inspiring your students every day.
See examples of completed movies at http://www.classmovies.com/Otherpages/Portals/ClassMovieSamples/tabid/567/language/en-AU/Default.aspx

HSC Language oral examination scheduling function opens 2 June
2014


Teachers will be able to schedule their students' HSC language oral exams from Monday 2 June using Schools Online.
In order to help with planning, teachers can view the dates, times and venues for all language oral examinations from Wednesday 28 May. Both the viewing and scheduling functions are available on Schools Online >
Examination Options and Scheduling > Language Oral Examination Scheduling.
Teachers can print a summary page of their students' examination details from Schools Online as soon as the examinations have been scheduled, and students will be able to download their confirmation sheet and relevant venue location maps through Students Online.
Detailed instructions of the scheduling process are now available on Schools Online in 'Memos and Documents'.
The online scheduling facility will close on Monday 16 June.
Any students who are not scheduled by this date will have their examinations scheduled by BOSTES.

 For more information, contact:
Examination Operations
examlang@bos.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8065

My colleague is looking for the tutor who is willing to assist her daughter who is in Year 12 and is taking IB
Japanese. She has spent a few weeks in Japan and wants to keep up her
speaking ability.
Please contact her mother : aschofield@joeys.org(Allyson Schofield)
They live in West Ryde.

 

I have posted lots of resources and presentations on the conference blog, so please have a look. These include all Caroline David's wonderful resources on organising a visit to Japan and the DEC documents involved.  Please go to http://japanmeet.weebly.com/shared-resources
The password for the shared resources is lnsw1.

JFF Film Encore!! 
Tickets will go on sale on June 11 2014
 http://japanesefilmfestival.net/
 9th-13th July 2014
 Perfect for the Winter Holidays!

Many thanks to Wendy for sharing.

I wanted to tell you about my website that is now available to all teachers and students for support, revision whatever.Over 70 ready made video tutorials with worksheets attached.
 www.japanesetutorialsonline.com.au
There is an advertisement for it at
http://youtu.be/8C8XM6mjjGs

Our school has decided to do interest electives with Year 7 and year 8 and I was wondering if you have any ideas on particular topics we could do? Year 7 will be 3 x 1hr every two weeks and year 8 two x 1hr every fortnight for a semester. Our actual LOTE time has been cut to focus on these. We have already thought of
anime/manga and a focus on Samurai life and times.... Thanks so much. 
Nicole Wells
nicole.wells@det.nsw.edu.au