Please note that the correct price for the Tanken Centre's April holiday workshop for Stage 6 Japanese Continuers is $110.00 per student. We have corrected the form in yesterday's post.

Excursion bookings: 
Terms 2 and 3 are filling up quickly. If you are interested in bringing your students or have any queries, please contact us with your preferred dates. 

Kindly note that the minimum number of students per excursion is 20 and the maximum number is 32 (high school) or 36 (primary school) for safety reasons.

If your group is smaller than 20 students, we will aim to find a similar group of students to join with your group. We are better able to find another school if you give us sufficient notice when submitting your preferred date.
 
April holiday workshop for Stage 6 Continuers: 17 and 18 April 2019
We are facilitating a Year 12 Continuers HSC holiday workshop on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April 2019. 

Further details and the registration forms are attached. Please send us the application form at your earliest continence.

Beginners, Continuers and Extension workshops are also planned for the July holidays. The details of July holiday workshop will be advertised at the beginning of Term 2.

Kindly note that we are not able to accept pre-bookings for July workshop.
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For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745

​Please note, the beginning Japanese teachers' workshop to be held at the Nihongo Tanken Centre on Friday 8 March is now full. The centre will not be accepting any further enrolments.

The Tanken Centre will host a workshop for beginning Japanese teachers on Friday 8 March 2019.

This workshop is to support new secondary Japanese teachers in:

• - building their skills in using Japanese in the classroom
• - learning more about the Tanken Centre
• - networking.

 
Date: Friday 8 March 2019
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Venue: Tanken Centre, Kirrawee HS
Target audience: Beginning (in their first 3 years) teachers of Japanese
Cost: $55 (including lunch)
 
This workshop is designed for you to experience the activities run by Tanken Centre, with the aim of using the ideas and strategies in your own classroom. You will also have the opportunity to network with other Japanese teachers.
 
Please refer to the attached program for full details.
 
Travel and accommodation subsidies are available for temporary/permanent rural and remote teachers, through the department’s Rural and Remote strategy. To apply for a subsidy, please email aris.cao1@det.nsw.edu.au with your details.
 
This workshop has 20 places, allocated on a first-come first-served basis. If you are interested, please resister:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C6Br0C49yWnbOHzGl-SQeCkv6_zxkX78Ed313Ba4tQ0/edit
When your place is confirmed, we will contact you via email.
 
For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745
 
Standards
Attending this meeting will contribute 5 hours of Teacher Identified professional development towards maintaining Proficient Teacher accreditation in NSW, meeting standards 6.2, 6.3 and 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

The Tanken Centre will host a workshop for beginning Japanese teachers on Friday 8 March 2019.

This workshop is to support new secondary Japanese teachers in:

• - building their skills in using Japanese in the classroom
• - learning more about the Tanken Centre
• - networking.

 
Date: Friday 8 March 2019
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Venue: Tanken Centre, Kirrawee HS
Target audience: Beginning (in their first 3 years) teachers of Japanese
Cost: $55 (including lunch)
 
This workshop is designed for you to experience the activities run by Tanken Centre, with the aim of using the ideas and strategies in your own classroom. You will also have the opportunity to network with other Japanese teachers.
 
Please refer to the attached program for full details.
 
Travel and accommodation subsidies are available for temporary/permanent rural and remote teachers, through the department’s Rural and Remote strategy. To apply for a subsidy, please email aris.cao1@det.nsw.edu.au with your details.
 
This workshop has 20 places, allocated on a first-come first-served basis. If you are interested, please resister:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C6Br0C49yWnbOHzGl-SQeCkv6_zxkX78Ed313Ba4tQ0/edit
When your place is confirmed, we will contact you via email.
 
For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745
 
Standards
Attending this meeting will contribute 5 hours of Teacher Identified professional development towards maintaining Proficient Teacher accreditation in NSW, meeting standards 6.2, 6.3 and 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. 

The Tanken Centre is now taking excursion bookings for 2019. Information, booking forms and support materials may be accessed through the NSW Department of Education's curriculum website.
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For further information, please contact the Tanken Centre.

Bookings
Please send through the booking form as soon as the excursion date is confirmed.

Cancellations
Please note that the Tanken Centre requires a minimum of 4 weeks notice for cancellations. Cancellations made within 4 weeks of the date will attract a cancellation charge.
If you need to cancel your booking, please notify the Tanken Centre as soon as possible so that the date can be offered to other schools.

Minimum/maximum numbers
Please note that the minimum number for all bookings is 20 students.
The maximum number for high schools is 32 students, and 36 students for primary students.

For groups that are smaller than 20, the Tanken Centre will try to find another school to combine with so that the excursion can go ahead. This is more likely if the Tanken Centre is given sufficient notice when submitting a preferred date.

For further information please contact the Tanken Centre or 02 9542 5745.

Some places have just opened up for the Year 12 Japanese Beginners​ workshop.
There are still places available for the Year 12 Japanese Extension workshop.

If you are interested in sending your students, please contact the Tanken Centre on 02 9542 5745 as soon as possible and submit the attached registration form.

Dates below: 
Year 12 Beginners: Wednesday 11 July and Thursday 12 July 2018
Year 12 Extension: Friday 20 July 2018

Note: Year 12 Continuers is fully booked.

Please find further details on the registration form attached.

Please be advised, the July holiday workshops for the Japanese Continuers students is now full.
Any applications received from now on will be waitlisted.
The Nihongo Tanken Centre will contact applicants if a cancellation occurs.

Year 12 HSC Workshops
The Tanken Centre is running a number of Year 12 HSC Workshops in July. The workshops will be held on the follow dates:
Year 12 Beginners: 11-12 July 2018
Year 12 Continuers: 17-18 July 2018
Year 12 Extension: 20 July 2018.

Further information can be found in the registration form are attached.

Tanken Centre excursion bookings
If your school is booking an excursion at the Tanken Centre, the booking form should be sent to the Tanken Centre as soon as the excursion date is confirmed. Should you need to cancel your booking, please inform the Tanken Centre as soon as practicable. There is a minimum 4 weeks' notice for cancellation, and the cancellation charge of $10 per student will apply if there is less than 4 weeks' notice.

Excursions require a minimum number of 20 students, with a maximum number of students of 32 students for high school excursions and 36 students for primary school excursions. If your group has less than 20 students, please alert the Tanken Centre to this when submitting your preferred date of excursion, as we may be able to accommodate a smaller booking by combining two groups together.

Tanken Centre availabilities – Term 2
The following dates in Term 2 have become available. Please contact the Tanken Centre if you are interested in these dates.
- 17 May 2018
- 21 May 2018.