August 29, 2012
September 2012
Since I will be taking maternity leave this November I will not be running Japanese Club this year. I am very sorry and thank those of you who have shown an interest. Honto ni gomen nasai!
Japanese Cultural Exchange Day
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| Welcome Sign in main hallway |
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| Our country's flags |
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| School Tour |
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| Ms.Sundin reverting to old habits :D |
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| Japanese Calligraphy |
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| Origami |
May 25, 2012
Friday June 1st- Japan Cultural Exchange Day
Konnichiwa Minasan!
Thank you to all of you who have volunteered to help out on Friday June 1st with our Japanese guests!
I'm very excited for this event to take place.
Details:
It will be a great day! If for some reason you cannot attend (Ex: in event of Extreme illness only), please email me at the address provided on my webpage!
Arigatou gozaimasu! It will be a great and fun-filled day!
See you on Friday!
I'm very excited for this event to take place.
- 9:20am- Be in small gym to get seated and receive instructions
- 9:30am- Assembly starts (speeches, gift exchange, presentation/dance, etc.)
- ~10:30am- Pair up with Japanese students & School Tour
- ~11:00am- Pick up chairs from cafe & escort students to their designated classrooms
- 11:35am- Pick up students from classrooms & escort them back to the cafe (10 mins BEFORE lu begins)
- Please remember to be in the SMALL GYM at 9:20am on FRIDAY JUNE 1st. The assembly starts at 9:30am sharp so DO NOT BE LATE and please DO NOT BACK OUT IF YOU SIGNED UP!!! We are counting on you! we will have close to 100 Japanese students that day.
- After speeches and presentations, you will each be paired up with 4-6 Japanese students. You will then take your group of students on a tour around the school (follow the instructions on the sheet of paper you will be given). Once the tour is finished you will get a chair for each students in the cafeteria and escort the students to designated classrooms where they will observe a class. Once you've dropped them off you may go to your own class for majority of the period. However, please get out of class (your sheet of paper is your ticket out and Ms.Thomson will email the teachers excusing you) 10 MINS BEFORE LUNCH and GO BACK AND PICK UP THE STUDENTS YOU DROPPED OFF! You will then escort them down to the cafeteria for lunch. Don't forget to bring the chairs back to the cafe!!!
- The afternoon will be the time when the Japanese students will be setting up their cultural booths. You will be able to be let out of class to help with this. Just be sure to inform your teacher.
See you on Friday!
April 22, 2012
Bill 22 Action Plan
Konnichiwa Mina san,
Gomen nasai. As you may already know, last week all the teachers in Surrey voted for an action plan against Bill 22. One of the components of the action plan includes the withdrawal of extracurricular activities. I'm very sorry, but this means that we will not be able to meet for Japanese Club for the rest of the school year. While I do support our union, at the same time this makes me sad, because I enjoy meeting with you all so much! I hope you can understand why this is happening and I'm sorry that it affects you guys so much.
In any case, I thank you for your time and interest in the Japanese Club, and that you will continue to study your hiragana and maybe even katakana! ;) Remember you can check out the great sites I've posted links to on my site to continue studying if you wish. I hope that you do.
Please stay in touch and don't be afraid to stop by and say hi. Remember that you can expect our Japanese exchange student guests to be arriving at our school the beginning of June. I believe it is June 1st or 3rd or something like that. I will contact you &/or be sure to pass your names onto Ms.Thompson so that you can be paired up with the Japanese students for the morning! Please keep this in mind and stay tuned for upcoming details.Don't forget to practice the basic conversational questions and answers I taught you, so that you can try out your Japanese with the students from Japan!
Gambatte kudasai & Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!!
-Ms.Sundin
Gomen nasai. As you may already know, last week all the teachers in Surrey voted for an action plan against Bill 22. One of the components of the action plan includes the withdrawal of extracurricular activities. I'm very sorry, but this means that we will not be able to meet for Japanese Club for the rest of the school year. While I do support our union, at the same time this makes me sad, because I enjoy meeting with you all so much! I hope you can understand why this is happening and I'm sorry that it affects you guys so much.
In any case, I thank you for your time and interest in the Japanese Club, and that you will continue to study your hiragana and maybe even katakana! ;) Remember you can check out the great sites I've posted links to on my site to continue studying if you wish. I hope that you do.
Please stay in touch and don't be afraid to stop by and say hi. Remember that you can expect our Japanese exchange student guests to be arriving at our school the beginning of June. I believe it is June 1st or 3rd or something like that. I will contact you &/or be sure to pass your names onto Ms.Thompson so that you can be paired up with the Japanese students for the morning! Please keep this in mind and stay tuned for upcoming details.Don't forget to practice the basic conversational questions and answers I taught you, so that you can try out your Japanese with the students from Japan!
Gambatte kudasai & Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!!
-Ms.Sundin
April 15, 2012
April 18th Meeting
Konnichiwa Minasan,
We will have a club meeting today after school as usual. Last week we started watching another of Hayao Miyazaki's anime movies, My Neighbour Totorro, one of his original famous fantasies. We will continue watching this movie and hopefully finish it!It is really cute and of course, kind of strange!
Hope to see you on Wednesday!
Mata ne...
We will have a club meeting today after school as usual. Last week we started watching another of Hayao Miyazaki's anime movies, My Neighbour Totorro, one of his original famous fantasies. We will continue watching this movie and hopefully finish it!It is really cute and of course, kind of strange!
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| Kore wa totorro desu! |
Mata ne...
April 09, 2012
April 12th- Thursday NOT Wednesday
Konnichiwa,
We will be meeting this week but I'm sorry I can't meet on Wednesday. I would like to have club on Thursday instead this week. Please come to my room Thursday after school then. Sorry for the change.
Mata ne..
-Sundin Sensei :)
We will be meeting this week but I'm sorry I can't meet on Wednesday. I would like to have club on Thursday instead this week. Please come to my room Thursday after school then. Sorry for the change.
Mata ne..
-Sundin Sensei :)
April 01, 2012
Good News
Konnichiwa Mina-san!
We will be able to meet for Japanese club at least for the next 2 weeks so please be prepared to come this Wednesday as per usual.
See you then!
Mata ne...
We will be able to meet for Japanese club at least for the next 2 weeks so please be prepared to come this Wednesday as per usual.
See you then!
Mata ne...
March 25, 2012
Next Meeting Unknown
Konnichiwa Mina-san,
Sorry, but with everything that has been happening with the job action as of late, we are not likely to have club again for awhile. I am really not sure. I'll know more this week, so please stop by my classroom at any point over the next few days and hopefully I'll have an answer for you guys. I am very sorry- I hope you know how much I enjoy meeting with you all and how much I appreciate your interest in Japanese. I am very sorry for the inconvenience, but hope you can understand why this is all happening.
In the meantime, please continue studying your Hiragana, use those online flashcards and quizzes so you don't forget all that you have learned thus far, and please use the Learn Japanese on the Web link- it is a great resource that will help you continue to learn with or without me!
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
Sorry, but with everything that has been happening with the job action as of late, we are not likely to have club again for awhile. I am really not sure. I'll know more this week, so please stop by my classroom at any point over the next few days and hopefully I'll have an answer for you guys. I am very sorry- I hope you know how much I enjoy meeting with you all and how much I appreciate your interest in Japanese. I am very sorry for the inconvenience, but hope you can understand why this is all happening.
In the meantime, please continue studying your Hiragana, use those online flashcards and quizzes so you don't forget all that you have learned thus far, and please use the Learn Japanese on the Web link- it is a great resource that will help you continue to learn with or without me!
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
March 03, 2012
No Club on Wednesday March 7th
Konnichiwa to Gomen nasai,
As I'm sure you already know, due to the job action next week, there will be no club meeting this Wednesday March 7th. We will hopefully meet again after spring break. Please check back here and/or stop by my classroom for more information.
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
As I'm sure you already know, due to the job action next week, there will be no club meeting this Wednesday March 7th. We will hopefully meet again after spring break. Please check back here and/or stop by my classroom for more information.
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
February 26, 2012
Wednesday Feb.29th
Please listen for announcements or stop by my classroom after school on Wednesday to check whether we'll be having a club meeting or not. Our ability to meet is dependent on the results of the current job action and the impending legislation. My apologies for the disruption. Gomen nasai :(
February 19, 2012
Another Date Change!!
Konnichiwa!!
I apologize for another schedule change, but there will be no club on Wednesday after school. I have a meeting on Wednesday that I'd like to attend. We could reschedule this week's regular meeting again to either Tuesday or Thursday. Any preference? At this point I think Thursday would work fine. Please stop by my classroom or email me if Thursday is an issue. Otherwise, hope to see you then!!
Thanks for understanding and being flexible!
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
I apologize for another schedule change, but there will be no club on Wednesday after school. I have a meeting on Wednesday that I'd like to attend. We could reschedule this week's regular meeting again to either Tuesday or Thursday. Any preference? At this point I think Thursday would work fine. Please stop by my classroom or email me if Thursday is an issue. Otherwise, hope to see you then!!
Thanks for understanding and being flexible!
Mata ne...
-Ms.Sundin
February 15, 2012
Cancellation-Rescheduling!
Sorry for the sudden change. Wednesday's club meeting is cancelled but let's meet Thursday instead!! Sorry for any inconvenience and hope to see you tomorrow!
February 12, 2012
February 15th
Konnichiwa Mina san,
This week we will review some Hiragana again and practice this/that, etc. as we did last week. Perhaps we will practice writing sentences in Hiragana too! We will also look at some new words to help you develop your vocabulary and write sentences. Please refer to the website we looked at last week in class to help you.
See you on Wednesday!
-Ms.Sundin
This week we will review some Hiragana again and practice this/that, etc. as we did last week. Perhaps we will practice writing sentences in Hiragana too! We will also look at some new words to help you develop your vocabulary and write sentences. Please refer to the website we looked at last week in class to help you.
See you on Wednesday!
-Ms.Sundin
February 04, 2012
February 8th
Konnichiwa!
Konshu watashitachi no aukoto wa 2 gatsu no youka ni arimasu!!
(This week our meeting will be on February 8th!)
We will briefly review the phrases/questions/answers you learned last week and then we will spend some time reviewing hiragana and learning new vocabulary from a fanastic website that Kendra found called Learn Japanese. I've posted the link to the right. Please check it out if you have time. It is awesome! Arigatou Kendra! Yoku dekimashita! (Thank you Kendra! Good job!)
Mata ne!
Konshu watashitachi no aukoto wa 2 gatsu no youka ni arimasu!!
(This week our meeting will be on February 8th!)
We will briefly review the phrases/questions/answers you learned last week and then we will spend some time reviewing hiragana and learning new vocabulary from a fanastic website that Kendra found called Learn Japanese. I've posted the link to the right. Please check it out if you have time. It is awesome! Arigatou Kendra! Yoku dekimashita! (Thank you Kendra! Good job!)
Mata ne!
January 27, 2012
February 1st
Konnichiwa Mina san!
Now that finals are over and the new semester is beginning we will be meeting again more regularly. I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday, February 1st. We will be focussing on more grammar, phrases, and speaking activities, as well as review hiragana! Hopefully you haven't forgotten all of it yet! :)
See you Wednesday.
-Ms.Sundin
Now that finals are over and the new semester is beginning we will be meeting again more regularly. I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday, February 1st. We will be focussing on more grammar, phrases, and speaking activities, as well as review hiragana! Hopefully you haven't forgotten all of it yet! :)
See you Wednesday.
-Ms.Sundin
January 22, 2012
January 25th
Due to final exams and the semester end, there will be no Japanese club this week. We will resume club meetings next week! Hope to see you then.
Mata ne
-Ms.Sundin
Mata ne
-Ms.Sundin
January 14, 2012
January 18th
Konnichiwa Mina-san!
This week our meeting will be weather-permitting. If it happens to snow a lot that day (as predicted it may), I might have to cancel our meeting because I have a long way to drive home and I want to get home in the daylight and avoid rush hour traffic. That being said, however, I hope it doesn't snow, because I want to get into some more practical lessons to build on some of the grammer you learned last week.
Please stop by my room on Wednesday.
Hope to see you soon :)
Mata ne
-Ms.Sundin
This week our meeting will be weather-permitting. If it happens to snow a lot that day (as predicted it may), I might have to cancel our meeting because I have a long way to drive home and I want to get home in the daylight and avoid rush hour traffic. That being said, however, I hope it doesn't snow, because I want to get into some more practical lessons to build on some of the grammer you learned last week.
Please stop by my room on Wednesday.
Hope to see you soon :)
Mata ne
-Ms.Sundin
January 08, 2012
Week of Jan.9-13
Konnichiwa Mina-san,
I am planning to have a club meeting this Wednesday January 11th. Please stop by my room after school.
Hope to see you then.
Mata ne.
I am planning to have a club meeting this Wednesday January 11th. Please stop by my room after school.
Hope to see you then.
Mata ne.
January 02, 2012
Week of Jan.3 -6
Konnichiwa Mina san
(Happiness to you on the dawn of a New Year)
This means Happy New Year in Japanese of course!
I hope that we can meet on Wednesday after school and every Wednesday following that. However, at this time, there may be changes, so for now, please listen for announcements and check back to this webpage for updates on meeting times.
We will discuss O-shogatsu (the new year and the Japanese customs), as well as get back to studying 'Nihongo' and learning to speak some key phrases!
Sugu ni au to ii desu!
(Hope to see you soon.)
新年 あけましておめでとうございます
Shinen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu(Happiness to you on the dawn of a New Year)
This means Happy New Year in Japanese of course!
I hope that we can meet on Wednesday after school and every Wednesday following that. However, at this time, there may be changes, so for now, please listen for announcements and check back to this webpage for updates on meeting times.
We will discuss O-shogatsu (the new year and the Japanese customs), as well as get back to studying 'Nihongo' and learning to speak some key phrases!
Sugu ni au to ii desu!
(Hope to see you soon.)
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