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

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!

Kore wa totorro desu!

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

Mata ne...

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 :)

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...

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

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

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 :(