Term 1
Japan Club
Get ready for a brand new block of Japan Club!
April – July topic: Exploring Japan: 日本 の 地理 Nihon no Chiri (Geography of Japan)
What you need:
Every week – Bring pens, pencils and paper for making notes and drawings.
Check below for printouts and other resources.
Additional resources related to Japan: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/countries/article/japan
The Gallery
Week 1
- A map of the world, atlas or globe or Google Earth (Click here)
- Exploring Japan session guide: PDF (Click here)
- Children’s Day – ‘Origami Kabuto’ (helmet) instructions: PDF (Click here)
- Children’s Day – ‘Koinobori’ template: PDF (Click here)
- Hiragana / katakana charts: PDF (Click here)
Week 2
- A map of the world, atlas or globe or use Google Earth.
- Climate session guide and activity: PDF (Click here)
- Katakana / Hiragana Code breaking worksheet: PDF (Click here)
Week 3
- Map of Japan: PDF (Click here)
- Atlas
- Cities and Population session guide: PDF (Click here)
Week 4
- Atlas / World map
- Volcanoes and Tectonic Plates map: PDF (Click here)
- Lego plates and bricks plus a bag of marbles (optional)
- Volcanoes and tectonic plates session guide and activity: PDF (Click here)
Week 5
- Japan’s regions map: PDF (Click here)
- Paper and pencils
- Japan’s hidden treasures – session guide and activity (Coming soon)
Week 6
- Pencil and paper
- Card, scissors and red felt tip pen or print out maru batsu / paddle and stick on card.
- Maru / batsu paddle (optional) PDF (Click here)
- Map to label – industries of Japan PDF (Click here)
- Session guide (coming soon)
Week 7
- Wildlife PDF (Click here)
- Map to label – wildlife of Japan PDF (Click here)
- Session guide (coming soon)
Week
- Tanabata PDF (Coming soon)
- Session guide (coming soon)
🔗 Link to join the live sessions:
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Passcode: 092823
Meeting ID: 814 1875 3845
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🎬 Pre-recorded Tutorials Library
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Here you’ll find all the pre-recorded tutorials for Japan Club. This space will become a growing library tutorials for you to watch and work through at your own pace. Whether you’re catching up or revisiting a favourite part, you can come back here anytime to watch the tutorials as often as you like!
No prior knowledge of Japan or Japanese is needed – just bring your imagination, something to write or draw with and a sense of adventure!
1. Pre-recorded session 1
Password: nihonchiri1
Exploring Japan – part 1: Where in the world is Japan?
Children’s Day – Koi no bori.
How to read hiragana / katakana syllabaries.
Children’s Day
Kodomo no hi / Koinobori
2. Pre-recorded session 2
Password: Fujisan2
Exploring Japan part 2: Physical Geography
Japanese: Vocabulary related to physical geography
My name is ______ / Your name please…
3. Pre-recorded session 3
Password: Population
Exploring Japan part 3: Human Geography
Japanese: Vocabulary related to human geography.
Where are you from?
Gojo GO KA STAR song
Exploring Japan: The city where I lived has it’s own song!
Hiragana
Learn to read hiragana – coming soon…
4. Pre-recorded session 4
Password: Jishin
Exploring Japan part 4: Earthquakes, volcanoes and Tsunamis
Japanese: Vocabulary relating to earthquakes, volcanoes.
Counting / How old are you?
5. Pre-recorded session 5
Exploring Japan part 5: Japan’s Regional Treasures
Japanese: Greetings.
6. Pre-recorded session 6
Exploring Japan part 6: Industry, Agriculture and Transport
Japanese: Talking about the weather
7. Pre-recorded session 7
Exploring Japan part 7: Wildlife
Japanese: Talking about animals and nature
8. Pre-recorded session 8
Exploring Japan part 8: Traditions and Festivals Across Japan
Japanese: Review and practice
Summer session 1
Let’s make sushi! (Sushi o tsukuro!)
Japanese: Topic and table etiquette.
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