On Thursday, October 24th we had a visit from Kansai University Junior/Senior High School. The students from this school prepared many fun games so that our students could experience aspects of their culture. We enjoyed ourselves very much.
Here are some thoughts from Grade 4J.
The activity I enjoyed the most was:
• the chopstick game because you got a pair of chopsticks and you tried to pick up beans. I got one bean and my opponent got two beans. (Sam)
• writing because I like how Japanese characters look. (John)
• writing the Japanese letters because it was a bit challenging and that was what made it fun. Also, it was cool writing letters from a different country. (Willem)
• the fishing one outside because the balloon had water in it and was like a yoyo and that was awesome. (Erik)
• the balloon one because I think it was hard for me and I like hard games. (Christian)
• the paper throw because I got a cool prize and it was fun. (Matthew)
• fan-making because of the materials I used to decorate it (origami, glitter pens) and I got to do it right from the start which was absolutely splendid! (Emma)
• making a paper fan because you could be creative and also draw and glue on pieces of origami. (Marina)
• when you had to put a face together with a blindfold covering your eyes. It was really fun because it was a challenge that was creative. (Bree)
• fan making because it was nice that they had so many colours to work with and I never knew that they used different glue in Japan. It was really cool. (Cassidy)
• picking up the water balloons with a hook and piece of paper connected to the hook. It was challenging and fun because when paper gets wet it gets mushy and you have to go fast. (David)
• where you could paint with some oils or some sort of black paint. You had to choose a picture of a letter or word and then you painted the word. I liked this activity because it was interesting and fun. (Cypress)
• the Japanese fan making because it was something I don't get to do a lot and you could decorate with many materials like origami, pens or even sparkly pens. I thought Japanese glue reminded me of white out. (Elizabeth)
• making the fans because there were so many things to put on them and the glue was awesome because it was really sticky and easy to put on. (Sofia)
Here are some thoughts from Grade 4J.
The activity I enjoyed the most was:
• the chopstick game because you got a pair of chopsticks and you tried to pick up beans. I got one bean and my opponent got two beans. (Sam)
• writing because I like how Japanese characters look. (John)
• writing the Japanese letters because it was a bit challenging and that was what made it fun. Also, it was cool writing letters from a different country. (Willem)
• the fishing one outside because the balloon had water in it and was like a yoyo and that was awesome. (Erik)
• the balloon one because I think it was hard for me and I like hard games. (Christian)
• the paper throw because I got a cool prize and it was fun. (Matthew)
• fan-making because of the materials I used to decorate it (origami, glitter pens) and I got to do it right from the start which was absolutely splendid! (Emma)
• making a paper fan because you could be creative and also draw and glue on pieces of origami. (Marina)
• when you had to put a face together with a blindfold covering your eyes. It was really fun because it was a challenge that was creative. (Bree)
• fan making because it was nice that they had so many colours to work with and I never knew that they used different glue in Japan. It was really cool. (Cassidy)
• picking up the water balloons with a hook and piece of paper connected to the hook. It was challenging and fun because when paper gets wet it gets mushy and you have to go fast. (David)
• where you could paint with some oils or some sort of black paint. You had to choose a picture of a letter or word and then you painted the word. I liked this activity because it was interesting and fun. (Cypress)
• the Japanese fan making because it was something I don't get to do a lot and you could decorate with many materials like origami, pens or even sparkly pens. I thought Japanese glue reminded me of white out. (Elizabeth)
• making the fans because there were so many things to put on them and the glue was awesome because it was really sticky and easy to put on. (Sofia)
A Japanese dance above.
A bean counting chopstick race below.
A bean counting chopstick race below.