05 Apr 2016
The Languages Department was very excited to have our sister school Chiba Keiai visit us once again in March.
We were privileged to have the new Principal of Chiba Keiai join us, Mr Masayuki Takaoka. It has been wonderful to see the enthusiasm from our students learning Japanese from Years 9 to 10 in meeting and interacting with them. Many students practiced their Japanese with the Chiba Keiai visitors and exchanged cultural information and have vowed to stay in touch via social media so that they can continue learning from one another.
The visit to Taronga Zoo with the homestay families was a great success. The Japanese visitors had never seen a koala or emu before and were fascinated by the interactive lemur tour. They also enjoyed the interactive Japanese classes whereby our students participated with one another in learning new grammar and participating in group activities. Chiba Keiai students could not stop crying for a while on the bus on their way back to Japan after saying goodbye to our students. We thank all the homestay host families for their kindness and enthusiasm in allowing their Japanese students to stay with them for one week. Every Keiai student was delighted to spend their days with their host families.
We look forward to our sister school coming back next year!