The Japan Foundation, Sydney

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2010 Event Calendar – New!

To help teachers plan for our contests and to keep informed of upcoming events, please click here to view our 2010 calendar. *Please note dates may change slightly

'Name the Neko' Competition

Please visit our Happy Family Plan website to read more about it and enter our 'Name the Neko' competition to be the very first to receive your very own copy!

The winner and neko’s name will be announced in the February edition of Omusubi: http://www.happyfamilyplan.com/

National Japanese Language Speech Contest DVD available

A DVD of the 40th National Japanese Language Speech Contest which was held in October 2009, is now available for loan to the public from the Japan Foundation, Sydney’s library.

Any teacher that would like their own copy for their students, please email contest@jpf.org.au.

Online Japanese Basic Course for 2010- Sign up for Term 1 now!

Applications for Term 1 close on 29th January.

Term 1 is from 8th February - 4th April.

Click here to sign up.

Sensei’s Pages, Summer 2010 – New!

Theme - Video Production in the Japanese classroom Part 2: Video production using digital photo presentation.

Click here to view.

2010 Centre Visit Programs - New!

The film Happy Family Plan will be available for Centre Visits from the end of February.

Click here to view the selection of films, task sheets and centre visit programs.

Video Matsuri - Oscar Winners!

Thank you for all the great videos you entered in our first Video Festival Contest!

2010 contest details and a downloadable poster are now available on our website along with all winning and special award winning films.

Click here to view.

Japanese Film Festival School Screening - Summer Days with Coo

315 students went to Events Cinema Sydney to watch the school screening of Summer Days with Coo on 30th November in conjunction with the 13th Japanese Film Festival. The screening started at 10am when students could sit back, relax and enjoy this Japanese film with their popcorn!

We hope that these students and more will come back this year.

Summer Days with Coo © 2007 Masao Kogure/ Summer Days with Coo Committee

11th World Children's Haiku Competition by JAL Foundation Deadline 15 January

JAL Foundation bienially organises the ‘World Children’s Haiku Contest’, and we are happy to announce that the 11th contest is to be held this year. All winning haiku will be collected and published next year as an anthology titled 'Haiku by World Children''.

Click here for competition details and application form.

JANUARY 2010

In this issue:

-	2010 Event Calendar New!
-	'Name the Neko' Competition
-	National Japanese Language Speech Contest DVD available
-	Online Japanese Basic Course for 2010 Sign up for Term 1 now!
-	Sensei’s Pages, Summer 2010 New!
-	2010 Centre Visit Programs New!
-	Video Matsuri Oscar Winners!
-	Japanese Film Festival School Screening Summer Days with Coo
-	11th World Children's Haiku Competition by JAL Foundation In Japan!In Japan!

The Japan Foundation, Sydney

Shop 23, Level 1 Chifley Plaza
2 Chifley Square
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Art & Culture Dept.

Phone: (02) 8239 0055

Fax: (02) 9222 2168

Japanese Studies & Intellectual Exchange Dept.

Phone: (02) 8239 0055

Fax: (02) 9222 2168

Japanese Language Dept.

Phone: (02) 8239 0077

Fax: (02) 9222 2169

Library

Phone: (02) 8239 0011

Fax: (02) 9222 2164

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