Minato-Ku school

Minato -ku Students 2016

Minato is one of the 23 special wards of Toyko. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335.The total area is 20.34 km². It's very densely populated

SCHEDULE FOR MINATO-KU VISIT 2016

date	morning	afternoon	After school	evening
Friday 22nd July			3pm arrive at BPS Welcome afternoon tea (staff room)	Homestay families
Saturday July23	Homestay families	Homestay families	Homestay families	Homestay families
Sunday July 24	Homestay families	Homestay families	Homestay families	Homestay families
Monday July 25	8:45 arrive at school Japan -Australia Day Welcome assembly and wild action Zoo demonstration.	whole school day where the students participate in Japanese and Australian activities. Minato Ku students will enjoy learning about Australian animals as well as watching a Karate demonstration	Homestay families	Homestay families
Tuesday July 26	8:45 arrive at school 9am classroom activities with their buddies (level 4 children) 11:00 recess – play in the yard with their buddies	11:30 – 1:30 join in with their buddies in the classroom 1:30 lunch 2:00 – 3:30 Farewell performance(in Level 4 building)	Farewell party with host families in the staff room	Homestay families
Sunday July 27	7:30 am leave school. 11am dep airport.

Farewell Performance (26th July) -Level 4 building

2:00-3:00  workshops with 5/6 students

3-3:10 Japanese students or teachers speak

3:15 BPS Principal to speak and present gifts to teachers and students. BPS host family students to speak about their favourite experience with their Japanese friend.

3:25 Present certificates to the students

3:30- afternoon tea in staff room with families

Families invited to come along to afternoon ceremony

USEFUL JAPANESE PHRASES

English	日本語 (Japanese)
Welcome	ようこそ (yōkoso)
How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?	お元気ですか？ (o genki desu ka)
	はい、元気です。あなたは？ (hai, genki desu. anata wa?)
Pleased to meet you	初めまして (hajimemashite)
Good morning	お早うございます (ohayō gozaimasu) お早う (ohayō)
Good afternoon/hello	今日は (konnichiwa)
Good evening	今晩は (konbanwa)
Good night	おやすみなさい (oyasumi nasai)
Goodbye	さようなら (sayōnara) 行って来ます (ittekimasu) - I'll be back - you are leaving 行ってらっしゃい (itterasshai) - come back soon - you are staying じゃあまたね (jā mata ne) - see you later
Have a nice day	良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o)
Bon appetit (Have a good meal)	いただきます (itadakimasu) - said before a meal by those eating it ご馳走さま (gochisōsama) - said after a meal by those who have eaten it
I don't understand	わかりません (wakarimasen)
Do you understand?	わかりますか？（wakarimasu ka?）
Please speak more slowly	ゆっくり話してください   (yukkuri  hanashite kudasai)
Please write it down	書いてください (kaite kudasai)
Excuse me	すみません! (sumimasen)
Are you tired?	つかれていますか？　（tsukarete imasu ka?）
Sorry	ごめんなさい! (gomen nasai)
Are you hungry?	おなかがすいていますか？（onaka ga suite imasu ka?）
Do you want …. ( to have a shower)	。。。がほしいですか？（shawa ga hoshi desu ka?）
What do you like?	なにがすきですか？（nani ga suki desu ka?）
What do you dislike?	なにがきらいですか？(nani ga kirai desu ka?)
Let’s go	いきましょう（ikimasho）
Let’s eat	食べましょう（tabemasho）
Thank you you’re welcome	ありがとう (arigatō)
	どう致しましてどういたしまして (dō itashimashite)
Here’s the ….	これは。。。です。（kore wa …desu）
How do you say ... in Japanese?	．．．を日本語で何と言いますか。 (...o nihongo de nan to īmasu ka?)

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