Category: Past Events

JLTASA were pleased to provide five grants for members to attend the 2022 NSJLE. We are also very proud of our SA presenters, Tom Dawson, Mel Watt, Kate Satomura, Ilana Nicolle and Simon Carey. You can read all the reports here: NSJLE 2022 Reports – All.  

Our Southern Area Hub Group’s Annual Hiragana Reading Competition was held for the 18th year on Wednesday September 14th. This year we had 22 teams of 4 entered which is a total of 88 students! We started by dividing into 2 groups in a round robin playoff. Teams played off, …

Hiragana Contest JLTASA Report 7/9/22 It was with great excitement that the Western Primary Schools’ Hiragana Contest was held after a 2 year hiatus at Kidman Park Primary School. Year 5/6 students from Flinders Park PS, Kidman Park PS, North Haven PS, West Beach PS and Westport PS entered the …

It is not an understatement to say that Hiroshi Haga (1946-2018) was a shining beacon of light to the Japanese teachers of South Australia. As one of the founding members of the JLTASA nearly 50 years ago, and through his teaching at Northfield and Norwood Morialta High Schools (amongst others) …

Justine Talbot of Rivergum Christian College recently received a JLTASA Grant for a School Based Advocacy Project. “The school has offered Japanese as a subject for a long time, but there has never been a Japanese classroom until 2021. Previously, the Japanese teacher went from class to class. I would …

This year we had students from eight schools enter the recital from Blackfriar’s Priory School, Golden Grove High School, Immanuel College, King’s Baptist Grammar School, Mount Carmel College, Parafield Gardens High School, Rivergum Christian College, and St John’s Grammar School. As always, judges had a challenging time deliberating on the …

On Tuesday last week, the JLTASA hosted the annual Year 10 Japanese Commercial Making Day at St John’s Grammar School. This was the 6th year that we have hosted this event for our Year 10 students. 70 students and 10 teachers from 8 schools attended the event. Students were put into …

A chance meeting between Jarrod Hoare and Jen Gilbert at Monarto Safari Park in August 2020 sparked an idea that finally came together in May 2021: A Japanese language immersion tour of Monarto. Most members of the JLTASA are familiar with Jarrod’s wonderful Japanese/English bi-lingual performances of Rakugo and kyogen, …