Category: Past Events

The annual conference was once again a highlight of the JLTASA calendar and a huge success.

Competitive cooking shows such as My Kitchen Rules or Master Chef are internationally popular and also a great way to learn about culture and languages. To give Primary School students more variety of learning Japanese language and culture, every year Westminster School and JLTASA co-host this wonderful event for Year 4 …

On Wednesday August 10th Year 7 students from Hallett Cove South PS, Thiele PS, Calvary PS, Sheidow Park PS, Woodend PS, Hawthorndene PS and Woodcroft PS battled it out for the annual hiragana champion’s title. This is our 13th year running the very successful event which is open to all …

Joy in Japanese learning at Primary school was on display at EDC on May 30. The JLTASA Year 6/7 Quiz was again a reminder that the language learning programs in South Australian primary schools are successful and in full force! With 16 schools from all three sectors attending, 156 SA kids enjoyed teaming …

It seems that the Year 10 Movie Making Day was a great success. We had 4 schools, 32 students, 4 teachers and 2 student teachers. The students enjoyed the warm up games and quickly broke down the barriers working together really well to produce authentic Japanese commercials. In just a couple of …

On Tuesday the 5th of April, JLTASA held its annual Year Eight Speech Recital Competition. Students who enter in to this event are required to recite a specific passage in Japanese, and are graded on the pronunciation, fluency, intonation, memorisation and presentation. This kind of event is chosen so that …