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L E A R N I N G

JAPANESE SUCCESS

The conquerings of QMC’s Japanese students

Trivia Quiz winners – Tanishka Raina, Sophia Gittings, Lexie Johnston and Tianyi Mathur

Our Japanese students have excelled in competition in 2021. From claiming the top prize in a national quiz to flexing their speaking abilities in speech competitions, 2021 has been a year to remember. Sensei Hidemi Fuke has been

The QMC team, consisting of

understandably giddy when

Tanishka Raina, Sophia Gittings,

reporting on the successes of

Lexie Johnston and Tianyi

her talented Japanese students

Mathur, were thrilled to learn

in 2021. They have claimed an

they had scored the top mark

unprecedented amount of

at the Wellington Regional

silverware thanks to their passion

Championship. However, not

and commitment to learning one

only was their score the top for

of the more challenging languages.

the region, but they also topped

At the end of Term 2, QMC entered the New Zealand Secondary Schools Japanese Trivia Championship. This annual quiz takes place simultaneously at different venues around Aotearoa. Participants are tasked with answering questions covering

more than 100 other schools that participated around the country. This success was followed by more great news in Term 3 as five students participated in the 11th annual Wellington Regional Japanese Speech Competition on 13 August (just days before

Japanese history, culture, sport,

the Alert Level 4 lockdown).

food, festivals and several other

The competition was organised

topics. Essentially, it challenges

by the Wellington Association of

students to demonstrate how

Japanese Language Teachers,

much they have absorbed

and participants spoke eloquently

through their language and

about personal topics, including

cultural study years.

families and hobbies, while others

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provided their own perspectives on different subjects. Tessa Burnett claimed first place in the Year 12 category, while Imogen Kennedy-Smith was a close second. In Year 10, Tianyi Mathur took second prize, while Sophia Gittings came in third. Faith Lim (Year 13) also spoke superbly about the tradition of Japanese tea parties. Tianyi was also awarded the Ambassadors Prize – an award that acknowledges previous winners with named ribbons that commemorate the year they won. Several Old Girls’ names feature, including Emma Power and Alexandra King. Well done to our students and Ms Hidemi Fuke on a remarkable year of achievements.


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