Week 2 - Japan

Wow, week 2 by! We all had an awesome time learning all about the amazing country of Japan.  Here is a quick snapshot of a few of things we got up, including Friday's definite highlight of making sushi with a real chef, called Shu, who works at Hachi Hachi - make sure you pop in and see him sometime and buy some sushi for yourselves!

We used a website to translate our names into Japanese - they looked very different!

The Japanese flag is very easy to colour in.

We had a go at making some origami fish, and also coloured in some pictures of Koi.

In art we painted some beautiful cherry blossoms, by using the bottom of a soft drink bottle dipped in paint.

In cooking we made teriyaki beef with vermicelli noodles on lettuce cups - yum!

Sophie-Marie enjoyed the cooking, but it was a bit tricky to pick up in the lettuce!

Chopsticks are tricky! Kieran practiced using them with cotton wool balls.

We went to Kosco Asian supermarket and bought some treats to try. These crackers were shaped like sharks, penguins and anchors. They tasted yummy.

We also bought these crackers, which were like puffy rice crackers, but had a sweet icing on top. Most of us liked them.

I will add photos and details of our sushi making in a separate post as there are heaps of them! Check back soon...

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